All good things come in threes! On Friday evening, March 22, 2019, Chris the Swiss won in all three categories for which it was nominated at the Swiss Film Awards. Stefan Kälin was awarded the prize for Best Editing, Marcel Vaid for Best Music and Anja Kofmel, Samir and Sereina Gabathuler for Best Documentary.
We thank the Swiss Film Academy, our co-producers Nukleus Film, ma.ja.de., IV Films, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, and Teleclub, our Swiss distributor First Hand Films, our World Sales Urban Distribution International and of course all members of the crew who made the movie possible.
Special thanks also go to all sponsors who supported the project: Eurimages, Bundesamt für Kultur, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Succès Cinéma, Lotteriefonds Kanton Solothurn, SSA, Suissimage, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Focal, Verena Josephsohn, Swiss Films, Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), Mitteldeutsche Medien Förderung, Finnish Film Foundation and YLE.
Anyone who has missed the movie in theaters will have the opportunity to watch it this Sunday, March 31, at 20:30 at KOSMOS. The film is shown in the impressive Dolby Atmos version, which gives full credit to the award winning score. The movie is also available on our VOD platform.