Swiss Hotel Film Award: Film off for 20 favorites

The association Hotelleriesuisse has announced the nominations for the Swiss Hotel Film Award on the occasion of the "Day of the Swiss Hotel Industry". From a total of 146 submitted film concepts - coming not only from Switzerland, but also from France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain and the USA - 20 favorites were selected. This means that the starting signal has been given for the filming, which will last a maximum of two days. The selected projects have 96 member hotels of the association at their disposal, which have applied to be film locations. The choice for the ideal filming location is up to the filmmaker.
The finished short film must be submitted by July 15, 2009. Subsequently, the film entries will be reviewed by the expert jury. From July 28, 2009, voting will also be possible via the Internet. The jury awards for the three best entries and the audience award will be presented on September 10 at Sihlcity in Zurich.

The 20 nominated film concepts:
"4011/4012", Sonja Matter (Prilly)
"Views of a Clown," Jeanne von Walter (Zurich)
"Chambre No. 17", Gregor Frei and Mathieu Cacheuz (Lausanne)
"The Governess," Tobias Straka (Zurich)
"A bomb wedding night", Stephan Muggli and Christoph Arni (Zurich)
"Grooms", Blaise Petitpierre (Lausanne)
"Hotel Art", Robert Lathion (Lausanne)
"Hotel im Grünen", Timo Schaub (Basel)
"Hotel, 3:15", Jason Brandenberg (Bern)
"Child's Matter," Fanny Vazquez (Zurich)
"La Traque", Claudio Todeschini and Bernard Nisille (Collonge en Charollais).
"Love Roundabout", Victor Plana-Bielsa (Geneva)
"Lyoba", Harry Meyer (Geneva)
"James Bond against his will", Mandy Schiller (Zurich)
"The Swiss Secret", Stefan Dux (Zurich)
"The Tina Turner Look-Alike Contest", Alkmini Boura and Kerstin Polte (Zurich).
"Une chaumière et un Coeur", Veronika Karyuk and Jorge Sol Gonzales (Geneva).
"Missed!", Michael Fuchs and Christian Felber (Lucerne)
"Wuschli?", Peter Rothe (Zurich)
"The hidden baby", Viviane Bonelli (Lausanne)