2017 Awards


International Competition Feature Films

SESTERCE D’OR LA MOBILIÈRE
Best feature film
CHF 20'000

Taste of Cement
Ziad Kalthoum
Germany, Lebanon, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, 2017, 85'

Last screening Saturday 29 April >

PRIX DU JURY RÉGIONYON
Most innovative feature film
CHF 10'000

Upwelling
Silvia Jop, Pietro Pasquetti
Italy, 2016 77'


International Competition Medium-length Films

SESTERCE D’OR GEORGE
Best medium-length film
CHF 10'000

Vivre riche
Joël Akafou
France, Burkina Faso, Belgique
2017, 53'

Last screening Saturday 29 April >

PRIX DU JURY GEORGE
Most innovative medium-length film
CHF 5'000

Yvonnes
Tommaso Perfetti
Italy, France, 2017, 60'

Special mention

Miss Rain
Charlie Petersmann
Switzerland, 2017, 38'


International Competition Short Films

SESTERCE D’OR FONDATION GOBLET
Best short film
CHF 5'000

La pesca
Pablo Alvarez Mesa, Fernando Lopez Escriva
Canada, Colombia, 2017, 22'

Last screening Saturday 29 April >

PRIX DU JURY MÉMOIRE VIVE
Most innovative short film
CHF 2'500

Stars of Gaomeigu
Marko Grba Singh
Serbia, China, 2017, 23'

Special mention

One Day in Aleppo
Ali Alibrahim
Syria, 2017, 20'


Regard Neuf

SESTERCE D’ARGENT CANTON DE VAUD
Best first film
CHF 10'000

All That Passes By Through a Window That Doesn't Open
Martin DiCicco
United States, Qatar, 2017, 69'

Last screening Saturday 29 April >

PRIX DU JURY SOCIÉTÉ DES HÔTELIERS DE LA CÔTE
Most innovative first film
CHF 5'000

Niñato
Adrián Orr
Spain, 2017, 72'

Special mention

I Know You Are There
Thom Vander Beken
Belgium, Netherlands, 2017, 92'


Swiss Cinema

SESTERCE D’ARGENT SRG SSR
Best Swiss feature film of all competitive sections
CHF 15'000

Retour au Palais
Yamina Zoutat
Switzerland, France, 2017, 87'

Last screening Saturday 29 April >

PRIX DU JURY SSA/SUISSIMAGE
Most innovative Swiss film of all competitive sections
CHF 10'000

Kawasaki Keirin
Sayaka Mizuno
Switzerland, 2016, 41'

Special mention

Rue Mayskaya
Gabriel Tejedor
Switzerland, 2017, 67'


Prix du Jeune Public

PRIX DU JEUNE PUBLIC
Best film of the Premiers Pas section
CHF 3'000

Beauty
Kristina Kuzhakhmetova
Russia, 2016, 27'

Special mention

The Sound of Winter
Tizian Büchi
Switzerland, Belgium, 2016, 27'


Prix du Public

SESTERCE D’ARGENT VILLE DE NYON
Best film of the Grand Angle section
CHF 10'000

In Loco Parentis
Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane
Ireland, Espagne, 2016, 100'

Last screening Saturday 29 April >


Maître du Réel

SESTERCE D'OR PRIX RAIFFEISEN MAÎTRE DU RÉEL
Career Award to Alain Cavalier


prix interreligieux

PRIX INTERRELIGIEUX
Feature film of the International Competition that sheds light on existential, social or spiritual questions as well as human values
CHF 5'000

The Gaze of the Sea
Jose Álvarez
Mexico, 2016, 80'

Mention spéciale

No Place for Tears
Reyan Tuvi
Turkey, 2017, 84'


Prix Buyens-Chagoll

PRIX BUYENS-CHAGOLL

Film of humanist dimension focusing on stories developing values that confer meaning to the future of mankind
CHF 5'000

BE'JAM BE the never ending song
Caroline Parietti, Cyprien Ponson
France, Switzerland, 2017, 87'


DOC OUTLOOK – INTERNATIONAL MARKET

DOCM | PRIX RTS – PERSPECTIVES D'UN DOC
Best French-speaking Swiss film project
CHF 10'000

Lélo l'insoumise
Annie Gisler

 

DOCM | HEAD – GENÈVE POSTPRODUCTION AWARD
Best film projects taking part in the Pitching du Réel
Postproduction services

Hamada
Eloy Dominguez Seren 

The Village
Claire Simon

 

DOCM | AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT AWARD
Pitching du Réel project with high artistic quality offering the greatest potential to engage audiences through online activities
Social media campaign courtesy of Alphapanda – Film Marketing Services

Hamada
Eloy Dominguez Seren

 

DOCM | PRIX VISIONS SUD EST
Best film project of South Africa 
CHF 10'000

Days of Cannibalism
Teboho Edkins

 

DOCM | PRIX DOCS IN PROGRESS
Best film project in postproduction
Subtitles offered by Raggio Verde

White Cube
Wojtek Pustoła

 


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