Events from 2004 in Switzerland. Events Incumbents Joseph Deiss -- President of the Confederation 2004 Samuel Schmid -- Vice-President of the Confederation 2004 Max Binder -- President of the National Council 2004 Fritz Schiesser -- President of the Council of States 2004 Heinz Aemisegger - President of the Federal Supreme Court 2003-2004 Giusep Nay - Vice-President of the Federal Supreme Court 2003-2004 Awards Literary awards Aargauer Literaturpreis 2004: Anna Felder Prix Dentan 2004: Jean-Michel Olivier for "L'enfant secret" Gottfried-Keller-Preis 2004: Klaus Merz Prix Littéraire Lipp Suisse 2004: Yvette Z'Graggen for "Un étang sous la glace" Prix Georges-Nicole 2004: Jean-Euphèle Milcé for "L'Alphabet des nuits" Prix Eugène Rambert 2004: Thomas Bouvier Prix Edouard Rod 2004: Georges Haldas Grosser Schillerpreis 2005: Erika Burkart ZKB Schillerpreis 2004: Christoph Keller for "Der beste Tänzer" Solothurner Literaturpreis 2004: Barbara Honigmann Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk 2004: Felicitas Hoppe and Marcel Beyer Film awards Swiss Film Prize 2004 (Schweizer Filmpreis/Prix du cinéma suisse) Fiction: "Jagged Harmonies - Bach vs. Frederick II" by Dominique de Rivaz Documentary: "Mais in Bundeshuss - Le génie helvétique" by Jean-Stéphane Bron Short film: "L'escalier" by Frédéric Mermoud Performance in a leading role: Bettina Stucky as "Meier Marilyn" in "Meier Marilyn" by Stina Werenfels Performance in a supporting role: Gilles Tschudi as "Secretary Goltz" in Jagged Harmonies - Bach vs. Frederick II by Dominique de Rivaz Special Jury Prize: Corinna Glaus for casting the film "Ready, Steady, Charlie!" Golden Leopard 2004: Private by Saverio Costanzo Berner Filmpreis: Dieter Fahrer for the documentary "Que sera?" Luzerner Filmpreis: "The Last Connection" by Marcel Baumann and "Wackelkontakt" by Ralph Etter Cinéma Tout Ecran 2004: Best Film "Avanim" by Raphaël Nadjari Zürcher Filmpreis: "Im Nordwind" by Bettina Oberli, "Verflixt verliebt" by Peter Luisi, "Ma famille africaine" by Thomas Thümena, "Krokus – as long as we live" by Reto Caduff. Fred van der Kooij, film director, and Matthias Brunner, movie theater director. See also: List of film awards Other Swiss Award 2003: Swiss of the Year: Roger Federer Culture: Mario Botta, architect Economy: Hansueli Loosli, member of management Coop. Entertainment: DJ Bobo Politics: Micheline Calmy-Rey Society: Jacob Kellenberger, president ICRC. Sports: Roger Federer Marcel Benoist Prize 2004: Adriano Aguzzi, neuropathologist at University of Zurich Swiss Big Brother Award 2004 (5th) Government: Hansruedi Fehrlin, corps commander of the Swiss Air Force (use of surveillance drones) Business: santésuisse (Tarmed system) Workplace: Zurich Municipal Police (email surveillance) Lifetime achievement: Josef Leu, National