Eight films from the Festival del film Locarno 2011 received a nomination in different categories from the Swiss Film Prize “Quartz 2012”

Best Fiction Film 
Abrir puertas y ventanas by Milagros Mumenthaler (Concorso internazionale)
Hell by Tim Fehlbaum (Piazza Grande)
 
Best Documentary 
The Substance by Martin Witz (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
Vol Spécial by Fernand Melgar (Concorso internazionale)
Messies, ein schönes Chaos by Ulrich Grossenbacher (Semaine de la critique)
 
Best Short Film 
Chasse à l’âne by Maria Nicollier (Pardi di domani)
L’Ambassadeur & moi by Jan Czarlewski (Pardi di domani)
 
Best Screenplay
Hell by Tim Fehlbaum (Piazza Grande)
 
Best Actor 
Saladin Dellers – Silberwald (Appellations Suisse)
 
The winners will be announced on March 17, 2012.