Main awards won by films from Uruguay, Romania and Switzerland.

A Moonless Night (Una Noche sin Luna)

Germán Tejeira’s A Moonless Night (Una Noche Sin Luna) has won the International Feature Film Golden Eye award at the 10th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5).

The drama centres on three lonely lives in rural Uruguay.

The International Documentary Film Golden Eye was won by Alexander Nanau’s Romanian film, Toto and His Sisters, about a 10-year-old and his two teenage sisters who learn to survive while waiting for their mother’s release.

Both awards come with a cash prize of more than $30,000 (CHF25,000) and (CHF100,000) for Swiss promotion.

The Golden Eye in the Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria section was won by Nick Brandestini’s Swiss documentary Children of the Arctic. Brandestini previously won a Golden Eye for documentary Darwin.

The prize include CHF 20’000 ($20,0007) cash prize. Each winner also receives CHF 100’000 ($10,700) for the promotion of their film in Swiss cinemas.

The newly introduced Emerging Swiss Talent Award went to Bruno Deville’s Boucoule (Switzerland), and the Critic’s Choice Award to Scenskjavel Ronnie Sandahl (Sweden).

The Audience Award went to Zu Ende Leben Rebecca Panian (Switzerland); the Audience Award in the ‘ZFF for Kids’ section was awarded by young viewers to Veit Helmer’s Quatsch und die Nasenbarbande. .

THE LIST OF AWARDS 

International Feature Film Competition

Jury:

  • Susanne Bier / director / Denmark (Jury President)
  • Marie Masmonteil / producer, actress / France
  • Jasmila Zbanic / director / Bosnia
  • Donald De Line / producer / USA

The 10thZurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film goes to:

UNA NOCHE SIN LUNA/A MOONLESS NIGHT by Germán Tejeira (Uruguay/Argentina)

Special Mentions go to:

The actresses Hera Hilmarsdottir from VONARSTRAETI and Bianca Kronløf and Mona Kristiansen from SVENSKJÄVEL

THE DROP von Michaël R. Roskam (USA)

International Documentary Film Competition

Jury:

  • Steve James / producer / USA (Jury President)
  • Greg Gorman / photographer / USA
  • Nishtha Jain / director / India
  • Nick Broomfield / director / UK

The 10thZurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye for Best International Documentary Film goes to:

TOTO AND HIS SISTERS/TOTO SI SURORILE LUI by Alexander Nanau (Romania)

A Special Mention goes to:


THE LOOK OF SILENCE by Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark/Finnland/UK/Norway/Indonesia)

RED ARMY by Gabe Polsky (USA/Russia)

Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria

Jury:

  • Stefan Arndt / producer / Germany (Jury President)
  • Iris Berben / actress / Germany
  • Jan-Ole Gerster / director, screenwriter / Germany
  • Anna Thommen / director / Switzerland
  • Peter Reichenbach / producer / Switzerland

The 10thZurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye for Best Film in the ‚Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria’ competition section goes to:

CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC by Nick Brandestini (Switzerland/WP)

A Special Mention goes to:


CAPITAL C by Jørg M. Kundinger and Timon Birkhofer (Germany/USA/WP)

Emerging Swiss Talent Award

Jury:

  • Marlene von Arx / film critic / USA
  • Birgit Heidsiek / film critic / Germany
  • Carola Fischer / film critic / Switzerland

The Emerging Swiss Talent Award for Best Swiss Film in the Festival Programme goes to:

BOUBOULE/CHUBBY by Bruno Deville (Switzerland/Belgium)

Critic’s Choice Award

Jury:

  • Sonja Wenger / film critic / Switzerland
  • Christian Jungen / film critic / Switzerland
  • Andy Aguirre Eglin / film critic / Switzerland

The Swiss Association of Film Journalists (SVFJ) award their prize for Best Debut Feature Film in the Competition Section to:

SVENSKJÄVEL/UNDERDOG by Ronnie Sandahl (Sweden/Norway/WP)

Audience Award

Given to the best film from the three competition categories as chosen by viewers using voting cards at the cinemas, the Audience Award goes to:

ZU ENDE LEBEN by Rebecca Panian (Switzerland/WP)

Audience Award for Children’s Film

The Audience Award for best film in the ‚ZFF for Kids’ section as chosen by our young viewers using voting cards at the cinemas goes to:

QUATSCH UND DIE NASENBÄRBANDE by Veit Helmer (Germany)

Treatment Competition Award

Jury:

  • Urs Fitze (SRF)
  • Philippe van Doornick (Telepool)
  • Daniel Howald (ARF/FDS)

Presented this year for the second time, the winner of the Award for Best Treatment goes to:

Christine Wiederkehr for ÄNNELI.

She receives a CHF 5’000 cash prize and a further CHF 25’000 for the development of her screenplay.

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