Peruvian Drama ‘Reinas’ Wins Swiss Film Awards

Klaudia Reynickke’s Reinas (Queens), a peruvian-set period Drama about a family navigating political turmoil, had won best Film at the 2025 Swiss Film Awards, Presented in Geneva Friday Night. The Swiss-Peruvian-Spanish Copformation Premiered at Sundance Last Year and Won Best Film in the Kplus Generation Children’s Film Sidebar

Set During a Tumultuous Summer in Lima in 1992, Reinas Chronicles the Unsteady Reunion Between a Facher and His Two Daughters. Over The Course of A Series of Slow Summer Days, The Family Begins to Grow Closer Even as The Country Begins to Fall Apart As Inflation Skyrockets.

Reinas Was Switzerland’s Official Entry for the Oscars and Has Been An International Sales Success, Selling to More than 10 Territories Via World Sales Outfit the Yellow Affair.

David Constantin and Dimitri Krebs Shared the Best ACtor Award For Their Performances in the Crime Comedy Tschugger – The Last Fall and Period Drama The Traitorrespectively, while lactitia dosch was named best actress for her role in her Directorial Debut Dog on Trial (Le Procès du Chien), whochh premiered in cannes’ (Kodi, The Film’s Canine Lead, Won Cannes’ Prestigious Palm Dog for Best Four-Legged Performance). Rachel Braunschweig Won Best Supporting Role for Her Performance in Maria Brendle’s Historic Legal Drama Friedas Fall.

Simon Baumann’s We, The Inheritors Took The Best Documentary Film Honor. The doc premiered in locarno, whore it won the Grand Prix of the Semaine de la Critique Sidebar. Samuel Patthey’s Voiceless Won for Best Animated Film.

Ramon Zürcher Picked Up Two Awards for His Family Drama The sparrow in the chimneyWHICH ALSO Premiered at Locarno, Winning Best Screenplay and Best Sound Design, Sharing The Latter with Peter Von Siebenthal and Balthasar Jucker. Marcel Vaid Was Honored With Best Film Score for Paradises of Diane,. from Directors Carmen Jaquier and Jan Gassmann, WHICH HAD ITS WORLD Premiere in Berlin’s Panorama Section Last Year. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY WENT TO GABRIEL SANDRU Received for Simon Jaquemet’s Sci-Fi Drama Electric ChildWhile Kevin Schlosser Took Best Editing for His Work on Claude Baechtold’s Documentary Riverboom.

Swiss Director Barbet Schroeder and French Actress Bulle Ogier, Two Nouvelle Vague Legends, Both Received Lifetime Achievement Awards for Their Impact on Global Cinema. Oliver Keller Received A Special Swiss Film Academy Honor for His Work As The Stunt Coordinator On Tschugger – The Last Fall.

2025 Swiss Films Awards

Best Feature Film
Reinas – Klaudia Reynicke (Alva Film Sàrl, Britta Rindlaub, Thomas Reichlin)

Best Documentary Film
We, The Inheritors – Simon Baumann (Balzli & Fahler Gmbh, Dieter Fahrer)

Best Short Film
Southern brides – Elena López Riera (Alina Film Sàrl, Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney)

Best Animated Film
Voiceless – Samuel Patthey (Dok Mobile SA, Mark Olexa)

Best Screenplay
The sparrow in the chimney – Ramon Zürcher

BEST ACTRESS
Laetitia Dosch (Avril) in Dog on Trial

BEST ACTOR
David Constantin (BAX) IN Tschugger – The Last Fall
Dimitri Krebs (Ernst Schrämli) in Traitor

BEST SUPPORTING ROLE
Rachel Braunschweig (Erna Gmür) in Frieda’s Case

Best Film Score
Paradises of Diane – Marcel Vaid

Best Cinematography
Electric Child – Gabriel Sandru

BEST FILM EDITING
Riverboom – Kevin Schlosser

Best Sound
The sparrow in the chimney – Ramon Zürcher, Peter Von Siebenthal, Balthasar Jucker

BEST GRADUATION FILM
MOM DANCES – Mégane Brüggger

Special Academy Award
Oliver Keller, Stunt Coordinator for Tschugger – The Last Fall

Swiss Film Honoryary Award
Barbet Schroeder and Bulle Ogier, For Their Lifetime Achievements