Vilmar Bieri

On 16.11.2023, I will be awarded the Zurich Film Prize 2023 together with other colleagues from the film "AllerTage Abend" by Felix Tissi.

The Zurich Film Foundation, which awards the prize, writes

Sandro Di Stefano, Hiltrud Hauschke, Uli Krohm, Vilmar Bieri, Hans Diehl, Julia Brendler, Bodo Krumwiede, Jens Wachholz, Gottfried Breitfuss, Marcus Schäfer, Regula Steiner Tomic, Ingrid Resch
Awarded the Zurich Film Prize 2023 for the acting ensemble of "Aller Tage Abend"

Jury statement:

Age. There's nothing to laugh about, is there? In Felix Tissi's world, the idea of the last stage of life as an eternal struggle against the brutes and loneliness is reduced to absurdity. If you want to get to know someone, you simply cause a minor car accident. And those who already have someone feel love and trust when doing the washing up together or hanging up socks. But arguing can also be extremely pleasurable.

The director sketches this world in elaborate scenes. But this would not work without an acting ensemble that carries the mischievousness, but also the pain, in a finely balanced way. These are actors and actresses from different countries that we don't necessarily know from the movies. And yet they give this movie a strong face. It's easy to laugh and cry with people like this. Great acting.