Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger-Installation with a 4 hour Set of Filmmusic by Balz Bachmann-Piazza Grande-Locarno Film Festival
“Music as Narrative Architecture”
Transilvania International Film Festival 2026
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM 2026
“Siri Hustvedt-Dance Around The Self” MAY 26th
WINNERS OF THE SUNNY BUNNY QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2026
76.INTERNATIONALE FILMFESTSPIELE BERLINBERLINALE PANORAMA
76. INTERNATIONALE FILMFESTSPIELE BERLINSIRI HUSTVEDT-DANCE AROUND THE SELF BERLINALE PANORAMA DOKUMENTE
CHERUBS
NOMINATED “BEST SHORTFILM” AT THESWISS FILM AWARDS
THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING AIR STUDIOS, LYNDHURST HALL, LONDON
THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY
WAS A MAJOR WINNER AT THE 2025 SWISS FILM AWARDS. WITH A TOTAL OF SIX NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST FILMMUSIC, THE MOVIE WAS CONSIDERED A TOP FAVORITE. IT WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR THE 2024 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS.
TONHALLE ZÜRICHFRANK STROBEL, HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR, JASMIN GORDON, BALZ BACHMANN
Guðnadóttir, known for her scores to Joker, Chernobyl, Tár and Women Talking, will receive the ZFF Career Achievement Award during the evening. Together with Bachmann, Strobel and Swiss-American director Jasmin Gordon, she will also serve on the jury of the 13th International Film Music Competition (IFMW).
The suite includes excerpts from Bachmann’s scores for The Black Brothers by Oscar-winning director Xavier Koller, the ZFF competition winner Stille Reserven, the Swiss Film Award-winning The Sparrow in the Chimney, the audience hit Yalom’s Cure, and music from the documentary Las Toreras. The evening will also feature a special appearance by the acclaimed pianist Simone Keller, who will receive the Zurich Cultural Award 2025 the day after the concert.
TEAM
COMPOSER: BALZ BACHMANN
CONDUCTOR: FRANK STROBEL
ORCHESTRATION: PAUL TARO SCHMIDT, YANICK HERZOG, JONAS ZELLWEGER
MUSICIANS: TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH
SPECIAL GUESTS: SIMONE KELLER, PIANO & GEORGE VAINE, GUITAR
LOCATION: TONHALLE ZURICH
VIDEO EDITING: GION RETO KILLIAS
MIX: MAX MOLLING
WORKING ON VOCALS, WITH LUNA WEDLER
NUOVI SGUARDI SGUARDI ALTROVI INTERNATIONAL WOMENS FILM FESTIVAL MILANOMIGLIOR FOTOGRAFIA AL FILM SONGS WITHIN DI KATALIN GÖDRÖS A SEBASTIAN EDSCHMID
WITH TRIO HEINZ HERBERT
AWARDED
- ZURICH ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL EMERGING SWISS TALENT AWARD CRITICS PRIZE 2023
- WINNER ZURICH ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL FILM PRIZE OF THE CHURCHES OF ZURICH 2023
- WINNER BERN BERNER FILMFÖRDERUNG BERNER FILMPREIS DOKUMENTARFILM 2024 WINNER ZÜRICH
- SWISS FILM AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM 2024 NOMINATION
LAS TORERASBY JACKIE BRUTSCHE
NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY,
SWISS FILM AWARD
MR. PETER BRÄKER