BONOBO wins Gold at the prestigious Student Academy Awards® in Los Angeles

The young director Zoel Aeschbacher has been honoured with the prestigious Gold Student Academy Award^® in the Narrative, International Film Schools category for his short film production BONOBO. This is a first-time honour for a film from ECAL / Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne and marks the third time in a row for a film from Switzerland. The film was produced by ECAL and the production company Nouvelle Tribu in Geneva. World sales have been acquired by Salaud Morisset. With this award, BONOBO was automatically submitted to the Academy Awards^® and eligible to compete in the Short Film – Live Action category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood will announce the films nominated for the Oscars in mid-January 2020. Director Zoel Aeschbacher and cinematographer Dino Berguglia attended the award ceremony in Los Angeles on October 17. Zoel Aeschbacher is currently working on his first feature film.

Previous Swiss winners of the Student Academy Award^®:
- FAST ALLES by Lisa Gertsch / Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK / Silver Medal - Category Narrative 2018

- FACING MECCA by Jan-Eric Mack / Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK / Silver Medal - Category Narrative 2017

- UN MUNDO PARA RAUL (2012) by Mauro Mueller / Columbia University School of the Arts / Bronze Medal - Narrative Category 2013

- PARVANEH by Talkhon Hamzavi / Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK / Silver Medal - Foreign Category 2013 / Oscar nomination in the category of Live Action Short Film 2014

-AUF DER STRECKE by Reto Caffi / Academy of Media Arts Cologne / Honorary Foreign Film Award 2008 / Oscar nomination in the category of Live Action Short Film 2008

SWISS FILMS, October 18, 2019