Swiss Hotel Film Award: Best hotel films chosen
On Thursday, the winners of the 2011 Swiss Hotel Film Awards were announced in Zurich. «Monsieur Du Lit» by Timo von Gunten was named Best Hotel Film.
Second place went to "Salty Times" by Stefan Eichenberger, while third place went to "Home Sweet Hotel" by Alfonso Gordillo. The audience award went to Alejandro Gasser Daza with "Stille Post". The short film competition for the Swiss hotel industry was initiated by Hotelleriesuisse and took place for the second time after the first edition in 2009.
Ten of the 20 nominated films were screened at the awards ceremony, including the winners of the first, second and third prizes and the Audience Award. The expert jury was made up of Fulvio Bernasconi (director), Jacques Bettex (Best Western Eurotel Riviera, Montreux), Sabine Boss (director), Philippe Clivaz (Visions du Réel), Madeleine Hirsiger (film editor) and Philipp Roggensinger (Dasbreitehotel). The jury was chaired by film editor Mohan Mani. The star guest of the evening was actor Anatole Taubmann, who gave the audience an insight into his film career. Model Xenia Tchoumitcheva talked about her experiences with hotels. She played the leading role in this year's Call for entry film. The evening was hosted by Sven Epiney.
> To the winning film "Monsieur Du Lit" by Timo von Gunten
> To the second-placed film "Salty Times" by Stefan Eichenberger
> To the third-placed film "Home Sweet Hotel" by Alfonso Gordillo
> About the film "Stille Post" by Alejandro Gasser Daza (Audience Award)
