Martin Schilt

Station of the Butterflies

What should the old Baden marshalling yard in Basel be in the future: a gateway for goods and containers or a gateway for animals and plants? The story of a place where two networks of paths get in each other's way. An enigmatic film that explores how we deal with habitats on a case-by-case basis, from the perspective of a wide variety of people and animals.

Crows - Nature Is Watching Us

Where there are humans, are also ravens and crows. No animal knows us better.

Guardians of the Microcosm

A film about the hidden world of insects, the tiny heroes that keep life on our planet running. This documentary explores the many unexpected ways humanity depends on insects. It shows not only their beauty and the ways they make our planet livable, but also how our behavior is causing dramatic declines in their numbers, and what we must do to avert catastrophe.

Wild - Jäger und Sammler

Wild is a swiss documentary from 2021 from director Mario Theus, who is not only a filmmaker but also a huntsman. The movie questions the wild hunting in modern days and shows all the contradictions that underlies our meat consumption.

Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World

An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome as they are fascinating, inhabitants of nightmarish biomechanical worlds.