Nominees for Swiss Film Award 2013 announced

The 2013 Swiss Film Award is divided into ten categories, with prize money totalling CHF 440,000. This year a total of 123 films were entered into competition.

Nominations for the 2013 Swiss Film Award

Best Fiction Film – each nominee will receive CHF 25,000
IL COMANDANTE E LA CICOGNA, Silvio Soldini, ventura film
OPÉRATION LIBERTAD, Nicolas Wadimoff, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
ROSIE, Marcel Gisler, Cobra Film
SISTER, Ursula Meier, Vega Film
VERLIEBTE FEINDE, Werner Swiss Schweizer, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion

Best Documentary Film – each nominee will receive CHF 25,000
FORBIDDEN VOICES, Barbara Miller, Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke
HIVER NOMADE, Manuel von Stürler, Louise Productions
MORE THAN HONEY, Markus Imhoof, Thelma Film
THE END OF TIME, Peter Mettler, maximage
THORBERG, Dieter Fahrer, Balzli & Fahrer

Best Short Film – each nominee will receive CHF 10,000
DÉPOSER LES ENFANTS, Antoine Jaccoud, Bettina Oberli, Rita Productions
DU CONTRAT SOCIAL, Frédéric Mermoud, Rita Productions
EINSPRUCH VI, Rolando Colla, Peacock Film
GOAL, Fulvio Bernasconi, Rita Productions
OS VIVOS TAMBEM CHORAM, Basil Da Cunha, Box Productions

Best Animation Film – each nominee will receive CHF 10,000
AU COEUR DE L'HIVER, Isabelle Favez, Swiss Effects Film
BON VOYAGE, Fabio Friedli, HSLU
CHAMBRE 69, Claude Barras, Hélium Films
DER KLEINE VOGEL UND DAS BLATT, Lena von Döhren, Swiss Effects Film
LA NUIT DE L'OURS, Frédéric Guillaume, Samuel Guillaume, Etilem Films Productions

Best Screenplay – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Nicolas Wadimoff, Jacob Berger, OPÉRATION LIBERTAD
Marcel Gisler, ROSIE
Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud, SISTER

Best Actress – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Sibylle Brunner, ROSIE
Mona Petri, VERLIEBTE FEINDE
Sabine Timoteo, CYANURE

Best Actor – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Fabian Krüger, ROSIE
Fabian Krüger, VERLIEBTE FEINDE
Kacey Mottet Klein, SISTER

Best Performance in a Supporting Role – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Antonio Buil, OPÉRATION LIBERTAD
Judith Hofmann, ROSIE
Sebastian Ledesma, ROSIE

Best Film Score – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Olivia Pedroli, HIVER NOMADE
Peter Scherer, MORE THAN HONEY
Gabriel Scotti, Vincent Hänni, THE END OF TIME

Best Cinematography – each nominee will receive CHF 5,000
Camille Cottagnoud, HIVER NOMADE
Peter Mettler, THE END OF TIME
Pietro Zuercher, TUTTI GIÙ

Winners of the 2013 Swiss Film – voting system
In February members of the Swiss Film Academy will begin voting for the winners of the 2013 Swiss Film Award. The Swiss Film Academy will also present its own award, the “Special Academy Award” for outstanding technical and artistic achievement.

Official 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony
The venue for the 16^th Swiss Film Award ceremony, which will take place on 23 March 2013, will be the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva. This gala ceremony which officially recognises the work of the Swiss film industry is organised by the Federal Office of Culture in partnership with SRG SSR, the Association “Quartz” Genève Zürich, SWISS FILMS, the Swiss Film Academy, and the Solothurn Film Festival.

Berne, 30 January 2013

Nominees 2013