This evening, the prizes of the 18th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) were presented during the Award Night at Zurich Opera House. The festival’s main awards were given in three competition categories: A Golden Eye goes to each of the films…
Luca Guadagnino is honoured with the A Tribute to… Award at the Zurich Film Festival
Italian director and screenwriter Luca Guadagnino was honoured this evening with the A Tribute to… Award, the Zurich Film Festival’s highest prize for an auteur filmmaker. The award was presented to Guadagnino at the gala premiere of his new film…
ZFF celebrates the Zurich Film Night
The Zurich Film Festival turns the spotlight on Switzerland’s film capital: The Zurich Film Stroll – a tour along the value chain of the filmmaking business – took place yesterday. Companies opened their doors to offer interested visitors unique insights…
From the Robber Hotzenplotz to Winnetou: Exciting films for Kids
Ten films aimed specifically at children and youths aged between 4 and 14 will be screened at the 18th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22-Oct 2). The list of titles includes the Swiss films DE RÄUBER HOTZENPLOTZ and COLOMBINE. Also screening will…
Hollywood Movies at Zurich Film Festival (ZFF)
In its “Gala Premieres” section, the Zurich Film Festival presents the year’s most anticipated international auteur films. There is a special place in this section for intelligent Hollywood productions. This year, among other things, the ZFF screens the European Premieres…
From Mozart to Sinéad O’Connor to Machine Gun Kelly: ZFF celebrates music films
In its new “Sounds” section, the 18th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22 – Oct 2) screens music films and organises events with musicians. For example, before his concert at the Hallenstadion, US rapper Machine Gun Kelly is expected to present…
THE SWIMMERS by Sally El Hosaini opens the 18th Zurich Film Festival
The European Premiere of Sally El Hosaini’s drama THE SWIMMERS based on the inspirational true-life story of the Mardini sisters’ opens the 18th Zurich Film Festival on September 22, 2022. The film will be presented at Zurich’s Convention Center in…
Game Changer Award for Michael Barker and Tom Bernard
The Zurich Film Festival honours the two American studio bosses this year for their services to film culture. The two founded Sony Pictures Classics exactly 30 years ago, and popularised auteur filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi, Wim Wenders and Pedro…
Spain is the Zurich Film Festival guest country
The 18th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 22 – Oct. 2, 2022) celebrates cinema from the Iberian Peninsula and dedicates its “New World View” section to young Spanish filmmaking. Befittingly, Spanish shooting star María Cerezuela is the campaign face on this…