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Prize Winners

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES OF THE 16th EDITION, APRIL 15-21 2010

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY:

Molly Dineen (british filmmaker), Bernard Comment (swiss writer), Thierry Garrel (french producer), Jordi Ballò (spanish writer), awards the following prizes:

Grand Prix La Poste Suisse – Visions du Réel CHF 20'000.- to:  


INTO ETERNITY
by Michael Madsen, Danemark/Finland
   
Opinion was divided in the international jury and so two films were chosen equall

SRG SSR idée suisse-Award CHF 10'000.- to be divided between:


SAINTE ANNE, HÔPITAL PSYCHIATRIQUE
by Ilan Klipper, France

and

SOMETHING ABOUT GEORGIA
by Nino Kirtadzé, France

 

Michael Madsen
Alberto Chollet (SSG SSR idée suisse) et les producteurs de SAINTE ANNE, HÔPITAL PSYCHIATRIQUE
Nino Kirtadzé

THE AUDIENCE-JURY:

Alain Brönnimann (Thônex), Andreas Bachmann-Helbling (Nyon), Geneviève Perraudin (Nyon), Violaine Paccot (Féchy), awards the

Audience-Award of the City of Nyon, CHF 10'000.- to:


SALAAM ISFAHAN
by Sanaz Azari, Iran/Belgium

Sanaz Azari

THE INTERRELIGIOUS JURY:

Ege Görgün (journalist, Turkey), Nathalie Roncier (filmmaker, France), Brigitta Rotach Schmid (theologist, Zürich), Daniel Grivel (Suisse), awards the

Prize of the Interreligious Jury, CHF 5'000.-

Of the Swiss Catholic Church and the Conférence des Eglises protestantes de Romandie (CER), to

STEAM OF LIFE / MIESTEN VUORO by Joonas Bergshäll and Mika Hotakainen, Finland/Sweden

STEAM OF LIFE

THE JURY OF THE YOUNG-AUDIENCE:

Adrien Barruat (Chéserex), Lauren Kagny (Nyon), Joëlle Meylan (Bursins), Léa Oriol (Crans), Jennifer Siegrist (Nyon), awards the

Young-Audience-Award of the Côte-Hôtel-Association, CHF 3'000.- to


LE PLEIN PAYS by Antoine Boutet, France

and a special mention to:

AISHEEN [STILL ALIVE IN GAZA] by Nicolas Wadimoff, Switzerland/Qatar

Antoine Boutet

REGARDS NEUFS:

THE REGARDS NEUFS-JURY:

Richard Brouillette (filmmaker, Canada), Gideon Koppel (filmmaker, Great-Brittain), Kathrin Plüss (film editor, Switzerland), Denis Sneguirev (filmmaker, France/Russie), awards the following prizes:


Two Prizes of the canton Vaud, each CHF 5’000.- to


ALDA
by Viera Cákanyová, Czeck Republic

And

LA CUERDA FLOJA by Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda, Mexico

and a special mention to:

NARGIS – WHEN TIME STOPPED BREATHING, Germany

Viera Cákanyová
Nuria Ibáñez Castañeda


CINEMA SUISSE:

THE SWISS-FILM-JURY:

Bernard Fibicher - Switzerland, director of the museum of Fine-Arts, Lausanne

Claas Danielsen - Switzerland, director of the museum of Fine-Arts, Lausanne

Francis Kandel – France, responsible for the « veille internationale des documentaires » at Canal+,

awards the

Prize of the george foundation for the best Newcomer-Film, CHF 10'000.- to


GOODNIGHT NOBODY
by Jacqueline Zünd, Switzerland/Germany

Prize of Suissimage and the Society of Swiss Writers SSA for the most innovative Swiss film, CHF 10'000.- to


BEYOND THIS PLACE
by Kaleo La Belle, Switzerland/Germany

Jacqueline Zünd
Kaleo La Belle


Prize "Loterie Romande Vaud et Genève"

New prize awarding a swiss movie in the First Steps section, CHF 2’500

COTONOV VANISHED
by Andreas Fontana, Switzerland


Prize of the Télévision Suisse Romande “Perspectives d’un doc”, CHF 10’000 awarded to 


Nicolas Humbert (Switzerland) for the documentary project
GUERRILLA GARDENING OU LA RECONQUETE DES VILLES, produced by Joëlle Bertossa (Akka Films)


Andreas Fontana
Joëlle Bertossa, productrice du projet GUERRILLA GARDENING OU LA RECONQUETE DES VILLES

ALL SECTIONS:

THE JURY BUYENS-CHAGOLL:

Vadim Jendreyko (filmmaker, Bâle), Lydia Chagoll (filmmaker, Bruxelles), Sonja Horisberger (Visions du Réel working group), Jean Perret (Vision du Réel director, Nyon), awards the

Prize «Buyens-Chagoll», CHF 5’000.- to


AISHEEN [STILL ALIVE IN GAZA]
by Nicolas Wadimoff, Suisse/Quatar

Nicolas Wadimoff