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Each year the Swiss Film Awards honour the most outstanding Swiss Films and the most distinguished film professionals of Switzerland.
The Swiss Film Awards are a commitment by the Federal Office of Culture. They are implemented in partnership with SRG SSR and the Association “Quartz” Genève Zürich, and organized in collaboration with Swiss Films, the Swiss Film Academy and the Solothurn Film Festival.
You can find the latest information on the Swiss Film Awards at www.quartz.ch
Submission of films
Films may be submitted for the Swiss Film Award by 30 September each year. The call for entries is published in August on the FOC’s website.
Voting system
The Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) appoints a five-person jury, all of whom are members of the Swiss Film Academy. It is their responsibility to compile a shortlist of nominees from recommendations submitted by the members of the Swiss Film Academy. The official announcement of the nominees (“Nominations Night”) is made in January during the Solothurn Film Festival. Members of the Swiss Film Academy then select the winners from among the finalists.
Furthermore, the nomination committee recommends individuals to the Federal Office of Culture for the Special Academy Award, presented in recognition of outstanding technical or artistic achievement, and for the Honorary Award, for her or his oeuvre.
Trophy “Quartz”
Designed by Jean Mauboulès, the sculpture combines subtle sophistication with sharp geometric lines. The trophy is a collection of pale-green industrial glass panels of varying heights that together form a single smooth-flowing line. The rough-hewn edges and adhesive dot create a spectacular play of light and striking 3D effect.
Jean Mauboulès (born 1943 in Poey de Lescar, France) is an internationally renowned artist who has lived and worked in Solothurn since the 1960s. Originally a painter, he gradually began to shift the focus of his creative talents to sculpture. Working primarily in glass, iron and steel, Mauboulès is especially interested in the technical and visual challenges of sculpture, such as weight and movement, stability and instability, light and shade.
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