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
