Hansjürg Zumstein wins öV Media Award 2022
Documentary filmmaker Hansjürg Zumstein was honored with the 2022 Public Transportation Media Award at the annual general meeting of the Swiss Railway Journalists Association. With his film «The SBB—A Political Story of Deep Red Numbers and a Green Future» for «SRF DOK,» Zumstein impressively chronicled recent Swiss railway history.
In "SBB - a political story about deep red figures and a green future". by Hansjürg Zumstein, the SBB CEOs Benedikt Weibel, Andreas Meyer and Vincent Ducrot talk about their respective activities at the top of the company and show their current life situation in parallel. In the archive material, Federal Councillors and counterparts from the respective eras also have their say.
This mixture of current statements by the railroad bosses about their respective times and SRF's archive material on the different eras was particularly appreciated by the jury of the öV-Medienpreis 2022. "You have created a well-rounded work that depicts both three personalities of Swiss railroads and 50 years of railroad history; your film gripped us and didn't let go for a moment," said jury president Peter Moor.
The öV-Medienpreis is awarded annually for high-quality journalism on public transport topics. It is endowed with 1000 Swiss francs.
