Lungano Nyoni become a guinea fowl It won the highest honor at the 20th Zurich Film Festival and won the Golden Eye Award for Best Film.
The Zurich competition jury, led by Lee Daniels, praised the film’s stunning cinematography, exquisite sound design and stunning performances. Nyoni’s follow-up to his first breakthrough I’m not a witch is a surreal, serious comedy family drama about sexual abuse, set in the Zambian capital Lusaka. become a guinea fowl It premiered in Cannes this year in Un Certain Regard, earning the Welsh-Zambian filmmaker the Best Director award.
Shiori Ito’s black box diary Won the Zurich Audience Award and won the Best Documentary Award. This shocking investigative film tells the story of Ito’s five-year attempt to bring to justice the older, more powerful man who sexually assaulted her. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, earning praise from the documentary jury for its brave and personal approach to the issue of misogyny.
Jasmine Gordon’s Swiss family drama brave man (brave man) won the Zurich Film Festival Film Critics Award. In the film, Ophelia Kolb plays Jules, a single mother of three who struggles to keep up appearances but develops an unlikely friendship with a Muslim woman.
The awards for the 20th Zurich Film Festival were handed out at a gala ceremony at the Zurich Opera House on Saturday evening. Earlier, Jude Law and Pamela Anderson were awarded the Honorary Golden Eye Award for their contribution to cinema. Kate Winslet and Swiss comedy legend Emile Steinberg were honored with lifetime achievement awards. The Game Changer Award for the Film Industry was presented to CAA Co-Head of Media Finance Roeg Sutherland.
See the full list of winners below.
Drama Film Competition GoldenEye
become a guinea fowl
Documentary Competition “Golden Eye”
black box diary
ZFF Critics Award
brave man
ZFF Children’s Jury Award
lioness
ZFF Children’s Audience Award
The Heinzel Family – New Hats, New Mission
Audience Award
black box diary
Zurich Ecclesiastical Film Award
brave man
Best International Film Score
Ahmed Soroko
Gold Label Award
Kate Winslet
golden eye award
Jude Law
golden eye award
Pamela Anderson
golden eye award
Alicia Vikander
Tribute…Award
Edward Berger
Lifetime Achievement Award
Emil Steinberg
Career Achievement Award
Howard Shore
Game Changer Award
Roig Sutherland
