Winners 2014 - Swiss Films

Winners of 2014
Swiss Film Award Press Kit
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List of 2014 Swiss Film Award Winners
Best Fiction Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Short Film
Best Animated Film
Best Screenplay
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Best Film Score
Best Cinematography
Best Editing (new category)
Special Award of the Academy
Honorary Award
Previous Winners of the Swiss Film Award
1. List of 2014 Swiss Film Award winners
Best Fiction Film
I AM THE KEEPER (DER GOALIE BIN IG), Sabine Boss, C-Films
Best Documentary Film
FATHER’S GARDEN – THE LOVE OF MY PARENTS (VATERS GARTEN – DIE LIEBE MEINER
ELTERN), Peter Liechti, Liechti Filmproduktion
Best Short Film
THE GREEN SERPENT, Benny Jaberg, Benny Jaberg
Best Animation Film
THE KIOSK (DER KIOSK), Anete Melece, Virage Film
Best Screenplay
Jasmine Hoch, Sabine Boss, Pedro Lenz, I AM THE KEEPER (DER GOALIE BIN IG)
Best Actress
Ursina Lardi, DREAMLAND (TRAUMLAND)
Best Actor
Marcus Signer, I AM THE KEEPER (DER GOALIE BIN IG)
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Dimitri Stapfer, LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT
Best Film Score
Peter von Siebenthal, Richard Köchli, I AM THE KEEPER (DER GOALIE BIN IG)
Best Cinematography
Denis Jutzeler, LEFT FOOT RIGHT FOOT
Best Editing
Tania Stöcklin, FATHER’S GARDEN – THE LOVE OF MY PARENTS (VATERS GARTEN – DIE LIEBE MEINER ELTERN
Special Award of the Academy
Françoise Nicolet, costumes in LONGWAVE (LES GRANDES ONDES (À L’OUEST)), and LEFT
FOOT RIGHT FOOT
Honorary Award
Alexander J. Seiler
2. Best Fiction Film
I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig) by Sabine Boss
Producers:
Michael Steiger
Anita Wasser
Production:
C-Films
Hallenstrasse 10
Postfach
CH – 8032 Zürich
+41/44/253 65 55
[email protected]
www.c-films.com
Film still: Copyright © C-Films
Synopsis: It’s at the end of the eighties, and the hedonist Ernst, whom everyone calls “Goalie,”returns
to the small town of Schummertal after spending one year in prison. This is where he grew up; everyone here knows him. Goalie wants a new start, this time a life without drugs. He looks for a job and
falls in love with Regula, a waitress. It doesn’t matter to him that his best friend Ueli thinks he has become bourgeois. Strong-willed, somewhat naive and with a great deal of charm, he wants to get his
life back on the right track. But just as his life is about to take a lucky turn, his past catches up with
him.
www.goaliefilm.ch
Festival: Solothurner Filmtage 2014
Production:
Distributor (CH):
World rights:
Screenplay:
Cinematography:
Editing:
Sound:
Sound Design:
Music:
Art Direction:
Lighting:
Costumes:
Casting:
Cast:
Original version:
C-Films AG, CARAC Film AG, SRG SSR
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Badenerstrasse 156, Postfach, 8026 Zürich
+41/44/298 81 81, [email protected], www.ascot-elite.ch
C-Films AG, Hallenstrasse 10, Postfach, 8032 Zürich, +41/44/253 65 55
[email protected], www.c-films.com
Jasmine Hoch, Sabine Boss, Pedro Lenz
Michael Saxer
Stefan Kälin
Benedikt Fruttiger
Rolf Büttikofer, Felix Bussmann
Peter von Siebenthal, Richard Köchli
Gerald Damovsky
Werner Wiese
Linda Harper
Ruth Hirschfeld
Marcus Signer, Sonja Riesen, Pascal Ulli, Michael Neuenschwander,
Christian Liniger, Thomas U. Hostettler, Andreas Matti, Rebecca Indermaur,
Nicolas Rosat, Andreas Beutler, Samuel Schwarz, Hanspeter Bader, Celine
Wenger, Heidi Maria Glössner, Pablo Aguilar, Pedro Lenz, Manuel Ferrin,
Gaël Orhan, Hans-Rudolf Strässler u.A.
Swiss German (English / French subtitles), colour, DCP, 92 min.
