History
All titles and winners (1990-2022)
2022
SYNDROM HAMLETA Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski (SRG SSR Prize)ARMOTONTA MENOA – HOIVATYÖN LAULUJA Susanna Helke (Zonta Prize)PISKLAKI Lidia Duda (Marco Zucchi Award)NÁVŠTĚVNÍC Veronika Lišková
THE DNA OF DIGNITY Jan Baumgartner
LAST STOP BEFORE CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN Susanna della Sala
MAAYO WONAA KEEROL Diago Alassane
2021
THE BALKONY MOVIE Paweł Łoziński (SRG SSR Prize)HOW TO KILL A CLOUD Tuija Halttunen (Zonta Prize)A THOUSAND FIRES Saeed Taji Farouky (Marco Zucchi Award)BUKOLIKA Karol Pałka
WALK WITH ANGELS Tomasz Wysokiński
STAND UP MY BEAUTY Heidi Specogna
THE BAD MAN Lee Yong-Chao
2020 (Canceled due to covid pandemic)
2019
THE EUPHORIA OF BEING Réka Szabó (SRG SSR Prize)ADOLESCENTES Sébastien Lifshitz (Zonta Prize)ANOTHER REALITY Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer
SHALOM ALLAH David Vogel
MURGHAB Martin Saxer, Marlen Elders, Daler Kaziev
LOVEMOBILE Elke Lehrenkrauss
COPPERNOTE OF A DREAM Reza Farahmand
DER GRÜNE BERG Fredi M. Murer (1990, Special anniversary screening)
2018
LE TEMPS DES FORÊTS François-Xavier Drouet (SRG SSR Prize)#FEMALE PLEASURE Barbara Miller (Zonta Prize)L'APOLLON DE GAZA Nicolas Wadimoff
DAYS OF MADNESS Damian Nenadic
EASY LESSONS Dorottya Zurbó
WOMEN WITH GUNPOWDER EARRINGS Reza Farahmand
LA HUELLA DE TARA Georgina Barreiro
2017
THE FAMILY Rok Biček (SRG SSR Prize)SEÑORITA MARIA Rubén Mendoza (Zonta Prize)LAS CINÉPHILAS Maria Alvarez
FAVELA OLIMPICA Samuel Chalard
DAS KONGO TRIBUNAL Milo Rau
THE POETESS Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wollf
BLOOD AMBER Lee Yong Chao
2016
COMMUNION Anna Zamecka (SRG SSR Prize)CAHIER AFRICAIN Heidi Specogna (Zonta Prize)BEZNES AS USUAL Alex Pitstra
SEA TOMORROW Katerina Suvorova
MONK OF THE SEA Rafal Skalski
EL REMOLINO Laura Herrero Garvin
SECONDO ME Pavel Cuzuloc
2015
BROTHERS Wojciech Staron (SRG SSR Prize)CALL ME MARIANNA Karolina Bielawska (Zonta Prize)ALS DIE SONNE VON HIMMEL FIEL Aya Domenig
THE GROUND WE WON Christopher Pryor
K2, TOUCHING THE SKY Eliza Kubarska
LAMPEDUSA IN WINTER Jakob Brossman
MY NAME IS GARY B. Hulk, F. Cousseau
2014
15 CORNERS OF THE WORLD S. Solakiewicz (SRG SSR Prize)LA MORT DU DIEU SERPENT D. Froidevaux (SRG SSR Prize and Zonta Prize)ON THE RIM OF THE SKY Hongjie Xu
ELECTROBOY Marcel Gisler
MULHAPAR Paolo Poloni
THE STRANGER Neasa Ni Chianain
BROKEN LAND S. Barbey, L. Peter
2013
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Marc Bauder (SRG SSR Prize)FLOWERS FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES H. Pikkov (Zonta Prize)WATERMARKS Luc Schaedler
DIE HÜTER DER TUNDRA René Harder
THE UNPLACABLES René A. Hazekamp
EARTH'S GOLDEN PLAYGROUND Andreas Horvath
BIG MEN Rachel Boynton
2012
VERGISS MEIN NICHT David Sieveking (SRG SSR Prize)DANCE OF OUTLAWS Mohamed El Aboudi (Zonta Prize)STOLEN SEAS Thymaya Payne
CAMP 14 Marco Wiese
LIBYA HURRA Fritz Ofner
MOTHER'S DAY Bin Chuen Choi
SAGRADA - EL MISTERI DE LA CREACIÓ Stefan Haupt
2011
MESSIES Ulrich Grossenbacher (SRG SSR Prize)SKETCHES OF MYAHK Koichi Onishi (Special Mention SdlC)CALVET Dominic Allan
CARTE BLANCHE Alexandre Goetschmann
DIE EVOLUTION DER GEWALT Fritz Ofner
GANGSTERLÄUFER Christian Stahl
NOT IN MY BACKYARD Matthias Bittner
2010
REINDEERSPOTTING Jonaas Neuvonen (SRG SSR Prize)BLOOD CALLS YOU Linda Thorgren (Special Mention SdlC)THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES J. A. Litle (Special Mention SdlC)DAS SCHIFF DES TORJÄGERS Heidi Specogna
