Concluding its 20th year, the Zurich Film Festival has named the winners this year’s Golden Eye.
As the festival wrapped up this weekend in Switzerland, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Black Box Diaries took home the ZFF’s Golden Eye awards in the Feature Film and Documentary Competitions.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl was selected by jury president Lee Daniels and members Souheila Yacoub, Jo Willems, Ewa Puszczyńska and Sophie Deraspe, with Jianjie Lin’s Brief History of a Family earning special mention.
Black Box Diaries was chosen by jury president Kevin Macdonald and members Franziska Sonder, Vincent Kelner, Anna Hints and Ben Bernhard, with Sandi DuBowski’s Sabbath Queen and Kinshuk Surjan’s Marching in the Dark recieving special mention.
Other winners include Les Courageux, Leeuwin and Die Heinzels 2: Neue Mützen, Neue Mission, with the latter two competing in ZFF for Kids. Also honored at the festival were Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Pamela Anderson, Alicia Vikander and more.
Shiori Ito in Black Box Diaries.
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Here are the winners for the 2024 Zurich Film Festival.
Feature Film Competition
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (dir. Rungano Nyoni)
Documentary Competition
Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Itō)
Critics’ Award
Les Courageux (dir. Jasmin Gordon)
ZFF for Kids Jury Award
Leeuwin (dir. Raymond Grimbergen)
ZFF for Kids Audience Award
Die Heinzels 2: Neue Mützen, Neue Mission (dir. Ute Von Münchow-Pohl)
Audience Award
Black Box Diaries (dir. Shiori Itō)
Film Prize of the Churches of Zurich
Les Courageux (dir. Jasmin Gordon)
Best international Film Music
Ahmed Soroko
Golden Icon Award
Kate Winslet
Golden Eye Award
Jude Law
Golden Eye Award
Pamela Anderson
Golden Eye Award
Alicia Vikander
A Tribute To … Award
Edward Berger
Lifetime Achievement Award
Emil Steinberger
Career Achievement Award
Howard Shore
Game Changer Award
Roeg Sutherland