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 would stay the pageant’s important sponsor.
“I’m excited to steer the ZFF into a brand new period along with our present staff and new house owners who love cinema and know the pageant inside out,” Jungen mentioned in a press release.
“We’re a Zurich-based resolution that has the belief of our companions and the filmmaking group. We’re considering large and we’re considering internationally. Our purpose is to place the ZFF as considered one of Europe’s premier movie occasions, the place audiences can see the movies and stars that can go on to win Oscars later within the season.”
Jungen added: “We wish to carry pleasure and a celebratory environment to the town and host a pageant that Zurich will be happy with. To attain this, we’ll safe new non-public companions and increase help from foundations, donors, and public establishments.”
Zurich will have a good time its twenty first version this fall. The pageant will run from 25 September to five October. This 12 months, Tom Quinn, CEO and founding father of Neon, can be feted with the Sport Changer Award in the course of the industry-focused Zurich Summit. This 12 months’s Zurich Summit takes place from September 26-28.