3. Best Documentary Film
Father’s Garden – The Love of My Parents
(Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern) by Peter Liechti
Producer:
Peter Liechti
Production:
Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH
Birmensdorferstrasse 51
CH – 8004 Zürich
+41/44/242 61 09
[email protected]
www.peterliechti.ch
Film still: Copyright © Liechti Filmproduktion
Synopsis: In the past, the parents were left feeling forlorn and miserable whenever their son came to
visit – and it was much the same for the son. Therefore, they avoided one another whenever possible.
For decades the situation had hardly changed. The film traces a reencounter years later between the
director and his parents – and is an attempt at a personal revision of the past. In the process, a new
view of the parents emerged, an image which also provides again and again insight into a bygone era.
The narrative of their marriage, however, borders on a classic drama and leaves us feeling forlorn and
miserable even today.
Festivals/awards include: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Solothurner Filmtage 2014,
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014, Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
2013, Duisburger Filmwoche 2013, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm 2013, Buenos Aires Muestra Internacional de Cine 2013, Busan International Film Festival
2013 (Cine-phile Award), “Message to Man“ International Film Festival St. Petersburg 2013, Fünf
Seen Filmfestival 2013, Karlovy Vary International Filmfestival 2013, Planete + Doc Film Festival
Warsaw 2013, Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz 2013 (FEDEORA Award für Dokumentarfilme),
Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon 2013 (Prix spécial du Jury – SSA/Suissimage),
Internationales Forum des Jungen Films Berlin 2013 (Leserjurypreis des “Tagesspiegels”), Zürcher
Filmpreis 2013
Production:
Distributor (CH):
Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Look Now!, Gasometerstrasse 9, 8005 Zürich
+41/44/440 25 44, [email protected], www.looknow.ch
World Sales:
Deckert Distribution, Marienplatz 1, D-04103 Leipzig, +49/341/215 66 38,
[email protected], www.deckert-distribution.com
Screenplay:
Peter Liechti
Texts:
Max & Hedy Liechti, Peter Liechti
Cinematography:
Peter Liechti, Peter Guyer
Editing:
Tania Stöcklin
Sound editing:
Florian Eidenbenz
Rerecording editing: Florian Eidenbenz
Puppets:
Eva Ruch
Lighting:
Robert Meyer (Figurentheater)
Original version:
Swiss German/German/English (German/French/English subtitles), colour,
DCP, 93 min.
4. Best Short Film
The Green Serpent by Benny Jaberg
Producer (CH):
Benny Jaberg
Producers (RUS):
Tanya Petrik
Guillaume Protsenko
Production (CH):
Benny Jaberg
Hotzestrasse 38
CH – 8006 Zürich
+41/79/399 46 26
[email protected]
www.bennyjaberg.com
Film still: Copyright © Benny Jaberg
Synopsis: A journey into the depths of intoxication: drinking vodka as a transcendental experience.
An anti-postcard trip through the Russian winter where an actor, a poet and a physicist speak about
their relationship and experience with vodka.
www.thegreenserpent.ch
Festivals/awards include: Mecal Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona
2014, Solothurner Filmtage 2014, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2013, Jihlava International
Documentary Film Festival 2013, Vancouver International Film Festival 2013, Festival del film Locarno
2013, Zürcher Filmpreis 2013 (Kurzfilmpreis Stadt Winterthur)
Production (CH):
Production (RUS):
World rights:
Benny Jaberg,
MiruMir Studio
Benny Jaberg, Hotzestrasse 38, CH – 8006 Zürich
+41/79/399 46 26, [email protected], www.bennyjaberg.com
Screenplay:
Benny Jaberg
Cinematography:
Joona Pettersson
Editing:
Benny Jaberg
Location Sound Mix, Sound Editing, Rerecording Sound Mix: Xavier Thieulin
Sound Design:
Benny Jaberg
Music:
Marcel Vaid
Compositing:
Benny Jaberg, Fabian Wegmüller
Protagonists:
Mstislav Biserov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bashirov,
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budnev
Original version:
Russian (German/French/English subtitles), colour and b/w, DCP, 20 min.
5. Best Animation Film
The Kiosk by Anete Melece
Producer:
Saskia von Virág
Production:
Virage Film
Sihlfeldstrasse 89
CH – 8004 Zürich
+41/44/461 81 60
[email protected]
www.anetemelece.lv
Film still: Copyright © Virage Film
Synopsis: Olga is a cheerful woman who works at a kiosk. She knows the wishes and problems of
her customers well and attends to their every need. But when she is alone – which is often the case –
she dreams of being far away, of escaping from this monotonous life in which she is literally stuck. A
series of absurd incidents finally leads her to the place of her dreams.
