Special Academy Award 2013

Special Award of the Academy
Karine Sudan

for her editing work on Hiver nomade

Tribute:

Thanks to her skilful editing and keen sense of pacing, Karine Sudan transforms the cross-country trek of two shepherds and their flock into a touching yet gripping road movie. Against the backdrop of harsh winter landscape a story unfolds that is brimming with poetic beauty, warmth and humanity.

Biography:
Karine Sudan was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1969, and grew up in Gruyère, Swit-zerland. She attended DAVI, the Lausanne Film School, from 1989 to 1994. Since then, she has been working primarily as a film editor, though she also directs and writes.

Selected filmography:
2012 «Hiver nomade», Regie: Manuel von Stürler
2012 «Opération Libertad», Regie: Nicolas Wadimoff
2011 «Vol spécial». Regie: Fernand Melgar
2010 «Aisheen (Still Alive In Gaza)», Regie: Fernand Melgar
2008 «La forteresse», Regie: Fernand Melgar
2006 «Mon frère se marie», Regie: Jean-Stéphane Bron
2005 «EXIT, le droit de mourir», Regie: Fernand Melgar
2003 «Mais im Bundeshuus», Regie: Jean-Stéphane Bro