Friends of Kurzfilmtage is an association dedicated to supporting Kurzfilmtage through fundraising and advocacy. The organization serves to broaden our base and give our Patrons and Benefactors a voice.

Audience Award donated by the Friends of Kurzfilmtage

Kurzfilmtage is more than just a platform for presenting shorts. We also foster short filmmaking, for instance by awarding prizes. Starting in 2026, Friends of Kurzfilmtage is sponsoring the Audience Award in the amount of CHF 5000. By becoming a member, you help not only Kurzfilmtage, you also directly support the production of short films.

Become a member

Friends of Kurzfilmtage is currently under development. The board is excited to welcome new members as well as people who would like to be actively invovled in the association or on the board.

Join the Friends of Kurzfilmtage

Donate

Your donation supports Kurzfilmtage as a key institution of Swiss film culture that sustainably combines artistic innovation, talent promotion, and cultural participation. Every contribution is welcome!

Make a one-time donation

Donate anonymously through SpendenSchweiz

 We are also happy to send you a deposit slip by request.


Contact the Friends of Kurzfilmtage

Freundeskreis der Kurzfilmtage 
c/o Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 
Turnerstrasse 1 
8400 Winterthur 

freundeskreiskurzfilmtage.ch

Board

Christoph Zimmermann, President

Christoph Zimmermann spent many years working as a lawyer in the public sector, especially in the fields of education and culture. He divides his time between the canton of Glarus and Winterthur and is now primarily dedicated to promoting cultural and other charitable causes.

Nicole Biermaier

Nicole Biermaier studied art and film and produced video and film projects that were screened nationally and internationally, before taking over the Swiss distribution division at First Hand Films ten years ago. First Hand Films’s catalog focuses on socially committed films that reach not just cinemagoers, but also young people in schools, as well as being used for training purposes by corporations and NGOs.

Sophie Fauser

Sophie Fauser has many years of experience in communications, specializing in digitalization, user experience, and strategy consulting. She has worked in Switzerland and abroad and realized several film-related web projects.

Benefactors

Alois Beerli, Winterthur
Angela Magni Andreoli, Weggis
Christian Schaffner, Zürich
Christoph Zimmermann, Schwändi b. Schwanden
Isabelle Lehmann, Winterthur
János Blum, Zürich
Jeannine Jeanneret, Cortaillod
Karin und Andreas Schoellhorn, Winterthur
Marietta Barman, Zürich
Monika Beerli, Winterthur
Sibylle und Kaspar Müller, Winterthur
Silvia Schaffner, Rheinfelden
Rahel und Kaspar Geiser, Winterthur
Thomas Widmer Sichler, Winterthur

Patrons

Andreas Baumgartner, Winterthur
Arthur Frauenfelder, Winterthur
Barbara Ettler, Winterthur
Daniel Walser, Winterthur
Daniel Weiss, Zürich
Eliane Kreuzer, Winterthur
Emanuel Feusi, Steinhausen
Esther Reber, Winterthur
Franziska Benz, Winterthur
Franziska Gohl, Winterthur
Greti Schaffner-Aebi, Basel
Jacqueline Engler, Winterthur
Kathrin Bänziger, Winterthur
Lena Martina Mader, Zürich
Marcel Weidmann, Winterthur
Marcel Weiss, Winterthur
Marianne Ott, Winterthur
Marianne Wernigk, Winterthur
Markus Büchi, Gachnang
Marlise Bänziger, Winterthur
Martin Stauch, Winterthur
Martina Hofer, Greifensee
Martina Reichert, Wila
Melanie Zumbrunn, Winterthur
Peter Ettler, Winterthur
Rainer Ott, Winterthur
Ralph Henn, Rämismühle
Regula Hauser, Zürich
Reto Huwiler, Winterthur
Roland Rüegg, Winterthur
Silvio Foscan, Winterthur
Susan Wiederkehr, Winterthur
Thomas Iseli, Zürich
Timothy Zemp, Winterthur
Tristan und Sylvia Rohrbach, Winterthur
Ueli Renz, Winterthur
Ursula Künsch, Winterthur
Werner Reber, Winterthur