Swiss Film Awards 2006

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2006 Swiss Film Awards - Solothurn Film Festival

2006 Swiss Film Awards: January 18, 2006

 

Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen (2005) directed by Michael Steiner, starring Manuel Häberli

 

Michael Steiner’s Swiss-German comedy Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen, adapted from Klaus Schädelin’s 1960s children’s novel, has won the Swiss Film Award for best narrative film at Switzerland’s Solothurn Film Festival.

Fernand Melgar’s Exit, the Right to Die, which portrays individuals who support euthanasia, won the best documentary award, Carlos Leal was chosen best performer in a leading role for his participation in Samir’s Snow White (a tale involving drugs and rap music that has precious little to do with the fairy tale), and veteran Marthe Keller won the award for best performance in a supporting role for Fragile.

The best short film prize was given to Peter Volkhart’s Terra Incognita, and Filmkollectiv Zürich won the Special Jury Prize for producing Beatrice Michel Leuthold and Hans Stürm’s documentary Klingenhof, about the intersecting lives in a Zurich neighborhood. The best film and best documentary prizes are both worth SFr60,000 (US$46,745).

 

Best Film: Mein Name ist Eugen / My Name is Eugen, directed by Michael Steiner

Best Performer in a Leading Role: Carlos Leal, Snow White

Best Performer in a Supporting Role: Marthe Keller, Fragile

Best Documentary: Exit, the Right to Die, directed by Fernand Melgar

Best Short Film: Terra Incognita, directed by Peter Volkhart

Special Jury Prize: Filmkollectiv Zürich for producing Beatrice Michel Leuthold and Hans Stürm’s documentary Klingenhof

 

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Belgian Film Awards 2005

British Independent Film Awards 2005

Danish Film Critics Awards 2005

European Film Awards 2005

French Film Critics Awards 2005

London Film Critics Awards 2005

National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005

Norwegian Film Awards 2005

Romanian Film Critics Top-Ten Films 2005

Swedish Academy Awards 2005

by Andre Soares | January 18, 2006 | Filed Under European Cinema, Film Awards, Film Festivals 

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