Swiss Film Award 2013: live-streaming of ceremony on schweizerfilmpreis.ch
Bern, 19.03.2013 - For the first time in its history, the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony will be streamed live. Scheduled to begin at 7.15 pm, the webcast shown on www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch will offer viewers at home the chance to share in the excitement and glamour of the ceremony, which will be held this year on Saturday, 23 March in the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva. Guests at this illustrious event to honour the outstanding achievements of the Swiss film industry will include leading lights from the worlds of film, politics and culture
On the evening of Saturday, 23 March, the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva will roll out the red carpet for Swiss film industry VIPs. For the first time, members of the public will be able to watch a live webcast of the ceremony on www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch. The ceremony will also be screened in the foyer of Les Cinémas du Grütli in Geneva, as part of its "Nominees Week" programme.
Live-stream and VIP photo stream on schweizerfilmpreis.ch
From 6 pm VIP photo stream from the Red Carpet (under "Events")
7.30 pm Live-streaming of the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony begins
9.30 pm (approx.) Live-streaming ends
Swiss Film Night
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, SRG SSR, will also honour the Swiss film industry. In addition to live coverage of the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony, the French- German- and Italian-language television channels will show a selection of Swiss films throughout the evening of 23 March:
Saturday, 23 March:
RTS1 (French-language channel)
7.50 pm Téléjournal (evening news), live from the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony
8.40 pm Titeuf le film, feature film by Zep (free TV premiere)
10.10 pm Live coverage of the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony
10.25 pm Insoupçonnable, feature film by Gabriel Le Bomin (free TV premiere)
12.05 am La Petite dame du Capitole, documentary by Jacqueline Veuve
01.10 am La Nuit de l’ours, animated film by Frédéric and Samuel Guillaume
01.35 am Chambre 69, animated film by Claude Barras
Cinemaniak (film programme): 4 short films
RSI (LA1) (Italian-language channel)
9.05 pm La cameretta azzurra, feature film by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
11.05 pm Live coverage of the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony
11.25 pm La scuola è finita, feature film by Valerio Jalongo
12.50 am The Substance, documentary by Martin Witz
02.15 am Canzun Alpina, feature film by Sören Senn
03.45 am Una notte, short film by Denise Fernandes
Sunday, 24 March:
SRF2 (German-language channel)
9.45 pm Box Office (film reviews), including highlights of the 2013 Swiss Film Award ceremony
10.10 pm Giocchi d'estate (free TV premiere), feature film by Rolando Colla
12 am Coeur animal, feature film by Séverine Cornamusaz
On 23 and 24 March, the national French-, German-, Italian- and Romansh-language radio stations will also run reports on the 2013 Swiss Film Award
A prestigious event
Fabienne Hadorn and Alain Croubalian will co-host the ceremony on the evening of 23 March in the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices. Music will be provided by the Bolivar Soloists and Efrain Oscher. Federal Councillor Alain Berset shall give the opening address, and the awards will be presented by Therese Affolter, Müslüm, Anatole Taubman and Isabelle Caillat.
2013 Swiss Film Award
The Swiss Film Award, which officially recognises the work of the Swiss film industry, is organised by the Federal Office of Culture in partnership with SRG SSR, the Association "Quartz" Genève Zürich, SWISS FILMS, the Swiss Film Academy and the Solothurn Film Festival.
Media documentation
The names of the 2013 Swiss Film Award winners will be available at www.schweizerfilmpreis.ch ("Media" section) and www.bak.admin.ch, from approximately 9.30 pm.
A group photo of the 2013 winners will also be available online, from 10.30 pm onwards on www.mydrive.ch (Login: markussenn; password: onlinespeicher).
All press photos of the Red Carpet and the actual award ceremony will be posted on www.mydrive.ch (Login: markussenn; password: onlinespeicher) from Sunday at 12 am/pm.
Address for enquiries
Susanne Goldschmid, Head of Communications, 2013 Swiss Film Award, Federal Office of Culture
+41 (0)31 322 92 34, susanne.goldschmid@bak.admin.ch
Links
Publisher
Federal Office of Cultural Affairs
http://www.bak.admin.ch
