Mein Leben und der Notenschnitt

Fourteen year old Leander is being teased by the other boys at school because he thinks his willy is too small. The teasing gets worse when he falls in love with Martina who is helping him with his geometry homework. As a result the boys play a game in the changing room and use their protractor triangle from geometry to measure completely different things...

At the Swiss public swimming pool, teenagers enjoy their new-found freedom as much as their fries. Two years later, they are still the same, but their outside and inside have changed. The demolition of the orange slide and the modernisation of the pool make them think back to their childhood. A new, diverse generation is growing up in the Badi.

Between french fries, TikToks, and sunscreen, carefree moments clash with self-doubt, and playful freedom with societal pressure. This is the vibrant world of adolescents searching for their place – on the lawn and in life. When the orange slide is torn down, the chapter of childhood comes to an end. Two years later, after the renovation, it's not just the public pool that has changed.

Snow, sweat, testosterone and the sound of chainsaws. Every four years, over a period of three months in winter, wood is being cut in a steep mountain, high above Lake Ägeri, and prepared for log rafting. Neither economic change nor technology has been able to replace this traditional and sustainable craft in Switzerland.

Wolves divide and fascinate us. 150 years after they were driven to extinction in Central Europe, they are returning slowly but inexorably. Are they dangerous to humans? Is it possible to coexist? Using Switzerland as a point of departure, where wolves have returned in the very recent past, this documentary sheds light on the wolf situation in Austria, eastern Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, and even Minnesota, where freely roaming packs of wolves are more common sight.

What next after secondary school? Before they finish school, Sven, Florina and Mara need to figure out what’s right for them. It’s not that easy. In the 2021 SRF DOK documentary “Mein Leben und der Notenschnitt”, they were grappling with their school grades in Year 6. Today, they are no longer children and face new questions: What do I want? What am I capable of? What do my parents think? An emotional rollercoaster ride in search of their own path.

Quartz crystals have been attracting “crystal hunters” to the Uri Alps for centuries. The film traces their passion and accompanies them in their dangerous work in the archaic mountain landscape.