Swiss Film Award
The Swiss Film Award (formerly Swiss Film Prize, also called Quartz) (French: Prix du cinéma suisse, German: Schweizer Filmpreis, Italian: Premio del cinema svizzero, Romansh: Premi dal film svizzer) is the national film award of Switzerland, first given out in 1998.
| Swiss Film Award | |
|---|---|
 Director Nicolas Steiner at the Swiss Awards ceremony in 2016. | |
| Awarded for | Best in film |
| Country |  |
| Presented by | Swiss Film Academy |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.swissfilmaward.ch |
History
Between 1998 to 2008 the Prize was given during the Solothurn Film Festival. From 2009 onwards the festival hosts the Night of Nominations announcement. Since then, every nomination film receives a cash-prize. Also since 2009, the ceremony has been moved to March in a more glamorous atmosphere and with a broadcasting on television. 2009 was the last year where the Jury was composed of people from the Swiss state and the Federal Office of Culture. Until that year, the award was called Viewfinder and changed its appearance every year with different designers being approached to give it a distinctive look. Since 2009 the prize awarded is a Cristal-like statue, designed by Alfredo Häberli, called "The Quartz". In 2010 the prizes have been awarded for the first time by the Swiss Film Academy. Due to the coronavirus-pandemic the 2020 the ceremony was cancelled as well as the week of the nominees, where all nominated films were supposed to be presented. The winners were announced in a special programme and are supposed to be presented as part of the annual Locarno Film Festival in August.[1]
Categories
Current awards
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Animation Film
- Best Documentary Film
- Best Fiction Film
- Best Short Film
- Best Performance in a Supporting Role
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Film Score
- Special Jury Prize
Retired awards
- Best Performance in a Leading Role (2004-2007)
- Best Emerging Actor or Actress (2008-2010)
Ceremonies
| Edition | Date | Host(s) | Venue[2] | Best Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 21 January 1998[3] | Konzertsaal, Solothurn | ax aequo: The Silence of Men & Waalo Fendo - Là où la terre gèle | |
| 2nd | 27 January 1999[4] | Monika Schärer | Fögi Is a Bastard | |
| 3rd | 19 January 2000[5] | Florence Heiniger | Set Me Free | |
| 4th | 24 January 2001[6] | Monika Schärer & Thierry Romanens | Azzurro | |
| 5th | 16 January 2002[7] | Rythalle, Solothurn | Utopia Blues | |
| 6th | 22 January 2003 [8] | Florence Heiniger & Max Rüdlinger | On dirait le sud | |
| 7h | 21 January 2004 | Florence Heiniger & Polo Hofer | Mein Name ist Bach | |
| 8th | 26 January 2005 | Esther Gemsch & Massimo Lorenzi | One Long Winter Without Fire | |
| 9th | 18 January 2006 | Massimo Lorenzi & Eva Wannemacher | Rascals on the Road | |
| 10th | 24 January 2007 | Gilles Tschudi | Konzertsaal, Solothurn | Vitus |
| 11th | 23 January 2008 | Susanne Kunz | CIS Sportscenter, Solothurn | The Friend |
| 12th | 07 March 2009 | KKL Lucerne | Home | |
| 13th | 06 March 2010 | Cœur animal | ||
| 14th | 12 March 2011 | The Little Bedroom | ||
| 15th | 17 March 2012 | Summer Games | ||
| 16th | 23 March 2013 | Fabienne Hadorn & Alain Croubalian | Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva | Sister |
| 17th | 21 March 2014[9] | Maria Victoria Haas | Schiffbau, Zurich | I Am the Keeper |
| 18th | 13 March 2015 | Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva | The Circle | |
| 19th | 21 March 2016 | Schiffbau, Zurich | Köpek | |
| 20th | 24 March 2017 | Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva | My Life as a Courgette | |
| 21st | 23 March 2018 | Monika Schärer | Halle 622, Oerlikon, Zurich | Blue My Mind |
| 22nd | 22 March 2019 | Maria Victoria Haas | Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva | Ceux qui travaillent |
| 23rd | TBA | TBA | Locarno Film Festival | Le milieu de l’horizon |
See also
- Austrian Film Award
- German Film Award
References
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture_women-sweep-major-awards-of-zurich-film-festival-upended-by-pandemic/45637638
- https://www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch/awards/de/home/film/film-archiv/film-2019/events-2019/pv-2019.html
- https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/schweiz-aktuell/video/solothurner-filmtage?id=be3c41ca-bdb5-4434-be65-935e2f4231db&expandDescription=true
- https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/tagesschau/video/solothurner-filmpreis?id=f0bdc94a-e78c-4c9b-8f7d-9827a2696bce&expandDescription=true
- https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/tagesschau/video/solothurner-filmpreise?id=fbd2c1ba-94ac-4103-9ecb-a0a2630460ba&expandDescription=true
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010202035200/http://www.swissfilms.ch/#mynews
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020909150325/http://www.swissfilms.ch/detail_n.asp?id=-1496549723
- https://www.nzz.ch/article8MZPN-1.202893?reduced=true
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-film-awards_internationally-acclaimed-films-win-top-honours/35309676