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150 articles available in total starting from 12/11/2002. Last article published on 15/07/2025.

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

VdR-Industry announces its victors

VdR-Industry announces its victors

Over 100,000 Swiss francs were awarded to sixteen projects during the closing ceremony of the Visions du Réel Festival’s industry sidebar  

19/04/2024 | Visions du Réel 2024 | VdR-Industry/Awards

The 22nd FIFDH announces its award winners

The 22nd FIFDH announces its award winners

Name Me Lawand by Edward Lovelace, The Cage Is Looking for a Bird by Malika Musaeva and The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez have received the Grand Prizes at the Geneva-based human rights gathering  

18/03/2024 | FIFDH Geneva 2024 | Awards

FIFDH Impact Days crowns its victors

FIFDH Impact Days crowns its victors

The industry section of the Geneva-based human rights festival has granted awards to three projects and wrapped its most successful edition to date  

15/03/2024 | FIFDH Geneva 2024 | FIFDH Industry/Awards

The Hearing and My Swiss Army triumph at the Solothurn Film Festival

The Hearing and My Swiss Army triumph at the Solothurn Film Festival

Victors at the most recent edition of the gathering include movies by Lisa Gerig and Luka Popadić, and Basil Da Cunha’s short film 2720  

29/01/2024 | Solothurn 2024 | Awards

Canada's Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person triumphs at the Geneva International Film Festival

Canada's Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person triumphs at the Geneva International Film Festival

The Swiss festival honoured four surprising productions which take a courageous approach to tackling modern-day issues  

14/11/2023 | Geneva 2023 | Awards

Hesitation Wound scoops the Golden Eye at the Zurich Film Festival

Hesitation Wound scoops the Golden Eye at the Zurich Film Festival

The festival honoured Turkish director Selman Nacar’s movie, alongside Hollywoodgate by Egypt’s Ibrahim Nash’at and In the Rearview by Poland’s Maciek Hamela  

10/10/2023 | Zurich 2023 | Awards

Critical Zone wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Critical Zone wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The biggest awards of the festival went to three courageous and radical directors: the Iranian Ali Ahmadzadeh, the Ukrainian Maryna Vroda and the Romanian Radu Jude  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Awards

Locarno Pro announces its Open Doors winners, sees the triumph of Génesis Valenzuela’s Three Bullets

Locarno Pro announces its Open Doors winners, sees the triumph of Génesis Valenzuela’s Three Bullets

The Dominican-Spanish project, which revolves around the brutal murder of Lucrecia Pérez in 1992, has snagged three prizes  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Locarno Pro/Awards

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