Festivals/awards include: Tribeca Film Festival New York 2014, Solothurner Filmtage 2014 (Prix du
Public SSA/Suissimage - 2e Prix), International Animation Film Festival Animateka 2013 (Special
mention of the Elephant jury), Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
2013, International Short Film Festival Riga 2013 (Best Latvian Film, Sympathy Award), CinÉast Festival du Film d'Europe Centrale et Orientale 2013 (Prix du Public du meilleur court métrage d'animation), China International Anima-tion and Digital Arts Festival 2013 (Special Jury Award in Student
Work Category), Short Shorts Film Festival México 2013 (Special Mention), ANIMANIMA International
Animation Festival 2013, Fantoche 11. Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm Baden 2013 (Special Mention, Swiss Competition, Publikumspreis, Swiss Competition), Festival Internacional de Animação do Brasil Anima Mundi 2013, Curtas Vila do Conde 2013
Production:
Virage Film, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen,
Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst
World Sales:
Interfilm Berlin, Tempelhofer Ufer 1a, D-10961 Berlin
+49/30/25 84 29 04, [email protected], www.interfilm.de
Cinematography:
Anete Melece
Editing:
Fee Liechti
Location Sound Mix: Christof Steinmann
Sound Editing:
Christof Steinmann
Sound Design:
Christof Steinmann
Rerecording Sound Mix: Christof Steinmann
Music:
Ephrem Lüchinger
Animation:
Stefan Holaus
Compositing:
Anete Melece, Stefan Holaus
Characters by:
Anete Melece
Special Effects:
Stefan Holaus, Anete Melece
Techniques:
Cut out animation
Original version:
Without dialogue, colour, DCP, 7 min.
6. Best Screenplay
Jasmine Hoch, Sabine Boss, Pedro Lenz for I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin
ig)
Pictures S. Boss und P. Lenz: Copyright © Pascal Hegner
Jasmine Hoch: Born in 1964 in Darmstadt, Germany. Studies German Philology, Art History and
Philosophy in Mainz. 1984 to 1998 Director at various theatres in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
1999 Completes further education in Script Consulting. Since 1984 lives in Zurich, working as a dramaturge in screenplay development; since 2008 and lectures at the Zurich University of the Arts in
Screenwriting (Film), Directing and Scenic Writing (Theatre). Co-author of screenplays for various
films, with occasional part-time works as a guest dramaturge.
As a script consultant, Hoch is currently supervising a diverse number of funded works for Fama Film,
Triluna Film and Langfilm in Zurich, among others, as well as writing the screenplay for the film adaption of Rolf Dobelli’s novel “Himmelreich” for Ruth Waldburger, Vega Film.
Sabine Boss: Born in 1966 in Aarau, Switzerland. 1986-87 Works as radio presenter at LoRa and
DRS 3. 1987-91 Sound engineer for film and theatre. 1992-96 Studies directing at ZHdK (Zürcher
Hochschule der Künste). 1996-97 Works as assistant director on various productions and projects for
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). 1998 Freelance work at SRF. 1999 Freelance director for
TV3. Since 2000 works as independent director and screenwriter for film, television and theatre.
Pedro Lenz: Born in 1965 in Langenthal. Obtains apprenticeship diploma as a mason in 1984; thereafter the A-levels in 1995 (as a 2nd educational career). Studies Spanish Literature for several semesters at the University of Bern. Since 2001 works full-time as an author. Lives and works in Olten as a
poet and author, as well as a columnist for various newspapers and magazines (currently: NZZ, WoZ).
As an author Lenz is a member of the “Hohe Stirnen” stage project and the “Bern ist überall” Spoken
Word Group. He has penned texts for various theatre groups and for Swiss Radio DRS. 2007-2010
Member of the “Morgengeschichte” team at Radio DRS1. In 2008 Pedro Lenz took part in the Klagenfurt Literature Festival.
Filmography Jasmine Hoch (selection):
2014 I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig)
2011 The Foster Boy (Der Verdingbub) (co-writer)
2010 Trouble No More (co-writer)
2001 Heidi
Filmography Sabine Boss (selection, screenplay):
2014 I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig) (co-writer)
2007 Kein zurück – Studers neuster Fall (co-writer)
2002 Ernstfall in Havanna (co-writer)
2001 Studers erster Fall
Filmography Pedro Lenz
2014 I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig) (co-writer)
7. Best Actress
Ursina Lardi as Lena in Dreamland (Traumland) by Petra Volpe
Picture: Copyright © Beatrice Minda / Film still Dreamland (Traumland): Copyright © Zodiac Pictures Ltd.
