Zurich Film Festival Closes: 'Flesh and Fuel' Wins Golden Eye for Best Feature
The 22nd Zurich Film Festival closed on 4 October with an awards ceremony at the Zurich Opera House. The Golden Eye for Best Feature Film went to 'Flesh and Fuel' (French title: Du fioul dans les artères) by French director Pierre le Gall, while the Golden Eye for Best Documentary was awarded to 'Bucks Harbor' by Pete Muller. Each of the two main competition prizes carries CHF 25,000.
The festival ran for eleven days from 24 September. The Audience Award went to 'Mila/Marija' by Andrina Mračnikar, and the Critics' Prize for a Swiss debut feature was awarded to Heinz Bütler's 'Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli', about the Swiss outsider artist Adolf Wölfli.
The feature film competition jury was chaired by American director Cary Joji Fukunaga. The closing film was 'Diamonds', starring Andy García, who attended in person.
Founded in 2005, the Zurich Film Festival has grown into one of the most important festivals in the German-speaking world, drawing international filmmakers and audiences in the hundreds of thousands each autumn.
Sources: Cineuropa, Keystone-SDA and Screen Daily reporting.
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