Information pack on all 2013 winners PDF - Swiss Films

Winners of 2013 Swiss Film Award
– <strong>Information</strong> Pack
Index
1. List of 2013 Swiss Film Award Winners
2. Best Fiction Film
3. Best Documentary Film
4. Best Short Film
5. Best Animation Film
6. Best Screenplay
7. Best Actress
8. Best Actor
9. Best Performance in a Supporting Role
10. Best Film Score
11. Best Cinematography
12. Special Award of the Academy
13. Honorary Award
14. Previous Winners of the Swiss Film Award

1. List of 2013 Swiss Film Award winners
Best Fiction Film
Sister by Ursula Meier
Best Documentary Film
More than Honey by Markus Imhoof
Best Short Film
Einspruch VI by Rolando Colla
Best Animation Film
La nuit de l’ours by Frédéric Guillaume & Samuel Guillaume
Best Screenplay
Ursula Meier and Antoine Jaccoud for Sister
Best Actress
Sibylle Brunner as Rosie in Rosie by Marcel Gisler
Best Actor
Kacey Mottet Klein as Simon in Sister by Ursula Meier
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Antonio Buil as Vilas in Opération Libertad by Nicolas Wadimoff
Best Film Score
Peter Scherer for More than Honey by Markus Imhoof
Best Cinematography
Camille Cottagnoud for Hiver nomade
Special Award of the Academy
Karine Sudan for her editing work on Hiver nomade
Honorary Award
Jacqueline Veuve
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2. Best Fiction Film
Sister by Ursula Meier
Co-production CH/F
Producer (CH):
Ruth Waldburger
Production:
Vega Film Helenastrasse 3
Postfach
CH – 8034 Zurich
Phone +41/44/384 80 90
Fax +41/44/384 80 99
info@vegafilm.com
www.vegafilm.com
Film still: © Vega Film
Synopsis: Sister is the tale of 12-year-old Simon, who lives alone with his sister Louise in a bleak,
industrial town at the foot of an exclusive Swiss ski resort. Every day during the winter Simon takes a
small cable car up the mountain where he steals skis and equipment from wealthy tourists to sell to
children on his estate. This provides a modest but regular income. Simon’s schemes gradually become
more and more elaborate. Louise, who recently lost her job, takes advantage and becomes
increasingly dependent on Simon.
Festivals/awards include: Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, 2013 César Award for Most
Promising Actor (nominee), Berlin International Film Festival 2012 (Silver Bear – Special Award),
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2012, Chicago International Film Festival
2012, Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012, Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist 2012, Locarno
International Film Festival 2012, Melbourne International Film Festival 2012, Festival du Nouveau
Cinéma Montréal 2012, Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, Zurich Film Festival 2012.
Production:
Producer (F):
Distributor (CH):
Vega Film, Archipel 35, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Denis Freyd
Filmcoopi Zürich, Heinrichstrasse 114, Postfach 1366, 8031 Zurich
Phone +41/44/448 44 22, Fax +41/44/448 44 28, filmcoopi@filmcoopi.ch,
www.filmcoopi.ch
Worldwide distributor: Memento Films International, 9, Cité Paradis, FR – 75010 Paris, Phone
+33/1/53 34 90 20, Fax +33/1/42 47 11 24, sales@memento-films.com,
www.memento-films.com
Screenplay:
Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier, Gilles Taurand
Camera:
Agnès Godard
Film editing:
Nelly Quettier
Location sound mixer: Henri Maikoff
Sound editor: Etienne Curchod
Score:
John Parish
Props:
Ivan Niclass
Lighting:
Jean-Pierre Baronsky
Wardrobe:
Anna Van Brée
Casting:
Jeanne Rektorik, Sarah Neumann, Aurélie Guichard
Cast:
Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson, Jean-
François Stévenin
Original version: French, colour, 35mm, 97 min.