Biography: Born in 1970 in Samedan. Studies at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art, with subsequent engagements at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Berliner Ensemble and the Schaubühne in Berlin. Honoured with the Karajan
Prize from the Eliette von Karajan Cultural Foundation for her interpretations. Performances in a diverse number of cinema films and television productions, as well as alongside Ulrich Tukur in the fiction film “Das weisse Band,” which with the Golden Palm in Cannes in 2009.
Selected film roles: 2014 Unter der Haut, directed by Claudia Lorenz / 2014 Akte Grüninger, directed
by Alain Gsponer / 2013 Traumland, directed by Petra Volpe / 2012 Die Frau von früher, directed by
Andreas Kleinert / 2012 Lore, directed by Cate Shortland / 2011 Der Verdingbub, directed by Markus
Imboden / 2010 Songs Of Love And Hate, directed by Katalin Gödrös / 2009 Das weisse Band - Eine
deutsche Kindergeschichte, directed by Michael Haneke / 2001 Mein langsames Leben, directed by
Angela Schanelec/ 2000 Die Königin, directed by Werner Schroeter
Synopsis of Dreamland (Traumland): While preparing Christmas dinner, Lena finds out that her
husband cheats on her with prostitutes. Judith, the social worker who takes care of prostitutes, is living
her sexual fantasy with a policeman in a hotel suite. Rolf, a recovering alcoholic is trying to fix his relationship with his daughter. Maria wants to seduce Juan who still can't forget his wife. All paths cross
with that of a young Eastern European prostitute on Christmas Eve in Zurich.
Festivals/awards include:
Solothurner Filmtage 2014, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2014, Internationale Hofer
Filmtage 2013, Busan International Film Festival 2013, Zurich Film Festival 2013
8. Best Actor
Marcus Signer as Goalie in I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig) directed by Sabine Boss
Film still I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig): Copyright © C-Films AG
Biography: Born in 1964 in Bern, Switzerland. 1982-86 he completed his training as an actor and
animator at the “Theaterwerkstatt 1230” in Bern and was a permanent member of the ensemble until
1992. Following his stay in New York as artist-in-residence, he worked as an independent actor. He
has performed at Stadttheater Bern, at Club 111 and at Insitu Chur, among others. Apart from his
work in the theatre, Marcus Signer has also performed in a number of film and television productions,
collaborated in numerous radio plays and narrated advertising spots.
Selected film roles: 2014 Der Goalie bin ig, directed by Sabine Boss / 2014 Der Geisterfahrer, directed by Karim Patwa / 2013 Tatort – Geburtstagskind, directed by Tobias Ineichen / 2013 Der
Bestatter, directed by Markus Welter / 2011 Mary & Johnny, directed by Samuel Schwarz & Julian M.
Grünthal / 2011 Silberwald, directed by Christine Repond / 1998 Zucker für die Bestie, directed by
Markus Fischer / 1992 Brandnacht, directed by Markus Fischer
Synopsis of I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig): It’s at the end of the eighties, and the hedonist
Ernst, whom everyone calls “Goalie,”returns to the small town of Schummertal after spending one year
in prison. This is where he grew up; everyone here knows him. Goalie wants a new start, this time a
life without drugs. He looks for a job and falls in love with Regula, a waitress. It doesn’t matter to him
that his best friend Ueli thinks he has become bourgeois. Strong-willed, somewhat naive and with a
great deal of charm, he wants to get his life back on the right track. But just as his life is about to take
a lucky turn, his past catches up with him.
www.goaliefilm.ch
Festival: Solothurner Filmtage 2014
9. Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Dimitri Stapfer as Mika in Left Foot Right Foot directed by Germinal Roaux
Picture Copyright © Ana Hofmann / Film still Left Foot Right Foot: Copyright © CAB Productions
Biography: At the age of 13, he participated during two seasons at the Swiss tour of Circus Chnopf
as actor and circus performer. Following this experience, he landed a role in the play “Lieber 99
falsche Tode als 9 Stunden falsches Leben“ at Theater Neumarkt in Zurich. After his apprenticeship,
he began in 2009, the Drama School of Zürich. During the summer of 2010, he was seen in the role of
Jeroboam in the play “The Queen of Sheba”at the Origen Festival at Col du Julier (Switzerland). For
the end study play, his class gets the price of groupe at the meeting of the actors from main German
schools at Schauspieltreffen, in Vienna for the play “Blood Wedding” under the direction of Martina
Eitner-Aecheampong. In the season 2013/14 he is an ensemble member of the Schauspielhaus Zurich.
