Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry [+lee también:
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The big winner, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, revolves around Ethéro, a single 48-year-old woman who lives in a small Georgian village where traditional values are sacrosanct. Once again, we find Elene Naveriani exploring her homeland of Georgia and the difficulties faced by those who try to live their lives without allowing themselves to be influenced by the taboos of a heteropatriarchal society which sees itself as invincible. The film world premiered during Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2023 and has since enjoyed an impressive international trajectory.

In the documentary field, The Hearing by Lisa Gerig, which follows four asylum seekers as they relive the hearing they attended as part of the asylum seeking process, isn’t to be outshone either. The film was previously presented in a world premiere in Copenhagen’s prestigious CPH:DOX, as well as being shortlisted in the category of European Documentaries for the European Film Awards.

The trophy for Best Actress was won by Ella Rumpf thanks to her part in Anna Novion’s French-Swiss co-production Marguerite’s Theorem [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]. The accolade of Best Graduate Film, meanwhile, went to Nathalie Berger’s Chagrin Valley (ZHdK), which previously won the National Competition Prize in the Visions du Réel Festival. The award for Best Sound went to Xavier Lavorel for Alice Rohrwacher’s La chimera [+lee también:
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The winners of the 2024 Swiss Film Awards are as follows:

Best Fiction Film
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry [+lee también:
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Best Documentary
The Hearing [+lee también:
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Best Animated Film
Armat - Elodie Dermange

Best Screenplay
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry – Elene Naveriani

Best Actress
Ella Rumpf – Marguerite’s Theorem [+lee también:
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Best Actor
Karim Barras - Bisons [+lee también:
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Best Supporting Actress
Maud Wyler – The Path of Excellence [+lee también:
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Best Film Score
Nicolas Rabaeus – Bisons
Nicolas Rabaeus – The Land Within [+lee también:
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Best Cinematography
Joseph Areddy - Bisons

Best Editing
Aurora Franco Vögeli – Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Best Sound
Xavier Lavorel - La chimera [+lee también:
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Best Short Film
Gravidity - Jela Hasler

Best Graduate Film
Chagrin Valley - Nathalie Berger

Swiss Film Academy Special Prize
Sonia Rossier, first assistant director – Let Me Go [+lee también:
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Swiss Film Academy Honorary Prize
Robert Boner