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3. Best Documentary Film
More than Honey by Markus Imhoof
Co-production CH/D/AT
Producer (CH):
Pierre-Alain Meier
Executive producers:
Pierre-Alain Meier, Thomas Kufus,
Helmut Grasser
Production:
Thelma Film
Coin-Dessus 3
CH – 2863 Undervelier
Phone +41/32/426 73 04
Mobile +41/79/438 10 68
Fax +41/32/426 73 06
meier@thelmafilm.ch
Film still: © Thelma Film
Synopsis: All over the world bees have been dying for the past three years. Opinions are divided over
the causes but one thing is certain: this is about more than a few dead insects and there is much more
at stake than just honey. Searching for answers, the film embarks on a journey to meet a host of different
people and places that depend on bees: from a Swiss beekeeper to California’s giant almond
plantations, a bee brain researcher in Berlin, a pollen trader in China and the killer bees in the Arizona
desert. Everyone talks about how the bees are disappearing. The film tells the story of their lives – and
ours.
www.morethanhoney.ch
Festivals/awards include: Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2013 (Best Documentary
Award), Bavarian Film Award for Best Documentary Film 2013, Solothurn Film Festival 2013 (Audience
Award), Austrian Film Award for Best Sound 2013, Zurich Film Festival 2012, IDFA International
Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2012, Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, TIFF Toronto
International Film Festival 2012, Locarno International Film Festival 2012.
Production: Thelma Film, zero one film, Allegro Film Produktions, Ormenis Film, Schweizer
Radio und Fernsehen
Distributor (CH): Frenetic Films, Bachstrasse 9, Postfach, 8038 Zurich
Phone 044/488 44 00, Fax 044/488 44 11, www.frenetic.ch
Worldwide distributor: Films Boutique, Köpenicker Strasse 184, D-10997 Berlin, Phone +49/30//69
53 78 50, Fax +49/30/ 6953 7851, info@filmsboutique.com,
www.filmsboutique.com
Screenplay:
Markus Imhoof, Kerstin Hoppenhaus
Camera:
Jörg Jeshel, Attila Boa
Film editing:
Anne Fabini
Location sound mixer: Dieter Meyer
Sound editor:
Nils Kirchhoff
Sound designer: Nils Kirchhoff
Re-recording mixer: Bernhard Maisch
Compositor:
Thomas Lehmann
Special effects: Thomas Lehmann
Score:
Original version:
Peter Scherer
German/Swiss-German/English/Chinese (German subtitles), colour, DCP
hard disk, 91 min.
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4. Best Short Film
Einspruch VI by Rolando Colla
Producer:
Elena Pedrazzoli
Production:
Peacock Film
Mühlebachstrasse 113
CH – 8008 Zurich
Phone +41/44/422 47 70
Fax +41/44/422 90 40
info@peacock.ch
www.peacock.ch
Film still: © Peacock Film
Synopsis: Einspruch VI tells the story of a deportation that ended in the tragic death of an asylum
seeker in March 2010. In the film, the camera itself is the asylum seeker, and what it captures is a
subjective view of reality.
Festivals/awards include: Almeria en Corto Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes 2012 (Special
Award for Values and Human Rights – Amnesty International), Festival International du Film d'Amiens
2012 (Prix de la Maison d’arrêt d’Amiens - Prix du Canal, Prix FEMIS, Prix Spécial des Enfants de la
Licorne), Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist 2012, Festival des films du monde Montréal 2012,
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2012, Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
2012 (Special Jury Prize), nominated for the European Film Award, Zurich Film Festival
2012.
Production:
Peacock Film
Distributor (CH): Peacock Film, SWISS FILMS
Worldwide distributor: Premium Films, 130, rue de Turenne, F – 75003 Paris
Phone +33/1/42 77 06 31, Fax +33/1/44 54 05 02, jcm@premium-films.com,
www.premium-films.com
Screenplay:
Rolando Colla
Camera:
Jutta Tränkle
Film editing: Rolando Colla
Location sound mixer: Patrick Storck
Sound editor: Patrick Storck
Sound design: Michael Duss
Re-recording mixer: Michael Duss, Guido Keller
Original score: Bernd Schürer
Compositor: Torsten Schiebold
Special effects : Ivan Lüthi
Lighting:
Hans X. Hagen, Simone Buchmann
Cast:
Abel Jafri, Catriona Guggenbühl, Linda Olsansky, Nicolas Rosat, Aaron Hitz,
Tony Fidelis, John Jerry, Silke Geertz, Richie Duah-Amojav, Alireza Bayram
Original version: English/German (German/French subtitles), colour, 35mm, 17 min.
