Film Awards

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Film Awards

Each year, coveted awards are handed out during the ZFF:

Divided into two categories, the International Competition forms the core of the festival. In the competition, we present films by new, aspiring filmmakers who compete for the Golden Eye with their first, second or third directorial works. All competition films are world, European or Swiss premieres

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Feature Film Competition

High-class discoveries from around the globe: In the Feature Film Competition,  14 feature films compete against each other to win the ZFF's highest accolade, the Golden Eye.

Winner: Hesitation Wound

Feature Film Competition
To the movies

Documentary Film Competition

Documentary Film Competition

Extraordinary views of our lives: In the Documentary Film Competition, 14 eye-opening films compete for the Golden Eye.

Winner: In the Rearview

Documentary Film Competition

Further Prizes

Previous Years

The winners of previous years are listed in the archive.

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