2nd Edition – 2017
WINNERS
BEST FILM
Gionatan with a G, Dir: Gianluca Santoni, Italy
BEST SWISS FILM
Milo’s Home, Dir: Aylin Gökmen
BEST DIRECTOR
Árborg, Dir: Antoine Delelis, France
BEST SCREENPLAY
Birthday, Dir: Chris King, United States
BEST EDITING
True Heart, Dir:Jonathan K. Gameiro, France
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Orazio’s Clan, Dir: Riccardo Bernasconi & Francesca Reverdito, Switzerland
BEST ACTRESS
Ola Rudnicka in Zoe, Dir: Antoni Nykowski, United States
BEST ACTOR
Luke O’Donoghue in The Saviour of Dublin City, Dir: David Naughton, Ireland
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Strongest I’ll Ever Be, Dir: Phil Ebiner, United States
BEST ANIMATION
In a Heartbeat, Dir:Beth David & Esteban Bravo, United States
AUDIENCE AWARD
The Adventures of an Aspriring Rockstar, Dir: Sam Oldmeadow, United Kingdom
Our 2nd Edition is going to take place at Cinema Bellevaux, from 14th September to 16h September 2017. You can access the details about the program and venue here.
Films in the competition are listed below:
Best Film | ||||||
Pure Madness Dir: Lander Haverals Belgium |
Gionatan with a G Dir: Gianluca Santoni Italy |
New Neighbors Dir: E.G. Bailey United States |
Listen, Dir: Niko Mikadze, France |
Best Director | ||||||
Roxy Dir: Fabien Colas Luxembourg |
Árborg Dir: Antoine Delelis France |
The Man up the Stairs Dir: Rebecca Gosnell United Kingdom |
I Love YU Dir: Irena Skoric Croatia |
Best Screenplay | ||||||
The Thing About Sofia Dir: Mina Bensiali United Kingdom |
Squares Dir: Bernard Kordieh United Kingdom |
Birthday Dir: Chris King United States |
Carpak Dir: John Frohlich Australia |
Best Editing | ||||||
Bullet Vein Dir: Euro Hangebruch Germany |
Bad Sheriff Dir:Ben Bernschneider Germany |
True Heart Dir:Jonathan K. Gameiro France |
The Last Crow, Dir:Paul Cadenhead, United States |
Best Cinematography | ||||||
Orazio’s Clan Dir: Riccardo Bernasconi & Francesca Reverdito Switzerland |
Company Dir: Emma Baker United Kingdom |
Polis Nea Dir: Pierluigi Ferrandini Italy |
Mimicry Dir:Aliks Chen & Dylan Simmons, Canada |
Best Actress | ||||||
Celeste Casciaro in Sindrome Dir:Rina La Gioia Italy |
Gizem Erdogan in Orange Dir: Hakan Unal Turkey |
Ola Rudnicka in Zoe Dir: Antoni Nykowski United States |
Radha Mitchell in Whoever Was Using This Bed Dir: Andrew Kotatko Australia |
Best Actor | ||||||
Ariel Doukhan in Psychology of a Pressure Cooker Dir: Pierre Géraud-Liria France |
Dan Boie Kratfeldt in No Man’s Land Dir: Daniel Dahl Denmark |
Luke O’Donoghue in The Saviour of Dublin City Dir: David Naughton Ireland |
Mitch Wood in Painkiller Dir: Joshua Todd Australia |
Best Documentary | ||||||
Strongest I’ll Ever Be Dir: Phil Ebiner United States |
The Adventures of an Aspriring Rockstar Dir: Sam Oldmeadow United Kingdom |
Ma Yan Chan – Waves of Transition Dir: Jonas Scheu Switzerland |
Inner Me Dir:Antonio Spanò, Italy |
Best Animation | ||||||
The Box Dir: Merve Cirisoglu Cotur United Kingdom |
Flutter Dir: Vladimir Todorov United States |
Never Without My Denture Dir: Hugo Favre France |
In a Heartbeat, Dir:Beth David & Esteban Bravo United States |
Best Swiss Film | ||||||
Gifted Dir:Freddy Macdonald |
Stelle Dir:Yann Renzi |
Milo’s Home Dir: Aylin Gökmen |
The Cottage Dir:Marco von Moos |
Three films will be screened out of competition:
Out of Competition | ||||||
Anticipations Dir: Mauro Walker Switzerland |
The Valley Below Dir: Joel Hofmann Switzerland |
Miracle Citoyen Dir: Flore Dussey Switzerland |