Stories wins Grand Prix in Cannes with Suva

The Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, one of the most internationally renowned festivals in the business film industry, recently honored the world's best business films, online media and TV documentaries. The contribution of the Swiss film production company Stories was awarded three times: With their corporate film for Suva, they were not only able to take gold in the category "Image Film" as well as an award for Tobias Fueter in the category "Best Director", but were also honored with the Grand Prix. This is the first time Stories has brought the highest award to Switzerland.

For the corporate film "Das Leben braucht Mut" ("Life Takes Courage") of the Swiss accident insurer Suva, the Swiss film production company has taken home three of the coveted trophies at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards: They were allowed to take home the Golden Dolphin in the category "Image Film" as well as the Black Dolphin for Tobias Fueter in the category "Best Director" and were also honored with the Grand Prix. This is the first time since the international competition was founded five years ago that the top prize has gone to a Swiss company. As part of the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, the world's best business films, online media and TV documentaries are awarded the Dolphin trophies every year. The international competition was held for the fifth time this year and is enjoying growing popularity: A total of 725 entries from all over the world were submitted for this year's competition - a record number.

Established a new foothold with branded entertainment

As a contemporary instrument of corporate communication, branded entertainment has steadily gained in importance in recent years. The production company Stories, which is increasingly positioning itself in the area of branded entertainment in addition to the creation and realization of advertising films, sees itself encouraged to continue on this path after receiving the awards at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards: "We are very pleased about the great success and that our work for Suva was recognized with the highest endowed prize," explains Tobias Fueter, director at Stories. "Our strength is telling stories - this is what we continue to focus on, including branded entertainment. This allows us to provide companies and their business areas with a lot of emotional content," sums up producer Yves Bollag.

The award-winning spot:

Responsible at Suva: Communications and Marketing Department; Jan Mühlethaler, Urs Schaad, Daniela Bassi. Responsible at the Stories: Tobias Fueter (director), Fabian Kimoto (cinematographer), Adrian Frutiger (music), Zara Plessard, Charlie Heaton, Farrah Müller (cast), Peter Scherz (set design), Emilie Fischer (styling), Erica Gabriel-Büsser (make-up & hair), Benjamin Fueter (editing), Fabian Sturzenegger, Gian Dolder (sound design & mix), Jingle Jungle (voiceovers), Nicole Spring, Yves Bollag (production).

Other Swiss winners: