“To make more films, it’s important for a Swiss actor to go to Germany, because the movie business in Switzerland is so small,” Finger told swissinfo. “There are not enough good roles here.

Klaudia Reynicke’s period drama, about a father reconnecting with his two daughters amid a country's political upheaval, took the top prize for best Swiss film of the year.

It is the winter and the inhabitants of central Switzerland head for the mountains. They arrive in cars, trains, boats and buses, queue for the cable car, and then ski, snowboard, toboggan ...

The film therefore starts as odd-on favourite to win the Golden Lola – the German equivalent of an Oscar for best movie. The thriller about the bombing of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich is ...