The Bildrausch Ring of Film Art goes to ....

The jury of the international competition programme "Cutting Edge" awarded the main prize of the festival, the Bildrausch Ring of Film Art – which comes with a cash prize of 5000 CHF – to Angela Schanelec, for her film I Was at Home, But. The jury "honors a waltz of unhappiness and beauty, shaped by enchanting ellipses, with a formal rigour that opens emotional yet also humorous engagement."

Peter Liechti Award

The Portuguese director Aya Koretzky receives the festival's first Peter Liechti Award for her film A volta ao mundo quando tinhas 30 anos (Around the World When You Were My Age). In her documentary debut, Aya Koretzky reconstructs the diary of a journey around the world that her father made in 1970. The jury was happy to have the opportunity to award a prize in honour of the late filmmaker Peter Liechti for the first time. The award, which comes with a cash prize of 2000 CHF, goes to a film that demonstrates special narrative or visual courage: "We honour a young filmmaker, who works with the poetry of the times and with intergenerational memory, and in so doing replaces sentimentality with relevance.”

Special Mention

The Jury also decided to honour Radu Jude's 'Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari' ('I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians") by Radu Jude with a special mention: "His film is a perceptive, formal reflection of enormous contemporary and historical importance. It is as brave, funny and smart as its wonderful female protagonist." In 'Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari', the Romanian director stages contemporary remembrance politics as a piece of historical theatre spectacle.