Edi.20: These are the winners of the "real-decentral-digital" edition

Since no live event could be held this year in the previous framework, Swissfilm Association organized the award ceremony "Real-Decentral-Digital", where the invited guests, in addition to a "rich" aperitif box, also received a personal Zoom login and could thus be live in the show. The show was also live-streamed, and there were various game options. The event was moderated by Max Moor in his usual sovereign manner.

The Swiss Commissioned and Commercial Film Award is under the patronage of the Federal Department of Home Affairs and organized by the Swissfilm Association. According to the organizers, excellent works were submitted again this year, of which 51 films nominated for the shortlist and 19 have been awarded an Edi. The winners were announced on Thursday evening at the digital awards ceremony.

Gold: Xmas song Allo

With a fresh concept, charming, funny and well made, this film plays with the Röstigraben theme differently than usual. The parody of a genre of which one could already be slowly tired. This is also fun for the jury, they give gold.

• Production Company: Plan B Film
• Producer: HC Vogel, Niels Vije
• Client: Digitec Galaxus, Martin Walthert, Sina Harms, Flurin Spring
• Idea / Concept, Screenplay: Ali Tseme
• Screenplay, director: Chris Niemeyer
• Camera: Roli Schmid
• Production Design: Peter Scherz (equipment, set design), Dawn Cleis, Helve Leal (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Gion-Reto Killias
• Visual effects: Patrischa Freuler
• Sound design: Jingle Jungle, Christoph Benz
• Music / Composition: Matthias Kräutli
• Composition Lyrics: Chris Niemeyer, Niels Vije
• Music Performers: Carlos Leal, Stefanie Heinzmann, Fabienne Louves, Baschi Sebastian Bürgin, Reto Lazzorotto (Management)

Silver: Lulu and Luis

Almost a feature film en miniature, told without much dialogue, this film touches with a beautiful story that charges the familiar claim in a new way. This is worth silver to the jury.

• Production Company: Stories
• Producer: Yves Bollag, Florian Nussbaumer
• Client: Coop, Vanessa Finzer, Cassandra Zamorano
• Agency: TBWA\Zurich, Manuel Wenzel, Esther Ortega
• Idea / Concept: Tobias Fueter
• Screenplay: Michael Fueter, Manuel Wenzel, Flurin Giger
• Director: Michael Fueter, Flurin Giger
• Camera: Silvan Giger
• Production Design: Peter Scherz (equipment, set design), Ruedi Jost (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Timo Fritsche
• Visual effects: VFX UPP Prague, Jan Valter
• Sound design: Luca Brügger
• Music / Composition: Hitmill, Georg Schlunegger

Bronze: SwissSwap

An original idea, which self-ironically, playfully and creatively takes up and parodies all these Swiss clichés that foreigners have in their heads.

• Production Company: Shining Film
• Producer: Sophie Toth
• Client: Switzerland Tourism, André Hefti, Pascal Bloch, Vanessa Zwinselman
• Agency: Wirz Communications, Alain Eicher, Erasmo Palomba, Livio Dainese
• Idea / Concept: Alain Eicher
• Screenplay, director: David Constantin
• Camera: Jan Mettler
• Production Design: Christine Heimgartner (equipment, set design), Conny Fiseli, Madleina von Reding (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Martin Luchsinger, Marko Strihic
• Visual effects: Pascal Holzer, Simon Hardegger, EFENTWELL! Kaspar Kilchenmann
• Sound design: Jingle Jungle
• Music / Composition: Great Garbo - Baldenweg

Bronze: Poster clarifier

Surprising, funny and reduced to the maximum, this film tells its message in 15 seconds. This is well to the point and also works for the jury: bronze.

• Production Company: Shining Film
• Producer: Leonardo Sanfilippo, Joyce McInnis
• Client: Swisscom, Cyril Wick, Michael Jakob, Judith Bisig
• Agency: Heimat Zürich, Nico Ammann, Lukas von Wartburg, Simon Rehsche
• Idea / Concept: Frederick Rossmann
• Screenplay: Cyrill Wirz
• Director: Jonathan Heyer
• Camera: Jonathan Heyer
• Production Design: Damaris Eigenheer, Michèle Anderhub (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Alessandro Biffi
• Visual effects: Simon Hardegger
• Sound design: Jingle Jungle

Silver: Live better without lags

Short, crisp, with humor and good actors, this film promotes the product to the target group in a way that anyone who has ever had such a problem immediately understands what is meant. That gives silver.

