Film Sections
An ideal arena for discovery, the Concorso Cineasti del presente is dedicated to emerging directors from all over the world and devoted to first, second and third features. Around fifteen feature films screening as world or international premieres, from documentary to fiction, compete for the Pardo d’oro Cineasti del presente.
35,000 CHF to be shared equally between the director and the producer, awarded to the best film of this competition, which is dedicated to first or second features.
20,000 CHF for the best emerging director.
The French television channel CINÉ+ offers a promotional campaign to the value of CHF 25’000 at the time of its theatrical release in France.
Swatch support the prizes awarded by a jury of international film critics to the two best first feature films, as world or international premieres, selected for all sections of the Festival, except for the independent sections Semaine de la critique and Panorama Suisse:
