32nd Film Festival Max Ophuels Prize Saarbruecken
January 17-23, 2011

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At the 32nd Film Festival Max Ophuels Prize Saarbruecken 2011 the INTERFILM Jury with judges Irina Grassmann (Germany), Wolf-Dieter Scheid (Germany), Harald Koberg (Austria) and Erich Zbinden (Switzerland) awards the INTERFILM Prize, carrying a prize money of 2.000.- € given by members of the Evangelical congregation Saarbruecken-Schafbruecke, to the film

Silberwald (Silver Forest)
by Christine Repond, Switzerland 2010

Motivation of the Jury:
When desorientation results in aggression the latter searches for a direction. Multifacetedly and sensitively director Christine Repond characterises a process of radicalisation. Three youngsters from rural Switzerland, in a time of orientation, meet a group of neo-Nazis who party in secrecy. Attracted by provocative symbols and a marked structure each of them faces a decision. In smooth shots boredom and resulting developments find their adequate cinematic form.