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148 articles available in total starting from 12/11/2002. Last article published on 11/04/2025.

VDR-Industry announces this year’s winners

VDR-Industry announces this year’s winners

More than 80,000 Swiss francs’ worth of prizes have been awarded to 11 projects and a completed short film during the closing ceremony of Visions du Réel’s industry sidebar  

11/04 | Visions du Réel 2025 | VdR-Industry/Awards

The 23rd FIFDH announces its winners

The 23rd FIFDH announces its winners

The doc The Brink of Dreams by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir and the crime-drama Santosh by Sandhya Suri have received the Grand Prizes at the Geneva-based human rights gathering  

17/03 | FIFDH Geneva 2025 | Awards

FIFDH Impact Days announces its winners

FIFDH Impact Days announces its winners

The industry section of the Geneva-based human rights festival has granted awards to three projects addressing cultural resilience, war crimes and economic hardship  

12/03 | FIFDH Geneva 2025 | FIFDH Industry/Awards

Immortals and Quir reign supreme in the Solothurn Film Festival

Immortals and Quir reign supreme in the Solothurn Film Festival

The winners of the festival’s 60th edition include Maja Tschumi and Nicola Bellucci’s titles, alongside Nikola Ilić’s short film Exit Through The Cuckoo’s Nest  

31/01 | Solothurn 2025 | Awards

Universal Language triumphs at the Geneva International Film Festival

Universal Language triumphs at the Geneva International Film Festival

The GIFF gave its Reflet d’Or for Best Film to Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s surreal comedy, and the one for Best Series to Bullshit  

13/11/2024 | Geneva 2024 | Awards

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Black Box Diaries are the big winners at the Zurich Film Festival

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Black Box Diaries are the big winners at the Zurich Film Festival

The event awarded its most coveted prizes to films by two brave and radical artists: Rungano Nyoni and Shiori Itō  

15/10/2024 | Zurich 2024 | Awards

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The festival has elevated two courageous Lithuanian directors, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Laurynas Bareiša, to the highest podium, along with the equally radical Kurdish-Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Awards

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Irene Bartolomé’s Dream of Another Summer, Victor Diago’s Downriver, A Tiger and Lukas Nathrath’s Burgeois Paranoia are among this year’s victors  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro/Awards

Handling the Undead by Thea Hvistendahl scoops the Narcisse for Best Film at the NIFFF

Handling the Undead by Thea Hvistendahl scoops the Narcisse for Best Film at the NIFFF

The International Competition jury was won over by this powerful film that "delivers a painstaking meditation on bereavement and takes a subtle and original approach to tackling a popular genre"  

16/07/2024 | NIFFF 2024 | Awards

Nicole Vögele’s The Landscape and the Fury bags the Visions du Réel Grand Prize

Nicole Vögele’s The Landscape and the Fury bags the Visions du Réel Grand Prize

The Swiss director’s movie won the International Competition while the Burning Lights Prize went to A Fidai Film, co-produced by Palestine, Germany, Qatar and Brazil  

22/04/2024 | Visions du Réel 2024 | Awards

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