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5. Best Animation Film
La nuit de l’ours by Frédéric Guillaume & Samuel Guillaume
Producers:
Jean-Blaise Perrin,
Samuel Guillaume,
Frédéric Guillaume
Production:
Etilem Films Productions
Chemin de Montelly 48 bis
CH – 1007 Lausanne
Phone +41/21/558 40 40
info@etilem.ch
Film still: © Etilem Films Productions
Synopsis: Against an eerie urban backdrop, homeless animals are looking for shelter for the night.
They take refuge in the Bear’s house, forming an ephemeral community that will disband as soon as
dawn breaks. A tale of social exclusion told in an original and unique way.
www.lanuitdelours-film.ch
Festivals/awards include: Festival international du court métrage Clermont-Ferrand 2013, Solothurn
Film Festival 2013 (SSA/Suissimage Audience Award – 1 st place), International Leipzig Festival for
Documentary and Animated Film 2012, Fantoche Baden 2012 (Best Swiss Film and Audience Award)-
Production:
Etilem Films Productions, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Ciné3D Association
Distributor (CH): Peacock Film, SWISS FILMS
Worldwide distributor: Ciné3D Association, Route du Petit Moncor 1c, 1752 Villars-sur-Glâne,
Phone +41/26/401 30 32, info@cine3d.ch, www.cine3d.ch
Screenplay:
Rolando Colla
Camera:
Frédéric Guillaume
Film editor:
Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume
Sound editor: Florian Pittet
Sound design: Florian Pittet
Re-recording mixer: Florian Pittet, Denis Séchaud
Score:
Mathieu Kyriakidis
Animation:
Elie Chapuis, Claude Barras, Samuel Guillaume, Yoann Corthésy, Camilo
De Martino
Compositors: Claude Barras, Samuel Guillaume, Camilo De Martino
Characters:
Frédéric Guillaume
Art director:
Frédéric Guillaume
Special effects: Samuel Guillaume
Technology:
2D computer animation
Original version: French (German/English subtitles), colour, DCP hard disk, 22 min.
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6. Best Screenplay
Ursula Meier and Antoine Jaccoud for Sister
Photos: © Markus Senn; film still: © Vega Film
Ursula Meier was born in Besançon, France, in 1971 and holds dual Swiss and French nationality.
From 1990-1994 she studied film and television production at Belgium’s IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion)
in Louvain-la-Neuve. Between 1989 and 1995 she worked as an actor, assistant producer and
assistant director on various productions. She graduated from the IAD in 1997 and has been working
as a director ever since. She was presented with the Quartz 2009 Swiss Film Award for Home in the
categories of Best Fiction Film and Best Screenplay. In 2012 she was awarded the Silver Bear Special
Award in Berlin for Sister.
Antoine Jaccoud was born in Lausanne in 1957. After graduating with a degree in political science,
he worked for several years as a journalist on the magazine l’Hebdo. He later retrained as a screenwriter
with Krysztof Kieslowski and subsequently with Czech émigré Frank Daniel in the US. He has
been involved in numerous Swiss documentaries and feature films in recent years. He received the
Quartz 2009 Swiss Film Award in the Best Screenplay category for Home.
Collaborative filmography:
2012 Sister
2008 Home
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7. Best Actress
Sibylle Brunner as Rosie in Rosie by Marcel Gisler
Photo: © Markus Senn / Film still: © Björn Allemann
Biography: Sybille Brunner was born in Zurich in 1939 and completed her acting training in Zurich
and Munich. Her career kicked off at the Komödie Theater in Basel and roles followed at theatres in
Kiel, Kassel, Essen, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Freiburg and Hanover, where she was a long-standing
cast member. During her theatrical career, Sybille Brunner has embodied numerous characters from
world literature. In addition to her theatre work, she has also acted in films and television series.
Selected film roles: 2013 Rosie, directed by Marcel Gisler / 2009 Tatort: Das Unglück, directed by
Friedemann Fromm / 2003 Leichtes Streching, directed by Uli Klingenschmitt (short film) / 1994 Kinder
der Landstrasse, directed by Urs Egger.
