Delémont: A Swiss movie goes to Hollywood
This year, for the first time, the film representing Switzerland at the 2010 Academy Awards will be selected during a special week-long event. From September 15 to 19, nine candidate films will be screened in Delémont and evaluated by a jury and the audience. The event is intended to draw more attention to Swiss cinema.
For the first time this year, the film that will represent Switzerland at the Oscars will be chosen during a special week during which the public will judge a total of nine candidate films. From September 15 to 19, they will be screened in cinemas in Delémont and also shown to numerous school classes elsewhere in the Jura. A jury of independent experts appointed by the Federal Office of Culture will judge the films. The public can also vote for their favorite via blogs and text messages as well as on the Quotidien Jurassien website.
The new mayor of Delémont and former Jura councillor and National Councillor, Pierre Kohler, initiated the project with the aim of raising the profile of Swiss film. The idea received support from the Jura authorities (Republic and Canton of Jura, City of Delémont) as well as the Federal Office of Culture and the Film Section.
The new mayor of Delémont and former Jura councillor and National Councillor, Pierre Kohler, initiated the project with the aim of raising the profile of Swiss film. The idea received support from the Jura authorities (Republic and Canton of Jura, City of Delémont) as well as the Federal Office of Culture and the Film Section.
The movies
Seven feature films and two documentaries were submitted for Oscar consideration. They had to have been shown in Swiss cinemas between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009 and have been filmed in a national language. The nine candidate films include Marcello Marcello (by Denis Rabaglia ), Home (by Ursula Meier), Die Standesbeamtin (by Micha Lewinsky ), Happy New Year (by Christoph Schaub), Pepperminta (by Pipilotti Rist), Dirty Money - l'infiltré (by Dominique Othenin-Girard), Luftbusiness (by Dominique De Rivaz), Nomad's Land (by Gaël Metroz), Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten (by Vadim Jendreyko).
Jury
- Frédéric Maire (Jury President, Artistic Director, Locarno International Film Festival)
- Philippa de Roten (Head of the Culture section at TSR)
- Francine Brücher (Swiss Films)
- Beki Probst (Head of the European Film Market, Berlinale)
- Céline Bolomey (actress)
- Christian Jungen (Film Critic)
- Frank Braun (Cinema operator)
- This Brunner (cinema operator)
- Nicolas Bideau (Head of the Film Section, Bak)
