Swiss Hotel Film Award enters its second round
After the successful realization of the first short film competition of the Swiss hotel industry in 2009, the Swiss Hotel Film Award is entering another round.
The Swiss Hotel Film Award was organized by Hotelleriesuisse for the first time in 2009 with the aim of actively promoting the image of the Swiss hotel industry and highlighting new ways of marketing hotels. The competition invites professional, up-and-coming and amateur filmmakers to creatively explore the topic of hotels and opens hotel doors to attractive filming locations.
The competition has a two-stage structure: In the first phase, participants submit their film concepts, which will be judged by a jury of experts. The deadline for submitting concepts is March 31, 2011, and the jury will announce the nomination of twenty projects on May 12. The nominations also mark the start of the second phase - filming at the hotel. The film crew has a maximum of two days to realize the scripts. The duration of the films is limited to a maximum of five minutes. The participating filmmakers indicate their hotel preference when submitting the concept. All Hotelleriesuisse member hotels have the opportunity to apply to Hotelleriesuisse by March 31 as a location for the maximum two-day film shoot.
The submitted films are not only reviewed by the expert jury, but are also presented on the website Swisshotelfilmaward.ch also the judgment of the internet community. The expert jury is made up of connoisseurs of the film scene and representatives of the hotel industry from all parts of Switzerland. The jury awards for the three best entries and the audience award will be presented on August 25 at the Arena Filmcity in Sihlcity Zurich. The total prize money amounts to CHF 20,000.
Input of the film concepts: Swisshotelfilmaward.ch
Application for hotels as filming locations: [email protected], Tel. 031 370 42 87
