These are the winners of the Edi.21

The Swiss Commissioned and Commercial Film Award is under the patronage of the Federal Department of Home Affairs and organized by the Swissfilm Association.

According to the organizers, excellent works were submitted this year as well, of which 46 films nominated for the shortlist and 15 have been awarded an Edi.

The winners of the Edi.21 were announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday evening.

Category Commercials, spots 20 to approx. 90 seconds

Gold: Everything there. Always close.

The director shows a lot of patience and tact in the implementation, meticulous preparation and nerves of steel were probably necessary during the shoot. In return, the lead actor easily plays all his acting colleagues against the wall with his precision. It's hard to believe in this day and age that this protagonist is not animated. And once again it was proven that for a perfect movie you need not only good music, but also always a cat.

• Production Company: Stories
• Producers: Michèle Seligmann, Yves Bollag, Nicole Spring
• Client: Denner, Rémy Müller, Pascal Trütsch
• Agency: Thjnk Zurich, Alexander Jaggy, Pablo Schencke, Cornelia Nünlist
• Idea / Concept: Thjnk Zurich, Lukas Amgwerd, Lukas Frischknecht
• Director: Tobias Fueter
• Camera: Tobias Dengler
• Styling: Patrizia Jäger
• Equipment: Robin Fessel
• Editing: Beni Fueter
• Performer, Artist: Petula Clark

Silver: Better "B" than Boom

A quirky, original commercial in the language of improvisational theater. Not everything has to be perfect. Absurdly real in its own way. Recycling comes through well through the repetitive. Freitag remains true to his style, recycles itself, but again remains uniquely different.

• Production Company: Two Dog
• Producer: Mike Raths
• Client: Friday, Danila Helfenstein
• Director / Screenplay: Jonas Meier
• Camera: Mike Raths
• Production Design: Mike Raths, Jonas Meier, Luzia Nielsen
• Editing: Jonas Meier
• Visual effects: Mike Raths
• Music / Composition: Tschong-Gil Kummert

Bronze: Nightmare in Appenzell

The film's recipe: a rousing chase driven by a rapid cut to the big awakening. The rest remains a secret.

• Production Company: Stories
• Producers: Yves Bollag, Karl Sigurdarson
• Client: Appenzeller cheese, Rudolf Hegg, Raphael Koller
• Agency: Contexta, Nadine Borter, Willem Baumann, Florian Steiner
• Director: Giger brothers, Flurin Giger, Silvan Giger
• Camera: Silvan Giger
• Production Design: Tanya Koch
• Editing: Flurin Giger, Silvan Giger
• Visual effects: Stefan Bucher
• Composer: Stories, Adrian Frutiger
• Sound design / scoring: Sound Studios Z, Renzo D'Alberto, Maurizio Bergmann

Category Commercials, spots up to 19 seconds

Silver: Series Migros Cosmos: Hike, Easter "found", Vitaminfranken, Bachelor, Advent

Short, funny, to the point. With stories from everyday life. Freshly told, the series convinces with the acting. The true-to-life set makes the viewer feel part of the house community.

• Production Company: Stories
• Producers: Michèle Seligmann, Florian Nussbaumer, Joel Scheidegger
• Client: Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Nadine Hess, Désirée Strassmann, Giovanna Colucci
• Agency: Wirz Communications, Livio Dainese, Lorenz Clormann, Philippa von Wittgenstein
• Idea / Concept: Wirz Communications, Lorenz Clormann, Thomas Kurzmeyer, Marcus Josty
• Director: Micha Lewinsky
• Screenplay: Florian Siegrist, Caspar Heuss
• Camera: Jan Mettler
• Equipment, set design: Peter Scherz
• Mask: Erica Büsser
• Styling, Costume: Pascale Suter
• Editing: Wolfgang Weigl, Alessandro Biffi, Noemi Preiswerk
• Music / Composition: Fabian Sturzenegger; Stories, Adrian Frutiger; Massive Music, Cece Wyldeck

Category Corporate Communication, Brand / Image

Gold: No Drama

The film is convincing in terms of both craftsmanship and concept, and stages the product with humor and self-irony without taking itself too seriously. With its uniqueness, it creates global relevance and thus achieves high shareability. World class!

