THE AWARD WINNERS OF THE 13TH ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL

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The main juries of the 13th Zurich Film Festival’s three competition categories have awarded their Golden Eyes to POP AYE by Kirsten Tan from Singapore (International Feature Film), MACHINES by Rahul Jain from India, Germany and Finland (International Documentary Film) and BLUE MY MIND by Lisa Brühlmann from Switzerland (Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria). The awards in the two international competition categories are each endowed with a CHF 25’000 cash prize; the award in the Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria category is endowed with a CHF 20’000 cash prize.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l   F e a t u r e   F i l m   C o m p e t i t i o n 

POP AYE by Kirsten Tan (Singapore)

A Special Mention from the Jury goes to:

JUSQU’À LA GARDE / CUSTODY by Xavier Legrand (France)

UNDER THE TREE / UNDIR TRÉNU by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson (Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany)

 

 

I n t e r n a t i o n a l   D o c u m e n t a r y   F i l m   C o m p e t i t i o n

MACHINES by Rahul Jain (India, Germany, Finland)

A Special Mention from the Jury goes to:

DIE GENTRIFIZIERUNG BIN ICH. BEICHTE EINES FINSTERLINGS by Thomas Haemmerli (Switzerland)

AL OTRO LADO DEL MURO / THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL by Pau Ortiz (Spain, Mexico)

 

 

F o c u s   S w i t z e r l a n d ,   G e r m a n y ,   A u s t r i a 

BLUE MY MIND by Lisa Brühlmann (Switzerland)

 

Emerging Swiss Talent Award
The Emerging Swiss Talent Award for Best Swiss Film in the Festival Programme goes to:
AVANT LA FIN DE L’ÉTÉ / BEFORE SUMMER ENDS by Maryam Goormaghtigh (Switzerland, France)

A Special Mention from the Jury goes to: TIERE / ANIMALS by Greg Zglinski (Switzerland, Austria, Poland)

Critics’ Choice Award
The Swiss Association of Film Journalists (SVFJ) award their prize for Best Debut Feature Film in the Competition Section to:

BLUE MY MIND by Lisa Brühlmann (Switzerland)

Audience Award
Given to the best film from the three competition categories as chosen by viewers, the Audience Award goes to:

A RIVER BELOW by Mark Grieco (Colombia, USA)

Treatment Competition Award
The Award for Best Treatment goes to:
Seraina Nyikos for the Project SECONDO (Switzerland)

 

Find the complete list of all #ZFF2017 winners HERE!