www.dimitri-stapfer.ch
Selected film roles: 2014 Cushion, directed by Ninian Green / 2013 Left Foot Right Foot, directed by
Germinal Roaux / 2013 Träume leben und sterben, directed by Steven Vit / 2013 Schmuckrebellen,
directed by Felix Hegert / 2013 Tatort – Geburtstagskind, directed by Tobias Ineichen / 2012 Nullpunkt, directed by Oliver Schwarz / 2011 Once Upon a Time in Bümpliz, directed by Arnaud Baur /
2010 Balz, directed by Cyril Daepp / 2006 Sonjas Rückkehr, directed by Tobias Ineichen
Synopsis of Left Foot Right Foot: Marie, 19, is attracted by easy money. Without really realizing it,
she becomes involved in prostitution. She decides not to tell her friend, Vincent, a young, nonchalant,
21-year-old skater who owes everyone money and just can’t seem to grow up. The maelstrom of life
seizes Marie and Vincent, caught up in a society where money, appearance and perpetual selfdelusion are everything. Vincent’s mute, autistic brother, Mika, also gets caught in the trap.
Festivals/awards include: Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014 (Special Mention of the
Jury), Festival international du film francophone Namur 2013 (Bayard d'or de la meilleure première
oeuvre), Festival des films du monde Montréal 2013
10. Best Film Score
Peter von Siebenthal, Richard Köchli for I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig)
directed by Sabine Boss
Peter von Siebenthal: Born in 1958. Works as a sound editor, composer, musician and producer
since the mid-eighties. 1985 to 2009 Works with Züri West at numerous concerts and recordings.
Apart from his scores for film and theatre, von Siebenthal is responsible for the sound editing and design of numerous productions for advertising, television and film.
www.petervonsiebenthal.ch
Selected film scores by Peter von Siebenthal:
2014 I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig), directed by Sabine Boss
2011 Die Angst hat 1000 Augen, directed by Dagmar Brendecke & Walter Brun
2011 Das Album meiner Mutter, directed by Christian Iseli
2001 Tatort Time-Out, directed by B. Giger
1996 Katzendiebe, directed by Markus Imboden
Richard Köchli: Born in 1962 in Basel. Has worked for 24 years as a professional guitarist on stage
and in the studio. He has made a name for himself as an author of successful books for guitar in Germany and in the USA. Although his album “laid-back” (2008) won him acclaim as a sensitive, multilingual singersongwriter, his true talent remains the slide guitar, for his famous bottleneck is also the
perfect link to Blues: his book “Masters of Blues Guitar” was honoured with the German Music Edition
Prize Best Edition 2011; he won the Swiss Blues Award 2013 for his two CDs “Howlin' with the bad
boys” and “Still howlin' – live.”
www.richardkoechli.ch
Film score by Richard Köchli:
2014 I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig), directed by Sabine Boss
Synopsis of I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig): It’s at the end of the eighties, and the hedonist
Ernst, whom everyone calls “Goalie,”returns to the small town of Schummertal after spending one year
in prison. This is where he grew up; everyone here knows him. Goalie wants a new start, this time a
life without drugs. He looks for a job and falls in love with Regula, a waitress. It doesn’t matter to him
that his best friend Ueli thinks he has become bourgeois. Strong-willed, somewhat naive and with a
great deal of charm, he wants to get his life back on the right track. But just as his life is about to take
a lucky turn, his past catches up with him.
11. Best Cinematography
Denis Jutzeler for Left Foot Right Foot
Picture: Copyright © Pascal Hegner/ Film still: Copyright © CAB Productions
Biography: 1976-1980 Studies Photography at the Vevey School of Arts. 1980-84 Photographer at
Aurima Atelier. 1982 Photography stipend. 1983-1990 Works as camera assistant in Switzerland and
France. 2000 Steadicam internship at Bogard in Paris. 2006 Further education in HD with FOCAL.
Since 1990 chief cinemato
www.denisjutzeler.ch
Selected filmography:
2013 Left Foot Right Foot, directed by Germinal Roaux
2011 Vol spécial, directed by Fernand Melgar
2004 Absolut directed by Romed Wyder
2004 Paul s’en va, directed by Alain Tanner
1999 Jonas et Lila, à demain directed by Alain Tanner
1996 Fourbi directed by Alain Tanner
Synopsis of Left Foot Right Foot: Marie, 19, is attracted by easy money. Without really realizing it,
she becomes involved in prostitution. She decides not to tell her friend, Vincent, a young, nonchalant,
21-year-old skater who owes everyone money and just can’t seem to grow up. The maelstrom of life
seizes Marie and Vincent, caught up in a society where money, appearance and perpetual selfdelusion are everything. Vincent’s mute, autistic brother, Mika, also gets caught in the trap.
