Swiss Film Award 2026: The nominees have been announced

The nominees for the 2026 Swiss Film Awards have been announced. The contenders in all categories were announced during the Night of Nominations at the Solothurn Film Festival. The award ceremony will take place on March 27, 2026 at the Kongresshaus Zurich.

Best Feature Film

Five productions are competing for the coveted award in the Best Feature Film category. The nominees are "À bras-le-corps" by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (Box Productions, Elena Tatti, Nicolas Wittwer), "Bagger Drama" by Piet Baumgartner (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Karin Koch), "Heldin" by Petra Volpe (Zodiac Pictures, Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli), "La Cache" by Lionel Baier (Bande à part Films, Agnieszka Ramu) and "Sie glauben an Engel, Herr Drowak?" by Nicolas Steiner (tellfilm, Katrin Renz).

Best Documentary Film

Five works were also nominated in the documentary film category. "Blame" by Christian Frei (Christian Frei Filmproduktion, Christian Frei), "Dom (Home in Russian)" by Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop (DokLab, Corinna Dästner, Dodo Hunziker), "I Love You, I Leave You" by Moris Freiburghaus (Sabotage Filmkollektiv, Leon Schwitter, Fabiana Seitz), "Le Chantier" by Jean-Stéphane Bron (Bande à part Films, Jaber Debzi) and "Qui vit encore" by Nicolas Wadimoff (Akka Films, Philippe Coeytaux, Nicolas Wadimoff) are in the running.

Short film and animation

Competing in the Best Short Film category are "Air Horse One" by Lasse Linder (Dynamic Frame, Philipp Ritler, Luzius Fischer), "Cherubs" by Anna Pieri Zuercher and Pietro Zuercher (Cinédokké, Michela Pini, Olga Lamontanara), "Rösli" by Valentina Shasivari, "Teenage Cowboy" by Matteo Gariglio and "Yonne" by Julietta Korbel and Yan Ciszewski (Rita Productions, Marine Dumas).

The nominees for Best Animated Film were "Ich bin nicht sicher" by Luisa Zürcher, "Karies" by Aline Höchli (Aline Höchli Koloss) and "Storytelling" by Nils Hedinger (prêt-à-tourner Filmproduktion, Lina Geissmann).

Performing and creative categories

Sarah Spale (Emmi Creola in "Hallo Betty"), Bettina Stucky (Conny in "Bagger Drama") and Luna Wedler (Lena in "Sie glauben an Engel, Herr Drowak?") are nominated for Best Actress. Vincent Furrer (Daniel in "Bagger Drama"), Phil Hayes (Paul in "Bagger Drama") and Martin Vischer (Ernst Creola in "Hallo Betty") are competing in the acting category.

Esther Gemsch (Herta in "Le Assaggiatrici"), Cyril Metzger (Louis in "À bras-le-corps") and Sven Schelker (Anatol in "Stiller") were nominated in the Best Supporting Performance category.

Marie-Elsa Sgualdo ("À bras-le-corps"), Piet Baumgartner ("Bagger Drama") and Petra Volpe ("Heldin") are in the running for Best Screenplay.

Technical categories and final films

The following nominations were announced in the technical categories: Best Film Music for "À bras-le-corps" (Nicolas Rabaeus), "I Love You, I Leave You" (Dino Brandão) and "La Cache" (Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg). Best Cinematography for "À bras-le-corps" (Benoît Dervaux), "La Cache" (Patrick Lindenmaier) and "Las Corrientes" (Gabriel Sandru). Best Editing for "À bras-le-corps" (Karine Sudan), "Bagger Drama" (Tania Stöcklin) and "You believe in angels, Mr. Drowak?" (Kaya Inan). Best Sound for "À bras-le-corps" (Xavier Lavorel, Franco Piscopo, Henry Sims), "Bagger Drama" (Peter von Siebenthal, Nadja Gubser, Jan Gubser) and "Heldin" (Jacques Kieffer, Gina Keller, Marco Teufen).

The nominees for Best Graduation Film were "1:10" by Sinan Taner (Zurich University of the Arts), "L'avant-poste 21" by Camille Surdez (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne) and "Qui part à la chasse" by Lea Favre (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne).