La Jaula De Oro (The Golden Cage), a road movie from Mexican director Diego Quemada-Diez about teenage Guatemalan immigrants trying to make it to the U.S., won the Golden Eye for best film at the 9th Zurich international film festival.
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The jury, headed by Swiss-born director Marc Forster (World War Z) and including Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo(Prisoners), directors Andrew Dominik (Killing Them Softly) and Thomas Imbach (Day is Done) and producers Stacey Sher(Django Unchained) and Guneet Monga (Lunchbox) also gave a special mention to actor Michael B. Jordon for his starring role playing Oscar Grant in Ryan Coogler's Sundance winnerFruitvale Station.
Finsterworld, Frauke Finsterwalder's darkly comic feature debut, won best film in the German-language feature category, with a special mention for Marc Rensing's drama Die Frau Die Sich Traut. Finsterworld also won the best film honor from the association of Swiss film journalists.
Rent A Family Inc., from Danish helmer Kaspar Astrup Schroeder won best documentary with a special mention forThese Birds Walk from Pakistani helmers Omar Mullick andBassam Tariq.
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