My Little Sister y The New Gospel suben al podio del Premio de cine suizo
por Muriel Del Don
- La película de Stéphanie Chuat y Véronique Reymond se lleva un puñado de premios Quartz, mientras la de Milo Rau se queda con el de mejor documental
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The winners of the 2021 Swiss Film Prize were announced during a ceremony filmed live from the studios of RTS in Geneva. My Little Sister [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by the (theatre and film) director and writer Milo Rau, who, with the help of Yvan Sagnet, a former farm worker and militant from Cameroon, creates a new gospel for the 21st century, a touching manifesto which is full of humanity for a fairer and more respectful world.
In respect of the other categories, Your Street by Güzin Kar was handed the Quartz for Best Short Film, while another short, Darwin’s Notebook by Georges Schwizgebel, was crowned Best Animated Film. Urban Amazons by Thaïs Odermatt imposed itself as Best Graduate Film and Needle Park Baby [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]. There were no prizes in the category of Best Male Performance during this 2021 edition of the event, due to the low number of actors eligible for the award. The Special Academy Award was, however, bestowed upon Linda Harper thanks to the costumes she designed for Of Fish and Men [+lee también:
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The full list of award winners is as follows:
Best Film
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Best Documentary
The New Gospel [+lee también:
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Best Short Film
Your Street - Güzin Kar
Best Animated Film
Darwin’s Notebook - Georges Schwizgebel (short film)
Best Screenplay
My Little Sister - Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Best Actress
Sarah Spale - Needle Park Baby [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actress
Marthe Keller - My Little Sister
Best Soundtrack
Alice Schmid - Burning Memories [+lee también:
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Best Photography
Filip Zumbrunn - My Little Sister
Best Editing
Myriam Rachmuth - My Little Sister
Best Sound
Peter Bräker - Nemesis [+lee también:
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Best Graduate Film
Urban Amazons - Thaïs Odermatt
Special Academy Prize
Linda Harper, for her costumes in Of Fish and Men [+lee también:
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Lilo Pulver, for her career as a film actress
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