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Swiss film promotion is on an upswing: film director Marc Forster, Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen, Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) founders and co-directors Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri and Ringier CEO Marc Walder have joined forces to set up the «Verein zur Filmförderung in der Schweiz» (Association for Film Promotion in Switzerland), with the aim of increasing the significance of national film projects.
The central feature of the association’s activities is the «Filmmaker Award», which will be presented annually to support one or more selected projects. The non-profit association is based in Zurich and was founded on 9 December 2014. The main priority of the «Verein zur Filmförderung in der Schweiz» is the support of Swiss film productions. The Board includes Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri, Marc Walder, as well as Marc Forster, who has made his name on the international scene as film director, producer and screenplay writer.
The primary focus of the activities of the «Verein zur Filmförderung in der Schweiz» is the «Filmmaker Award». It will allow the association to assist Swiss film productions in accordance with clearly formulated criteria. The request for submissions for this first Award is on the ZFF website and invites Swiss filmmakers to submit their projects. To be eligible, feature films and documentaries need to be at least 60 minutes long and require an additional or post-production financing. The jury, consisting of Marc Forster, Georges Kern and Karl Spoerri, together with a well-known chairperson to be chosen annually, will select the nominations from the projects submitted. The winner(s) of the award, who will receive funding totalling 100,000 Swiss francs, will be announced during the IWC Gala evening at the 11th Zurich Film Festival in late September 2015.
April 02, 2015