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And the winner is...

On Saturday the "LiFF Flying Award Night" took place and the jury (Luke Gasser (President), Irene Genhard, Gilles Tschudi) chose the winners in six cathegories:

Best Shortfilm: 

- Munted (Winner)
- Mojado
- Mother's House
- Winter Frog
- Kavi
- Nullpunkt
- Kharoch
- Kono Kishi No Koto

Best Animated Movie:

- La vuelta (Winner)
- Gus
- The Missing Key
- Mortys
- The Man With The Stolen Heart
- Sad Robot :(

Best Documentary:

- PROBLEMA "Who are we in the 21st century?" (Winner)
- Living River
- Positively False
- Maybe Bangladesh
- How to start a Revolution

Best Horror/SciFi Film

- Haxx (Winner)
- Le Mirroir
- The Hike
- Skew
- The Romantic Killer
- An Evening with my Comatose Mother

Best Swiss Film

- 8 Blumen (Winner)
- Drei Brüder à la Carte
- Nordwärts
- Ten Thousand Miles
- Kondome im Urwald
- Réfractaire
- Ispansi

Best Feature Film:

- Ask Tesadufleri Sever (Love Just a Coincidence) (Winner)
- Änglavakt (Among Us)
- 40 West
- The Consul of Bordeaux
- Oggetti Smarriti
- Bir avuç deniz (A Handful of Sea)

The LiFF team congratulates all winners! 

A new star rises on the festival sky

From October 19th to the 22nd we are celebrating the first Lucerne International Film Festival, right here in the heart of our beautiful and diverse town. During four days the city of Lucerne, cultural capital of central Switzerland, will enchant you with the magic of film. The brilliant venues of our hosting partners like the Hotel Palace, Grand Casino, Hotel Schweizerhof and the Art Deco Montana Hotel offer our audience unique ambience and scenery out of this world.  

The "i" in LiFF not only stands for "international", but also for "independent". International are the films shown at the festival and also the filmmakers that submitted their work from all over the world. Independent and free spirited are the subjects and contents of their films. Even low budget movies with strong stories get a chance to show their films at our festival. Our program is unique and most of the films cannot be seen in the mainstream theaters. Quality and content are of high importance - heartfelt and moving stories are the soul of the festival.

Worldwide, only a small percentage of films make it to the big movie theaters and get a chance to be seen by a larger audience. In many cases those lower budgeted films are historically and culturally absolutely unique but lack the necessary financial and marketing means to be shown in large cinemas. Exactly these are the pearls our team has found for you! We took various cultures as well as different tastes into account. You can look forward to classic dramas, fascinating documentaries, fancy comedies, exceptional animations as well as hair-raising horror and SciFi movies. The closeness and personal discussions between filmmakers and audience is our foremost priority. Therefore various platforms have been created in hotels and the Louis Bar serving for a lively but intimate setting.

Your LiFF Team