The tenth edition of the Zurich Film Festival unveils its prize list
- The juries of the three competitions of the tenth edition of the Zurich Film Festival award Golden Eyes to Uruguay, Romania and Switzerland, not forgetting to highlight the quality of European cinema
The main prizes of the Zurich Film Festival were awarded to Una noche sin luna by Uruguayan Germán Tejeira (international feature film), Toto and his Sisters [+see also:
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In the same category a Special Mention was awarded to the German movie Capital by Jorg M. Kundinger and Timon Birkhofer. Switzerland was also honoured thanks to the touching first feature film by Bruno Deville Chubby [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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