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Award Winners 2023

International Competition 2023

Grand Prize of the International Competition — «Oyu» (France/Japan 2023) by Atsushi Hirai, prize CHF 12 000.–, donated by the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

Special Mention International Competition — «Out of the Blue» (Switzerland 2023) by Morgane Frund

Promotional Award of the International Competition — «Blinded by Centuries» (USA/Thailand 2023) by Parinda Mai, CHF 10 000.–, donated by the City of Winterthur

Prix George for the Best Film in Documentary Form — «Pacific Club» (Qatar/ France 2023) von Valentin Noujaïm, prize CHF 10 000.–, donated by the Volkart Foundation

Short Film Candidate, European Film Awards (EFA) — «Dildotectónica / Dildotectonics» (Portugal 2023) by Tomás Paula Marques

Swiss Competition 2023

Award for the Best Swiss Film 2023 — «2720» (Switzerland/Portugal 2023) by Basil da Cunha, prize CHF 10 000.–, donated by SUISSIMAGE and SSA

Special Mention I Swiss Competition — «Troupeau / Herd» (Switzerland 2023) by Victor Cateau

Special Mention II Swiss Competition — «Searching for the 5th Direction» (Switzerland 2023) by Matthias Schüpbach

ZKB Audience Award 2023

Audience Award of the Zürcher Kantonalbank — «And Me, I’m Dancing Too» (Iran, Czechia, Germany 2023) by Mohammad Valizadegan, prize CHF 10 000.–, donated by the Zürcher Kantonalbank

Swiss Film School Day 2023

Award for the Best Swiss Shool Film — «Beutset (L’Aurore)» (Switzerland 2023) by Alicia Mendy, HEAD Geneva, CHF 5000.–, donated by SRG SSR

Special Mention I, Swiss Film School Day — «Summer Rain» (Schwitzerland 2023) by Johanna Kern, Julia Krummenacher and Marlene Low, HSLU Lucerne

Special Mention II, Swiss Film School Day — «A Monster Called Love» (Switzerland 2023) by Sophia Lara Nimue Schweizer, ZHdK Zurich

Sparks 2023

Award for the Best Film in the Section Sparks — «Been There» (Switzerland 2023) by Corina Schwingruber Ilić, CHF 2000.–, donated by the Internationalen Kurzfilmtagen Winterthur

Special Mention Sparks — «Wild Summon» (United Kingdom 2022) by Saul Freed and Karni Arieli

Postproduction Award 2023

Postproduction Award — «Blu Cipresso» (Switzerland 2023) by Laura Gönczy, in-kind prize CHF 10 000.–, donated by Jingle Jungle

Pitching Session Competition 2023

European Short Pitch 2023/24 — «The Veil of Senses» by Elisa Baccolo, Participation in the next edition of the European Short Pitch

Residency @ P.AiR.S 2023

Residency @ P.AiR.S 2023 — «Yasmeen Ghauri» by Youssef Youssef, seven-week residence at Paradiesli, Sigriswil