• Production Company: Pumpkin Film
• Producer: Sonja Brand
• Client: Switzerland Tourism, André Hefti, Martin Pally
• Agency: Wirz BBDO, Livio Dainese, Alain Eicher, Johannes Raggio
• Director: Martin Werner
• Camera: Jan Mettler, Manel Ruiz
• Editing: Nicolaj Monberg
• VFX Direction: Jan Tvilling
• Grading: Hannibal Lang
• Composer: Ballad, Gregers Moeller
• Sound design: Adrian Aurelius

Silver: Series Craft Challenge: Call, track layer, Security and Systems Technician Exterior (SAA), Production specialist

Entertainingly told, this film remains always entertaining. It is lively, human and very vividly presented. The cinematic realization convinces with clean craftsmanship, fitting to the brand and the story.

• Production Company: Atem Collective
• Producers: Mirjam Fröhlich, Lukas Fröhlich
• Client: SBB, Corinne Kuhn, Marisa Columberg
• Agency: Farner Consulting, Philipp Skrabal, Jill-Nadine Reuvener
• Idea / Concept: Farner Consulting, Philipp Skrabal; atem collective, Mirjam Fröhlich, Lukas Fröhlich
• Director / Screenplay: Mirjam Fröhlich, Lukas Fröhlich
• Camera: Lukas Fröhlich, Sebastian Klinger, Luca Steiner
• Editing: Lukas Fröhlich
• Grading: Roger Somm, Jürgen Kupka
• Animation 2D, 3D, After Effects: Severin Höin
• Music / Composition: Jonathan C. Meier

Category Corporate Communication, Marketing / Product

Bronze: Lounge Chair Ensō

The aspect of the production process is today almost as relevant as the final product itself. This film shows unagitatedly and with simple elegance the production of a product with high designer quality.

• Production Company: Lauschsicht
• Producers: Kevin Blanc, Muriel Droz
• Client: Lehni, Ursula Menet, Heinz Menet
• Idea / Concept: Lauschsicht, Kevin Blanc, Marius Thut
• Director: Kevin Blanc
• Camera: Kevin Blanc, Marius Thut
• Editing: Marius Thut
• Music / Composition: Lauschsicht, André Seiler

Category Corporate Communication, Training, Learning, Prevention films and internal communication

Silver: Recipes rewritten - A lost piece of quality of life back in the lives of people affected by cancer

The film sensitively approaches an unknown aspect of a difficult subject. Extremely touching, the problem is not only explained here, through a simple and brilliant idea, the lives of those affected are simplified. All in all very touching.

• Production Company: Atem Collective
• Producers: Mirjam Fröhlich, Lukas Fröhlich
• Client: Swiss Cancer League, Stefanie de Borba
• Agency: Farner Consulting, Philipp Skrabal
• Idea / Concept: Farner Consulting, Janine Zundel, Philipp Skrabal
• Director / Screenplay: Mirjam Fröhlich, Lukas Fröhlich
• Camera: Lukas Fröhlich, Mirjam Fröhlich, Luca Steiner
• Editing: Lukas Fröhlich, Mirjam Fröhlich
• Music / Composition: Jonathan C. Meier

Bronze: Series Hanna Cash Episodes 1-4

Thanks to Hannah, learning is finally fun. With her lively manner, she conveys complex economic contexts in a playful and humorous way. The young target group is directly addressed with examples from their lives. The graphics support the statements and are integrated in such a way that they fit seamlessly into the concept. You can't help but like Hanna, with her slightly quirky manner.

• Production Company: Film Tannery
• Producers: Azra Djurdjevic, Susanne Bucher, Marike Löhr
• Client: Economiesuisse, Tatja Vojnovic, Florence Mauli
• Idea / Concept: Film Tannery, Balz Chen
• Director / Screenplay: Flavio Gerber, Balz Chen
• Camera: Silvio Gerber
• Equipment, set design: Susanne Bucher
• Styling, Costume: Pamela Polanco
• Makeup: Neferdidi Makeup
• Editing: Urs Westermann
• Visual effects: Urs Westermann
• Composer: Loris Erdin
• Sound design / scoring: Julian Joseph

Category Branded Content, Storytelling / Fiction

Gold: Trudy & Heidi: Legends since 1968

A subject that has been unjustly overshadowed for years is repositioned here in a creative, surprising and very humorous way. The convincing cast in combination with the archive footage skillfully creates a wonderful balance between reality and irony. What is real and what is fiction? You'll definitely want Trudy and Heidi's autograph.

