30/09/2026 - Christian Johannes Koch and Barbara Kulcsar tell the story of a man who’ll do anything to prove his innocence and foil a dangerous conspiracy

Set entirely in Switzerland, specifically on the distinctive streets of Bern, Blind - the first series (comprising six 52-minute episodes) co-directed by Swiss filmmaker Christian Johannes Koch (Spagat) and Swiss-Hungarian filmmaker Barbara Kulcsar (Golden Years) which world-premiered in the Zurich Film Festival (Special Screenings section) - invites audiences to follow three characters in search of the truth: three perspectives on the same tragic event and three personal stories which intertwine to form a gripping thriller which keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. Based on Christine Brand’s international bestseller, Blind is a 100% Swiss series playing with thriller codes and elevated by surprising Helvetic touches.

Nathaniel (Sven Schelker), who’s visually impaired, turns up at a police station covered in blood. A pregnant woman has been abducted from his bar, but he remembers little of that night aside from the brutality of that assault which has left indelible marks on his subconscious. Convinced the woman is in danger yet unable to explain what really happened in detail on account of his disability, Nathaniel soon becomes the prime suspect. A mysterious childhood friend with whom he’d lost contact, Milla (Lia Von Blarer), helps him piece things back together. The pair join forces to uncover the truth behind the mysterious abduction of this woman about whom very little is known and who’s constantly changing appearance. The plot thickens, morphing into a riddle which conceals a dangerous conspiracy. The third central character in the film is a newly promoted criminal police officer (Nicola Perot), who’s also forced to venture into dark and perilous parallel worlds to unearth the terrible truth.

A compelling thriller series, buoyed by out-of-the-ordinary characters and a striking cast, Blind keeps viewers on the edge of their seats and slyly plays on audiences’ fears. Immersed in the harrowing world of cults, the series deftly transposes all the hallmarks of detective series into the perverse and murky, underground realm of ruthless gurus who’ll stop at nothing to feed their own egos. With its elegant visual style and deliberately ambiguous characters, Blind ensnares viewers in a web of mysteries with unexpected backstories.

By adopting the viewpoints of three seemingly different characters, the series invites us to investigate and reread the facts from multiple angles, which do inevitably converge. Each of the characters is driven by light and dark forces, by vital impulses as well as weaknesses born of painful personal histories, and it’s this complex and ambiguous view of the world which transforms each and every episode into an adventure that’s both frightening and exhilarating. Rather than pigeonholing the characters as good or bad, Koch and Kulcsar play with the contradictions which inhabit each of us. Nothing is black or white in Blind; it’s the shadowy zone which lies between these two extremes that really matters.

Blind was produced by Swiss outfit Zodiac Pictures together with SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.

(Translated from Italian)