Short-film competition - 25th anniversary of the Alimentarium

Prix de Court: for all film lovers
The four winning films in the Alimentarium’s short film competition include three works of fiction and an animated cartoon. On 25 February 2010, the jury, represented by Philippe Clivaz (President of the Base-court association) and Mathieu Truffer (a TSR journalist), announced the prize list:

The prize winners
1st prize          Chasse et pomme, 6'                Paul Walther et Samuel Dematraz
2nd prize         Der Fitnessteller, 5'                       Stefan Eichenberger 
3rd prize          Eine Geschichte mit Hummer, 15'  Simon Nagel
4th prize          La minute végétarienne, 1'           Cyril Delachaux

The jury’s shortlist
Cookies, 6'53                                             Yann Renzi   
Le Festin des Hollandais, 2'11                   Nicolas Paupe  
Le poulet ou l’art de se débrouiller, 3'       Marjolaine Perreten
Le petit déjeuner en famille, 2'                  Vincent Forclaz 
 
Perhaps the spotlight of all the events organised by the Alimentarium for 2010, the short film competition Prix de Court, gave both professional and amateur film-makers freedom of expression – the only stipulation being that the film should focus on food and last no longer than 20 minutes.

The four finalists will now proceed to the grand final of Prix de Court on 4 September 2010. They have until then to prepare a second film, set in the town of Vevey and the Alimentarium, envisaging food 25 years from now. Museum visitors will also be invited to vote for their favourite film, for the prize of ‘the public’s choice’. 

In the meantime, visitors to the Alimentarium can savour the four winning films from the first round of the competition, as well as those on the jury’s shortlist. Eight films in all are constantly on screen in the newly-created cinema on the second floor of the Museum, until 2 January 2011.