Nominees for 2015 Swiss Film Award announced
Bern, 28.01.2015 - The contenders for the 2015 Swiss Film Award were officially announced this evening during “Nominations Night” in Solothurn, a gala evening attended by some 600 invited guests from the Swiss film industry. The award ceremony itself will take place on 13 March 2015, at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva. In the week leading up to the Swiss Film Award ceremony (9-15 March 2015), two cinemas in Zurich and Geneva will offer the general public the opportunity to watch the films nominated for an award and talk directly to film-makers about their work.
Around 300 members of the Swiss Film Academy watched and rated the 88 films entered in the 11 Swiss Film Award categories. The results of the anonymous vote serve as a recommendation for the Swiss Film Award jury whose task it is to select the final nominees.
Nominations for the 2015 Swiss Film Award
Best Feature Film – each nominee will receive CHF 25,000
BOUBOULE, Bruno Deville, CAB Productions SA
CHRIEG, Simon Jaquemet, Hugofilm Productions GmbH
DER KREIS, Stefan Haupt, Contrast Film Zürich
DORA ODER DIE SEXUELLEN NEUROSEN UNSERER ELTERN, Stina Werenfels, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
PAUSE, Mathieu Urfer, Box Productions
Best Documentary Film – each nominee will receive CHF 25,000
ELECTROBOY, Marcel Gisler, Langfilm
IRAQI ODYSSEY, Samir, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
TABLEAU NOIR, Yves Yersin, Ateliers MERLIN Sàrl
THULETUVALU, Matthias von Gunten, HesseGreutert Film AG
YALOM'S CURE, Sabine Gisiger, Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH
Best Short Film – each nominee will receive CHF 10,000
DISCIPLINE, Christophe M. Saber, Box Productions
EN AOÛT, Jenna Hasse, Galão com Açúcar
LA PETITE LEÇON DE CINÉMA: LE DOCUMENTAIRE, Jean‐Stéphane Bron, Milos-Films SA
PETIT HOMME, Jean‐Guillaume Sonnier, Casa Azul Films
TIŠINA MUJO, Ursula Meier, Bande à part Films
Best Animated Film – each nominee will receive CHF 10,000
AUBADE, Mauro Carraro, Nadasdy Film
MESSAGES DANS L'AIR, Isabelle Favez, Nadasdy Film
TIMBER, Nils Hedinger, prêt-à-tourner Filmproduktion GmbH
Best Screenplay – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
BOUBOULE (Antoine Jaccoud, Bruno Deville), CAB Productions SA
DER KREIS (Stefan Haupt, Christian Felix, Ivan Madeo, Urs Frey), Contrast Film Zürich
DORA ODER DIE SEXUELLEN NEUROSEN UNSERER ELTERN (Stina Werenfels, Boris Treyer), Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Best Actress – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Ursina Lardi, in UNTER DER HAUT
Sylvie Marinkovic, in CURE – THE LIFE OF ANOTHER
Sabine Timoteo, in DRIFTEN
Best Actor – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Baptiste Gilliéron, in PAUSE
Benjamin Lutzke, in CHRIEG
Sven Schelker, in DER KREIS
Best Performance in a Supporting Role – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Nils Althaus, in PAUSE
Peter Jecklin, in DER KREIS
Ella Rumpf, in CHRIEG
Best Film Score – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
DORA ODER DIE SEXUELLEN NEUROSEN UNSERER ELTERN (Peter Scherer)
ELECTROBOY (Balduin)
PAUSE (Mathieu Urfer, Marcin de Morsier, John Woolloff, Ariel Garcia)
YALOM'S CURE (Balz Bachmann)
Best Cinematography – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
CHRIEG (Lorenz Merz)
DORA ODER DIE SEXUELLEN NEUROSEN UNSERER ELTERN (Lukas Strebel)
THULETUVALU (Pierre Mennel)
Best Film Editing – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
CHRIEG (Christof Schertenleib)
DER KREIS (Christoph Menzi)
ELECTROBOY (Thomas Bachmann)
Swiss Film Award – voting system
The Federal Department of Home Affairs appoints a jury made up of Swiss Film Academy members who compile a shortlist of nominees based on recommendations submitted by around 300 members of the Swiss Film Academy. The members of the 2015 jury, chaired by Ivo Kummer, Head of Film at the Federal Office of Culture, were: John Canciani, artistic director, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur; Irene Genhart, freelance journalist, Lucerne; Séverine Cornamusaz, director, Lausanne; Romed Wyder, producer and director, Brig; Ulrich Grossenbacher, director and cinematographer, Langenthal.
Nominees Week
The Cinémas du Grütli in Geneva and Filmpodium in Zurich will show all of the nominated films between 9 and 15 March 2015. These screenings are part of “Nominees Week”, a series of public events held in the run-up to the Swiss Film Award ceremony. These events also give the general public an opportunity to talk directly to film-makers about their work.
Official 2015 Swiss Film Award ceremony
The 18th Swiss Film Award ceremony will take place on 13 March 2015 at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva. This gala event, which officially recognises the work of the Swiss film industry, is co-produced by the Federal Office of Culture and its official partners, SRG SSR and the Association "Quartz" Genève Zürich, and is organised in collaboration with SWISS FILMS, the Swiss Film Academy and the Solothurn Film Festival. Federal Councillor Alain Berset will attend the ceremony.
Additional information:
-Press photos – Nominations Night
From 9.45 pm on 28 January 2015, print-ready photos of the nomination ceremony will be available to download from the Media section of the Swiss Film Award website (www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch).
-Accreditation – Swiss Film Award 2015
Working media wishing to cover the Swiss Film Award ceremony in Geneva will be invited to apply for accreditation in February 2015.
-Social media
The public and media can keep up-to-date with the latest 2015 SFA news on Twitter (https://twitter.com/PrixcinemaCH) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/prixducinemasuisse).
Address for enquiries
Anne Weibel, Director of Communications, Federal Office of Culture
+41 (0)58 462 79 85, anne.weibel@bak.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Office of Cultural Affairs
http://www.bak.admin.ch
