Nominations for the Swiss Film Awards announced

On Friday evening at the 44th Solothurn Film Festival, the nominations for the 2009 Quartz Swiss Film Award were announced. The identity of the jury has not yet been revealed.

The nominations for the Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2009 were announced on Friday evening at the 44th Solothurn Film Festival as part of the "Night of Nominations". Christoph Schaub's "Happy New Year" received four nominations, ahead of the French-speaking Swiss film "Home". The secret of the jury - which may even include Bond director Marc Forster - has not yet been revealed.
This year, for the first time, the nominations were made by a committee of the Federal Office of Culture made up of members of the Swiss Film Academy. The winners of the Film Prize will be announced on March 7 at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Center by Nicolas Bideau, Head of the Film Bak section, and Fredi Murer, President of the Swiss Film Academy.

The nominations:
Best Feature Film
Du bruit dans la tête (Vincent Pluss)
Happy New Year (Christoph Schaub)
Home (Ursula Meier)
Tandoori Love (Oliver Paulus)
Un autre homme (Lionel Baier)

Best Documentary Film
Au loin des villages Olivier Zuchuat
Giù le mani Danilo Catti
La forteresse Fernand Melgar
No more smoke signals Fanny Bräuning
The Beast Within Yves Scagliola

Best Short Film
Big Sur Pierre-Adrian Irlé, Valentin Rotelli
Gehrig comes Marc Schippert
I do not dream in German Ivana Lalovic
Mr. Selavy Peter Volkart
Un dìa y nada Lorenz Merz

Best animated film
The cable car Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun
Retouches Georges Schwizgebel
Signalis Adrian Flückiger
Tango Lola Izabela Rieben, Sami Ben Youssef
Tôt ou tard Jadwiga Kowalska

Best Screenplay
Boxing Jesus Stefan Jäger
Happy New Year Grischa Duncker, Thomas Hess, collaboration: Christoph
Schaub
Home Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud

Best actress
Céline Bolomey Du bruit dans la tête
Natacha Koutchoumov Un autre homme
Alexandra Prusa Robbers

Best Actor
Nils Althaus Happy New Year
Raphael Carlucci Bringing chance
Dominique Jann Air Business

Best young acting talent
Joel Basman Air Business
Kacey Klein Mottet Home
Melanie Sauder Bringing chance

Best Film Music
Happy New Year Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräcker
A thousand oceans Luk Zimmermann, Christian Brantschen
Zara Marcel Vaid

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