Swiss Film Awards 2006
by Andre Soares
2006 Swiss Film Awards - Solothurn Film Festival
2006 Swiss Film Awards: January 18, 2006
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
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
British Independent Film Awards 2005
Danish Film Critics Awards 2005
French Film Critics Awards 2005
London Film Critics Awards 2005
National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005
Romanian Film Critics Top-Ten Films 2005
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