AWARDS & NOMINATIONS TO THE MOVIES:
NEIGHBOURS Camerimage Director's Debut Competition 2021 / Grand Prix du Festival de Cinéma de Mons 2022 / Gangneung International Film Festival 2021, Best Picture / Berner Filmpreis 2021 / Awards in Schwerin, Emden, Terni, Bellinzona, Innsbruck, Red Sea Film Festival a.o. LE VENT TOURNE Best International Feature, Santa Barbara 2019 / Variety Piazza Grande Award Locarno 2018 / Best Feature 2019 Zurich Film Prize WHERE ARE YOU, JOÃO GILBERTO ? Best Documentary Essay, FIFA Montreal 2019 / Student Jury Award F.A.M.E Paris 2019 / Prix du Jury Musical Ecran Bordeaux 2019 DIE GENTRIFIZIERUNG BIN ICH Special Mention International Documentary ZFF 2017 / Zürcher Filmpreis 2018 ZIELLOS Nomination Prix Europa 2014 DÉPOSER LES ENFANTS Nomination Swiss Film Awards 2013 THE GUANTANAMO TRAP Hot Docs Toronto 2011, Special Jury Prize Canadian Feature / Nomination Gemmi Awards 2012 (Best Canadian Documentary) DIE WIESENBERGER Audience Award Solothurn 2012 AVANTI Prix Découverte Namur 2012 STATIONSPIRATEN Nomination Best Feature, Swiss Film Awards 2010 / Audience Award Zurich Filmfestival 2010 / Prizes in Emden, Almaty and Saarbrücken TANNÖD Nomination Best Feature, Swiss Film Awards 2010 / Zurich Film Prize 2010 DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN Swiss Film Awards 2010: Best Documentary / Nomination European Film Prize / Nomination German Film Prize / Nomination Grimme Preis / Awards in Leipzig, Nyon, Washington, Yamagata a.o. HAPPY NEW YEAR Nomination Best Feature, Swiss Film Awards 2009 DIE HERBSTZEITLOSEN Prix Walo / Prizes in Setubal and Geneva IM NORDWIND Nomination Best Feature, Swiss Film Awards 2005. Zurich Film Prize / NDR Prize in Schwerin UTOPIA BLUES Swiss Film Awards 2002, Best Feature / Zurich Film Prize / Prizes in Kiev and Saarbrücken BASHKIM Swiss Film Awards 2002: Best Documentary IBIZA Youth Jury Prize, Oberhausen 2002 SUPERNOVA Suissimage Prize 2001 SUMMERTIME Swiss Film Awards 2001, Best Short Film / Suissimage Prize 2000 / Prizes in Locarno, Angers, Clermont-Ferrand, Chicago.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS FOR THE CINEMATOGRAPHY:
NEIGHBOURS Camerimage Director's Debut Competition 2021 TANNÖD Special Jury Prize for the Cinematography, Swiss Film Prize 2010 / Nomination Best Cinematography, German Critics Awards 2010 DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN Best Cinematography Festival RIDM Montreal 2010 / Nomination Deutscher Kamerapreis 2010 IM NORDWIND Special Mention for the Cinematography, Filmfestival Valencia 2005 UTOPIA BLUES Competition Manaki Brothers 2002