shnit Awards 2009

This year’s International Shortfilm Festival shnit 09 was a big succes with more than 22′000 visitors. In the international competition, the three winners of the shnit-Awards are Khen Shalem with „Ba-derech le Tel-Aviv“, Laurie Hill with „Photograph Of Jesus“ and Michael Fortune with „Terminal Communication“. Rafael Bolliger convinced the audience with his film  „Fallen“ and wins the realtime competition 2009. Chris Niemeyer wins the Swiss Award 2009 with „Las Pelotas“ and Julia Kaiser wins the German Award 2009 with “Amoklove”. The audience price goes to Márton Szirmai for his film “Szalontüdo”.

International competition shnit-Open 2009

«LONG JOHN»

Jury price, ≥ 10 min, CHF 13′000

Ba-derech le Tel-Aviv | 16min | fic | ISR 2008

Directed by Khen Shalem

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«MAGIC JACK»

Jury price, 4 – 10 min, CHF 10′000

Photograph Of Jesus | 7min | ani/exp (GBR 2008)

Directed by Laurie Hill

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«SMART JOE»

Jury price,  ≤ 4min, CHF 7′000

Terminal Communication | 3min | doc/exp (IRL 2008)

Directed by Michael Fortune

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shnit Audience Award 2009

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Audience price, CHF 5′000

Szalontüdo | 7min | fic (HUN 2006)

Directed by Márton Szirmai

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Swiss Competition – Swissmade 2009

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Swiss Award 2009

Jury price, CHF 5′000

Las Pelotas | 14min | fic (SUI 2009)

Directed by Chris Niemeyer

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German Competition – Made in Germany 2009

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German Award 2009

Jury price, CHF 5′000

Amoklove | 9min | fic (GER 2008)

Directed by Julia C. Kaiser