Aloys takes home first prize from the Saas-Fee Filmfest
- The festival, helmed by the charismatic Gabriel Zurbriggen and Stefan Fichtner, has placed Aloys by Swiss director Tobias Nölle on the highest step of the podium
Aloys [+see also:
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The jury, comprising Swiss director Ursula Meier, Austrian actor Andreas Lust and the multifaceted Sigrid Andersson (an actress, director and film coach from Berlin who, in a new addition this year, led an acting workshop during the festival), decided to award the Saas-Fee Filmfest’s top prize to an “impressive debut film in which the astonishing cinematography made up of soft, crepuscular tones combines with the inventive use of sound to breathe life into a unique sensory experience”.
Meanwhile, the Critics’ Award, for which the jury was made up of journalists Madeleine Hirsiger (Switzerland) and Andreas Busche (Germany), flanked by Italian film critic Tommaso Tocci, was bestowed upon Berlin-born Nicolette Krebitz and her film Wild [+see also:
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With its nine films in competition, hailing from Switzerland and its four neighbouring countries (Austria, Germany, France and Italy), framed by a breathtakingly beautiful Alpine setting, this third edition of the Saas-Fee Filmfest proved to be a dynamic event with a warm atmosphere.
(Translated from Italian)
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