• Production Company: Dynamic Frame
• Producer: Luzius Fischer
• Client: Swisscom, Nathalie Maibach
• Agency: Wirz, Erasmo Palomba, Nadja Kilchhofer, Caspar Heuss
• Idea / Concept: Caspar Heuss
• Director: Samuel Morris
• Camera: Pascal Walder
• Production Design: Aurelia Buchli (equipment, set design), Amanda Brooke (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Jonas Ulrich
• Sound design: Stereotype, Kilian Spinnler, Dominique Dreier

Bronze: Philips Connect 

An emotional story that interweaves different perspectives. With beautiful images, this film conveys the message subtly and humanly relevant. The jury liked it, they awarded the film with bronze.

• Production Company: Shining Film
• Producer: Stefan Bircher, Pascal Duschletta
• Client: Bernafon, Jann Falett, Iris Müller; Demant, Céline Bobst
• Agency: Ogilvy UK, Donna Buckingham
• Idea/ Concept, Script: Marco Lutz
• Director: Marco Lutz
• Camera: Adrian Kuchenreuther
• Editing: Marko Strihic
• Visual effects: Pascal Holzer
• Sound design: Mathias Rehfeldt

Silver: Deux Frères

It is the overall package that distinguishes this superbly beautifully made film. With a lot of attention to detail, sensual images and good editing, the film tells its story atmospherically and poetically. The jury rewards this work with silver.

• Production Company: Film Tannery
• Producer: Azra Djurdjevic
• Client: Deux Frères, Florian Grundböck, Gian Grundböck
• Idea / Concept: Azra Djurdjevic, Silvio Gerber, Balz Chen
• Director: Azra Djurdjevic, Silvio Gerber
• Camera: Silvio Gerber
• Editing: Thomas Cervenca

Bronze: Athletes powered by science

Modern, compact and beautifully crafted, this film offers a concentrated load of visual impressions. The editing is also great, for which the jury awards bronze.

• Production Company: Markenfilm Switzerland
• Producer: Uli Scheper
• Client: OYM, HP Strebel
• Agency: IYF.agency, Moritz Solleder
• Idea / Concept: Milan Pavic
• Director: Florian Röske
• Camera: Kaspar Hornikel
• Production Design: Peter Scherz (equipment, set design), Linda Harper, Erica Gabriel-Büsser (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Bela Adami
• Visual effects: UPP, Miroslav Gàl

Bronze: Dreamcolor

A finely staged story, consistently realized. The idea is original, realized with a beautiful mise en scène, one remains curious until the end, for which brand this film advertises. Bronze for this.

• Production Company: VFBbB
• Producer: Giacun Caduff
• Client: Hewlett-Packard, Roger Graf
• Idea / Concept: Roger Graf, Timo von Gunten, Giacun Caduff
• Screenplay: Timo von Gunten, Giacun Caduff
• Director: Timo von Gunten
• Camera: Damian Derungs
• Production Design: Anna Wössner (equipment, set design), Jolanda Nyfeler (styling, make-up, costume)
• Editing: Lena von Tscharner
• Visual effects: Alec Handschin, Claudio Sulser, Christian Witschi
• Sound design: Michael Künstle

Special Edi. Direction

You decide: Julien

Gold: Series You decide: Julien, Adnan, Marco

Scenes as if they were taken from real life. The acting is subtle, the staging touching and fitting to the stories. Both the touching storytelling and the technical realization are top-notch. Gold for this interactive production.

• Production Company: Get Some Popcorn
• Producer: Désirée Wismer
• Client: Bfu - Swiss Council for Accident Prevention, Claudia Schär, Thomas Kramer
• Idea/ Concept, Script: Dominik Bauer, Désirée Wismer, Christian Jäggi
• Director: Dominik Bauer
• Camera: Raphael Fischler
• Editing: Raphael Fischler, Omar Manai
• Music / Composition: Holorado, Audio Dope, JAS CRW (Artist, Performer)

Gold: Born of a Dream: A boy from San Mateo

This Hollywood fairy tale is told in a bombastic, pompous and very American way. It's good to do something bigger in Switzerland, too. This top-class realization in all areas deserves gold.

• Production company: who's mcqueen Picture
• Producer: Clemens Petersson, Daniela Berther, Niels Kau
• Client: IWC Schaffhausen, Franziska A. Gsell, Maurice Moitroux, Tom Scheuring
• Agency: Scholz & Friends, Jörg Waschescio, Robert Krause, Janin Brauer
• Idea / Concept: Jörg Waschescio
• Screenplay, director: Rune Milton
• Camera: Paul Meyers
• Editing: Adam Nielsen
• Visual Effects: Copenhagen Visual Effects, Mikael Balle, Alexander Schepelern
• Sound design: Kevin Koch
• Music / Composition: Jonas Larsen

Silver: Echo

"You can feel Switzerland from every pore." This was the statement of one juror. The whole jury was touched. Two real protagonists with real stories and real feelings give this film its magical charm. Great and subtly realized, this work deserves silver.