Synopsis (Production/worldwide rights: Cobra Film):
Lorenz Meran, a successful, 40-year-old gay writer with a serious case of writer’s block, has to leave
Berlin and return to eastern Switzerland to look after his elderly mother Rosie. When he realises that
feisty Rosie is not only refusing to be sent to a care home but is also refusing any sort of outside help,
Lorenz is stuck in the small town of Altstätten where he grew up. Amid the confusion of Rosie’s battle
to assert her will and retain some dignity, as well as family feuds and old secrets, Lorenz almost
misses the fact that love is on the horizon.
Festivals/awards: Solothurn Film Festival 2013
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8. Best Actor
Kacey Mottet Klein as Simon in Sister by Ursula Meier
Photo: @ Markus Senn; film still: © Vega Film
Biography: Kacey Mottet Klein was born in 1998. He made his big screen debut in 2008 in Home, for
which he received the Swiss Film Award for Best Emerging Talent. He was nominated for a César for
Most Promising Actor for his performance in Sister.
Film roles: 2012 Sister, directed by Ursula Meier / 2010 Gainsbourg, vie héroïque, directed by Joann
Sfar / 2008 Home, directed by Ursula Meier
Film synopsis: Sister is the tale of 12-year-old Simon, who lives alone with his sister Louise in a
bleak, industrial town at the foot of an exclusive Swiss ski resort. Every day during the winter Simon
takes a small cable car up the mountain where he steals skis and equipment from wealthy tourists to
sell to children on his estate. This provides a modest but regular income. Simon’s schemes gradually
become more and more elaborate. Louise, who recently lost her job, takes advantage and becomes
increasingly dependent on Simon.
Festivals/awards include: Berlin International Film Festival 2012 (Silver Bear – Special Award), Buenos
Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2012, Chicago International Film Festival
2012, Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012, Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist 2012, Locarno
International Film Festival 2012, Melbourne International Film Festival 2012, Festival du Nouveau
Cinéma Montréal 2012, Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, Zurich Film Festival 2012.
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9. Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Antonio Buil as Vilas in Opération Libertad by Nicolas Wadimoff
Photo: © Jean Mohr; film still: © Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
Biography: Antonio Buil was born in Spain in 1964 and studied drama in Saragossa. He was a founding
member of the Teatro Tabanque theatre company under the direction of Antonio Malondo. In 1987
he worked in educational theatre with the Teatro Poraiso in the Basque Country. Buil moved to Switzerland
in 1989 to study at the Dimitri School. Together with Gabriel Alvarez, he founded the CITA
(Centre international du travail de l’acteur) and in 1998 he co-founded the Teatro due Punti theatre
company with Paola Pagani. The company’s plays are performed in Switzerland, France and Italy.
Buil’s independent theatre and television work takes him all over the world. In 2010 he won the Swiss
Film Award in the Best Actor category for his performance in Coeur animal.
Selected film roles: 2012 Opération Libertad, directed by Nicolas Wadimoff / 2010 La petite chambre,
directed by Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond / 2009 Coeur animal, directed by Séverine
Cornamusaz / 2008 Garibaldi in America, directed by Alberto Rondalli / 2005 Fragile, directed by
Laurent Nègre / 2004 Tout un hiver sans feu, directed by Greg Zglinski / 2001 Dervis, directed by Alberto
Rondalli
Synopsis of Opération Libertad (Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion / Distributor: Filmcoopi
Zürich / Worldwide rights: Doc & Film International):
In 1978 the members of a Swiss revolutionary group break into a bank in a Zurich suburb. They decide
to film the whole thing so as to prove that the Swiss financial system is in collusion with a number
of dictatorial regimes. Thirty years later, the tapes of Opération Libertad resurface…
http://www.operation-libertad.com
Festivals/awards include: Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2012, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
Cannes 2012, Locarno International Film Festival 2012, Festival international du film francophone
Namur 2012, Mostra Internacional del Cinema de São Paulo 2012, Warsaw Film Festival 2012.
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10. Best Film Score
Peter Scherer for More than Honey by Markus Imhoof
Photo: @ Markus Senn; film still: © Thelma Film
Biography: Peter Scherer was born in Switzerland in 1953 and is a composer, producer and arranger.
