08/11/2006

Twenty films, five scripts and six actors are in the running for the 10th Swiss Film Awards, taking place on January 24 in Soleure.

Best Film nominees are Thick as Thieves [+see also:
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film profile] by Lionel Baier, Das Fraulein [+see also:
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film profile] by Andrea Štaka (Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival), Grounded: The Last Days of Swissair [+see also:
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film profile] by Michael Steiner and Tobias Fueter (Swiss box office champion with 380,000 admissions), My Brother is Getting Married [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Stéphane Bron
interview: Thierry Spicher
film profile] by Jean-Stéphane Bron (double prize winner at the Namur Francophone Film Festival) and Fredi M. Murer’s Vitus [+see also:
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interview: Christian Davi
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film profile] (Audience Award at the RomeFilmFest and 200,000 admissions to date in German-speaking Switzerland) (see Focus).

This year there will be a new award for Best Feature Script and contenders include Niklaus Hilber and Paul Steinmann (Hilber’s Cannabis); Andrea Štaka, Barbara Albert and Marie Kreutzer (Das Fraulein); Maya Todeschini, Christoph Schaub, Marcel Hoehn and Elisabeth Diot (Jeune homme [+see also:
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film profile] by Schaub); Petra Lüschow and Stina Werenfels (Going Private by Werenfels), as well as Peter Luisi, Fredi M. Murer and Lukas B. Suter (Vitus).

Best Documentary nominees include Erich Langjahr’s Alpine Saga, Hippie Masala – Für immer in Indien (lit. "Hippie Masala: Forever in India") by Ulrich Grossenbacher and Damaris Lüthi, Ein Lied für Argyris by Stefan Haupt, Carla’s List by Marcel Schüpbach and The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez by Heidi Specogna.

There will also be two acting awards. Jean-Luc Bideau (My Brother is Getting Married), Stephanie Glaser (Late Bloomers by Bettina Oberli) and Michael Neuenschwander (Going Private) will compete for the Best Leading Actor Actress Award, while Natacha Koutchoumov (Pas de panique by Denis Rabaglia), Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart (Jeune homme) and Leonardo Nigro (Going Private) are nominated in the Best Supporting Role category.

Aside from Best Short and Best Animated Film awards, the jury will also give a special distinction to "a remarkable artistic contribution".

(Translated from French)