Beck and Bondi get three Edis

The mini-sitcom «Beck & Bondi» is the big winner of the 2005 Edi Swiss Advertising Film Award. «Der Experte» and «Das goldene Auge» also won gold.

The mini-sitcom "Beck & Bondi" is the
big winner of the Swiss advertising film award Edi 2005.
for Swisscom Fixnet won gold in the Commercials category as well as the
Edis for Best Director and Best Concept/Screenplay. Every single episode
was original and entertaining for 102 seconds, the judges praised.
The realization is technically perfect, the staging exciting and
funny, the acting is excellent and the message will be
in a sympathetic, unobtrusive and yet biting way. "Beck
& Bondi" was created by the advertising agency Contexta and the
Production company Peek. The film was directed by Tobias Fueter, the screenplay
was written by Reeto von Gunten, Tobias Fueter and Jann Preuss.
Commercial silver was awarded to the "Reissverschluss" spot for
Feldschlösschen from Spillmann Felser Leo Burnett and Condor
Communications; "Spring Rolls" was awarded bronze for Anna's Best
(Exxtra/G.L.A.S.S. Film).
 
The Gold Edi for Clips & Trailers goes to "The Golden Eye" for
the Zurich Film Festival, which was held for the first time this year. The jury emphasized the
convincing realization, the style and the technical quality.
Treibhaus Postproduction was responsible for the clip. Silver was awarded
for the series of SF DRS commercials (Frame eleven), bronze for Mia
Aegerter's video clip "Alive" (Déjà-vü).
 
In the Corporate category, the accident prevention film "Der
Expert" from SBB impressed the jury the most. "The parody of action movies is
also thanks to the sound design," reads the laudation.
Der Experte" was designed by Girardin Creative Consulting,
produced by Condor Communications. The silver medal was awarded to the
3D film "Around the world in 80 million years" for the Paul Scherrer
Institute (Primetime), third place went to "The World of Wolford"
for the luxury underwear brand Wolford (practice for general communication).
 
The judges also awarded four further special Edis and one
sponsorship award. The latter was won by the music video "Leider" by rapper Baze,
produced by Wiseguys. The Edi for best camera goes to
Germany to the "Miu Mini Digital" commercial for Olympus, which the
Hamburg agency FCB Wilkens and the Düsseldorf production company
Film Deluxe have realized. The prize for best editing was
for the film trailer "Grounding - the last days of Swissair"
(C-Films). For visual effects, the animated spots "Adolescent"
and "Maternité" for Lotérie Romande, designed by Rive Gauche
TBWA and produced by Le Studio. The jury awarded the best music to
"Robbery of the old lady". The sound design of the bank co-op commercial, which
Ruf Lanz and Condor Communications were responsible for the realization of the
Space Train (Dave Kohler and Dean Montenegro).
  
The Edi statuettes were presented in a festive ceremony on Thursday evening.
handed over. Around 700 guests gathered at the Schiffbau in Zurich. The
Edi was held for the sixth time this year and recorded
total of 225 films submitted (+20 %) once again achieved a
Record participation. 38 productions were nominated for the shortlist.

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