He spent many years living in New York, where he collaborated with numerous artists, including
John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot and Caetano Veloso. He has also worked with
Laurie Anderson for many years as a keyboard player and arranger. He has composed music for the
Frankfurt Ballet, O Vertigo Danse Montreal and the Zurich Opera Ballet, as well as soundtracks for
various productions in the USA, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. His albums include Cronologia,
Passare and That Land. He is a lecturer at Bern University’s department of Music and Media Art.
www.peterscherer.com
Selected film scores:
2012 More than Honey, directed by Markus Imhoof
2012 Nachtlärm, directed by Christoph Schaub
2012 Escape from Tibet, directed by Maria Blumencron
2012 Si près si loin, directed by Michel Favre
2010 Daniel Schmid – le chat qui pense, directed by Pascal Hofmann & Benny Jaberg
Synopsis (Production: Thelma Film / Distributor: Frenetic Films / Worldwide rights: Filmboutique):
All over the world bees have been dying for the past three years. Opinions are divided over the causes
but one thing is certain: this is about more than a few dead insects and there is much more at stake
than just honey. Searching for answers, the film embarks on a journey to meet a host of different people
and places that depend on bees: from a Swiss beekeeper to California’s giant almond plantations,
a bee brain researcher in Berlin, a pollen trader in China and the killer bees in the Arizona desert.
Everyone talks about how the bees are disappearing. The film tells the story of their lives – and ours.
www.morethanhoney.ch
Festivals/awards include: Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2013 (Best Documentary
Award), Bavarian Film Award for Best Documentary Film 2013, Solothurn Film Festival 2013 (Audience
Award), Austrian Film Award for Best Sound 2013, Zurich Film Festival 2012, IDFA International
Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2012, Vancouver International Film Festival 2012, TIFF Toronto
International Film Festival 2012, Locarno International Film Festival 2012.
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11. Best Cinematography
Camille Cottagnoud for Hiver nomade
Photo: © Markus Senn; film still: © Louise Productions
Biography: Camille Cottagnoud was born in Vétroz, Switzerland, in 1962. Self-taught, he has been
working as a freelance cinematographer for more than twenty years.
Selected filmography:
2012 Hiver nomade, directed by Manuel von Stürler
2010 Romans d'ados (1-4), directed by Béatrice Bakhti
2010 Sauvage, directed by Jean-François Amiguet
2008 La forteresse, directed by Fernand Melgar
2007 Retour à Gorée, directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
2005 EXIT, le droit de mourir, directed by Fernand Melgar
Synopsis of Hiver nomade (Production/worldwide rights: Louise Productions / Distributor: JMH Distributions):
Carole and Pascal embark on their winter transhumance with three donkeys, four dogs and around a
thousand sheep in tow, braving the cold and snow for three months, with a canvas cover and animal
skins as their only shelter at night. Leaving behind villas, railroad tracks and industrial areas, they
traverse a landscape in transition, making friends with farmers they meet as well as with “commuters”
– the newcomers to these increasingly urbanised regions. A contemporary adventure film that takes
us back to our roots and raises questions about today’s society.
www.hivernomade.ch
Festivals/awards include: European Documentary Film Award – Prix Arte 2012, IDFA International
Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2012, Mostra Internacional del Cinema de São Paulo 2012,
Festival des films du monde Montréal 2012, Locarno International Film Festival 2012, Visions du Réel
Nyon 2012 (SSA/Suissimage Award for Best Swiss Feature Film), Berlin International Forum of New
Cinema 2012.
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12. Special Award of the Academy
Karine Sudan for her editing work on Hiver nomade
Tribute:
Thanks to her skilful editing and keen sense of pacing, Karine Sudan transforms the cross-country trek
of two shepherds and their flock into a touching yet gripping road movie. Against the backdrop of
harsh winter landscape a story unfolds that is brimming with poetic beauty, warmth and humanity.
Film still: © Louise Productions
Biography: Karine Sudan was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1969, and grew up in Gruyère, Switzerland.
She attended DAVI, the Lausanne Film School, from 1989 to 1994. Since then, she has been
working primarily as a film editor, though she also directs and writes.
Selected filmography:
2012 Hiver nomade, directed by Manuel von Stürler
2012 Opération Libertad, directed by Nicolas Wadimoff
2011 Vol special, directed by Fernand Melgar
2010 Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza), directed by Fernand Melgar
2008 La forteresse, directed by Fernand Melgar
2006 Mon frère se marie, directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
2005 EXIT, le droit de mourir, directed by Fernand Melgar
2003 Mais im Bundeshuus, directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
Special Award of the Academy 2013
The Special Award of the Academy honours outstanding technical and artistic achievement. The recipient
of the award is chosen by a judging committee comprising members of the Swiss Film Academy.
Judging committee:
Christian Frei (producer & director, President of the Swiss Film Academy)
Erik Bernasconi (producer & director)
Celine Bolomey (actress)
Stéphanie Chuat (actress, author & director)
Stefan Jäger (producer & director)
Carla Lia Monti (author & director)
Seraina Rohrer (festival director)
Thomas Thümena (producer & director)
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13. Honorary Award: Jacqueline Veuve
Jacqueline Veuve is the undisputed doyenne of Swiss documentary film-making. Through her body of
work, she has become an unofficial custodian of Switzerland’s collective memory. During her career
she has directed over 60 documentary films, which have been shown at festivals around the world and
honoured with international awards. Born in the French-speaking town of Payerne in 1930, Ms Veuve
trained as an archivist and librarian in Geneva. In the 1950s she worked at the Musée de l’homme in
Paris with the ethnographer and film-maker Jean Rouch. In the 1970s she directed her first short films
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the wing of the “direct cinema” pioneer, Richard
Leacock. Jacqueline Veuve is frequently described as a chronicler of the everyday. People going
about their day-to-day work, rural life and craftsmanship are recurring themes, as evidenced by the
titles of some of her films: Jour de Marché (Market Day); Chronique vigneronne (Vineyard Chronicle);
Chronique paysanne en Gruyère (A Peasant Chronicle in Gruyère); Les frères Bapst, charretiers (The
Bapst Brothers, Carters), and Boîtes à musique et automates (Music Boxes and Automata). Many of
her films are intimate, faithful and moving portraits, such as La mort du grand-père : ou le sommeil du
juste (Death of the Grandfather, or Sleep of the Just); Claude Lebet, luthier (Claude Lebet, Lute
Maker) and La petite dame du Capitole (The Little Lady of the Capitole).
2012 Vibrato (documentary film) / 2010 C'était hier (documentary film) / 2008 Un petit coin de paradis
(documentary film) / 2005 Irène Reymond, artiste peintre, 1902-1998 (documentary film) / La petite
dame du Capitole (documentary film) / La nébuleuse du cœur (documentary film) / 2002 La clé du sol
(documentary film) / Jour de marché (documentary film) / 2000 Le chalet du cœur (documentary film) /
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (documentary film) / Le salaire de l'artiste (co-director, documentary
film) / 1999 Chronique vigneronne (documentary film) / 1997 Journal de Rivesaltes 1941-42
(documentary film) / 1995 Oh! quel beau jour (documentary film) / 1994 L'homme des casernes (documentary
film) / 1992 L'évanouie (feature film) / Arnold Golay, fabricant de jouets (documentary film) /
1991 Les émotions helvétiques (documentary film) / François Junod, fabricant d'automates (documentary
film) / 1990 Chronique paysanne en Gruyère (documentary film) / 1989 Marcellin Babey, tourneur
(documentary film) / 1988 O. Veuve et J. Doutaz, tavillonneurs (documentary film) / Les frères Bapst,
Charretiers (documentary film) / François Pernet, scieur-sculpteur (documentary film) / Michel Marlétaz,
boisselier (documentary film) / Claude Lebet, luthier (documentary film) / 1987 Le sable rose de
