Director, Terry Gilliam, appeared on the red carpet.
Zurich Film Festival has been a focus in recent years as one of the distinctive film festivals in Europe. The Zurich Film Festival has celebrted its 5th year. More than 60 films from Switzerland and other countries, including those big pieces considered to be the greatest in the movie history, are being shown here.
The competition consists of 3 sections; International Feature Films, International Documentaries, and German-language Films. Apart from these films, you can enjoy a wide range of various films such as digital films and short films.
USA, Mexico, Israel, Russia and Korea, as well as European countries have participated. Especially this year, several films from Argentine have attracted attention.
While it is aimed to find and promote unique expressions and excellent talents from all over the world, it can also be said that it is a film festival based on the originality and home-court advantage of Zurich where young ambitious filmmakers can easily get together
Related events and workshops by young producers were held in various venues. Furthermore, the speeches by Morgan Freeman, Michael Keaton, Peter Fonda and so on are also included in the program.
“Golden Eye” is an award given to excellent moviemakers.
Although the news of the arrest of Roman Polanski apparently might have made this film more visible, the “Golden Eye; A Tribute to…” was awarded to Mr. Polanski. At the same time, it was announced that the award ceremony would be held in his absence, based on the firm appreciation of his achievements. The retrospective is being held according to the schedule.
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The “Golden Icon” Award which can be said as a lifetime achievement award, will be given to Morgan Freeman who appeared in the films such as “Million Dollar Baby,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” and “Driving Miss Daisy.”
Until October 4, 2009
Photo: Zurich Film Festival
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