We are delighted to share that two Swiss films have been recognised at DOK Leipzig 2025.
🏆 Gregor Brändli received the Silver Dove Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary by an Emerging Director for ELEPHANTS & SQUIRRELS
"For portraying step by step the ultimately successful struggle to return human remains and artefacts from a museum in Basel to the community in Sri Lanka from which they were taken by Swiss naturalists 150 years ago." – dok leipzig
🏆 Laura Coppens was honoured with the “Gedanken-Aufschluss” Prize for SEDIMENTS
Warm congratulations to both filmmakers and to their teams on their achievements!
#SwissFilms #DOKLeipzig #DocumentaryFilm #FilmAwards #GregorBrändli #LauraCoppens #ELEPHANTSANDSQURRELS #SEDIMENTS 📸 dokleipzig / susann_bargas_gomez (picture 1-2), Sophia Mahler (picture 3)