SUMMER PASTURE L. True, N. Walker, T. Perlo
AUF WIEDERSEHEN FINLAND Virpi Suutari
ARTICLE 12 Juan Manuel Blaiñ
2009
PIANOMANIA R. Cibis, L. Franck (SRG SSR Prize)BREATH MADE VISIBLE Ruedi Gerber
CRIPS, STRAPPED'N STRONG J. Van der Valk, M. Gavan
EL MILAGRO DEL PAPA Losé Luis Valle
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY G. Kuentz, C. Dupire
17 AUGUST Alexander Gutman
THE MOON INSIDE YOU Diana Fabianova
2008
KITES Beata Dzianowicz (SRG SSR Prize)BILL - DAS ABSOLUTE AUGENMASS E. Schmid (Special Mention SdlC)APOLOGY OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN S. Koul
ESTRADA REAL DA CACHACA Pedro Urano
FYRA FRUAR OCH EN MAN Nahid Person
NOBODY IS PERFECT Niko von Glasow
NO MORE SMOKE SIGNALS Fanny Bräuning
2007
ALLEIN IN VIER WÄNDEN A. Westmeier (SRG SSR Prize)EL PARAISO DE HAFNER Günter Schwaiger
LA REINA DEL CONDON S. Ceschi, R. Stamm
LOS LADRONES VIEJOS Everardo Gonzalez
LYNCH blackANDwhite
ONE MINUTE TO NINE Tommy Davis
ZU FUSS NACH SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA B. Moll
2006
ZEIT DES ABSCHIEDS Mehdi Sahebi (SRG SSR Prize)AZ ELET VENDEGE - ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KÖRÖS T. Szemso
DAS ERBE DER BERGLER - ALPINE SAGA E. Langjahr
EGGESIN MÖGLICHERWEISE D. Eth, O. Winkler
HARDCORE CHAMBERMUSIC Peter Liechti
RED WHITE BACK AND BLUE T. Putnam
THREE COMRADES Masha Novikova
2005
GAMBIT Sabine Gisiger (SRG SSR Prize)BETWEEN THE LINES Thomas Wartmann
BLAU Stefan Kälin, Norbert Wiedmer
GESCHLOSSENE GESELLSCHAFT Andrei Schwartz
MY DATE WITH DREW J. Gunn, B. Herzlinger, B. Winn
WAR'N SIE SCHON MAL IN MICH VERLIEBT? Douglas Wolfsperger
WIE LUFT ZUM ATMEN Ruth Olshan
2004
TOUCH THE SOUND Thomas Riedelsheimer (SRG SSR Prize)CALLING HEDY LAMARR Gerog Minsch (Special Mention SdlC)DIE BLUTTRITTER Douglas Wolfsperger
FERIEN IM DUETT Dieter Gränicher
GA LOSS Erik Bäfving, Magnus Gertten
MENSAGEIRAS DE LUZ Evaldo Mocarzel
NOCAUT Stefano Knuchel, Ivan Nurchis
2003
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND S. Green, B. Siegel (SRG SSR Prize)THE OTHER FINAL Johan Kramer
DIX-SEPT ANS Didier Nion
BILDER FINDEN Benjamin Geissler
THE PETER SELLERS STORY - AS HE FILMED IT A. Wall, P. Lydon
HANS IM GLÜCK Peter Liechti
GO WEST, YOUNG MAN! P. Delpeut, M. Dominicus
2002
FORGET BAGHDAD Samir (SRG SSR Prize)ICH HIESS SABINA SPIELREIN Elisaberth Marton
GUERRE SANS IMAGES Mohammed Soudani
ROCHA QUE VOA Eryk Rocha
BEHIND ME Norbert Wiedmer
GAZA STRIP James Longley
CINEMANIA Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak
2001
VENUS BOYZ Gabriel Baur (SRG SSR Prize)MEYER 19 Erick Schmid
RABELADOS T. Truscheit, A. R. Fernandes
MISSING ALLEN Christian Bauer
ORLAN, CARNAL ART Stephan Oriach
DER WEISSE WAL Stephan Koester
PROMISES B. Z. Goldberg, J. Shapiro, C. Bolado
2000
DO IT Sabine Gisiger, Marcel Zwingli (SRG SSR Prize)AMARGOSA Todd Robinson
MÜNCHEN - GEHEIMNNISSE EINER STADT M. Althen, D. Graf
BEYOND REASON Marijke Jongbloed
HAMRAH-E BAD Manucher Tayyab
DIE MARKUS FAMILIE Elfi Mikesch
BLUE END Kaspar Kasics
1999
DESPERATELY SEEKING HELEN E. Marjara (SRG SSR Prize)FENGQUANG YINGYU Zhang Yuan
THE HILLBROW KIDS M. Hammon, J. Görgen
GENET À CHATILA Richard Dindo
AMONG THE ELVES Kirsi Nevanti
ABER AUCH ICH Urs Wäckerli
PUNITIVE DAMAGE Annie Goldson
1998
PAULINA Vicky Funari
BRAIN CONCERT Bruno Moll
MOMENT OF IMPACT Julia Loktev
TINTA ROJA Carmen Guarini, Marcelo Céspedes
LEVE BLANT LEVER Sigve Endresen
LUCKY PEOPLE CENTER INTERNATIONAL E. Pauser, J. Soderberg
UNE MAISON À PRAGUE Stan Neumann
1997
REST IN PIECES Robert-Adrian Pejo
