A brand new possession group has assumed management of the Zurich Movie Pageant.
Led by the pageant’s longtime director Christian Jungen, the brand new possession group additionally contains Vice Director Reta Guetg, entrepreneur and TV host Max Loong, long-time ZFF President Felix E. Müller, and finance knowledgeable Marek Skreta.
Swiss conglomerate NZZ Media Group had been the pageant’s earlier proprietor. It’s going to stay the pageant’s most important sponsor.
“I’m excited to steer the ZFF into a brand new period along with our present crew and new house owners who love cinema and know the pageant inside out,” Jungen stated in an announcement.
“We’re a Zurich-based resolution that has the belief of our companions and the filmmaking group. We’re pondering massive and we’re pondering internationally. Our objective is to place the ZFF as one in every of Europe’s premier movie occasions, the place audiences can see the movies and stars that may go on to win Oscars later within the season.”
Jungen added: “We wish to convey pleasure and a celebratory ambiance to the town and host a pageant that Zurich could be happy with. To attain this, we are going to safe new personal companions and broaden assist from foundations, donors, and public establishments.”
Zurich will rejoice its twenty first version this fall. The pageant will run from 25 September to five October. This yr, Tom Quinn, CEO and founding father of Neon, will likely be feted with the Sport Changer Award through the industry-focused Zurich Summit. This yr’s Zurich Summit takes place from September 26-28.
