The purpose of the non-profit foundation is to promote culture and cultural exchange between Switzerland and other countries as a contribution to international understanding, particularly in the areas of short film, film, film culture, new media, cinema and audiovisual creation. It fulfills these tasks through procurement, curation and promotion in Switzerland and abroad. In particular, the foundation's task is to conceptualize and realize the international film festival shnit as a cross-border cultural event in discourse and cooperation with cultural institutions or film-related institutions or companies at home and abroad. For further details, see the foundation deed.