The awards of the 13th Zurich Film Festival
The main juries of the 13th Zurich Film Festival’s three competition categories have awarded their Golden Eyes to POP AYE by Kirsten Tan from Singapore (International Feature Film), MACHINES by Rahul Jain from India, Germany and Finland (International Documentary Film) and BLUE MY MIND by Lisa Brühlmann from Switzerland (Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria). The awards […]
Alessandra Ambrosio attend the ‘Dyson’ premiere at the 13th ZFF
Alessandra Ambrosio attend the ‘Dyson’ premiere at the 13th Zurich Film Festival on September 30, 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland. The Zurich Film Festival 2017 will take place from September 28 until October 8. For more information visit: www.zff.com
13th Zurich Film Festival opens with tennis film BORG/McENROE
13th Zurich Film Festival opens with tennis film BORG/McENROE Federal President Doris Leuthard and Mayor Corine Mauch as honorary guests Director Janus Metz Pedersen and actor Sverrir Gudnason in attendanceZurich, September 28, 2017The Swedish tennis film BORG/McENROE by Danish-born Janus Metz Pedersen opened the 13th Zurich Film Festival on Thursday evening. The director was joined by Borg […]
Third Filmmaker Award to Niklaus Hilber’s PARADISE WAR James Marsden presents the Award endowed with a CHF 100’000 prize
Third Filmmaker Award to Niklaus Hilber’s PARADISE WAR James Marsden presents the Award endowed with a CHF 100’000 prize On Saturday evening, Hollywood actor James Marsden presented the third Filmmaker Award at the IWC gala dinner entitled ‘For the Love of Cinema’ as part of the 13th Zurich Film Festival. The award, endowed with a […]
Glenn Close to receive Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award and present THE WIFE
Glenn Close to receive Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award and present THE WIFE alongside Jonathan Pryce, Annie Starke and director Björn Runge Glenn Close will receive the Golden Icon Award at this year’s Festival, which takes place from September 28 to October 8, 2017. The Golden Icon Award is the Festival’s most prestigious symbol […]
Resounding Success with 90’500 Visitors at the Zurich Film Festival!
Closing Figures Resounding Success with 90’500 Visitors Fabulous Relaxed Festival Atmosphere Throughout Zurich, October 2, 2016The figures of the Zurich Film Festival’s 12th edition show once again that it was a resounding success across the board. The number of viewers rose by around 6.5% to approximately 90’500 (previous year: 85’000). 172 films (previous year: 161), […]
Uma Thurman Presents the Sponsorship Prize worth CHF 100’000
Zurich, September 24, 2016 Second Filmmaker Award to Germinal Roaux and Sophie Huber Uma Thurman Presents the Sponsorship Prize worth CHF 100’000 U.S. actress Uma Thurman presented the second Filmmaker Award to Lausanne-born Germinal Roaux and Berne-born Sophie Huber on Saturday evening during IWC’s ‚For the Love of Cinema’ Gala Dinner. Germinal Roaux received CHF […]
ZFF Closing Figures – Huge Success with 85’000 Visitors
ZFF Closing Figures – Huge Success with 85’000 Visitors Zurich, October 4, 2015 With 85’000 visitors (previous year: 79’000), the ZFF saw a renewed increase of 7.5% in visitor numbers. The fest also experienced healthy growth in all other areas: 161 films (previous year: 145), approximately 460 guests (previous year: 450) from around the globe […]