The Cinema Experience
16. June 2016filmstudieren.ch is the ZHdK movie channel, the new home of our students' work. We hope you enjoy the site and its contents!
June 2016
2016 CIVIS Media Prize
1. June 2016More informationJoachim Gauck honours two ZHdK degree films: Piet Baumgartner's «Inland» (2015) and Anna Thommen's «Neuland» (2013) have been awarded the European CIVIS Media Prize for Migration, Integration and Cultural Diversity. At yesterday's ceremony, held at the German Foreign Ministry, the ZhdK filmmakers and other award winners received their prizes from Joachim Gauck, the President of Germany.
April 2016
Raving Iran wins at Visions du Réel in Nyon
27. April 2016More informationRaving Iran has won the PRIX DU JURY SSA/SUISSIMAGE. The prize is awarded to the most innovative Swiss film across all categories, including the international competition. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement!
Studio Hamburg Talent Award
23. April 2016More informationOlga Dinnikova's BA degree film "Luftschloss" has been nominated for the 2016 Studio Hamburg Talent Award in the Category "Best Short Film".
Former student Esen Isik wins Swiss Film Award
8. April 2016Official WebsiteEsen Isik wins the Swiss Film Award 2016 for her movie «Köpek». Esen graduated from ZHdK/HGKZ in 1997.
March 2016
Balazher wins the Green Image Award in Tokyo
23. March 2016More informationOn 23 March 2016, Lesia Kordonets received the Green Image Award at the Green Image Film Festival in Tokyo for her ZHdK degree film "Balazher. Korrekturen der Wirklichkeit".
ZHdK film received award at the Lyon International Film Festival
1. March 2016More informationBigna Tomschin's BA degree film "Blue Blue Sky" wins 1st prize in the Category "Best Fiction Short" at Lyon International Film Festival.
February 2016
Degree Films 2015
7. February 2016The 2015 BA Degree Films are now online.
January 2016
Swiss Film Award nominees
28. January 20167 ZHdK alumni, 1 2015 graduate, and 1 faculty member were nominated for the Swiss Film Award at the Solothurn Film Days | - "Procedere" heads into the race for "Best Degree Film" | - "Köpek" receives 5 nominations, including Esen Isik, 1997 alumna.
ZHdK degree film wins the Prix de Soleure
28. January 2016More informationEva Vitija's ZHdK degree film was awarded the Prix de Soleure, endowed with CHF 60'000, last week. | Congratulations!
Best Children Film 2016 "Blinder Passagier"
2. January 2016JIFF - Jaipur Int. Film Festival | Indien
December 2015
Best Director Award
1. December 2015More informationRebecca Panian wins the Best Director Award (Student) for her 2015 MA degree film "FRAGIL"!
November 2015
ZHdK documentary film wins!
24. November 2015More informationLisa Gerig's documentary film "Zaungespräche" has been awarded the ARRI Prize for Best Documentary Film. The film documents the director's visits to the inmates of a Swiss detention centre awaiting deportation.
Winterthur Short Film Days Audience Award
10. November 2015More informationThe audience has made its choice! This year's Audience Award — endowed with CHF 10'000 — has been awarded to Matthias Sahli for "Hausarrest," which was produced as a BA student film and has already screened at the Locarno International Film Festival.
October 2015
Nomination at the Forum Filmschnitt und Montagekunst
1. October 2015More informationBA student Fabienne Andreoli has been nominated for the 2015 MMC Movies Best Editing Talent Award at the Forum Filmschnitt und Montagekunst for her editing of Fabian Kaiser's DE SCHNUUF.
September 2015
1st Prize at the Gässli Film Festival
8. September 2015More informationThe small, but excellent Gässli Film Festival in Basel celebrates record attendance. Congratulations to Bigna Tomschin for winning 1st prize for her ZHdK degree film "Blue Blue Sky"!
2015 German Talent Award - FIRST STEPS
1. September 2015More informationTwo MA degree films have been nominated at this year's German Talent Award FIRST STEPS. | Category Best Short Film: INLAND by Piet Baumgartner, 2015 MA graduate | Category Best Documentary Film: Familienbruchstück by Natalie Pfister, 2015 MA graduate
April 2015
Alexis Victor Thalberg Documentary Film Award
17. April 2015Endowed with a total of CHF 30'000, this year's Alexis Victor Thalberg Documentary Film Award was given to one BA degree film — "Balazher. Korrekturen der Wirklichkeit" — and two MA degree films — "Neuland" und "Padrone e Sotto".