Press releases


23.03.14

Award-winners of the Saas-Fee Filmfest

1. Saas-Fee Filmfest (SFFF)
Main Awards go to Germany and Austria
Critics Award goes to Germany – Audience Award goes to Switzerland
 

Saas-Fee, 23th March 2014 – With the Award Ceremony on Sunday evening the 1st Saas-Fee Filmfest (SFFF) came to a successful end. All four prizes went to debut films. The Prize for the Best Film was devided between the German production LOVE STEAKS by Jakob Lass, a two-person chamber-piece with Lana Cooper and Franz Rogowski, and the Austrian contribution SOLDATE JEANNETTE by Daniel Hoesl, a film focussed on acting, and dealing with the possibilities of breaking out of one’s life.
  more...

 

12th March 2014

Saas-Fee Filmfest announces Juries

19. until 23. March 2014
1st Saas-Fee Filmfest (SFFF)
Programme Catalogue published – Distinguished jury members

Saas-Fee, 12th March 2014 – In a week’s time, on 19th. March, in the Valais ski resort the
1. Saas-Fee Filmfest (SFFF) will kick off.
In a five-country-competition the two initiators and festival directors Stefan Fichtner and Gabriel Zurbriggen will show nine feature films of young filmmakers, several of them being debut works. The films are from Switzerland and its neighbouring countries, where the nation’s languages are spoken: Austria, Germany, Italy and France.   more...

 

27th February 2014

Saas-Fee Filmfest Programme announced:

1. Saas-Fee Filmfest (SFFF): Five-Countries-Competition
with nine young, innovative films

In three weeks time the 1st edition of the Saas-Fee Filmfest will take place in the Valais sking resort. In a five-country-competition the two initiators and festival directors Stefan Fichtner and Gabriel Zurbriggen will show nine feature films of young filmmakers, several of them being debut works. The films from Switzerland and its neighbouring countries Austria, Germany France and Italy have free, personal cinematic approaches and embrace experimenting.   more...

 

18th December 2013

Saas-Fee Filmfest officially announced

19th until 23rd March 2014
1. Saas-Fee Filmfest (SFFF)
Five-Countries-Competition


Saas-Fee, 18th december 2013 – In the third week of March 2014 in the Wallis ski resort the 1. Saas-Fee Filmfest will take place. From Wednesday until Sunday, the two initiators and festival directors Stefan Fichtner and Gabriel Zurbriggen will show features and documentaries from Switzerland as well as from Austria, Germany, France and Italy.   more...