Dutch short film Neighbour Abdi from director Douwe Dijkstra won the Grand Prize for Best Short Film in the International Competition at the Academy Award® and EFA qualifying Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur over the weekend. The Promotional Award of the International Competition went to Eloïse Le Gallo and Julia Borderie for their film Bleu Silico while Jorge Cadena’s Flores del otro patio won the Award for Best Swiss Film.
Below is the full list of winners:
International Competition
Grand Prize of the International Competition: Neighbour Abdi by Douwe Dijkstra (Netherlands, 2022) / CHF 12 000.–, donated by SRG SSR
Promotional Award of the International Competition: Bleu silico by Eloïse Le Gallo and Julia Borderie (France, 2022) / CHF 10 000.–, donated by the City of Winterthur
Prix George for Best Documentary Form: 45th Parallel by Lawrence Abu Hamdan (United Kingdom, 2022) / CHF 10 000.–, donated by the Volkart Foundation
Short Film Candidate, European Film Awards (EFA): Hardly Working by Total Refusal (Austria, 2022)
Swiss Competition
Award for Best Swiss Film: Flores del otro patio by Jorge Cadena (Switzerland, 2022) / CHF 10 000.–, donated by SUISSIMAGE and SSA
Special Mention I, Swiss Competition: Les Grands Prés by Sophia Remer and Michael Karrer (France/Switzerland, 2022)
Special Mention II, Swiss Competition: Stones Don’t Fly by Nikita Merlini (Switzerland, 2022)
ZKB Audience Award
ZKB Audience Award: Haulout by Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia Arbugaeva (United Kingdom, 2022) / CHF 10 000.–, donated by Zürcher Kantonalbank
Swiss Film School Day
Award for the Best Swiss School Film: The Deceased by Philipp Veiga Amaro, HSLU (Switzerland, 2022) / CHF 5000.–, donated by SRG SSR
Special Mention I, Swiss Film School Day: Pipes by Jessica Meier, Kilian Feusi and Sujanth Ravichandran, HSLU (Switzerland, 2022)
Special Mention II, Swiss Film School Day: In Between by Anaïs Bourgogne, HSLU (Switzerland, 2022)
Sparks
Award for the Best Film in the Programme Sparks I: Datsun by Mark Albiston (New Zealand, 2021) / CHF 1000.–, donated by Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Award for the Best Film in the Programme Sparks II: Ours by Morgane Frund (Switzerland, 2022) / CHF 1000.–, donated by Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Postproduction-Award: There Is No End to This Story (working title) by Cosima Frei (Filmgerberei Zürich) / CHF 10 000.–, in-kind prize, donated by Jingle Jungle
Pitching Session Competition
Invited to participate in the European Short Pitch 2022/2023: Les écailles lui sont tombées des yeux by Coline Confort
Photo credits: Laura Rubli/Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
