Zurich Film Festival
zurich film festival zff annual film festival held zürich switzerland since festival main focus promote emerging filmmaker world three competition category first second third directoral work admitted three competition section international feature film international documentary film focus switzerland germany austria focus three production country several industry event take place framework festival zff academy international zurich summit rendered film festival international platform film industry zff coorganized zurich film festival ag member nzz mediengruppe spoundation motion picture ag marketing event management company cooperation local institution sponsor well national international distributor producer nadja schildknecht karl spoerri antoine monot jr founded festival back festival codirected nadja schildknecht managing director karl spoerri artistic director current artistic director christian jungen managing director jennifer somm visitor attended screening record broken visitor attended festival featured film country karl spoerri tim geser decided bring english digital film festival onedotzeroadventures moving image zürich october festival guest hochschule für gestaltung und kunst zürich small event developed zurich film festival core team spring karl spoerri nadja schildknecht antoine monot jr founded spoundation motion picture gmbh running zurich film festival ever since headed karl spoerri nadja schildknecht antoine monot jr artistic director inception handing role karl spoerri st zurich film festival october held plaza cinema zürich main focus debut around eight first film presented competition series film series called debut classic züri bellevue among others first year festival already well received public attracted visitor press industry still sceptical young festival onedotzeroch series part zff every year nd zurich film festival october golden eye newly awarded three competition category best newcomer feature film best newcomer documentary film well debut feature film new programme section included new world view continues day nd zff already registered viewer accredited industry participant young zurich film festival took big leap held first time length day world european swiss premiere presented film mile along limmat number spectator rose within three year first time zurich film festival centre heart city large tent rathausplatz became meeting place cinema enthusiast filmmaker festival expanded include zurich coproduction forum zurich film festival continued develop number visitor doubled zurich film festival overshadowed time made world famous particularly unfortunate incident guest honour roman polański arrested upon entering switzerland placed house arrest nine month returned zurich film festival collect honorary award two year late new festival centre established sechseläutenplatz zürich opera house also established venue award night zff offered school screening first time zff included two film especially child aged two film primary school pupil programme first time since august nzz medium group held stake zurich film festival ag organiser zurich film festival marketing organisation spoundation motion picture ag competition first second third directorial work presented three category film focus competition switzerland germany austria feature film competition documentary competition gala premiere gala premiere section excitingly anticipated film premiere established filmmaker celebrated every evening mostly presence director cast feature film larger documentary production shown film presented world european germanlanguage swiss premiere special screening special screening series zurich film festival show selection unique festival hit brandnew film field fiction documentary – whether artistic experimental taken life hashtag hashtag section dedicated film focus current topic theme dominate conversation around world various feature documentary film shine light issue different angle presented far focus following topic masculinity myreligion letsexplore getupstandup speakingthetruth bigdata new world view new world view programme put spotlight new generation filmmaker selected production country provided innovative new filmmaking recent year section dedicated following country korea spain tunisia france colombia italy hungary mexico iran india brazil sweden turkey australia argentina israel russia border line border line section present film dealing border situation occurring presentday world condition humanitarian project territorial social conflict conflict individual state organized collaboration amnesty international human right partner zff window window section comprises window one take look various cinematographic tradition hong kong window present selection unique daring new film hong kong an presented collaboration hong kong economic trade office berlin san sebastián window present selection four film spain latin america screened part san sebastián film festival sound sound section celebrates relationship film music diverse aspect exquisite selection feature documentary film soundtrack take center stage whether film shine light musician captivates exceptional film music deal topic sound fundamental way program complemented two special screening one accompanied live music one live commentary film composer zff kid th zurich film festival childrens programme expanded separate audience award aim film series introduce child young people sophisticated film culture beyond mainstream strengthen medium competence world dominated image since yearround zff kid programme consisting workshop cinema screening zff series th zurich film festival section introduced tv series shown th edition called zff tvision renamed zff series renaming separate small competition started held since series longer shown separate section tribute to… award honour filmmaking personality significant influence film history award winner receive prize person zürich usually take part speaker zff master share experience knowledge participant golden icon award presented first time award honour lifetime achievement actor actress award go person become icon entire generation whose performance cinematic work become unforgettable previous award winner include career achievement award presented personality distinguished field production directing interdisciplinarity award winner honoured golden eye lifetime achievement award honour life work personality various field particularly enriched shaped filmmaking film history golden eye category separate internationally composed jury award golden eye best film prize worth chf international feature documentary film competition chf focus addition winning film receive promotional measure distribution switzerland emerging swiss talent award swiss production st nd rd feature film director screening festival nominated prize endowed chf audience award audience chooses favourite film competition entry ballot online voting awarded audience award award night golden eye awarded international competition jury view film together audience festival zurich jury bound special guideline awarding prize one film per category awarded golden eye zurich film festival award golden eye winner competition last saturday event festive award night zürich opera house prize awarded external jury zurich summit launched traditionally take place first weekend festival dolder grand hotel boutique conference offer unique platform germanspeaking world brings together highprofile representative entertainment film sector investor financial world topic include production investment strategy film financing risk minimisation distribution european coproductions zff academy founded name zff master class serf promote network talented director screenwriter andor producer interested party apply place zff academy around invitation issued year case recording found youtube speaker th zff included zff master moderated talk wellknown personality director screenwriter producer actor international film industry audience gain insight creative work attitude filmmaker zff master open public aimed film industry well entire festival audience many interview viewed afterwards zff channel youtube speaker th zff included international film music competition first held integral part zurich film festival organised tonhalleorchester zürich collaboration forum filmmusik competition aimed composer worldwide task compose music short film three best submission premiered film music concert zurich film festival international jury expert award golden eye worth chf best international film music treatment competition schweizer radio und fernsehen srf telepool launched treatment competition cooperation zurich film festival author could submit treatment featurelength cinema television film work strong connection switzerland term content character production condition prize treatment competition chf addition winner received development contract worth chf write script long feature film tv cinema zff zff online film competition organised zurich film festival participation open film enthusiast zff filmmaker hour produce maximum second clip zurich film festival provided theme clip choice genre free everything scenic film documentary format cgi stopmotion permitted winner jury award determined jury expert viewer award determined online voting official website