• Production Company: Two Dog
• Producer: Luzia Nielsen
• Client: Zurich Football Club, Marion Daube
• Agency: Kind regards, Samuel Textor, Pascal Deville, Andrea Aegerter
• Idea / Concept: Kind regards, Norihito Iida
• Director: Jonas Meier
• Camera: Mike Raths
• Editing: Mike Raths
• Illustration / Graphic / Design: Norihito Iida
• VFX Direction: Mike Raths

The special Edi.

Special Edi. for Concept/ Screenplay: Trudy & Heidi: Legends since 1968

The look back into the future convinces with charming characters and an unusual story. The concept: retelling history convinced the jury on all levels. This is how cleverly and surprisingly a Swiss women's soccer club celebrates its 50th anniversary.

• Concept / Screenplay: Norihito Iida
• Production Company: Two Dog
• Producer: Luzia Nielsen
• Client: Zurich Football Club, Marion Daube
• Agency: Kind regards, Samuel Textor, Pascal Deville, Andrea Aegerter
• Director: Jonas Meier
• Camera: Mike Raths
• Editing: Mike Raths
• Illustration / Graphic / Design: Norihito Iida
• VFX Direction: Mike Raths

Special Edi. for camera: Olympia

From frog to bird's eye view, from warmth to cold, from static to dynamic - this camera work impressed the jury with its wide variety. For this, there is a special Edi. for camera.

• Camera: Daryl Hefti        
• Production Company: Hillton
• Producer: Mona Bertschinger
• Client: Ochsner Sport, Marco Greco, Patrizia Fiechter
• Agency: Thjnk Zurich, Alexander Jaggy, Pablo Schencke, Lukas Amgwerd, Lukas Frischknecht, Leandro Disler, Andrea Bison, Marie Vuilleumier, Anna Magnaguagno, Gordon Nemitz
• Idea / Concept: Thjnk Zurich, Lukas Amgwerd, Lukas Frischknecht, Alexander Jaggy
• Director / Screenplay: David Bertschinger Karg, Tobias Bonfanti
• Editing: David Bertschinger Karg, Tobias Bonfanti
• Visual effects: Robin Disch
• Composer: Jingle Jungle, Federico Bettini
• Performer, Artist: Rebekka Bräm

Special Edi. for Production Design: Better "B" than Boom

This product stages itself in its very own visual language, surprising locations and cool equipment. The entire design visualizes the product with pinpoint accuracy. The jury rewarded this with a Special Edi. for Production Design.

• Production Design: Mike Raths, Jonas Meier, Luzia Nielsen
• Production Company: Two Dog
• Producer: Mike Raths
• Client: Friday, Danila Helfenstein
• Director / Screenplay: Jonas Meier
• Camera: Mike Raths
• Editing: Jonas Meier
• Visual effects: Mike Raths
• Music / Composition: Tschong-Gil Kummert

Special Edi. for visual effects: Out of Sight

Courage to go retro. Anyone who manages to convince the jury with a retro effect has done something right.

The playful interplay of colors, shapes and music is consistently carried through. The artists stand by it, and so do we. This gives a special Edi. for visual effects.

• Visual effects: Dirk Koy
• Production Company: Dirk Koy Image and Motion
• Producer: Dirk Koy
• Client: Creative Agency, Marketing Labs, a division of Universal Music GmbH, Johannes Heldrich
• Idea / Concept: Dirk Koy
• Director: Dirk Koy
• Screenplay: Dirk Koy
• Camera: Dirk Koy
• Production Design: Dirk Koy, Dieter Meier, Boris Blank
• Editing: Dirk Koy
• Music / Composition: Yello, Dieter Meier, Boris Blank

Special Edi. for Music/Sound Design: Crazy - Lucerne Festival Promo 2021

What is normal, what is crazy? In this film, music and sound design condense into a sound collage that goes beyond classical conventions. The jury rewards this work with a special Edi. for music and sound design.

• Music / Sound design: Chris Hanselmann
• Production Company: John Allen
• Producer: Chris Hanselmann
• Client: Lucerne Festival, Nina Steinhart
• Agency: John Allen, Chris Hanselmann
• Idea / Concept: Chris Hanselmann
• Director: Chris Hanselmann
• Camera: Bastian Meier, Mathias Bergmann
• Editing: Chris Hanselmann