Swiss Film Award


The Swiss Film Award is the national film award of Switzerland, first given out in 1998.

History

Between 1998 to 2008 the Prize was given during the Solothurn Film Festival. From 2009 onwards the festival hosts the Night of Nominations announcement. Since then, every nomination film receives a cash-prize. Also since 2009, the ceremony has been moved to March in a more glamorous atmosphere and with a broadcasting on television. 2009 was the last year where the Jury was composed of people from the Swiss state and the Federal Office of Culture. Until that year, the award was called Viewfinder and changed its appearance every year with different designers being approached to give it a distinctive look. Since 2009 the prize awarded is a Cristal-like statue, designed by Alfredo Häberli, called "The Quartz".
In 2010 the prizes have been awarded for the first time by the Swiss Film Academy. Due to the coronavirus-pandemic the 2020 the ceremony was cancelled as well as the week of the nominees, where all nominated films were supposed to be presented. The winners were announced in a special programme and are supposed to be presented as part of the annual Locarno Film Festival in August.

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Current awards
Retired awards