Awards 2025/2026
Jury’s statements
Golden Wings
For the technical qualities of the drawing and the fluidity of the understated animation, which fully embodies the emotional and historical weight of the story; for the balance of the narration, both tragic and ironic, which pairs well with the depth of a country’s memory and exile; for its ability to find a place for personal experience within the folds of history: the jury awards the Golden Wings prize to the film The Car That Came Back from the Sea, directed by Jadwiga Kowalska.
Silver Wings
Winding through the depth and heart of an airport, the public share an adolescent’s painful memories as a victim of forced marriage and domestic violence. But the young adolescent fights for her freedom and independence. Rand Beiruty’s choice of colourful and dynamic animation contrasts most intelligently with the dire harshness of the young person’s situation, while also protecting the heroine’s identity.
The jury awards the Silver Wings prize to the film Shadows, directed by Rand Beiruty.
Special Mention
When the holiday exodus heading south turns into a traffic jam, it becomes a revealing mirror of our human frailties and grotesqueries.
With humour and precision, the film captures the absurdity of behaviours we take for granted — starting with the simple act of getting into a car and leaving. A subtle and delightful study of homo automobilis, driven toward a tunnel loaded with every hope… and every danger.
Special mention goes to Going South, Directed by Alan Sahin.
Golden Wings Award jury
Carole Bagnoud
With a background in arts and humanities (Universities of Geneva and Neuchâtel) and tourism (HES-SO Valais), Carole Bagnoud worked at the Office of Culture of the Canton of Bern before joining the Federal Office of Culture in 2015, where she was responsible for animated films, short films and transmedia projects. In 2020, she completed a CAS in ‘Promoting a Cultural Institution’ at the University of Neuchâtel, with a thesis on Swiss animated films. Since 2023, she has been secretary general of the Swiss Animation Film Group (GSFA) and, since 2024, a member of the Cinébulletin committee.
Marco Danesi
A film and television enthusiast, Marco Danesi is a regular visitor to cinemas, preferably independent ones, as well as festivals, both large and small. Over the years, he has helped organise local film events, reviewed films and, in his youth, even helped make a few short films. Marco Danesi has written for Domaine Public, Le Temps and Générations. He now writes for Ciné-Feuilles, Hémisphères (magazines published by universities in western Switzerland) and asile.ch (an information platform on asylum issues). For the past ten years, he has also been communications officer for the State of Vaud. Finally, he is a guide and mediator at the Swiss National Museum in Prangins (Vaud).
Giulia Fazioli
Giulia Fazioli, born in 1981, graduated in film history from D.A.M.S in Bologna and was head of the press office at the Locarno Film Festival from 2009 to 2014. In the following years, she worked as an international press officer for Makna Presse (Paris). Since 2017, she has been working as an editor in the Fiction Production department at RSI, and since 2024 she has been head of Pacte Production at RSI.
Silver Wings Award Jury
CinéBrunch Regards d’Ailleurs Jury: Miguel Béchet, Pauline Klepp, Xavier Pattaroni
For almost 30 years, CinéBrunch Regards d’Ailleurs has been curating an annual film programme in Fribourg / Switzerland, featuring fiction and documentary films that broaden our horizons and aim at sparking discussion.