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
German actor and director Til Schweiger was moved and visibly delighted as he received the Golden Eye Award at The Zurich Film Festival for his filmmaking, “It’s great to be here in Zurich – at last. I am overjoyed and moved to receive the Golden Eye Award tonight. Many thanks again to the festival, this award means a lot to me!”
French filmmaker Maïwenn accepted the A Tribute To… Award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival. The festival’s most prestigious accolade for auteur filmmakers was presented to Maïwenn at the premiere of her most recent film ADN (DNA) at the Arthouse Le Paris cinema.
Actress Juliette Binoche received the Golden Icon Award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival, becoming the first time in its history, the festival presented its most prestigious accolade for an actress to a star from France.
Olivia Colman, currently starring alongside Anthony Hopkins in the drama The Father, will be honored with the Golden Eye award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival.
The 16th Zurich Film Festival confirmed twelve films including the spy thriller The Courier, the erotic drama Passion Simple and Misbehaviour starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, for its gala section. The festival presents auteur films with audience appeal in its gala section.
Zurich Film Festival will honor French director, producer and actress Maïwenn with The A Tribute to… Award for her contribution to the resurgence of auteur cinema, and screen her directorial works in a retrospective. Maïwenn receives the award on October 1, and presents her most recent film ADN (DNA).
After working in French cinema for the past 30 years, for such masters as Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Abbas Kiarostami, Claire Denis and Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche will be the first French actress to receive the Golden Icon Award for her acting career at the 16th Zurich Film Festival.
For the first time, the Zurich Film Festival opens with a movie directed by a female director. The world-premiere of the Swiss tragicomedy My Wonderful Wanda (Wanda, Mein Wunder) by Bettina Oberli opens the 16th Zurich Film Festival on September 24.
The 16th Zurich Film Festival revealed the first ten films in its gala section including the French comedy The Big Hit (Un triomphe) with Kad Merad, Kajillionaire by Miranda July with Evan Rachel Wood and Debra Winger and The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw.
Sound of Metal by Darius Marder was awarded the Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film at the 15th Zurich Film Festival. The film tells the story of a heavy-metal drummer (Riz Ahmed) who starts to lose his hearing and consequently begins to re-evaluate his place in the world.
Composer Ching-Shan Chang impressed the jury over 321 composers from 46 countries to win the Golden Eye for ‘Best International Film Music 2019’ at the 8th International Music Film Competition.
The 15th Zurich Film Festival rolls out the green carpet from September 26 to October 6, 2019, with over 170 films from 58 countries. Among them are more films by women directors than ever before.