29/01/2016 - The nominations for the prestigious Swiss Film Award include films and documentaries that broach delicate and complex issues

Vanity [+see also:
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Battling it out for the title of Best Fictional Film alongside Vanity and Köpek is the surprising Amateur Teens [+see also:
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Turning to the other main category, Best Documentary, in addition to the aforementioned Above and Below and The Day The Sun Fell (which broaches the delicate theme of the victims of Hiroshima), the nominees include Dirty Gold War by Daniel Schweizer, the sublime Grozny Blues [+see also:
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The nominations:

Best Fictional Film
Amateur Teens [+see also:
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Wonderland [+see also:
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Köpek [+see also:
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Vanity [+see also:
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A Decent Man [+see also:
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Best Documentary

Above and Below [+see also:
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The Day The Sun Fell [+see also:
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Dirty Gold War - Daniel Schweizer
Grozny Blues [+see also:
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Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared [+see also:
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Best Short Film
Just Another Day In Egypt - Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Nikola Ilić
Kacey Mottet Klein, Naissance d'un Acteur - Ursula Meier
Le Mur Et L'eau - Alice Fargier
Pedro M, 1981 - Andreas Fontana
Subotika. Land Of Wonders - Peter Volkart

Best Animated Film
Erlkönig - Georges Schwizgebel
Islander's Rest - Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun
Lucens - Marcel Barelli

Best Screenplay
Köpek - Esen Isik
Vanity - Lionel Baier, Julien Bouissoux
A Decent Man - Micha Lewinsky

Best Actress
Beren Tuna – Köpek
Annina Walt - Amateur Teens
Annina Walt - A Decent Man

Best Actor
Wolfram Berger - Rider Jack
Bruno Ganz - Heidi [+see also:
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Patrick Lapp - Vanity

Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Chiara Carla Bär - Amateur Teens
Ivan Georgiev - Vanity
Leonardo Nigro - A Bell for Ursli [+see also:
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Best Score
Marcel Vaid - The Day The Sun Fell
Niki Reiser – Heidi
Marcel Vaid – Köpek

Best Cinematography
Pio Corradi - Giovanni Segantini - Magie Des Lichts
Gabriel Sandru – Köpek
Felix Von Muralt - A Bell for Ursli

Best Editing
Kaya Inan - Above And Below
Michael Schaerer – Heidi
Kaya Inan – Wonderland

Miglior Film di Diploma
Procedere: - Delia Schiltknecht
Ruben Leaves - Frederic Siegel
Une Histoire Simple, La Mienne, La Tienne Et Celle De M. - Atefeh Yarmohammadi

(Translated from Italian)