5.11.2026, 11:00, Maxx 1, Free entry
EN UT + Q&A
Kurzfilmtage’s annual Swiss Film School Day is a showcase of Switzerland’s six undergraduate degree programmes. Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art – Video/Animation, and the International Academy of Audiovisual Sciences (CISA) present a selection of their recent short films in three sessions followed by film talks led by Filmexplorer.
Admission to the Swiss Film School Day is free – a great opportunity to get a first glimpse of Kurzfilmtage!

Chi Cava?
Moritz Stuker / Switzerland 2026 / 18'26" / DCP / colour / Italian/Portuguese / Doc
In a remote valley in Ticino, Nuno works alongside other migrant labourers quarrying granite. Cut off from their homeland and the outside world, a close-knit community develops amongst them, shaped by hard, dusty labour. What remains of this later, in the polished stone floors?

Sabbia nell'Ingranaggio
Anna Damiana Rudolphi / Switzerland 2026 / 17'40" / DCP / colour / Italian / Doc
In Genoa, a group of dockworkers refuse to ship military equipment, thus standing up to a global machine that seems all-powerful. They soon find themselves facing legal action, which they confront with friendship, conviction, and unconventional ideas.

μtopia
Leonardo Saldarini / Switzerland 2026 / 20'46" / DCP / colour / Italian / Doc
«μtopia» follows the daily life of Yussef, a young resident of the Pegli 2 housing estate in Genoa, Italy. Built in the 1980s as a futuristic architectural and social utopia, Pegli 2 soon became an isolated and run-down neighbourhood. Owing to its melancholic fate and architectural design, Pegli 2 has been nicknamed «Le Lavatrici» (the Washing Machines) by its residents. What happens when, in this context, a teenager tries to imagine a different future for his own life, drawing on his dream of making films?