OFF THE MENU: THE LAST DAYS OF CHASEN S. Springer Berman
DIESE TAGE IN TEREZIN Sibylle Schönemann
BERLIN-CINEMA Samira Gloor-Fadel
ROLLING Peter Entell
VERRÜCKT BLEIBEN - VERLIEBT BLEIBEN Elfi Mikesch
AZ UT Ferenc Moldovanyi
1996
AROUND THE BLOCK Alain Klarer
ATTWENGERFILM W. Mürnberg
MATERIALE RESISTENTE Guido Chiesa, Davide Ferrario
SOUL IN THE HOLE Danielle Gardner
STÖRUNG OST Schneider, Katzorke
TABU, DERNIER VOYAGE Yves du Peretti
UNE SAISON AU PARADIS Richard Dindo
1995
CATWALK Robert Leacock, Milton M. Ginsberg
CARMEN MIRANDA - BANANA IS MY BUSINESS H. Solberg
COÛTE QUE COÛTE Claire Simon
DEVILS DON'T DREAM Andreas Hoessli
GUANGCHANG - THE SQUARE Z. Yuan, D. Jinebuam
DTHE LAST SUPPER Cynthia Roberts
MESICHNI UDOLI vvaa
SEPTEMBER SONG Larry Weinstein
1994
A DREAMSCAPE: GAMBLING IN AMERICA B. Ijdis
AIR/VÄYU Velu Visvanadhan
BAHNHOF BREST - VOKSAL Gerd Kroske
BALAGAN Andres Veiel
LA DANSE DU SINGE ET DU POISSON Pierre-Alain Meier
ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA Richard Dindo
PICTURE OF LIGHT Peter Mettler
TRAVELLER'S TALE Lars Johansson
1993
AILEEN WUORNOS: THE SELLING OF A SERIAL KILLER N. Broomfield
BABYLON 2 Samir
BEWOGEN KOPER J. van der Keuken
BOATMAN Gianfranco Rosi
LYRISCHE SUITE Harald Bergman
PECHBLENDE Volker Koepp
STARTING PLACE Robert Kramer
TANZ DER BLAUEN VÖGEL Lisa Fässler
LA VERITABLE HISTOIRE D'ARTAUD LE MOMO G. Mordillat
1992
BABEL Boris Lehman
FACE OF OUR FEAR Stephen Dwoski
LAST SUPPER Robert Franck
METAMORFOZ' ILI VZGLIAD IZ TIUR 'MI M. Averbuch
MY CRAZY LIFE Jean Pierre Gorin
LE PAYS DES SOURDS Nicolas Philibert
REQUIEM Walter Marti, René Mertens
SERTSCHAWAN B. M. Leuthold, H. Stürm
WARHEADS Romuald Karmakar
ZENDEGI EDAME DARAD Abbas Kiarostami
1991
ARTHUR RIMBAUD, UNE BIOGRAPHIE Richard Dindo
DAR KOUTCHE-HAYE ESHGH Koshro Sinale
FACE VALUE J. van der Keuken
PRIVILEGE Yvonne Reiner
SCHMETTERLINGSCHATTEN Anne Kaser Spoerri
TROIS JOURS EN GRÈCE Jean-Daniel Pollet
1990
CONTRETEMPS Jean-Daniel Pollet
GOOD NEWS Ulrich Seidl
DER GRÜNE BERG Fredi M. Murer
LUNG-TA M. J. de Poncheville, F. C. Gierke
NACHID EL-HAJAR Michel Khleifi
THE THIN BLUE LINE Errol Morris
All General Delegates of the Semaine de la critique (1990-present)
Till Brockmann (2020-present)
Marco Zucchi (2017-2019)
Stéphane Gobbo (2015-2016)
Irene Genhart with Simon Spiegel (2008-2014)
Irene Genhart with Michael Sennhauser (2004-2007)
Irene Genhart with Thomas Schärer (2000-2003)
Alberto Chollet (1998-1999)
Mariano Morace (1995-1997)
Jean Perret (1990-1994)
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Entry Form 2024
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Pricing for submission:
Early entry fee, before 15.4.: CHF 25.-
Regular entry fee, till 31.5. (submission deadline): CHF 40.-
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Production of selected films must have been completed after fall of the previous year. Films must be of documentary form, last 61 minutes at least and have never been screened in a festival outside of the country of production (world or international premieres).
All works selected must be screened in their original language with french subtitles (english, german, and italian subtitles may also be permitted on a case-by-case basis, depending on the original language of the film concerned).
Locarno's Semaine de la critique is a competitive event with its own jury.
The Grand Prix Semaine de la critique/ Prix SRG SSR, worth CHF 5'000, rewards the best documentary film in competition and goes to the director and producer.