montagne (documentary film) / La filière (documentary film) / Armand Rouiller (documentary film) /
1986 Parlez-moi d'amour (documentary film) / 1982 Parti sans laisser d'adresse (documentary film) /
1979 L'avenir à 15 ans (documentary film) / 1978 La mort du grand-père ou le sommeil du juste (documentary
film) / 1976 Swiss Graffiti (animated film) / 1974 No More Fun, No More Games (documentary
film) / Susan (documentary film) / 1972 Les lettres de Stalingrad (documentary film) / Genève, le 9
novembre 1932 (documentary film) / La grève de 18 (documentary film) / 1966 Le panier à viande (codirector,
documentary film) /
Further information: http://www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch/en/media/press-releases/jacqueline-veuve/
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14. Previous Winners of the Swiss Film Award
Best Fiction Film
2013 Sister Ursula Meier
2012 Summer Games Rolando Colla
2011 La petite chambre Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
2010 Cœur animal Séverine Cornamusaz
2009 Home Ursula Meier
2008 Der Freund Micha Lewinsky
2007 Vitus Fredi M. Murer
2006 Mein Name ist Eugen Michael Steiner
2005 Tout un hiver sans feu Greg Zglinski
2004 Mein Name ist Bach Dominique de Rivaz
2003 On dirait le sud Vincent Pluss
2002 Utopia Blues Stefan Haupt
2001 Azzurro Denis Rabaglia
2000 Emporte-moi Léa Pool
1999 F. est un salaud Marcel Gisler
1998 Das Schweigen der Männer (joint winner) Clemens Klopfenstein
1998 Waalo Fendo – Là où la terre gèle (joint winner) Mohammed Soudani
Best Documentary Film
2013 More than Honey Markus Imhoof
2012 Vol special Fernand Melgar
2011 Cleveland versus Wall Street Jean-Stéphane Bron
2010 Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten Vadim Jendreyko
2009 No more Smoke Signals Fanny Bräuning
2008 Heimatklänge Stefan Schwietert
2007 Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez Heidi Specogna
2006 Exit, le droit de mourir Fernand Melgar
2005 Accordion Tribe Stefan Schwietert
2004 Mais im Bundeshuus Jean-Stéphane Bron
2003 Hirtenreise ins dritte Jahrtausend Erich Langjahr
2002 Bashkim Vadim Jendreyko
2001 Do It Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli
2000 Schlagen und Abtun Norbert Wiedmer
1999 Die Regierung Christian Davi
1998 Journal de Rivesaltes 1941-1942 Jaqueline Veuve
Best Short Film
2013 Einspruch VI Rolando Colla
2012 Du&Ich Esen Isik
2011 Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46 Anthony Vouardoux
2010 Las Pelotas Chris Niemeyer
2009 Un día y nada Lorenz Merz
2008 Auf der Strecke Reto Caffi
2007 Feierabend Alex E. Kleinberger
2006 Terra incognita Peter Volkart
2005 Chyenne Alexander Meier
2004 L’Escalier Frédéric Mermoud
2003 Swapped Pierre Monnard
2002 La jeune fille et les nuages Georges Schwizgebel
2001 Summertime Anna Luif
2000 Babami Hirsizlar Caldi (Vaterdiebe) Esen Isik
1999 Pastry, Pain and Politics Stina Werenfels
1998 Angélique (Episode aus Blind Date) Samir
Best Animation Film
2013 La nuit de l’ours Frédéric Guillaume, Samuel Guillaume
2011 Miramare Michaela Müller
2009 Tôt ou tard Jadwiga Kowalska
2007 Wolkenbruch Simon Eltz
2005 Un'altra città Carlo Ippolito
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New categories since 2008:
Best Actress
2013 Sibylle Brunner in Rosie, directed by Marcel Gisler
2012 Carla Juri in Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari, directed by Xavier Koller
2011 Isabelle Caillat in All that Remains, directed by Pierre-Adrian Irlé, Valentin Rotelli
2010 Marie Leuenberger in Die Standesbeamtin, directed by Micha Lewinsky
2009 Celine Bolomey in Du bruit dans la tête, directed by Vincent Pluss
2008 Sabine Timoteo in Nebenwirkungen, directed by Manuel Siebenmann
Best Actor
2013 Kacey Mottet Klein in Sister, directed by Ursula Meier
2012 Max Hubacher in Der Verdingbub, directed by Markus Imboden
2011 Scherwin Amini in Stationspiraten, directed by Michael Schaerer
