Reto Caffi

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Reto Caffi (* 1971 in Zurich ) is a Swiss film director . He became known through the Student Oscar 2008 for his graduation film at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne .

Live and act

Reto Caffi grew up in Bern and studied English-language literature and journalism at the University of Friborg between 1992 and 1998 . After graduating, he earned his living as a film critic and cultural journalist for Swiss Radio International and Swiss Television, among others .

From 2004 to 2007 Reto Caffi completed a postgraduate course with a focus on directing and screenwriting at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne . His short films Quickie (co-director with Niculin Jäger), Leo's Freunde (co-director with Tom Traber ), Bus-Stop 99 and Men by the Sea were awarded a total of more than 30 awards.

In 2008 he received the student Oscar for the best foreign film ( Honorary Foreign Film Award ) with his half-hour film On the Line and in 2009 an Oscar nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles . The film had already received numerous awards in Europe , including the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and the Quartz Swiss Film Prize for the best short film in 2008.

Reto Caffi has also been active in the advertising film sector since 2010, which has brought him further awards (Nomination Young Directors Award at the Cannes Advertising Film Festival, Red Dot Award, World Media Award, Xaver Award and several nominations for the Swiss Advertising Film Award EDI).

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: On the line , short film
  • 2005: Men by the Sea , short film
  • 2004: Oeschenen , TV film (screenplay)
  • 2003: Moehsnang , artist portrait (documentary)
  • 2000: Bus-Stop 99 , short film
  • 1996: Leo's friends , short film
  • 1995: Quickie , short film

Awards (selection)

  • for on the line
    • Oscar nomination , best short film, Los Angeles (USA), 2009
    • Gold student Oscar for best international short film at the Student Academy Awards , Los Angeles (USA), 2008
    • Grand prize of the international jury at the short film festival in Clermont-Ferrand (France), 2008
    • "Lutin" for the best European short film (all national short film award winners), Paris, 2008
    • " Swiss Film Award " in the "Best Short Film" category
    • Grand Prix at the Sapporo Short Film Festival, Japan
    • Grand Prix, Tofifest, Poland
    • Grand Prize, Ourense Film Festival, Spain
    • "Grand Remi Award", Worldfest Houston, USA
    • "best narrative short", Brooklyn International Film Festival, USA
    • "Best Student Award" at the Aspen Film Festival (US state Colorado)
    • "Best narrative short" Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival, New York
    • Student Jury Prize, Krakow Film Festival, Poland
    • "Best Director", "Best Production", "Best Screenplay", International Festival of the Munich Film Schools
    • "Babelsberger Media Award" for the best fictional graduate film
    • "Best German Film", Interfilm Festival, Berlin
    • German Film Award, best short film (nomination)
    • "First Steps Award", best short film (nomination), Germany
    • "Innovation Award" International Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany
    • Audience Award at the Hamburg Short Film Festival, Cork International Film Festival, Kinofest Lünen, Cinessonne u. v. a.
    • Bern Film Prize and Zurich Film Prize for the best short film 2008
    • "Prix Walo", best Swiss film production 2008
    • "Luna de Valencia de plata", Cinema Jove Valencia, Spain
    • "Best Fiction Film", Tirana International Film Festival, 2008
    • Jury award "Best narrative short film" and audience award, Kratkofil International Short Film Festival
    • Best Fiction Film, Algarve International Film Festival, Portugal
    • Prix ​​du Conseil Général, Cergy-Pontoise Festival international du court métrage, France
    • Best Fiction Film, Tabor Film Festival, 2008
    • Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, Alter-native International Short Film Festival, Madisz
    • best short film, Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany
    • Grand Prize, Festival des premiers films Européens "Les enfants terribles", France
    • "Mer de bronze", Best of international Short Films Festival, France
    • Audience Award and Best Cinematography Award, Poitiers Film Festival, France
    • Grand Prix, Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival
    • "Best Actor", Guanajuato International Film Festival. Mexico
    • "best leading actor", Mostra Int. del cortometraggio Montecatini, Italy
    • Grand Prize, Angelus Student Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
    • "Best Director" (nomination), Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award, Germany
  • 2005 "Predicate valuable" for "Men by the Sea"
  • 2000/2001 for "Bus-Stop 99"
    • "Video Prize" of the Avanca Film Festival in Portugal for bus stop 99
    • “Prize of the Press”, “Best Music”, “Best Editing” at the Elche Film Festival, Spain.
    • Quality premium from the Federal Office of Culture (BAK)
    • Audience Award Internet Festival "Shorts-Welcome"
  • 1996/97 for "Leo's friends"
    • gold plaque “best student short subject” at the Chicago Film Festival
    • "Best European shortfilm" Barcelona film festival

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dpa interview summary: "The topic of a personally binding debt stimulated me." ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.digitalfernsehen.de
  2. ↑ Category "Best Foreign Student Film"
  3. ↑ Deutsche Welle of June 8, 2008: German film wins student Oscar
  4. ↑ imdb Awards information

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personal data
SURNAME Caffi, Reto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich