Roland Widmer

Las nuevas tecnologías están transformando una ciudad relojera del siglo XIX en Suiza. Josephine, una joven trabajadora de una fábrica, produce la rueda de disturbios, que gira en el corazón del reloj mecánico. Expuesta a nuevas formas de organizar el dinero, el tiempo y el trabajo, se involucra en el movimiento local de los relojeros anarquistas, donde conoce al viajero ruso Pyotr Kropotkin.

Katoey meets three people in rural Thailand who are clearly and confidently women even though their bodies are male. Integrated to an impressive degree into society, these women have successfully overcome the difference between their physical and mental genders.

Katoey meets three people in rural Thailand who are clearly and confidently women even though their bodies are male. Integrated to an impressive degree into society, these women have successfully overcome the difference between their physical and mental genders.

The Baselstrasse is a street in Lucerne. People call it "Rue de Blamage" – it's a noisy street tucked into a narrow space between a hill and a train track. The people who live here don't usually mingle with the rich and famous, but even the roughest haunt can be a home to those who live and work there – and Baselstrasse's two kilometers of asphalt are no different.

The Baselstrasse is a street in Lucerne. People call it "Rue de Blamage" – it's a noisy street tucked into a narrow space between a hill and a train track. The people who live here don't usually mingle with the rich and famous, but even the roughest haunt can be a home to those who live and work there – and Baselstrasse's two kilometers of asphalt are no different.

The Baselstrasse is a street in Lucerne. People call it "Rue de Blamage" – it's a noisy street tucked into a narrow space between a hill and a train track. The people who live here don't usually mingle with the rich and famous, but even the roughest haunt can be a home to those who live and work there – and Baselstrasse's two kilometers of asphalt are no different.

Three men embark on a journey in search of meaning and happiness in the autumn of their lives: Bob swaps his safe home for a camper van and tries to find himself in the barren Californian desert; Steve, drag queen and stand-up comedian, is fed up of England and makes amends with his past in Benidorm; Yamada rediscovers his smile by reading stories to children in Tokyo.

Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they organize one last manic techno rave under dangerous circumstances in the desert. Back in Tehran they try their luck selling their illegally printed music album without permission. When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they receive a phone call from the biggest techno festival in the world. Once landed in Switzerland, the haze of the instant euphoria evaporates quickly when the seriousness of the situation starts to dawn on them.

El 16 de abril de 1943 en Suiza, el químico Albert Hofmann se encontraba trabajando en su laboratorio de ciencias naturales cuando se topó con algo completamente nuevo, la dietilamida de ácido lisérgico, el LSD. Tres días más tarde, el científico decidió experimentar consigo mismo, primero con dosis muy pequeñas. La sustancia resultó ser mucho más fuerte que cualquier cosa conocida por la ciencia. Su experimento se convirtió en un viaje hacia lo desconocido. Sus efectos no tardaron en despertar el interés de los psiquiatras de todo el mundo para tratar enfermedades como la esquizofrenia y otras psicosis.