Winterthur International Short Film Festival
The 13th Winterthur International Short Film Festival ended with a record number of visitors. The young Irish filmmaker David OReilly won the grand prize with "Please Say Something". The prize for the best Swiss film went to Nicolas Steiner with his film "Ich bin's Helmut".
The competition jury awarded prizes to a total of four films. The main prize of 12,000 francs went to the animated film "Please Say Something" by David OReilly. The Swiss prize of 8,000 francs went to Valais filmmaker Nicolas Steiner for "Ich bin's Helmut". The award for a talented director, endowed with 10,000 francs, went to Scottish filmmaker Paul Wright for his film "Believe".
The film "Wagah" by Supriyo Sen received the most votes from the audience. It received the Audience Award, which is endowed with 8,000 francs. Lorenz Merz received the Camera Prize, awarded for the first time this year, for his camera work in the film "Schonzeit" by Irene Ledermann, winning non-cash benefits worth 8,000 francs. The prize for the best Swiss school film, already awarded on Thursday and endowed with 5,000 francs, went to Anja Kofmel with "Chrigi". Another new award, the Shortrun Prize, which includes post-production benefits in kind worth CHF 12,000 for a screenplay project, went to Sahar Suliman for her project Muselé.
14,000 people visited the festival from Wednesday to Sunday, setting a new attendance record for the Short Film Festival. The 14th edition of the Winterthur International Short Film Festival will take place from November 10 to 14, 2010.
The film "Wagah" by Supriyo Sen received the most votes from the audience. It received the Audience Award, which is endowed with 8,000 francs. Lorenz Merz received the Camera Prize, awarded for the first time this year, for his camera work in the film "Schonzeit" by Irene Ledermann, winning non-cash benefits worth 8,000 francs. The prize for the best Swiss school film, already awarded on Thursday and endowed with 5,000 francs, went to Anja Kofmel with "Chrigi". Another new award, the Shortrun Prize, which includes post-production benefits in kind worth CHF 12,000 for a screenplay project, went to Sahar Suliman for her project Muselé.
14,000 people visited the festival from Wednesday to Sunday, setting a new attendance record for the Short Film Festival. The 14th edition of the Winterthur International Short Film Festival will take place from November 10 to 14, 2010.
(Image: David OReilly wins the main prize at the International Short Film Festival Winterthur 2009).
