Film tracks teens as career decision looms

The months fly by and time grows short for a group of Swiss teens in their final year of school who have to find an apprenticeship or face a dead-end future. A new film tracks their tension-ridden journey into the world of work. "After the Winter" tells the story of four young people enrolled in a special tenth year of schooling in a last-ditch effort to find an apprenticeship. Even as they struggle to figure out how and where to apply, face rejection and wonder whether they are ready to become adults, their teacher reminds them every day that it’s crunch time. If they don’t find something before the end of the year, they’ll be left behind. A screening of After the Winter at the Zurich Film Festival – where the film recently premiered – was attended by hundreds of schoolchildren about to consider their future careers. Following the show, filmmakers Adrien Bordone and Bastien Bösiger sat down with swissinfo.ch to discuss their work and what it taught them about the ...