Thomas Imbach

In his work, the Swiss filmmaker explores boundaries between fiction and documentary, film and video, and traditional cinema craft and new technologies. Imbach is currently considered one of the most unusual and consistent Swiss filmmakers. He used cell phone cams early on in his cinema productions and employs methods from documentary film in feature films.
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  • Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    2001

    1h.30min

    12

    Green Party icon Petra Kelly is shot in her sleep by her partner Gert Bastian, an ex-Federal Armed Forces general, before he kills himself.

  • Lenz

    Lenz

    2006

    1h.36min

    6

    An unconventional portrait of a man whose life motto reminds us of the poets of romanticism: The genius writes its own rules.

  • I Was a Swiss Banker

    I Was a Swiss Banker

    2007

    1h.15min

    16+

    A banker smuggling black money catapults himself out of his old life with a dip in the cold lake water.

  • Ghetto

    Ghetto

    1997

    1h.56min

    12

    A touching documentary about the everyday life of Zurich's forgotten youth.

  • My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    2018

    1h.54min

    16+

    Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.

  • Happy Too

    Happy Too

    2002

    1h.1min

    16+

    A raw, honest look at the relationship between filmmakers, actors, and the characters they jointly create.

  • Day Is Done

    Day Is Done

    2011

    1h.51min

    16+

    A 35mm camera films from a window, with messages from the answering machine in the background. Slowly an imaginary biography unfolds.

  • Well Done

    Well Done

    1994

    1h.13min

    16+

    The world we have just entered resembles a futurist machine. It is a colossus of concrete and glass, with a computer heart heart deep inside.