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This year we’re again presenting a film from our Swiss Films collection every day leading up to December 24.

Enjoy 24 films selected by SWI swissinfo.ch from the Swiss streaming platform Play Suisse. They have been subtitled in English and curated for our international audience.

The films are productions or co-productions of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), the parent company of SWI swissinfo.ch. This year we’re presenting a film from our Swiss Films collection every day leading up to Christmas Day.

Here’s the film we’ve hand-picked for you today.

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How did the Swiss become so rich?

This content was published on How did the small mountainous country become one of the wealthiest in the world? This SRF documentary examines some of the possible factors.

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Still from documentary 2nd Life - Off to Tokyo

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2nd Life – Off to Tokyo

This content was published on The story of a Geneva family with four kids who gave up everything to open a patisserie in Tokyo without knowing the industry or the language.

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LeMiracleSuisse l Amour

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The Swiss Miracle: Love

This content was published on How do you make a Swiss woman laugh? Ask her whether Swiss men are good lovers, apparently.

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The Planets Giant Slalom race

This content was published on The annual amateur ski race on the mountain above the village of Evionnaz in southwest Switzerland is a moment of local pride and joy.

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Man scaling a mountain face

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Leap of Faith

This content was published on The dizzying south face of Poncione d’Alnasca, a mountain in southern Switzerland, attracts the best climbers in the world.

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LeMiracleSuisse L Argent

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The Swiss Miracle: Money

This content was published on In the last of an eight-part series on Swiss identity, we take a light-hearted look at attitudes in Switzerland towards money.

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Train

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The runaway Swiss train disaster 

This content was published on A documentary by Swiss public television, SRF, on a fatal runaway train accident in 2006 in the central Bernese Oberland.

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Pilot on phone in cockpit

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The crash of Swissair flight 111

This content was published on A film looking at the Swissair flight 111 crash off Nova Scotia, the worst accident in Swiss civil aviation history.

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Bernhard Russi on a mountain

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Bernhard Russi: highs and lows

This content was published on Former Olympic ski champion Bernhard Russi seems to have had a dream life, but he has experienced many personal tragedies.

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man on glacier

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Saving Ticino’s disappearing glaciers

This content was published on The bad news: global warming means the glaciers in canton Ticino will have pretty much vanished in about ten years. Is there any good news?

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La Propreté

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The Swiss Miracle: Cleanliness

This content was published on “When you like something, you want it to be clean” – whether it’s your car, husband, home or country.

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Expedition ins Innere eines Gletschers

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Inside the belly of a Swiss ice giant

This content was published on A documentary film crew goes on a breath-taking journey deep inside the Plaine-Morte glacier to better understand the meltwater flows.

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