Actress Naomi Watts will be honored at the Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Eye Award for her performance in Ben Shirinian’s The Housewife, in which she portrays the enigmatic wife of a suspected Nazi.
Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival provides a platform for the most promising filmmakers from around the globe. It aims to promote exchange between emerging directors, successful film workers, the film industry and the general public. Every autumn, the ZFF presents the year’s greatest discoveries and most anticipated films.
Zurich Film Festival started in 2005 and takes place in Zurich, Switzerland
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Naomi Watts to Be Honored at Zurich Film Festival for Her Performance in ‘The Housewife’
Naomi Watts (JuanKR)
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Martin McDonagh to be Honored at Zurich Film Festival and Premiere ‘Wild Horse Nine’
Martin McDonagh (Jeff Spicer) Director Martin McDonagh will be honored at the 22nd Zurich Film Festival with its prestigious A Tribute To … Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cinema.
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Richard Linklater to Receive Career Achievement Award at Zurich Film Festival
Richard Linklater (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) Filmmaker Richard Linklater will be honored at the Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Eye, Career Achievement Award for his life’s work, including the Before trilogy and Boyhood.
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Petra Volpe to Receive Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye Award for ‘Late Shift’
Petra Volpe (Gabriel Hill for Zurich Film Festival) Swiss director Petra Volpe will be presented with Zurich Film Festival‘s Golden Eye Award for her film Late Shift, selected as the Swiss Oscar entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
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‘Father and ‘I Love You, I Leave You’ Win Golden Eyes at 21st Zurich Film Festival
Father by Tereza Nvotová (Courtesy of Danae Production) Father by Tereza Nvotová was awarded the Golden Eye in the Feature Film Competition at the 21st Zurich Film Festival.
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Noah Baumbach to Receive A Tribute to … Award and Premiere Jay Kelly at Zurich Film Festival
Director Noah Baumbach on the set of Jay Kelly. (Peter Mountain/Netflix) Noah Baumbach will receive the prestigious A Tribute to … Award for “his outstanding body of work” at the Gala Premiere of Jay Kelly at the 21st Zurich Film Festival (ZFF).
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Dakota Johnson to Receive Prestigious Golden Eye Honor at Zurich Film Festival
Dakota Johnson (Su Mustecaplioglu) Dakota Johnson will open this year’s 21st Zurich Film Festival where she will receive the Golden Eye honors for “her role in Splitsville and her outstanding career”.
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Films starring Dwayne Johnson, Jodie Foster in Gala Premieres at Zurich Film Festival
Jodie Foster in A Private Life (Goodfellas / Jérôme Prébois) Films starring Dwayne Johnson, Jodie Foster, and Matthew McConaughey will premiere at Zurich Film Festival in its prestigious Gala Premieres section. Ten titles include The Smashing Machine with Dwayne Johnson, A Private Life with Jodie Foster, Tessa Thompson in Hedda, and Matthew McConaughey with America Ferrera in The Lost Bus.
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Colin Farrell to Receive Golden Icon Award for ‘Ballad of a Small Player at Zurich Film Festival
Colin Farrell in Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix) Actor Colin Farrell will be honored at Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Icon Award, for his performance in the film Ballad of a Small Player as well as his overall career achievements. He will be accompanied by Swiss director and Oscar winner Edward Berger also host a ZFF Masters.
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Benedict Cumberbatch to be Honored at Zurich Film Festival with Golden Eye Award
Benedict Cumberbatch © Gavin Bond Benedict Cumberbatch will be honored with the prestigious Golden Eye Award at Zurich Film Festival for his career and performance in the drama film The Thing With Feathers. He will also give insights into his career at a ZFF Masters.
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‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ and ‘Black Box Diaries’ Win Golden Eye Awards at 20th Zurich Film Festival
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Black Box Diaries On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, the second directorial work by Rungano Nyoni won the Golden Eye award in the Feature Film Competition at the 20th Zurich Film Festival. Black Box Diaries by Shiori Itō won he Golden Eye award in the Documentary Competition along with Audience Award.
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Pamela Anderson to Receive Golden Eye Award + Premiere ‘The Last Showgirl’ at Zurich Film Festival
Pamela Anderson (Norman Wong) Pamela Anderson will be honored with a Golden Eye Award at the 20th Zurich Film Festival, for her versatile career and her role in the film The Last Showgirl as Shelley, a 50-year-old showgirl who discovers her long-running show in coming to a close.