简介：Jean-LucGodardtoreceiveHonoraryAward The2015SwissFilmHonoraryAwardwillgotoJean-LucGodard,oneofcinema’struevisionariesandavirtuosointheartoffilmediting,whoseavant-gardeworkhasinspired,andcontinuestoinspire,generationsoffilmmakerstheworldover.FederalCouncillorAlainBersetwillpresentthelegendarydirectorwithhis“Quartz”trophyon13MarchduringtheofficialSwissFilmAwardceremonyattheBâtimentdesForcesMotricesinGeneva. TheFederalOfficeofCulturewillbestowthe2015SwissFilmHonoraryAwardonJean-LucGodard,oneofthefoundingfathersandleadinglightsoftheFrenchNouvelleVague.TheawardalsocomeswithprizemoneyofCHF30,000. Recognitionofanoutstandingcontributiontocinema Jean-LucGodardburstontotheinternationalstagein1960withhisfirstfull-lengthfeatureÀboutdesoufflé(“Breathless”).Thefilm,whichstarsJean-PaulBelmondoandJeanSeberg,cametobeconsideredaseminalmasterpieceoftheemergingNouvelleVaguemovement.Withhisunconventionalideas,subversionoftraditionalnarrativestructuresandviewoftheworldasacontemporaryandcriticalobserverofsociety,Godardfrequentlychallengedhisaudience.HislongstandingfascinationwiththerelationshipbetweenimagesandwordscomestotheforeinhismostrecentfilmAdieuaulangage(“GoodbyetoLanguage”),whichpremieredatCannesin2014andwhichwentontowintheJuryPrize. Jean-LucGodardhasmadeover40filmsandvideoexperiments.Hisworkenjoysinternationalacclaimandhasinfluencedgenerationsoffilmmakers.Hehasalsohadalongandprolificcareerasafilmcritic,regularlyanalysingbothhisownworkandtheoutputofothersintheFrench-languagefilmmagazineCahiersduCinéma. Jean-LucGodardwasbornintoaFranco-SwissfamilyandhasbeenaSwissnationalsince1953. BestregardstoJean-LucGodard. ImmediatelyaftershootinghisdocumentaryfilmabouttheconstructionoftheGrandeDixencedam(OpérationBéton,1954)inValais,Godard,beingSwisswithdualcitizenship,movesbacktoParis.Hispassionfortheseventhartcontinues;hedevoteshimselftofilmcritiquesanddirecting.Hedoesthisbeyondtheboundsofconvention,therebyprovokinginterestandrejectioninequalmeasure,whichscarcelydiminishesuntil2014withhisAdieuaulangagein3D. Hisfilmsrepeatedlyrefertomenandwomenwhomeetbychanceoutoftheirneedtoearnaliving.Inthecourseofthis,theysubmitthemselvestodrudgery,allthewhilefettered–intendedorunintended–toacorruptstateofaffairsinvolvingfirstandforemostdealingswithdirtymoney. Hiscreativeminddecryptsmemoriesoriginatingfromincidentsorrandomlyconcertedcoincidences;theyserveasthebasisforhissocialstudiesandaredefinedassuchinhisfilmHistoire(s)ducinéma(1989–1995). HewantstoleaveParisbehind,aswellasitspast,shapedbypoliticalviolence,whilerefusingstarcult.HebelieveshecanchangehispublicimagebygaininggroundinthemediumofvideowithAnne-MarieMiévilleinGrenoble.Dissatisfiedwiththereactions(especiallybyTVchannels),however,hereturnstoSwitzerlandaround1980,wherethe“comparator”ofcamerasandtheirfunctionsmovesintoanateliertoliveinseclusionasapoet–betweenphotographyonfilmreelsandelectronicpixels. FreddyBuache Awardceremony The18thSwissFilmAwardceremonywilltakeplaceon13March2015attheBâtimentdesForcesMotrices,Geneva.Thisgalaevent,whichofficiallyrecognisestheworkoftheSwissfilmindustry,isco-producedbytheFederalOfficeofCultureanditsofficialpartners,SRGSSRandtheAssociation"Quartz"GenèveZürich,andisorganisedincollaborationwithSWISSFILMS,theSwissFilmAcademyandtheSolothurnFilmFestival.FederalCouncillorAlain…