Prix du Public UBS

The official jury is not the only one to hand out prizes at the Festival. Every night, the audience in Piazza Grande is on jury service, voting to decide the winner of the “Prix du Public UBS”. 
Members of the audience can cast their votes by filling in the cards handed out when entering the Piazza, then dropping them in the special boxes placed at the exits. The film that receives the most audience votes will win the “Prix du Public UBS” worth 30,000 Swiss francs. The winner will receive the prize during the official awards ceremony.
 For more than 10 years, UBS has been honored to award an annual prize for filmmaking on behalf of the Festival audience. Previous winners of the “Prix du Public UBS” have included films such as Bend it like Beckham, The Syrian Bride and The Lives of Others.

PRIX DU PUBLIC UBS 2011:

MONSIEUR LAZHAR di Philippe Falardeau


The final winner:

Andrea Wettgrube, 6648 Minusio (Switzerland)

The daily winner:

12 | 8 | 2011 – Gilda Gysin, 6883 Novazzano (Switzerland)
11 | 8 | 2011 – Isabelle Consoli. 6932 Breganzona (Switzerland)
10 | 8 | 2011 – Ursula Schaeli, 6598 Tenero (Switzerland)
9 | 8 | 2011 – Anke Schröder , 52152 Simmerath (Germany)
8 | 8 | 2011 – Nora Walder, 3005 Berna (Switzerland)
7 | 8 | 2011 – Laura Buetti, 6616 Losone (Switzerland)
6 | 8 | 2011 – Gianpiera Bühlmann, 8053 Zürich (Switzerland)
5 | 8 | 2011 – Manuel Erdös, 8004 Zürich (Switzerland)
4 | 8 | 2011 – Mathias Blatter, 3902 Brig-Glis (Switzerland)
3 | 8 | 2011 – Giorgio Bomio , 6598 Tenero (Switzerland)


Prix du Public UBS – Past Festivals Winners (Films)

2011           Monsieur Lazhar
                   by Philippe Falardeau (Canada)

2010           The Human Resources Manager
                   by Eran Riklis (Israel/Germany/France)

2009           Giulias Verschwinden  
                    by Christoph Schaub (Switzerland)

2008           Son of Rambow
                    by Garth Jennings (France, Germany, USA)

2007           Death at a Funeral
                    by Frank Oz (USA, UK)

2006           The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
                    by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)

2005           Zaïna: Rider of the Atlas (Zaïna, Cavalière de l’Atlas)
                    by Bourlem Guerdjou (France)

2004          The Syrian Bride (Hacala Hasurit)
                   by Eran Riklis (Israel, France, Germany)

2003          The Miracle of Bern (Das Wunder von Bern)
                   by Sönke Wortmann (Germany)

2002          Bend it like Beckham  
                   by Gurinder Chadha (USA, UK, Germany)

2001          Lagaan, once upon a time in India  
                   by Ashutosh Gowariker (India)

2000          Hollow Man
                   by Paul Verhoeven (USA)
1996          Microcosmos
                   by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou (France/Svizzerland)
1995          Smoke
                   by Wayne Wang (USA)
1994          Senza Pelle
                   by Alessandro D'Alatri (Italy)