
2018
Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Thomas Haemmerli broaches the topics of city development, architecture, density, housing market, xenophobia and gentrification from an autobiographical perspective. The path of his life has led him from a childhood in the villa district of Zürichberg, through his teenage years as squatter to flat shares, yuppie apartments and finally second homes in various cities. Only recently having become a dad, he plans to further enhance Zurich’s price appreciation by purchasing a huge, extended city apartment… This multifaceted essay not only humorously questions the filmmaker’s decisions, but also those of the right-wing conservatives, who are afraid of losing their space to immigrants, and the political left, who fail to embrace modern-age architecture.

Thomas Haemmerli
Himself

Oscar

Rod Stewart, le trublion de la pop anglaise

Der Glanz von Berlin

Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh

The Man Who Returns from Above

Summer, City and a Camera

Bettina Rheims

The Man Who Made Angels Fly

Cerrone - Supernature

TYSON

Connections: Ray Johnson On-Line

Clarissa Uprooted: Youth and Elders Uncover the Story of Black Rochester

Daughter of the Crater

Berhault

Flag Wars

The Three Michaels

Mister Karim

Mijn Noord

Universam Grochów

Between the Holy and the Profane