Festivals/awards include: Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014 (Special Mention of the
Jury), Festival international du film francophone Namur 2013 (Bayard d'or de la meilleure première
oeuvre), Festival des films du monde Montréal 2013
12. Best Film Editing
Tania Stöcklin for
Father’s Garden – The Love of My Parents (Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern)
Picture: Copyright © Pascal Hegner/ Film still: Copyright © Liechti Filmprodktionen
Biography: Born in 1959. 1982-89 Studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin
(DFFB); lives and works as director, screenwriter and editor in Zurich and Berlin.
Selected filmography:
2013 Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern, directed by Peter Liechti
2012 My Generation, directed by Veronika Minder
2010 Beyond This Place, directed by Kaleo La Belle
2009 The Sound of Insects, directed by Peter Liechti
2003 Hans im Glück, directed by Peter Liechti
1998 Hotel Belgrad, directed by Andrea Staka
Synopsis: In the past, the parents were left feeling forlorn and miserable whenever their son came to
visit – and it was much the same for the son. Therefore, they avoided one another whenever possible.
For decades the situation had hardly changed. The film traces a reencounter years later between the
director and his parents – and is an attempt at a personal revision of the past. In the process, a new
view of the parents emerged, an image which also provides again and again insight into a bygone era.
The narrative of their marriage, however, borders on a classic drama and leaves us feeling forlorn and
miserable even today.
Festivals/awards include: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Solothurner Filmtage 2014,
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014, Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
2013, Duisburger Filmwoche 2013, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm 2013, Buenos Aires Muestra Internacional de Cine 2013, Busan International Film Festival
2013 (Cine-phile Award), “Message to Man“ International Film Festival St. Petersburg 2013, Fünf
Seen Filmfestival 2013, Karlovy Vary International Filmfestival 2013, Planete + Doc Film Festival
Warsaw 2013, Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz 2013 (FEDEORA Award für Dokumentarfilme),
Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon 2013 (Prix spécial du Jury – SSA/Suissimage),
Internationales Forum des Jungen Films Berlin 2013 (Leserjurypreis des “Tagesspiegels”), Zürcher
Filmpreis 2013
13. Special Academy Award
Françoise Nicolet
for the costume design in Longwave (Les grandes ondes (à l’ouest) and Left Foot Right Foot
Tribute:
The Special Academy Award 2014 goes to the costume designer Françoise Nicolet for her exceptional
contribution to the films Longwave (Les grandes ondes (à l’ouest) and Left Foot Right Foot. The precision of her work underpins the two films and lends the characters authenticity, without affectation.
Film still: Left Foot Right Foot: Copyright © CAB Productions / Film still Longwave: Copyright © rita productions
Biography: Born in 1953 in Lausanne. Works since 1979 as freelance costume designer in Switzerland and abroad. Worked as a freelance constume designer for Zentropa from 1985 to 2009 in Denmark.
Selected filmography:
2013 Longwave (Les grandes ondes (à l’ouest)), directed by Lionel Baier
2013 Left Foot Right Foot, directed by Germinal Rouaux
2013 Cyanure, directed by Séverine Cornamusaz
2009 Dirty Money, l'infiltré, directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard
2004 Return to Sender, directed by Bille August
2003 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, directed by Lone Scherfig
1996 De største helte, directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Election of the Special Academy Award 2014
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.
Committee
Christian Frei (producer & director, President of the Swiss Film Academy)
Isabel Meier (film editor)
Françoise Deriaz (editor)
Luc Peter (director, cinematographer and producer)
John Canciani (Artistic Director, International Short Film Festival, Winterthur)
Hans Jürg Zinsli (journalist)
14. Honorary Award: Alexander J. Seiler
Born in Zurich in 1928, Alexander J. Seiler studied in Basel, Zurich, Paris, Munich and Vienna, where
he obtained a doctorate. Prior to 1960, he worked as a journalist before turning to filmmaking. He has
written and directed some 20 films, including several documentaries on which he worked with longtime collaborators June Kovach (musician) and Rob Gnant (cameraman). In his films Seiler taps into
the subjective experiences of his subjects to capture the prevailing mood in Switzerland. One of the
recurring themes of his work is familiarity and foreignness, as exemplified in the internationally lauded
“Siamo italiani” (1964), a depiction of the day-to-day life of Italian migrant workers in Switzerland and
the xenophobia they encounter. In “Septemberwind” (2002), the film-maker revisits the former workers
some 40 years later and examines the impact that migration has had on them and their families. His
cultural and social activism also informs much of his work, such as “Musikwettbewerb” (1967), “Die
Früchte der Arbeit” (1977), “Ludwig Hohl” (1982), “Palaver, Palaver” (1990), and “Roman Brodmann.
