THE AWARD WINNERS OF THE 12th ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL

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The main juries of the 12^th Zurich Film Festival’s three competition categories have awarded their Golden Eyes to THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho Kuosmanen from Finland (International Feature Film), MADAME B. HISTOIRE D’UNE NORD-CORÉENNE by Jero Yun from France (International Documentary Film) and STILLE RESERVEN by Valentin Hitz from Austria (Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria).

 

International Feature Film Competition

HYMYILEVÄ MIES / THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI by Juho
Kuosmanen (Finland)

A Special Mention goes to:

PERSONAL AFFAIRS / OMOR SHAKHSIYA by Maha Haj (Israel)

DOUA LOZURI / TWO LOTTERY TICKETS by Paul Negoescu (Romania)

LADY MACBETH by William Oldroyd (Great Britain)

 

International Documentary Film Competition

MADAME B, HISTOIRE D’UNE NORD-CORÉENNE / MRS. B., A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN by Jero Yun (France)

A Special Mention goes to:

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel (Peru)

A FAMILY AFFAIR by Tom Fassaert (Netherlands)

 

Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria

STILLE RESERVEN / HIDDEN RESERVES by Valentin Hitz (Austria)

A Special Mention goes to:

FUTURE BABY by Maria Arlamovsky (Austria)

 

Audience Award

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel (Peru)

Kids Jury Award for Best Children’s Film

MA VIE DE COURGETTE / MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE / MEIN LEBEN ALS ZUCCINI by Claude Barras (Switzerland)
Audience Award for Best 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:

GEHEIMCODE M. / CODE M by Dennis Bots (Netherlands)

The complete list of all winners can be found on zff.com.

Das 12. Zurich Film Festival fand vom 22. September bis 2. Oktober 2016 statt.