Awards - Zurich Film Festival - 2014-2023

Best International Feature Film

• Hesitation Wound (Selman Nacar)

International Feature Film: Special Mention

• Stolen (Karan Tejpal)
• The Rapture (Iris Kaltenbäck)

Best International Documentary

• In the Rearview (Maciek Hamela)

International Documentary: Special Mention

• Queendom (Agniia Galdanova)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Hollywoodgate (Ibrahim Nash’at)

Focus DE, AT, CH: Special Mention

• Let Me Go (Maxime Rappaz)

Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich Churches Film Prize)

• Las toreras (Jaqueline Brutsche)

Kids Jury Award

• Dancing Queen (Aurora Langaas Gossé)

Audience Award

• Queendom (Agniia Galdanova)

Kids Audience Award

• Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen (Johannes Honsell)

Emerging Swiss Talent Award

• Jaqueline Brutsche (Las toreras)

Best International Film Music

• Elliot Murphy

A Tribute to… Award

• Todd Haynes

Golden Icon Award

• Jessica Chastain

Golden Eye Award

• Diane Kruger
• Mads Mikkelsen

Game Changer Award

• Fred Kogel

Best International Feature Film

• The Kings of the World (Laura Mora)

International Feature Film: Special Mention

• War Pony (Gina Gammell, Riley Keough)
• Until Tomorrow (Ali Asgari)

Best International Documentary

• Sam Now (Reed Harkness)

International Documentary: Special Mention

• The New Greatness Case (Anna Shishova)
• The Killing of a Journalist (Matt Sarnecki)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Stuntwomen (Elena Avdija)

Focus DE, AT, CH: Special Mention

• Thunder (Carmen Jaquier)

Science Film Award

• The Territory (Alex Pritz)

Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich Churches Film Prize)

• Thunder (Carmen Jaquier)

Kids Jury Award

• Lucy Goes Gangsta (Till Endemann)

Audience Award

• Becoming Giulia (Laura Kaehr)

Kids Audience Award

• My Robot Brother (Frederik Meldal Nørgaard)

Emerging Swiss Talent Award

• Carmen Jaquier (Thunder)

Best International Film Music

• Robert IJserinkhuijsen

A Tribute to… Award

• Luca Guadagnino

Golden Icon Award

• Ben Kingsley

Golden Eye Award

• Eddie Redmayne
• Charlotte Gainsbourg

Game Changer Award

• Michael Barker, Tom Bernard

Career Achievement Award

• Rachel Portman

Best International Feature Film

• A Chiara (Jonas Carpignano)

International Feature Film: Special Mention

• Ballad of a White Cow (Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha)
• Jockey (Clint Bentley)

Best International Documentary

• Life of Ivanna (Renato Borrayo Serrano)

International Documentary: Special Mention

• Sabaya (Hogir Hirori)
• Soy Libre (Laure Portier)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• The Fam (Frédéric Baillif)

Focus DE, AT, CH: Special Mention

• Behind the Headlines (Daniel Andreas Sager)

Science Film Award

• All Light, Everywhere (Theo Anthony)

Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich Churches Film Prize)

• The Fam (Frédéric Baillif)

Audience Award

• Youth Topia (Dennis Stormer)

Kids Audience Award

• The Wolf and the Lion (Gilles de Maistre)

Emerging Swiss Talent Award

• Andreas Fontana (Azor)

Best International Film Music

• Andrey Mordovsky (Black Label)

A Tribute to… Award

• Paolo Sorrentino

Golden Icon Award

• Sharon Stone

Golden Eye Award

• Paul Schrader

Career Achievement Award

• Mychael Danna

Best International Feature Film

• Identifying Features (Fernanda Valadez)

Best International Documentary

• Time (Garrett Bradley)

Best International TV Series

• Cry Wolf (Maja Jul Larsen)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Why Not You (Evi Romen)

Science Film Award

• I Am Greta (Nathan Grossman)

Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich Churches Film Prize)

• Sami, Joe and I (Karin Heberlein)

Critics' Jury Award

• 80.000 Schnitzel (Hannah Schweier)

Kids Jury Award

• The Club of Ugly Children (Jonathan Elbers)

Audience Award

• Sami, Joe and I (Karin Heberlein)

Kids Audience Award

• Little Crumb and the Race to the Gold Mine (Diede in 't Veld)

Treatment Competition Award

• Ares Ceylan (Fleisch und Blut)

A Tribute to… Award

• Maïwenn

Golden Icon Award

• Juliette Binoche

Golden Eye Award

• Iris Berben
• Til Schweiger

Career Achievement Award

• Rolf Lyssy

Best International Feature Film

• Sound of Metal (Darius Marder)