Der Nestbeschmutzer / Der Unruhestifter” (1995). It is impossible to separate Alexander J. Seiler’s
cinematic output from his film policy activism and engaged writing. He is a co-founder of the Solothurn
Film Festival and the Swiss Film Centre, today Swiss Films. He was also an active member of the
Swiss Film Directors Association and the Federal Film Commission.
Further information: http://www.swissfilms.ch/de/information_publications/cine-portraits/
15. Previous Winners of the Swiss Film Award
Best Fiction Film
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1998
I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig)
Sister
Summer Games
La petite chambre
Cœur animal
Home
Der Freund
Vitus
Mein Name ist Eugen
Tout un hiver sans feu
Jagged Harmonies – Bach vs. Frederick II
On dirait le sud
Utopia Blues
Azzurro
Set me free
F. is a bastard
The Silence of Men (joint winner)
Waalo Fendo – where the earth freezes (joint winner)
Sabine Boss
Ursula Meier
Rolando Colla
Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Séverine Cornamusaz
Ursula Meier
Micha Lewinsky
Fredi M. Murer
Michael Steiner
Greg Zglinski
Dominique de Rivaz
Vincent Pluss
Stefan Haupt
Denis Rabaglia
Léa Pool
Marcel Gisler
Clemens Klopfenstein
Mohammed Soudani
Best Documentary Film
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
Father’s Garden – The Love of My Parents
More than Honey
Vol special
Cleveland versus Wall Street
The Woman with the 5 Elephants
No more Smoke Signals
Echoes of Home
The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
Exit, The Right To Die
Accordion Tribe
Corn in Parliament
Shepherds’ Journey into the third Millennium
Bashkim
Do It
Schlagen und Abtun
The Government
Peter Liechti
Markus Imhoof
Fernand Melgar
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Vadim Jendreyko
Fanny Bräuning
Stefan Schwietert
Heidi Specogna
Fernand Melgar
Stefan Schwietert
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Erich Langjahr
Vadim Jendreyko
Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli
Norbert Wiedmer
Christian Davi
1998
The Diary of Rivesaltes 1941-1942
Jaqueline Veuve
Best Short Film
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
The Green Serpent
Einspruch VI
Du&Ich
Yuri Lennon’s Landing on Alpha 46
Las Pelotas
One Day And Nothing
On the Line
Feierabend
Terra incognita
Chyenne
The Staircase
Swapped
La jeune fille et les nuages
Summertime
Babami Hirsizlar Caldi (Stolen Father)
Pastry, Pain and Politics
Angélique (“Blind Date“ collection of 12 short films)
Benny Jaberg
Rolando Colla
Esen Isik
Anthony Vouardoux
Chris Niemeyer
Lorenz Merz
Reto Caffi
Alex E. Kleinberger
Peter Volkart
Alexander Meier
Frédéric Mermoud
Pierre Monnard
Georges Schwizgebel
Anna Luif
Esen Isik
Stina Werenfels
Samir
Best Animation Film
2014
2013
2011
2009
2007
2005
The Kiosk
La nuit de l’ours
Miramare
Tôt ou tard
Wolkenbruch
Another City
Anete Melece
Frédéric Guillaume, Samuel Guillaume
Michaela Müller
Jadwiga Kowalska
Simon Eltz
Carlo Ippolito
New categories since 2008:
Best Actress
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Ursina Lardi in Dreamland (Traumland) directed by von Petra Volpe
Sibylle Brunner in Rosie, directed by Marcel Gisler
Carla Juri in Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari, directed by Xavier Koller
Isabelle Caillat in All that Remains, directed by Pierre-Adrian Irlé, Valentin Rotelli
Marie Leuenberger in Die Standesbeamtin, directed by Micha Lewinsky
Celine Bolomey in Du bruit dans la tête, directed by Vincent Pluss
Sabine Timoteo in Nebenwirkungen, directed by Manuel Siebenmann
Best Actor
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Marcus Signer in I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig) directed by Sabine Boss
Kacey Mottet Klein in Sister, directed by Ursula Meier
Max Hubacher in The Foster Boy (Der Verdingbub), directed by Markus Imboden
Scherwin Amini in Stationspiraten, directed by Michael Schaerer
Antonio Buil in Cœur animal, directed by Séverine Cornamusaz
Dominique Jann in Luftbusiness, directed by Dominique de Rivaz