• Production Company: Shining Film
• Producer: Sophie Toth, Yanik Müller
• Client: Turnus Film
• Idea, screenplay, director: Noël Dernesch
• Camera: Daryl Hefti, Marius Mahler
• Editing: Wolfgang Weigl
• Visual Effects: Ollie Peters, Samuel Muff
• Sound design: Jingle Jungle, O-Ton, Dieter Meyer
• Music / Composition: Massive Music Amsterdam

Bronze: Mission High Dry

A bit gaga but so funny, this statement by a jury member aptly describes the lovingly tongue-in-cheek production. The charismatic actors tell their story with self-irony and arouse curiosity about the action. For this, the jury awards bronze.

• Production Company: MaMa Pictures
• Producer: Marco Frei
• Client: Graubünden Holidays, Marc Held
• Agency: Wirz, Erasmo Palomba
• Idea / Concept: Alain Eicher
• Screenplay: Alain Eicher, Marco Frei
• Director: Marco Frei
• Camera: Raphael Fischler
• Editing: Marco Frei, Philip Ezhukattil
• Visual effects: Angelo Mabellini, Jannic Mascello
• Sound design: Brewery sound, Ediz Kiracar

Special Edi. Concept

Müller and Frey: Alberto Giacometti

The concept is impressive, the choice of protagonists fits perfectly, and the implementation is simple and clear. Culture under the sign of Lockdown. Culture is rarely advertised in such an intelligent and entertaining way. The jury rewards this achievement with a special Edi for concept.

• Production Company: Addictive Films
• Producer: Stephan Christen
• Client: Fondation Beyeler, Sam Keller, Ulrike Erbslöh, Angelika Bühler
• Idea / Concept, Direction: Stephan Christen
• Camera: Rafael Kistler, Lukas Graf
• Editing: Stephan Christen

Special Edi. Animation

Tropical Adventure series, Citytrip, Fondue Frenzy, Downhill Fury

One signature and you'll find yourself on vacation. Fast-paced, funny and full of action, Tex Avery says hello. For this, there is a special Edi for animation.

• Production Company: Stubbings Co.
• Producer: Neil Stubbings
• Client: Migrosbank, Nicole Koller, Oli Estermann
• Agency: Rod Kommunikation, Tiffany Lüthi, Matteo Sacchetti, Manuela Albrecht
• Concept: Ondrej Maczko, Alessandro Reintges
• Screenplay, director: Neil Stubbings
• Camera, equipment: Neil Stubbings
• Editing, Visual Effects: Neil Stubbings
• Sounddesing / scoring: Jingle Jungle, Gregor Rosenberger, Michael Schwarz, Bardo Eicher

Special Edi. for Camera & Visual Effects

Cloudboom

Dramatic the visuals, minimalist the sound, powerful the action. Impressive how this film combines camera work and visual effects into one unit. The jury awards a special Edi for the perfect combination of camera work and visual effects.

• Production Company: Hillton
• Producers: Mona Bertschinger , Gilles Germann, David Bertschinger
• Client: On, Rylan Cutting, Alex Griffin
• Director: David Bertschinger Karg, Tobias Bonfanti
• Concept: On, Dennis Ginsig
• Screenplay: David Bertschinger Karg, Tobias Bonfanti
• Camera: Jan Mettler
• Editing: David Bertschinger Karg, Tobias Bonfanti
• Visual effects: Roman Kälin, The Old Stock Robin Disch
• Music / Composition: Jingle Jungle, Federico Bettini

Special Edi. Camera & Special Edi. Music

Move Mountains

The camera tells a poignant story in impressive images, music and sound design grab and give the whole the power. A cinematic homage to the power of the will. Both the music and the image design are perfectly coordinated. For this achievement, the jury awards two Special Edi's: one for Special Edi for Cinematography and one Special Edi for Music and Sound Design.

• Production Company: Fabian Weber Film
• Producer: Fabian Weber
• Client: Elite Training, Arno Galmarini
• Idea / Concept, Director: Fabian Weber
• Camera: Jan Mettler
• Editing: Oliver Don
• Sound design: Pablo Nouvelle