Thomas Imbach
Thomas IMBACH (1963, Switzerland) is a filmmaker whose work moves between documentary observation, essay cinema and fiction, often blurring their boundaries through formal experimentation and autobiographical elements. Emerging in the 1990s with documentaries such as Well Done (1994) and Ghetto (1997), he developed a distinctive cinematic language attentive to power, intimacy and social structures. Several of his fiction features, including Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2001), Lenz (2006) and I Was a Swiss Banker (2007), premiered at the Berlinale. His later work has expanded toward essayistic and autofictional forms, notably Day Is Done (2011) and the documentary feature Nemesis (2020), which received major international recognition for its cinematography.
Filmography
Schlachtzeichen (1988), Restlessness (1991), Well Done (1994), Ghetto (1997), Nano-Babies (1998), Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2001), happy too (2002), Lenz (2006), I Was a Swiss Banker (2007), Day Is Done (2011), Mary Queen of Scots (2013), Glaubenberg/My Brother My Love (2018), Nemesis (2020), Say God Bye (2023), The Exposure (2025)
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The Exposure
Thomas Imbach | 90' | Switzerland | Dutch Premiere
To save the family, a mother pressures her daughter to succumb to a man’s desires. -
Kick that Habit
Peter Liechti | 45' | Switzerland | None
Alongside being a music film with musicians Norbert Möslang and Andy Guhl, this is also a so-called travelogue. Against the background of the music, L -
Kick that Habit
Peter Liechti | 45' | Switzerland | -
Alongside being a music film with musicians Norbert Möslang and Andy Guhl, this is also a so-called travelogue. Against the background of the music, L