The prestigious prize for film journalism will be awarded at this year’s 15th Zurich Film Festival. It will be presented to a film journalist for an outstanding review of a cinema film.
Funded by the cinema chain Pathé Schweiz and the distribution company Pathé Films, the Prix Pathé aims to promote excellence in film journalism, and has been honouring film critiques and film essays for this purpose since 2006. The award is endowed with a 10’000 Swiss fran...
7Submission for the 15th Zurich Film Festival is open from February 15 to June 30, 2019!
The 15th Zurich Film Festival will take place from September 26 to October 6, 2019.
Films can be submitted via the platform Withoutabox.
COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Golden Eye endowed with a CHF 25'000 cash prize will be awarded in each of the two categories International Feature Film Competition and International Documentary Film Competition by two separate juries. The cash...
The 13th Zurich Film Festival is open for submissions!
The festival season officially starts with the Call for Entries, which began February 15th. Films can be submitted via the platform Withoutabox.
Competition categories
The competition comprises of the following three categories:
-International Feature Film Competition
-International Documentary Film Competition
-Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria (Feature Films and Documentary Films)
The Gold...
Dear filmmakers,
The 13th Zurich Film Festival is now open for submissions!
The festival season officially starts with the Call for Entries, which began February 15th. Films can be submitted via the platform Withoutabox.
Competition categories
The competition comprises of the following three categories:
International Feature Film Competition
International Documentary Film Competition
Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria (Feature Films ...
Deadline for submissions for Zurich Film Festival approaching!
SUBMIT YOUR FILM UNTIL JUNE 30TH
The 12th Zurich Film Festival will take place from September 22nd to October 2nd 2016 and is accepting film submissions until June 30th.
Zurich Film Festival offers its over 85’000 visitors insight into the work of exciting, upcoming directors in the international documentary and feature film competitions. Emerging directors have the opportunity to present their fi...
Indian Cinema: Beyond the Boundaries of Bollywood Subcontinent as ZFF Guest in New World View Section
ZFF focuses on the development of a promising national film scene in its New World View section. This year’s guest country is India. Emerging from the shadow of the subcontinent’s mass cinema Bollywood tradition and enjoying growing national success is a young, independent film scene with productions that approach new themes with fresh narrative styles. ZFF wi...
122 Films / 16 World Premieres / 22 Debut Films
Esteemed Filmmakers, Highly Anticipated Premieres and Big-Name Stars
Let the film roll for the 9th Zurich Film Festival! All eyes will be on Zurich from September 26 through October 6. New talent and international stars follow in each other’s footsteps when the Limmat city is once again transformed into a film metropolis for eleven long days and nights.
This year the Zurich Film Festival has a total of 122 films fro...
The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) announced today the revered group of industry professionals that will headline the Festival’s signature Master Class series. 2012 ZFF Master Class instructors include:
● Three-time Academy Award® nominated writer, producer and director Frank Darabont ("The Green Mile,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Walking Dead”)
● Two-time Academy Award® nominated producer Michael Shamberg (“Pulp Fiction...
The Zurich Film Festival received an unexpected international focus in the media when the news of Polanski's arrest became public.
Polanski Le Locataire The tenant
Roman Polanski was arrested september 27th by Swiss police in connection with a 32-year-old sex case at the request of U.S. authorities as the director arrived in the country to...
