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ZURICH 2017

Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye takes home the Golden Eye from Zurich

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- The jury of the Zurich Film Festival’s International Competition has bestowed the Golden Eye upon the Singaporean film, while Machines by Rahul Jain came out on top in the doc category

Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye takes home the Golden Eye from Zurich
Kirsten Tan, winner of the International Competition at this year’s Zurich Film Festival (© ZFF)

Three films touched the heart of the International Jury of the 13th Zurich Film Festival, chaired by Danish actress Trine Dyrholm: while the title that came up trumps by scooping the top prize (the Golden Eye) was the Singaporean work Pop Aye by Kristen Tan, the French movie Custody [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Legrand
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]
by Xavier Legrand and Iceland’s Under the Tree [+see also:
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interview: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
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]
by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson received two Special Mentions, again in the International Competition.

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Meanwhile, Machines [+see also:
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by Rahul Jain (India/Germany/Finland) emerged triumphant in the documentary category.

Among the Swiss films presented across the various sections of the 13th edition, Blue My Mind [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Lisa Brühlmann
interview: Luna Wedler
film profile
]
by Zurich-born director Lisa Brühlmann stood out from the rest by winning the Golden Eye in the “Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria” competition, as well as the Critics’ Choice Award and the Ecumenical Award. Hot on its tail were the frenetic and entertaining documentary by Thomas Haemmerli I Am Gentrification. Confession of a Scoundrel [+see also:
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, which picked up a Special Mention in the International Documentary Competition (a joint winner with The Other Side of the Wall [+see also:
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, a Spanish-Mexican production by Pau Ortiz), and Before Summer Ends [+see also:
film review
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interview: Maryam Goormaghtigh
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]
by young Swiss-French-Belgian director Maryam Goormaghtigh, which was awarded the Emerging Swiss Talent Award for Best Swiss Film, together with the intriguing Animals [+see also:
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interview: Greg Zglinski
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by Greg Zglinski.

Meanwhile, the audience opted to reward A River Below by Mark Grieco.

Here is the complete list of winners of the Zurich Film Festival:

International Feature Film Competition

Golden Eye for Best Film
Pop Aye – Kirsten Tan (Singapore/Thailand)

Special Mention
Custody [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Xavier Legrand
film profile
]
- Xavier Legrand (France)
Under the Tree [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
film profile
]
- Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (Iceland/Poland/Denmark)

International Documentary Competition

Golden Eye for Best Feature
Machines [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Rahul Jain (India/Germany/Finland)

Special Mention
I Am Gentrification. Confession of a Scoundrel [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 – Thomas Haemmerli (Switzerland)
The Other Side of the Wall [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
– Pau Ortiz (Spain/Mexico)

Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria Competition

Golden Eye for Best Feature
Blue My Mind [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lisa Brühlmann
interview: Luna Wedler
film profile
]
- Lisa Brühlmann (Switzerland)

Emerging Swiss Talent Award for Best Swiss Film
Before Summer Ends [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Maryam Goormaghtigh
film profile
]
– Maryam Goormaghtigh (France/Switzerland)
Animals [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Greg Zglinski
film profile
]
- Greg Zglinski (Switzerland/Austria/Poland)

Critics’ Choice Award for Best Debut Feature
Blue My Mind - Lisa Brühlmann

ZFF for Kids section

Kids Jury Award
Up in the Sky [+see also:
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]
 – Petter Lennstrand (Sweden)

Audience Award
Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg [+see also:
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]
 – Ute von Münchow-Pohl (Germany)

Other awards

Audience Award
A River Below – Mark Grieco (Colombia/USA)

Treatment Competition Award
Secondo - Seraina Nyikos (Switzerland)

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(Translated from Italian)

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