UNICA depuis 1937
HISTORY

History

Committee

Comité

Ausschuss
11 members

LUGANO UNICA 1946
RUSE UNICA 2012
DORTMUND UNICA 2017

1) LUGANO UNICA 1946

The event went off brilliantly and with great camaraderie. Switzerland, Film Amateurs and especially the Lugano Club, under the leadership of Messrs Ernst Wullschleger and Vincenzo Vicari, deserve our warmest thanks.


2) RUSE UNICA 2012

Rolf Mandolesi, Georges Fondeur, Jeanne Glass, Jan Essing; Alois Urbanek, Stanislaw Puls, Claire Auda; Fred Graber, Zeljko Balog, Wolfgang Freier, Thomas Kräuchi; Rolf Leuenberger



3) DORTMUND UNICA 2017

Three ex-presidents: Max Hänsli CHE, Georges Fondeuer LUX and Dave Watterson GBR and three ex-Secretaries General: Arie De Jong NLD, Jan Essing NLD and Jacqueline Pante ITA.

Honorary members


Jan Baca, Arie De Jong, Serge Michel,

Max Hänsli ϯ 2024, Hans Schober ϯ 2015, Stanislaw Puls ϯ 2014, Werner (Gecko) Kaufmann ϯ 2014, Josef (Jupp) Walterscheidt ϯ 1997

Committee

Comité

Ausschuss

Vice-President

F. Steindl

1

1938 => 1939

Raymond  Bricon

1

1938 => 1939

Leslie M. Froude

1

1951 => 1952

José Maria Galceran

1

1952 => 1953

René Baken

1

1953 => 1954

Alvaro Antunès

1

1954 => 1955

André Avalle

1

1955 => 1956

P.M. Annoni di Gussola

1

1955 => 1956

Heinrich Zwicky

1

1956 => 1957

Hans Debois

1

1956 => 1957

Ernst Weissenberger

3

1957 => 1960

Halfdan Kristiansen

3

1957 => 1960

Rolf Paul Benner

6

1960 => 1967

Pierre Bertogne

?

1967 => ????

4

1968 => 1972

Maurice Rispal

4

1972 => 1976

Horst Dieter Bürkle

2

1974 => 1976

Jozef Milka

2

1974 => 1976

Vaclav Havlik

8

1976 => 1984

Jan Dekker

2

1977 => 1978

Maurice Rispal

9

1978 => 1987

10

1984 => 1994

Erkki Koivisto

7

1987 => 1994

12

1994 => 2006

12

2006 => 2018

6

2015 => 2021

Andrzej Przeździecki

3

2021 -> 2024

Marcus Siebler


2024 ->

Serge Michel


2024 ->

President

Karl Melzer

1

1938 => 1939

Robert Prochazka

1

1947 => 1948

André Avalle

2

1948 => 1950

Leslie M. Froude   

1

1950 => 1951

Delmiro de Caralt 

1

1951 => 1952

René Baken

1

1952 => 1953

Alvaro Antunès

1

1953 => 1954

André Avalle

1

1954 => 1955

Heinrich Zwicky

1

1955 => 1956

Tito Marconi

1

1956 => 1957

André  Ingé

3

1957 => 1960

Wilhelm Hermann

7

1960 => 1967

Gianni de Tomasi

5

1967 => 1972

Josef Walterscheidt

22

1967 => 1972

Max Hänsli

15

1994 => 2009

Georges Fondeur

6

2009 => 2015

Dave Watterson

5

2015 => 2020

Rolf Leuenberger

2021 -> ...

Secretary-General

Raymond  Bricon

1

1937 => 1938

Hans Plaumann

9

1938 => 1947

Ernst Weissenberger

2

1947 => 1949

Jean Borel

6

1949 => 1955

Jean Fauconnier

9

1955 => 1964

Jules de Wandeleer

6

1964 => 1970

Maurice Rispal

2

1970 => 1972

Tina Stassens

2

1972 => 1974

Denise Plaetens

5

1973 => 1978

Jan Dekker

16

1978 => 1994

9

1994 => 2003

12

2003 => 2015

1

2015 => 2016

3

2016 => 2019

Halvor Larsen

1

2019 => 2020

Rolf Leuenberger ad interim


2021 -> ...

Treasurer

Heinrich Zwicky

4

1960 => 1964

3

1964 => 1967

A. Balderer

2

1967 => 1968

...

2

1970 => 1972

M. Henault

2

1972 => 1974

24

1974 => 1998

6

1998 => 2004

2004 -> ...

Jury Coordinator

Rolf Leuenberger

6

2010 - 2015

Rolf Leuenberger

2

2018 - 2019

Thomas Schauer


2024 -> ...

Interpreter

36

1974 => 2010

11

2010 => 2021

Interpreter Team

2021 ->

Patronage

Miette Verlinden

13

1990 => 2003

Wolfgang Freier

15

2003 => 2018

Wolfgang Allin

6

2018 -> 2024

Rolf Leuenberger ad interim


2021 -> ...

Legal advisor

Francq (B)

3

1957 => 1960

H. Krarup

8

1967 => 1975

3

2006 => 2009

Special advisor

1

2013 => 2014

Webmaster

10

2003 => 2013

6

2013 => 2019

Eugy Van Gool - V.3

3

2018 => 2021

Rolf Leuenberger - V4

2021 -> ...

Youth Coordinator

Viorel Ieremie

2021 -> ...

Digital Services

Tini Schuurmans

2021 -> ...