Honorary award for cinematic couple Bulle Ogier and Barbet Schroeder
The Honorary Award of the 2025 edition of the Swiss Film Awards will be presented to the Swiss-French couple and artistic team Barbet Schroeder and Bulle Ogier. Swiss director Schroeder and French actress Ogier are among the most influential figures of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) movement. This award honours their outstanding life's work and their pioneering influence on the international film world.
Swiss-French actress Bulle Ogier began her career in theatre before celebrating her breakthrough on the big screen with "L'Amour fou" and going on to star in the most important films of the French New Wave. Her long-standing connection to Switzerland is also reflected in her artistic work. With outstanding roles such as Rosemonde in "La Salamandre" by Alain Tanner and in "Notre-Dame de la Croisette" by Daniel Schmid, she has etched her name in the annals of Swiss cinema.
The Swiss director Barbet Schröder, born in Tehran, began his film career in the 1960s as an assistant to Jean-Luc Godard. At just 22 years of age, he established his own production company, Les Films du Losange, which went on to produce significant works of the French New Wave. Following his directorial debut with the cult classic "More", he embarked on an international career that earned him accolades such as an Oscar nomination for "Reversal of Fortune" and the French César film prize for best documentary for "L'Avocat de la terreur". With his influence on Hollywood and European cinema, Schroeder is considered one of Switzerland’s most internationally significant directors.
Ogier and Barbet, a married couple, have had an intensive artistic partnership. Together they have created impressive works such as "La Vallée”, "Maîtresse" and "Tricheurs". The Achievement Award of this year’s Swiss Film Awards thus honours the decades-long life’s work of this extraordinary duo. This marks the first time that the prize has been awarded to an artistic couple and recognises the significance of their creative collaboration for film history.
