Two Swiss films are in the running for the European Oscars that will be presented in Berlin in January. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox German actress Leonie Benesch has been nominated for her starring role in the film En première ligne by Swiss director Petra Volpe, the European Film Academy and Swiss Films have announced. The film follows Floria, a dedicated nurse, as she manages the hectic pace of her hospital's understaffed surgical ward. As the day intensifies, she is pushed to the limit in a race against time. Also in Los Angeles Selected at a dozen festivals and already awarded at least six prizes, En première ligne is also the film that Switzerland has shortlisted for the Best International Film prize at the 98th Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. We'll find out on December 16 if it makes the short list. A stop-motion animation film, a Swiss minority co-production from the Nadasdy production and direction company in Geneva, also caught the eye of ...