Bruno Cathomas in Chicken Mexicaine, directed by Armin Biehler
Best Emerging Talent
2010
2009
2008
Uygar Tamer in Dirty Money, l’infiltré, directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard
Kacey Mottet Klein in Home, directed by Ursula Meier
Philippe Graber in Der Freund, directed by Micha Lewinsky
Former categories (2004 – 2007):
Best Performance in a Leading Role
2007
2006
2005
2004
Jean-Luc Bideau in Mon frère se marie, directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
Carlos Leal in Snow White, directed by Samir
Roeland Wiesnekker in Strähl, directed by Manuel Flurin Hendry
Bettina Stucky in Meier Marilyn, directed by Stina Werenfels
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
2007
2006
2005
2004
Natacha Koutchoumov in Pas de panique, directed by Denis Rabaglia
Marthe Keller in Fragile, directed by Laurent Nègre
Johanna Bantzer in Strähl, directed by Manuel Flurin Hendry
Gilles Tschudi in Mein Name ist Bach, directed by Dominique de Rivaz
Pre-2003 categories:
Best Actress
2003
2002
2001
2000
Mona Petri-Fueter in Füür oder Flamme, directed by Markus Fischer
Andrea Guyer and Carol Schuler in Lieber Brad, directed by Lutz Konermann (joint winners)
Sabine Timoteo in L’amour, l’argent, l’amour, directed by Philipp Gröning
Delphine Lanza in Attention aux chiens, directed by François Christophe Marzal
Best Actor
2003
2002
2001
2000
Mathias Gnädinger in Big Deal, directed by Markus Fischer
Michael Finger in Utopia Blues, directed by Stefan Haupt
Bruno Ganz in Pane e tulipani, directed by Silvio Soldini
Stefan Suske in Grosse Gefühle, directed by Christof Schertenleib
New category introduced in 2011:
Best Performance in a Supporting Role
2014
2013
2012
2011
Dimitri Stapfer in Left Foot Right Foot, directed by Germinal Roaux
Antonio Buil in Opération Libertad, directed by Nicolas Wadimoff
Stefan Kurt in Der Verdingbub, directed by Markus Imboden
Carla Juri in 180°, directed by Cihan Inan
New category introduced in 2007:
Best Screenplay
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig) by Jasmine Hoch, Sabine Boss, Pedro Lenz
Sister by Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier
Summer Games by Rolando Colla, Pilar Anguita-MacKay
La petite chambre by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Complices by Frédéric Mermoud
Home by Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud
Pas Douce by Jeanne Waltz
Das Fräulein by Andrea Štaka, Barbara Albert, Marie Kreutzer
New category introduced in 2009:
Best Film Score
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Peter von Siebenthal, Richard Köchli for I am The Keeper (Der Goalie bin ig)
Peter Scherer for More than Honey
Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker, George Vaine for Goodnight Nobody
Marcel Vaid for Goodnight Nobody
Norbert Möslang for The Sound of Insects – Record Of A Mummy
Marcel Vaid for Zara
New category introduced in 2012:
Best Cinematography
2014
2013
2012
Denis Jutzeler for Left Foot Right Foot directed by Germinal Roaux
Camille Cottagnoud for Hiver nomade, directed by Manuel von Stürler
Lorenz Merz for Summer Games, directed by Rolando Colla
Special Jury Prize
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Gerald Damovsky for his production design in Sennentuntschi
Stéphane Kuthy for his cinematography in Tannöd
Danilo Catti for his artistic and political engagement in Giù le mani
Moritz Schneider, Stress and Mich Gerber for the soundtrack of Breakout
Best ensemble cast for Nachbeben
The Zurich Film Collective for the concept and editing of Klingenhof
Filip Zumbrunn for lighting and cinematography in Strähl
Corinna Glaus for the casting of film Achtung, fertig, Charlie!
New category introduce in 2012:
Special Award of the Academy
2014
2013
2012
Françoise Nicolet for the costume design in Longwave and Left Foot Right Foot
Karine Sudan for her editing work in Hiver nomade
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
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2005
Alexander J. Seiler
Jacqueline Veuve
Rolf Lyssy
Marcel Hoehn
Claude Goretta
Alain Tanner