2010 Antonio Buil in Cœur animal, directed by Séverine Cornamusaz
2009 Dominique Jann in Luftbusiness, directed by Dominique de Rivaz
2008 Bruno Cathomas in Chicken Mexicaine, directed by Armin Biehler
Best Emerging Talent
2010 Uygar Tamer in Dirty Money, l’infiltré, directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard
2009 Kacey Mottet Klein in Home, directed by Ursula Meier
2008 Philippe Graber in Der Freund, directed by Micha Lewinsky
Former categories (2004 – 2007):
Best Performance in a Leading Role
2007 Jean-Luc Bideau in Mon frère se marie, directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
2006 Carlos Leal in Snow White, directed by Samir
2005 Roeland Wiesnekker in Strähl, directed by Manuel Flurin Hendry
2004 Bettina Stucky in Meier Marilyn, directed by Stina Werenfels
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
2007 Natacha Koutchoumov in Pas de panique, directed by Denis Rabaglia
2006 Marthe Keller in Fragile, directed by Laurent Nègre
2005 Johanna Bantzer in Strähl, directed by Manuel Flurin Hendry
2004 Gilles Tschudi in Mein Name ist Bach, directed by Dominique de Rivaz
Pre-2003 categories:
Best Actress
2003 Mona Petri-Fueter in Füür oder Flamme, directed by Markus Fischer
2002 Andrea Guyer and Carol Schuler in Lieber Brad, directed by Lutz Konermann (joint winners)
2001 Sabine Timoteo in L’amour, l’argent, l’amour, directed by Philipp Gröning
2000 Delphine Lanza in Attention aux chiens, directed by François Christophe Marzal
Best Actor
2003 Mathias Gnädinger in Big Deal, directed by Markus Fischer
2002 Michael Finger in Utopia Blues, directed by Stefan Haupt
2001 Bruno Ganz in Pane e tulipani, directed by Silvio Soldini
2000 Stefan Suske in Grosse Gefühle, directed by Christof Schertenleib
New category introduced in 2011:
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
2013 Antonio Buil in Opération Libertad, directed by Nicolas Wadimoff
2012 Stefan Kurt in Der Verdingbub, directed by Markus Imboden
2011 Carla Juri in 180°, directed by Cihan Inan
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New category introduced in 2007:
Best Screenplay
2013 Sister by Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier
2012 Summer Games by Rolando Colla, Pilar Anguita-MacKay
2011 La petite chambre by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
2010 Complices by Frédéric Mermoud
2009 Home by Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud
2008 Pas Douce by Jeanne Waltz
2007 Das Fräulein by Andrea Štaka, Barbara Albert, Marie Kreutzer
New category introduced in 2009:
Best Film Score
2013 Peter Scherer for More than Honey
2012 Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker, George Vaine for Goodnight Nobody
2011 Marcel Vaid for Goodnight Nobody
2010 Norbert Möslang for The Sound of Insects – Record Of A Mummy
2009 Marcel Vaid for Zara
New category introduced in 2012:
Best Cinematography
2013 Camille Cottagnoud for Hiver nomade, directed by Manuel von Stürler
2012 Lorenz Merz for Summer Games, directed by Rolando Colla
Special Jury Prize
2011 Gerald Damovsky for his production design in Sennentuntschi
2010 Stéphane Kuthy for his cinematography in Tannöd
2009 Danilo Catti for his artistic and political engagement in Giù le mani
2008 Moritz Schneider, Stress and Mich Gerber for the soundtrack of Breakout
2007 Best ensemble cast for Nachbeben
2006 The Zurich Film Collective for the concept and editing of Klingenhof
2005 Filip Zumbrunn for lighting and cinematography in Strähl
2004 Corinna Glaus for the casting of film Achtung, fertig, Charlie!
New category introduce in 2012:
Special Award of the Academy
2013 Karine Sudan for her editing work in Hiver nomade
2012 Gion-Reto Killias for his outstanding editing work in Abrir puertas y ventanas, Day Is Done and Eine wen
iig, dr Dällebach Kari
Honorary Award
2013 Jacqueline Veuve
2012 Rolf Lyssy
2011 Marcel Hoehn
2010 Claude Goretta
2005 Alain Tanner
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