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Director Laura Kaehr and lead actress Giulia Tonelli from BECOMING GIULIA with Corine Mauch during the Zurich Film Night.

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ZFF celebrates the Zurich Film Night

Zurich, September 28, 2022

The Zurich Film Festival turns the spotlight on Switzerland's film capital: The Zurich Film Stroll – a tour along the value chain of the filmmaking business – took place yesterday. Companies opened their doors to offer interested visitors unique insights into the world of filmmaking. At the end of the day, guests from film and politics gathered together for the Zurich Film Night, where director Laura Kaehr joined Felix von Muralt and Stéphane Kuthy in a panel to present the interplay between directing and camera work, using the example of their documentary BECOMING GIULIA.

Domestic filmmaking proves its value at the ZFF. The Zurich Film Night is a collaborative event between the ZFF and the Zürcher Filmstiftung that highlights the economic and social importance of filmmaking. Christian Jungen, ZFF Artistic Director, opened the Film Night at the Folium and in his speech drew attention to the highly prevalent film culture in the city of Zurich, "Even international guests visiting the Zurich Film Festival are amazed at the great cinema city that we are." The festival wishes to impact not only internationally, but on a local level, too. "We want to be a platform of exchange where the population can also come into contact with the local film scene." said Jungen.

Mayor of Zurich and president of the Zürcher Filmstiftung Corine Mauch was equally pleased and proud about Zurich's film culture, "I'm delighted to hear that international guests have noticed that Zurich is a city of culture, and also that culture is very important to us." The aim of the Zurich Film Night is to celebrate this, "This Film Night, we want to celebrate filmmaking, a filmmaking that plays an important role in our region," continued the Mayor.

During an entertaining panel, director Laura Kaehr and cameraman Felix von Muralt discussed the close collaboration between director and cameraman, and gave exclusive insights into the challenges of producing a documentary film. The discussion was chaired by Monika Schärer. The guests of the Zurich Film Night then gathered at the Arena Cinema to view BECOMING GIULIA. The screening was followed by a Q&A session that enabled Kaehr and von Muralt to offer a deeper insight into the filming process.  

The 3rd Zurich Film Stroll took place during the day. Interested visitors took the opportunity to stroll the entire city in order to gain a behind-the-scenes peek at Zurich's filmmaking business. Various doers and makers of the Zurich film industry, from production through to distribution, presented their work, including the team of costume designers behind the Swiss production THE ROBBER HOTZENPLOTZ. This year also saw an exclusive guided tour through the city to the original filming locations of ZWINGLI, which was led by Stefan Haupt (director) and Monika Schmid (costume).          

Many thanks to the companies that opened their doors yesterday and took part in the Zurich Film Day: 

Aaron Film GmbhAbrakadabra Films AGAtelier – Eis am SeeGlaus&Gut Casting GmbHJingle Jungle AGMaximage GmbH, Rudolf JostShining Film AG, Studio uuuh! KLGSwiss Film School SFSZürcher Filmstiftung 

You can find the entire programme of the 18th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22-Oct 2, 2022) on our website.

Zürcher Filmstiftung

The Zürcher Filmstiftung (Zurich Film Foundation) has been promoting professional filmmaking in the canton of Zurich since 2005. It supports the development of scripts and screenplays, and the realisation, promotion and distribution of films. The foundation is financed by the canton of Zurich, the city of Zurich and the fiscal equalisation scheme, as well as through revenue from the foundation’s capital and returns on successful films.

More information: filmstiftung.c

Zurich Film Festival

The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) is the largest autumn festival in the German-speaking world. Over 11 days, it presents the greatest discoveries and the year’s most anticipated movies. The ZFF promotes exchange between upcoming directors, established filmmakers, the film industry and the general public. Last year's ZFF attracted over 100,000 spectators and thousands of accredited film and media professionals from all over the world ...'Cause life is better with movies!

The 18th edition takes place from September 22 until October 2, 2022

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