• Awards & Jury

    The films presented at BILDRAUSCH are all worthy of awards in their own right. And yet film awards offer filmmakers financial support as well as the recognition they deserve. The Peter-Liechti-Wanderpreis and the short film prize are awarded by a jury. The public is invited to vote for their favourite.

    PETER-LIECHTI-AWARD

    The Peter Liechti Award honours the Swiss filmmaker and author Peter Liechti (1951-2014). It honours a work that is characterised by particular narrative or visual courage - a film that, as Liechti put it, "goes the whole hog". He followed his conviction: "That a film should venture out onto the branches, far out into an area where it could actually get uncomfortable". Peter Liechti judged the international competition of the first BILDRAUSCH FILMFEST BASEL in 2011.

    The Peter Liechti Prize is awarded by the previous year's winner and a co-juror. Each year it goes to a filmmaker from the international programme. The respective winner receives the travelling prize for one year and will pass the prize on to a selected filmmaker from the international programme in the following year; the prize is endowed with CHF 3'000.–. The travelling award in the form of a reclining figure of eight was designed by Luzia Vogt.

    SHORTS AWARD

    The short film award, affectionately known as SHORTS, honours the incomparable spirit of creativity, ingenuity and independence that inspires, moves and transforms Swiss short film. The SHORTS AWARD is endowed with CHF 1'000.–.

    AUDIENCE AWARD

    The Audience Award honours the most popular film of our BILDRAUSCH viewers. It honours an outstanding work by vote. The winning film receives CHF 3'000.– and will be shown again as a SPECIAL in the Stadtkino Basel programme after BILDRAUSCH.

    Jury Peter-Liechti-Wanderpreis

    Farahnaz Sharifi

    Farahnaz Sharifi

    Farahnaz Sharifi is an Iranian filmmaker and film editor. She graduated from Tehran Soureh University with a degree in film studies. Her films are mostly based on archives and she uses archival images and film to tell her stories. Farahnaz is also a well-known film editor. Farahnaz has received many awards in Iran and abroad. She has also been a jury member at many leading film festivals. In addition to her career as a filmmaker and editor, she is also a writer and her book of short stories Breathing in Open Air has been published in Iran. Her latest film My Stolen Planet premiered in the Berlinale Panorama in 2024 and has received many awards from festivals around the world. The film won the Peter Liechti Award and the Audience Award at Bildrausch Filmfest Basel.

    Joëlle Alexis

    Joëlle Alexis

    Joëlle is drawn to storytelling as a way of uncovering hidden layers of our world and giving voice to those who are often unheard. Whether working on documentary or fiction, she approaches each project with curiosity and sensitivity to the material. Based in Brussels, she has had the opportunity to work with filmmakers across borders and genres. Recent projects include Marching in the Dark (CPH:DOX Human Rights Award 2024), Kamay (Visions du Réel 2024) and Cahiers Noirs (Cannes). While Gett, A Film Unfinished and The Green Prince brought her wider recognition, each film has shaped the way she listens, interprets and constructs meaning. She also works as a mentor in workshops and offers consultations through the Rough Cut Service. She is a member of both the European Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - but what continues to inspire her most is the collaborative process and the shared search for the true form of a story.

    Jury Shorts

    Bianca Caderas

    Bianca Caderas

    Bianca is a director, animator and illustrator. Mythical creatures and whimsical worlds pervade her visual work. The short film Living Like Heta (co-directed by Kerstin Zemp and Isabella Luu) was released in 2017 as part of her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (Film) at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and was shown at over 100 festivals. She then began a master's degree in auteur film at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, where she completed her second film Jeroboam in 2020, which won the High Swiss Risk Award at the Fantoche Film Festival the following year. Her latest short film Matta und Matto (co-directed by Kerstin Zemp) is currently being shown at various international film festivals and cinemas. It was awarded the Bern Film Prize in 2024, among others.

    Lea Fröhlicher

    Lea Fröhlicher

    Lea works as a filmmaker, artist in the Fröhlicher-Hegetschweiler collective and cultural mediator. In 2012, she completed a Master of Arts in Art Education at Bern University of the Arts and a Master's Minor in Art History at the University of Bern. She has been a cooperative member of the film production company “point de vue” in Basel since 2019. As a director and producer, she has realised several documentary films with a thematic focus on community and the built environment. She also runs “Kultur macht Schule” projects and runs film workshops at various schools. With her works and projects, which often pursue participatory approaches, she opens up spaces of possibility - for re-action, for involvement.

    Gregor Brändli

    Gregor Brändli

    After completing his training in photography, he worked as a freelance director and cameraman for various music videos, feature films and documentaries. Co-founder of the design studio Tristesse. Winner of the 2013 Basel Culture Prize, currently working on the documentary film project Becoming Vulnerable, which explores Basel's involvement in colonialism and questions of restitution.