Global InformationZurich Film Festival information
| Location | Zürich, Switzerland |
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Most recent | 2022 |
| Awards | Golden Eye |
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| Artistic director | Christian Jungen |
| No. of films | 146 films from 49 countries |
| Festival date | 28 September to 8 October 2023 |
| Website | zff |
Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) is an annual film festival that has been held in Zürich, Switzerland, since 2005. The festival's main focus is to promote emerging filmmakers from all over the world. In three competition categories only first, second or third directoral works are admitted. There are three competition sections: International Feature Film, International Documentary Film and 'Focus: Switzerland, Germany and Austria' which focuses on these three production countries. Several industry events take place in the framework of the festival, such as the ZFF Academy or the international Zurich Summit, which have rendered the film festival an international platform for the film industry.
The ZFF is co-organized by the Zurich Film Festival AG, which is a member of the NZZ Mediengruppe, and the Spoundation Motion Picture AG, a marketing and event management company, in cooperation with local institutions, sponsors as well as national and international distributors and producers.
Nadja Schildknecht, Karl Spoerri and Antoine Monot Jr. founded the festival back in 2005. Until 2020 the festival was co-directed by Nadja Schildknecht (managing director) and Karl Spoerri (artistic director).[1][2] The current artistic director is Christian Jungen,[3] the managing director is Jennifer Somm.[4]
In 2019, more than 100,000 visitors attended the screenings.[5] In 2022 this record was broken as more than 137,000 visitors attended the festival, which featured 146 films from 49 countries.[6]
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- ^ Bühler, Urs (3 October 2021). "Das 17. ZFF zeigt: Der Hunger nach Kino im Gross- statt im Taschenformat ist noch längst nicht gestillt". NZZ (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "137 000 visitors at the 18th ZFF". Zurich Film Festival (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.