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

Locarno 2020 hands out its Leopard awards virtually

Locarno 2020 hands out its Leopard awards virtually

Lucrecia Martel and Marí Alessandrini, two directors whose gazes wander from Switzerland to Argentina, have won the two Leopard awards in the main section The Films After Tomorrow  

18/08/2020 | Locarno 2020 | Awards

Punta sacra wins the Golden Sesterce at the Visions du Réel Festival

Punta sacra wins the Golden Sesterce at the Visions du Réel Festival

Joining Italian director Francesca Mazzoleni’s film on the podium is the Finnish offering Anerca, Breath of Life by Markku and Johannes Lehmuskallio  

04/05/2020 | Visions du Réel 2020 | Awards

Visions du Réel announces its industry award winners

Visions du Réel announces its industry award winners

14 projects from four continents received prizes in Pitching du Réel, Rough Cut Lab and Docs in Progress, and three shorts in the Opening Scenes section were awarded by IDFA, Tënk and Slon  

04/05/2020 | Visions du Réel 2020 | Visions du Réel Industry/Awards

À la recherche de l’homme à la caméra scoops the 2020 Prix de Soleure

À la recherche de l’homme à la caméra scoops the 2020 Prix de Soleure

Tunisian director Boutheyna Bouslama and Iraqi-Swiss filmmaker Samir win over both the jury and the audience of the Solothurn Film Festival  

03/02/2020 | Solothurn 2020 | Awards

The 25th edition of the GIFF goes out with a bang

The 25th edition of the GIFF goes out with a bang

The razor-edged Beanpole by Russian cinema prodigy Kantemir Balagov receives the prestigious Golden Reflection award for Best Feature Film at the Geneva International Film Festival  

13/11/2019 | Geneva 2019 | Awards

Record audience numbers for the Zurich Film Festival

Record audience numbers for the Zurich Film Festival

US title Sound of Metal and European works Collective and System Crasher dominate the Swiss festival’s winners’ list  

07/10/2019 | Zurich 2019 | Awards

Vitalina Varela comes out of the darkness to win the prestigious Golden Leopard at Locarno

Vitalina Varela comes out of the darkness to win the prestigious Golden Leopard at Locarno

Perhaps not so unexpectedly, the rigour and tenacity of Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa seduced the jury of the International Competition  

19/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition/Filmmakers of the Present/Signs of Life/Piazza Grande/Moving Ahead/Awards

Extra Ordinary wins big at the NIFFF

Extra Ordinary wins big at the NIFFF

Enda Loughman and Mike Ahern’s comedy horror triumphs at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, taking home two of the most sought-after awards  

15/07/2019 | NIFFF 2019 | Awards

Heimat Is a Space in Time triumphs at Visions du Réel

Heimat Is a Space in Time triumphs at Visions du Réel

Other winners include That Which Does Not Kill, The House and Looking for the Man With the Camera, while the festival reported its highest attendance levels ever  

15/04/2019 | Visions du Réel 2019 | Awards

Those Who Work and Chris The Swiss win big at the Swiss Film Awards

Those Who Work and Chris The Swiss win big at the Swiss Film Awards

Held this year in Geneva, the Swiss Film Awards distinguished two first films by Antoine Russbach and Anja Kofmel respectively  

25/03/2019 | Awards | Switzerland

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