All Zurich articles
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NewsZurich Film Festival to honour FilmNation’s Glen Basner with Game Changer Award
Source: FilmNation Entertainment Glen Basner FilmNation Entertainment founder and CEO Glen Basner is to receive the Zurich Summit’s Game Changer Award at this year’s Zurich Film Festival. Basner founded FilmNation in 2008, and has built it into a leading producer, financier and sales company across films, TV ...
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NewsZurich Film Festival reshuffles top team
Redefined roles follow last year’s management buyout of the festival.
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FeaturesRupert Wyatt on battling heat and politics to bring Saudi epic ‘Desert Warrior’ to the big screen
UK filmmaker reveals why Saudi Arabia-set drama has taken so long to premiere.
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NewsTereza Nvotová’s ‘Father’ wins top prize at Zurich Film Festival
Freiburghaus’s directorial debut also scooped the festival’s Audience Award.
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Reviews‘To New Beginnings’ review: Paprika Steen-directed drama sees friendships unravel in Copenhagen
The Danish actor-turned director’s wry ensemble piece takes place at a New Year’s Eve party
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Reviews‘Mārama’ review: Striking debut sees a Māori woman confront her past in 19th century Yorkshire
Taratoa Stappard’s gothic thriller features an impressive central performance from Ariāna Osborne
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch on the kinds of titles his production company SunnyMarch is looking to back
Actor was speaking at Zurich Film Festival where he received a Golden Eye Award, ahead of a screening of The Thing With Feathers.
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News“Cinema is under attack everywhere”: film execs talk navigating a charged political landscape
Steering a course through a charged political landscape was the big talking point of this year’s industry Summit at the Zurich Film Festival.
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NewsCreator of AI actress Tilly Norwood responds to social media backlash: “She’s not a replacement for people”
Particle6 founder Eline van der Welden says AI creation is ’’not a replacement for a human being” amid talk of talent agency taking on digital avatar.
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Reviews‘Retreat’ review: A school for the deaf may not be all it appears in atmospheric UK thriller
The latest from UK filmmaker Ted Evans features a deaf principal cast and the use of British Sign Language
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Reviews‘Obhut’ review: A sibling relationship is tested in sensitive German debut
Veronika Hafner confidently handles delicate themes in her Munich-set family drama
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NewsTom Quinn talks Neon sale rumours and the art of distribution at Zurich Summit
Quinn was honoured with the festival’s Game Changer Award.
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Reviews‘Gavagai’ review: Ulrich Kohler splits his satirical drama between Senegal and Berlin
The writer/director’s latest revolves around a fictional film version of Medea being made in West Africa
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Reviews‘Desert Warrior’ review: Visually stunning Saudi Arabian epic lacks an emotional core
Antony Mackie and Sir Ben Kingsley star in Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabian drama
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News“I have one Oscar, who needs two?”: Russell Crowe bats away awards chatter for Hermann Göring role in ‘Nuremberg’
”Oscars, there’s lots of bullshit. My preference is that I don’t ever get to that situation again,” says Crowe who plays Nazi leader Hermann Göring in Nuremberg.
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News‘Jay Kelly’ director Noah Baumbach on George Clooney: “He could have been a movie star in any era”
Baumbach talks about making of Clooney starring comedy during Masterclass at the Zurich Film Festival.
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NewsZurich Film Festival kicks off with ‘Splitsville’ gala and tribute to Dakota Johnson
Relationship comedy about an open marriage went down well with the festival’s well-heeled Swiss crowd.
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NewsZurich Summit set for hot topic debates on AI, woke films and YouTube
Neon founder Tom Quinn will be feted with Game Changer Award during the Summit.
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Reviews‘Unidentified’ review: Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi thriller sees a grieving woman turn detective
The Saudi Arabian director reteams with star Mila Alzahrani, who plays a true-crime enthusiast investigating a murder
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FeaturesWhy Christian Jungen and Reta Guetg bought the Zurich Film Festival
Jungen and Guetg, who took part in a management buyout of festival earlier this year, talk through their plans for Swiss event.