The third annual 2008 Zurich Film Festival ran from September 25 to October 5, 2008. Actor Peter Fonda will act as prexy of the feature film jury.Peter Fonda rides to Zurich, Variety, Sep. 11, 2008 The festival introduced a new section this year, Panorama D, dedicated to German-language film from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The showcase opened with the Nicolette Krebitz-directed psychological drama .Peter Fonda rides to Zurich, Variety, Sep. 11, 2008
Highlights of the festival included Toronto and Venice Film Festival hits such as the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading, and the psychological Iraq war thriller, The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow, as well as Religulous, featuring Bill Maher and lensed by Larry Charles. Also screening is a documentary about filmmaker Roman Polanski directed by Marina Zenovich, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. Peter Fonda rides to Zurich, Variety, Sep. 11, 2008 Two films at the festival featured the work of actor Ben Kingsley, Elegy directed by Isabel Coixet and The Wackness helmed by Jonathan Levine.
Festival Hits & Features: Out of Competition
Blindness - directed by Fernando Meirelles The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - directed by Mark Herman Burn After Reading - directed by the Coen brothers Cloud 9 - directed by Andreas Dresen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) directed by Ang Lee Eagle Eye - directed by D.J. Caruso Elegy - directed by Isabel Coixet The Hurt Locker - directed by Kathryn Bigelow Nights in Rodanthe - directed by George C. Wolfe Paris, Paris - directed by Christophe Barratier Religulous - directed by Larry Charles
In Competition: Fiction
Ballast directed by Lance Hammer Before the Fall directed by F. Javier Gutierrez Blood Appears - directed by Pablo Fendrik Boogie - directed by Radu Muntean Boy of Pigs directed by William Sten Olsson - directed by Tom Schreiber Dunya & Desie - directed by Dana Nechushtan For a Moment, Freedom directed by Arash T. Riahi Jerusalema - directed by Ralph Ziman The Man Who Loved Yngve directed by Stian Kristiansen Moscow, Belgium directed by Christophe van Rompaey Sell Out! directed by Yeo Joon Han A Thousand Oceans - directed by Luki Frieden Tulpan directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy The Wackness - directed by Jonathan Levine The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner directed by Stephan Komandarev
In Competition: Documentary
Brides of Allah - directed by Natalie Assouline My Life Inside - directed by Lucia Gaja The Flower Bridge - directed by Thomas Ciulei Suddenly, Last Winter - directed by Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi Blind Loves - directed by Juraj Lehotsky The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins - directed by Pietra Brettkelly Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired - directed by Marina Zenovich Mr. Rakowski - directed by Jan Diederen
Jury
Peter Fonda - head jurist Michael Dougherty Stephen Nemeth Claudia Puig Herve Schneid Dror Shaul Andrea Staka
Documentary Jury:
Christian Frei Walter Huegli Lorna Tee
References
External links Zurich Film Festival web site