From the four nominated films, the jury picked two winners: “Und morgen seid ihr tot” (“Tomorrow You’ll Be Dead”) and “Europe, She Loves”. The presentation took place at the IWC gala dinner held as part of the 11th Zurich Film Festival, to which the Swiss luxury watch manu-facturer had invited some 200 VIP guests from the worlds of film, media, art, politics and commerce.
The sponsorship award set up by the Association for the Promotion of Film in Switzerland (Verein zur Filmförderung in der Schweiz) is worth CHF 100,000 and is intended to give specifically designed support to promising film projects which are in the production or post-production stages. The two winning projects were also each pre- sented with an IWC watch – the Portuguese Automatic in stainless steel with a black dial and a special rotor engraving with “1st Filmmaker Award Zurich 2015” (Ref. IW500703).
For director Marc Forster, who was also a member of the jury, the Filmmaker Award represents a real milestone for the domestic film industry. “By specifically backing projects in the pre- or post-production stages, we are making an important contribution to the promotion and funding of films,” he explained. The award was set up by the Association for the Promotion of Film in Switzerland, a non- profit organisation founded last December by Marc Forster, IWC CEO Georges Kern, the co-directors of the Zurich Film Festival Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri, and the CEO of Ringier, Marc Walder.
IWC took on responsibilities as a co-partner of the Zurich Film Festival for the second time. The Swiss luxury watch manufacturer had also set the stage for a very special highlight during the festival: under the heading IWC Schaffhausen Talks To”, selected guests of the Zurich Summit had a chance to listen to in-depth conversations with two world stars of cinema, Marc Forster and Christoph Waltz.
