Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) has added 12 Gala Premieres to its lineup, including world premieres of German-Swiss drama Eurotrash and Albanian boxing drama Blood Money.
From German filmmaker Frauke Finsterwalder, Eurotrash follows a writer who realises that he and his wealthy family are the worst kind of people, so sets off with his terminally ill and hopelessly drunk mother on a road trip through beautiful Switzerland. It is produced by Tobias Walker and Philipp Worm for Germany’s Walker Worm Film, with DCM Film Distribution to release in Germany.
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Enkelejd Lluca’s Blood Money follows an ex-convict who is thrown into The Circle, a brutal underground fighting arena, by a charming gambler desperate for one last big score. Dritan Huqi produces for Albania’s On Film Production.
The festival has selected a series of titles heading to Zurich from other festivals. Four films will head to Zurich after world premieres in Competition at Venice Film Festival over the next fortnight: Danny Boyle’s newspaper drama Ink, Florian Zeller’s thriller Bunker starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Ali Asgari’s Iranian feature A Bit Of Light, and Mario Bechis’ historical drama Back To Buenos Aires, the latter of which is having its international premiere in Zurich.
Further Zurich Gala Premieres include Jordan Firstman’s buzzy Cannes Un Certain Regard title Club Kid about a party promoter who is forced to care for a 10-year-old son he never knew he had; and Lauren Miller Rogan’s Toronto selection Babies, a family comedy about a couple whose lives are turned upside down when a friend and her toddler move in with them.
“With these twelve additional Gala Premieres, we are bringing outstanding voices and stories from different parts of the world to Zurich,” said Reta Guetg, Zurich Film Festival director.
The full ZFF programme will be published on Wednesday, September 9. The festival will run from September 24-October 4.
Zurich Film Festival new Gala Premieres
Bunker (Fr-Sp) dir. Florian Zeller
Babies (US) dir. Lauren Miller Rogan
Club Kid (US) dir. Jordan Firstman
Ink (UK-Fr-US) dir. Danny Boyle
A Bit Of Light (Iran-Switz-It-Can-Tur) dir. Ali Asgari
The Only Living Pickpocket In New York (US) dir. Noah Segan
Les Miserables (Fr) dir. Fred Cavaye
Blood Money (Alb) dir. Enkelejd Lluca
Eurotrash (Ger-Switz) dir. Frauke Finsterwalder
Adult Supervision (Swe) dir. Alex Schulmann
Think Good (Fr-Bel) dir. Geraldine Nakache
Back To Buenos Aires (It-Braz) dir. Mario Bechis
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