Sweeping success for Switzerland at Short Film Festival Winterthur
12.11.2007
At the 11th edition of the International Short Film Festival Winterthur (November 7 – 11, 2007), three of the four main prizes were awarded to Swiss short films. The Grand Prize, amounting to 12,000 CHF, went to Tobias Nölle’s “René”. The prize for Best Swiss Short Film was awarded to “Twist” by Alexia Walther and the Audience Prize went to “Il neige à Marakech”, with each prize amounting to 8,000 CHF. This is the first time in festival history that a Swiss short film was awarded the Grand Prize.
The members of the international jury included Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Director of the International Tampere Film Festival (Finland), the Austrian actress and film director Kathrin Resetarits and the Swiss film journalist Florian Keller. Over 11,000 viewers attended Switzerland’s largest short film festival, which presented 55 films in the international and national competitions over the course of five days.
Geneva, November 12, 2007
Geneva, November 12, 2007