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‘Blue My Mind’

Blue My Mind, the debut film from Lisa Brühlmann, won three awards at the 21st Swiss Film Awards in Zurich tonight (March 23).

The film, a coming-of-age story imbued with elements of body horror, received best fiction film, best screenplay and best actress for Lena Wedler.

See below for the full list of winners

Brühlmann’s film world premiered in the New Directors section at the 2017 San Sebastian Film Festival, and won the Golden Eye and Critics’ Choice awards at Zurich Film Festival last year.

Best documentary was awarded to Jean-Stéphane Bron’s The Paris Opera, a behind-the-scenes look at the celebrated French performance, while Swiss director Marcel Gisler’s Mario picked up best actor for Max Hubacher and best performance in a supporting role for Jessy Moravec. Gisler has previously won Swiss Film Awards for F. Est Un Salud in 1999 and Electroboy in 2015.

Jan-Eric Mack won best short film for Facing Mecca, which was on the 2018 Oscar shortlist for best live action short, while the honorary award was given to Swiss animation artist Georges Schwizgebel in recognition of his work across five decades.

Read more: Love And Bullets, A Ciambra triumph at Italy’s David di Donatello awards

Swiss Film Awards 2018 winners

Best Fiction Film: Blue My Mind, Lisa Brühlmann, Tellfilm Gmbh


Best Documentary Film: The Paris Opera, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Bande À Part Films

Best Short Film: Facing Mecca, Jan-Eric Mack, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion Ag

Best Animation Film: Airport, Michaela Müller, Schick Productions

Best Screenplay: Blue My Mind, Lisa Brühlmann, Tellfilm Gmbh

Best Actress: Luna Wedler in Blue My Mind by Lisa Brühlmann

Best Actor: Max Hubacher in Mario by Marcel Gisler

Best Performance In A Supporting Role: Jessy Moravec in Mario

Best Film Score: The Little Witch, Diego Baldenweg, Lionel Vincent Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg

Best Cinematography: Pure Charcoal, Pio Corradi

Best Film Editing: Almost There, Gion-Reto Kilias

Honorary Award: Georges Schwizgebel

Special Academy Award: Thomas Nellen, for make-up in Christine Repond’s Vacuum

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