Swiss Film Award

The Swiss Film Award (French: Prix du cinéma suisse, German: Schweizer Filmpreis, Italian: Premio del cinema svizzero, Romansh: Premi dal film svizzer; also known as the Swiss Film Prize) is the national film award of Switzerland, first given out in 1998.

Swiss Film Award
Awarded forBest in film
Country  Switzerland
Presented bySwiss Film Academy
First awarded1998
Websitehttp://www.swissfilmaward.ch

History

Between 1998 and 2008 the prize was given during the Solothurn Film Festival. From 2009 onwards the festival hosts the Night of Nominations announcement. Since then, every nomination film receives a cash-prize. Also since 2009, the ceremony has been moved to March in a more glamorous atmosphere and with a broadcasting on television. 2009 was the last year where the Jury was composed of people from the Swiss state and the Federal Office of Culture. Until that year, the award was called Viewfinder and changed its appearance every year with different designers being approached to give it a distinctive look. Since 2009 the prize awarded is a Cristal-like statue, designed by Alfredo Häberli, called "The Quartz". In 2010 the prizes have been awarded for the first time by the Swiss Film Academy. Due to the coronavirus-pandemic the 2020 the ceremony was cancelled as well as the week of the nominees, where all nominated films were supposed to be presented. The winners were announced in a special programme and are supposed to be presented as part of the annual Locarno Film Festival in August.[1]

Categories

Current awards

  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Animation Film
  • Best Documentary Film
  • Best Fiction Film
  • Best Short Film
  • Best Performance in a Supporting Role
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Film Score
  • Special Jury Prize

Retired awards

  • Best Performance in a Leading Role (2004-2007)
  • Best Emerging Actor or Actress (2008-2010)

Ceremonies
Edition Date Host(s) Venue[2] Best Film
1st 21 January 1998[3] Konzertsaal, Solothurn ex-aequo: The Silence of Men &
Waalo Fendo - Là où la terre gèle
2nd 27 January 1999[4] Monika Schärer Fögi Is a Bastard
3rd 19 January 2000[5] Florence Heiniger Set Me Free
4th 24 January 2001[6] Monika Schärer & Thierry Romanens Azzurro
5th 16 January 2002[7] Rythalle, Solothurn Utopia Blues
6th 22 January 2003 [8] Florence Heiniger & Max Rüdlinger On dirait le sud
7h 21 January 2004 Florence Heiniger & Polo Hofer Mein Name ist Bach
8th 26 January 2005 Esther Gemsch & Massimo Lorenzi One Long Winter Without Fire
9th 18 January 2006 Massimo Lorenzi & Eva Wannemacher Rascals on the Road
10th 24 January 2007 Gilles Tschudi Konzertsaal, Solothurn Vitus
11th 23 January 2008 Susanne Kunz CIS Sportscenter, Solothurn The Friend
12th 7 March 2009 KKL Lucerne Home
13th 6 March 2010 Cœur animal
14th 12 March 2011 The Little Bedroom
15th 17 March 2012 Summer Games
16th 23 March 2013 Fabienne Hadorn & Alain Croubalian Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva Sister
17th 21 March 2014[9] Maria Victoria Haas Schiffbau, Zurich I Am the Keeper
18th 13 March 2015 Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva The Circle
19th 21 March 2016 Schiffbau, Zurich Köpek
20th 24 March 2017 Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva My Life as a Courgette
21st 23 March 2018 Monika Schärer Halle 622, Oerlikon, Zurich Blue My Mind
22nd 22 March 2019 Maria Victoria Haas Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva Ceux qui travaillent
23rd 24 March 2020 — Locarno Film Festival Le milieu de l’horizon
24th 26 March 2021 — Online Event My Little Sister

See also

References
  1. "Women sweep major Swiss film awards upended by pandemic". 23 March 2020.
  2. "Preisverleihung".
  3. "Schweiz aktuell - Solothurner Filmtage - Play SRF".
  4. "Tagesschau - Solothurner Filmpreis - Play SRF".
  5. "Tagesschau - Solothurner Filmpreise - Play SRF".
  6. "SWISS FILMS: Home". Archived from the original on 2001-02-02.
  7. "SWISS FILMS: Home". Archived from the original on 2002-09-09.
  8. "Der Schweizer Filmpreis 2003 | NZZ".
  9. "Internationally acclaimed films win top honours". 24 March 2013.


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