Zurich festival honors Todd Heinz/ 3 Hollywood faces
Ethan Hawke, Diane Kruger, Jessica Chastain are among the faces whose films will be screened at the Zurich Film Festival this year.
Charso Press: According to Variety, the 19th Zurich Film Festival is set to be a star-studded event with a host of top-notch faces.
Meanwhile, director Todd Haynes will be honored with a Tribute Award by the festival and will also screen his latest film, May December. This award has already been given to figures such as Paolo Sorrentino, Wim Wenders, Olivier Assayas, Claire Danes, Michael Haneke, Oliver Stone, Mayon and Luca Guadagnino.
Christian Jungen, director of the festival honoring this master of cinema, called it a real honor and said: Todd Hinz is famous for his beautiful mise-en-scène and his ability to get the best performances from actors.
Todd Haynes, whose first film was the 1991 horror film “Sam”, wrote and directed the critically acclaimed 2002 film “Far From Heaven” starring Julianne Moore, which won a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. “I’m Not There” in 2007 starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, “Carol” in 2015 starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara and “Dark Waters” in 2019 are among his other films. The
Also, Ethan Hawke will be present at this festival to present the movie “Wild Cat”, which he directed, and Jessica Chastain will receive the Golden Icon Award and Diane Kruger will receive the Golden Eye Award of the festival.
The films of the competition section of the first, second and third films also include “Ama Gloria”, “Enya”, “Fair Game”, “Woman”, “Wound of Doubt”, “Conquest”, “Mandob”, “Milk”, “Slow”, “Stolen”, “Hypnotism”, “Red Suitcase” and “Varvara” are competing for a cash prize of 25,000 Swiss francs ($28,000).
In the competitive section of Focus, feature films and documentaries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are shown. This year, 6 films will have their world premieres in this section, including 4 Swiss films, including “Driving” by Pete Baumgartner and the road movie “Return to Alexandria” by Zurich-based Tamer Rogli, starring Nadine Labaki and Fanny Ardant. And it takes the audience to the director’s second home, which is Egypt.
In total, the 2023 festival will be formed with the screening of 148 films, 52 world and European screenings, 52 first works and 18 Swiss films.
According to festival director Jessica Chastain, Ethan Hawke and Todd Haynes will be at the festival in person.