Best International Documentary

• Collective (Alexander Nanau)

Best International TV Series

• Just for Today (Nir Bergman, Ram Nehari)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• System Crasher (Nora Fingscheidt)

Science Film Award

• Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (Niklaus Hilber)

Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich Churches Film Prize)

• Once Were Rebels (Johanna Moder)

Kids Jury Award

• Too Far Away (Sarah Winkenstette)

Audience Award

• Volunteer (Lorenz Nufer, Anna Thommen)

Kids Audience Award

• Invisible Sue (Markus Dietrich)

A Tribute to… Award

• Roland Emmerich

Golden Icon Award

• Cate Blanchett

Golden Eye Award

• Kristen Stewart

Best International Feature Film

• Girl (Lukas Dhont)

Best International Documentary

• Heartbound (Janus Metz, Sine Plambech)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• L'Animale (Katharina Mückstein)

Critics' Jury Award

• The Guilty (Gustav Möller)

Kids Jury Award

• Los Bando (Christian Lo)

Audience Award

• Cold November (Ismet Sijarina)

Kids Audience Award

• Raoul Taburin (Pierre Godeau)

Swiss Sponsorship Award

• Daniel Zimmermann (Walden)

Treatment Competition Award

• Lenz Baumann, Maurizius Staerkle-Drux (C.O.D.A. – Child Of Deaf Adults)

A Tribute to… Award

• Wim Wenders

Golden Icon Award

• Judi Dench

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Donald Sutherland

Best International Feature Film

• Pop Aye (Kirsten Tan)

Best International Documentary

• Machines (Rahul Jain)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Blue My Mind (Lisa Brühlmann)

Ecumenical Film Award (Zurich Churches Film Prize)

• Blue My Mind (Lisa Brühlmann)

Critics' Jury Award

• Blue My Mind (Lisa Brühlmann)

Kids Jury Award

• Up in the Sky (Petter Lennstrand)

Audience Award

• A River Below (Mark Grieco)

Kids Audience Award

• Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg (Ute von Münchow-Pohl)

Swiss Sponsorship Award

• Maryam Goormaghtigh (Before Summer Ends)

Treatment Competition Award

• Seraina Nyikos (Secondo)

A Tribute to… Award

• Rob Reiner

Golden Icon Award

• Glenn Close

Golden Eye Award

• Andrew Garfield
• Jake Gyllenhaal

Career Achievement Award

• Aaron Sorkin

Best International Feature Film

• The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Juho Kuosmanen)

Best International Documentary

• Mrs. B, a North Korean Woman (Jero Yun)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Hidden Reserves (Valentin Hitz)

Critics' Jury Award

• Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd)

Kids Jury Award

• My Life as a Courgette (Claude Barras)

Audience Award

• When Two Worlds Collide (Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel)

Kids Audience Award

• Code M (Dennis Bots)

Swiss Sponsorship Award

• Jan Gassmann (Europe, She Loves)

Treatment Competition Award

• Anna Schwingenschuh (Cold Turkey for Emergencies)

A Tribute to… Award

• Olivier Assayas

Golden Icon Award

• Hugh Grant

Career Achievement Award

• Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Marcel Hoehn

Best International Feature Film

• Rams (Grímur Hákonarson)

Best International Documentary

• Kings of Nowhere (Betzabé García)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Thank You for Bombing (Barbara Eder)

Critics' Jury Award

• Pikadero (Ben Sharrock)

Audience Award

• Amateur Teens (Niklaus Hilber)

Kids Audience Award

• The Secret Society of Souptown (Margus Paju)

Treatment Competition Award

• Stefanie Klemm (Renatas Erwachen)

A Tribute to… Award

• Mike Leigh

Golden Icon Award

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

Golden Eye Award

• Liam Hemsworth

Career Achievement Award

• Steve Golin

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Armin Mueller-Stahl

Best International Feature Film

• A Moonless Night (Germán Tejeira)

Best International Documentary

• Toto and His Sisters (Alexander Nanau)

Best Film (Focus DE, AT, CH)

• Children of the Arctic (Nick Brandestini)

Critics' Jury Award

• Underdog (Ronnie Sandahl)

Audience Award

• Zu Ende Leben (Rebecca Panian)

Kids Audience Award

• Fiddlesticks (Veit Helmer)

Treatment Competition Award

• Christine Wiederkehr (Änneli)

A Tribute to… Award

• Claire Denis

Golden Icon Award

• Diane Keaton

Golden Eye Award

• John Malkovich

Career Achievement Award

• Michael Shamberg

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Hans Zimmer