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REPORT: Zurich 2025

Cineuropa is covering the 21st Zurich Film Festival live with reviews, interviews and news...

REPORT: Zurich 2025
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9 articles available in total starting from 11/09/2025. Last article published on 09/10/2025.

James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

Interview: James McAvoy • Director of California Schemin'

“It’s important for me as a storyteller to entertain people and make them laugh before I make them cry”

The Scotsman breaks down his directorial debut, a comedy based on the true story of a Scottish rapping duo who pretended to be American  

09/10 | Zurich 2025

Veronika Hafner • Director of Obhut

Interview: Veronika Hafner • Director of Obhut

“There was the big question of how we could show children in a way that wouldn’t reproduce what we were criticising”

The Munich-based director explains how she created her debut feature, with a story informed heavily by her parallel career as a psychotherapist for children and youth  

09/10 | Zurich 2025

Jonas Ulrich • Director of Wolves

Interview: Jonas Ulrich • Director of Wolves

“I always dreamed of a film taking place in the black metal world, which would also take it seriously”

The Zurich-based director shares the story behind his creative deep dive into the fascinating subculture of black metal, including building a real band from scratch  

09/10 | Zurich 2025

Review: Whispers in the Woods

Review: Whispers in the Woods

French nature photographer Vincent Munier makes his second documentary, turning his lens on his own family’s connections to the Vosges region in eastern France  

06/10 | Zurich 2025

Review: Wolves

Review: Wolves

In Jonas Ulrich’s feature debut, a young woman goes in search of an identity in the black-metal scene, only to fall for a singer with far-right views while refusing to believe they’re true  

06/10 | Zurich 2025

Tereza Nvotová’s Father triumphs at the Zurich Film Festival

Tereza Nvotová’s Father triumphs at the Zurich Film Festival

Special Mentions have gone to Alice Douard’s Love Letters and Shih-Ching Tsou’s Left-Handed Girl, while Moris Freiburghaus’ doc I Love You, I Leave You picked up three awards  

06/10 | Zurich 2025 | Awards

Review: Obhut

Review: Obhut

Veronika Hafner takes a bold thematic swing with her feature debut about a young man with involuntary paedophilic tendencies as he fights off shame and frustration  

01/10 | Zurich 2025

Review: Gavagai

Review: Gavagai

Ulrich Köhler’s complex and gripping drama follows the troubled filming of an adaptation of Medea in Senegal, followed by its premiere in Berlin  

30/09 | Zurich 2025

The 21st Zurich Film Festival unveils its full line-up

The 21st Zurich Film Festival unveils its full line-up

At the German-speaking world’s second-largest festival, 14 films will be competing for 25,000 Swiss francs in the Feature Film Competition  

11/09 | Zurich 2025

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