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138 articles available in total starting from 12/11/2002. Last article published on 22/04/2024.

Sundance honours Frei’s Space Tourists

Swiss director Christian Frei picked up the World Cinema Directing Award for Space Tourists, which was presented in the international documentary competition at the 26th Sundance Film Festival....  

01/02/2010 | Awards | Switzerland

Julia’s Disappearance nabs five Swiss Film Prize nominations

The nominees for the Quartz Swiss Film Prize 2010 were announced at the Solothurn Film Festival, with Culture Minister Didier Burkhalter in attendance. The Quartz trophies will be awarded on March...  

29/01/2010 | Awards | Switzerland

Three Swiss nominees for German Critics’ Award

Having previously won a Golden Bear at Berlin and the German Cinematography Award for Fatih Akin’s Head-On, DoP Rainer Klausmann will vie for the German Critics’ Award with Soul Kitchen, by the...  

08/01/2010 | Awards | Switzerland

Brothers lauded at Amiens

Swiss director Igaal Niddam’s Brothers was awarded the City of Amiens Prize at the 29th Amiens International Film Festival (November 13-22). Produced by Swiss company Troubadour Films, this...  

26/11/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Liechti picks up Grand Prize at Montreal

At the 12th Montreal International Documentary Film Meetings (November 11-21), Swiss director Peter Liechti received the highest honour, the Camera-Stylo Grand Prize, for The Sound of Insects....  

25/11/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Swiss docs honoured in Eastern Europe

Vadim Jendreyko’s documentary The Woman with the 5 Elephants won the DEFA Sponsoring Prize (worth €4,000) at Germany’s 52nd DOK Leipzig - International Documentary and Animated Film Festival...  

03/11/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Mermoud’s Partners honoured in Chicago

At the 45th Chicago International Film Festival (October 8-22), Swiss director Frédéric Mermoud’s debut feature Partners won the Gold Plaque in the New Directors competition. Partners deals with...  

20/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

The Fortress honoured in Japan

Fernand Melgar’s subtle documentary The Fortress, which takes a critical look at the treatment of refugees in Switzerland, received an Award of Excellence at the 11th Yamagata International...  

16/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Double honours for Hillside Crowd at Namur

At the Namur International Francophone Film Festival in Belgium, Swiss director Berni Goldblat’s The Hillside Crowd picked up two accolades: the Special Jury Prize (worth €10,000 in...  

13/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Zurich’s Golden Eye goes to Swiss documentary

Although overshadowed by the arrest of Roman Polanski on his arrival in Switzerland where he was set to receive “A Tribute to…” for Lifetime Achievement, the 5th Zurich Film Festival (September...  

08/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

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