The nominees for the 2026 Swiss Film Award were announced during the Nominations Night at the Solothurn Film Festival. The award ceremony will take place on 27 March at the Zurich Convention Center.

Nominations in more detail: click here

 

Best Feature Film

SILENT REBELLION by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (Box Productions Sàrl, Elena Tatti, Nicolas Wittwer)

BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Karin Koch)

LATE SHIFT by Petra Volpe (Zodiac Pictures Ltd, Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli)

THE SAFE HOUSE by Lionel Baier (Bande à part Films Sàrl, Agnieszka Ramu)

YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS, MR. DROWAK? by Nicolas Steiner (tellfilm GmbH, Katrin Renz)

 

Best Documentary Film

BLAME by Christian Frei (Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, Christian Frei)

DOM (HOME IN RUSSIAN) by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop (DokLab GmbH, Corinna Dästner, Dodo Hunziker)

I LOVE YOU, I LEAVE YOU by Moris Freiburghaus (Sabotage Filmkollektiv GmbH, Leon Schwitter, Fabiana Seitz)

CONSTRUCTION SITE by Jean-Stéphane Bron (Bande à part Films Sàrl, Jaber Debzi, Lionel Baier)

WHO IS STILL ALIVE by Nicolas Wadimoff (Akka Films Sàrl, Philippe Coeytaux, Nicolas Wadimoff)

 

Best Short Film

AIR HORSE ONE by Lasse Linder (Dynamic Frame GmbH, Philipp Ritler, Luzius Fischer)

CHERUBS by Anna Pieri Zuercher, Pietro Zuercher (Cinédokké Sagl, Michela Pini, Olga Lamontanara)

RÖSLI by Valentina Shasivari (Shasivari, Valentina Shasivari)

TEENAGE COWBOY by Matteo Gariglio (Matteo Gariglio Films, Matteo Gariglio)

YONNE by Julietta Korbel, Yan Ciszewski (Rita Productions Sàrl, Marine Dumas)

 

Best Animated Film

I'M NOT SURE by Luisa Zürcher (Luisa Zürcher)

KARIES by Aline Höchli (Aline Höchli Koloss, Aline Höchli)

STORYTELLING by Nils Hedinger (prêt-à-tourner Filmproduktion GmbH, Lina Geissmann)

 

Best Screenplay

SILENT REBELLION - Marie-Elsa Sgualdo

BAGGER DRAMA - Piet Baumgartner

LATE SHIFT - Petra Volpe

 

Best Actress

Sarah Spale (Emmi Creola) in HELLO BETTY

Bettina Stucky (Conny) in BAGGER DRAMA

Luna Wedler (Lena) in YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS, MR. DROWAK?

 

Best Actor

Vincent Furrer (Daniel) in BAGGER DRAMA

Phil Hayes (Paul) in BAGGER DRAMA

Martin Vischer (Ernst Creola) in HELLO BETTY

 

Best Supporting Role

Esther Gemsch (Herta) in THE TASTERS

Cyril Metzger (Louis) in SILENT REBELLION

Sven Schelker (Anatol) in STILLER

 

Best Film Score

SILENT REBELLION - Nicolas Rabaeus

I LOVE YOU, I LEAVE YOU - Dino Brandão

THE SAFE HOUSE - Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg

 

Best Cinematography

SILENT REBELLION - Benoit Dervaux

THE SAFE HOUSE - Patrick Lindenmaier

THE CURRENTS - Gabriel Sandru

 

Best Film Editing

SILENT REBELLION - Karine Sudan

BAGGER DRAMA - Tania Stöcklin

YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS, MR. DROWAK? - Kaya Inan

 

Best Sound

SILENT REBELLION - Xavier Lavorel, Franco Piscopo, Henry Sims

BAGGER DRAMA - Peter von Siebenthal, Nadja Gubser, Jan Gubser

LATE SHIFT - Jacques Kieffer, Gina Keller, Marco Teufen

 

Best Graduation Film

1:10 by Sinan Taner (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK - Departement Darstellende Künste und Film)

L'AVANT-POSTE 21 by Camille Surdez (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne,
Louise Productions Lausanne)

HUNTING by Lea Favre (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Hélium Films)