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Jury Members have been announced

Director and screenwriter Frank Darabont is president of the Jury in the International Feature Film Competition, while German singer Herbert Grönemeyer takes the lead in the German Language Feature Film Competition. Find all the jury members of the 8th Zurich Film Festival in the following list.

International Feature Film Competition:

• Frank Darabont (jury president):director, producer (USA)
• Michael Shamberg: producer (USA)
• Deborah Aquila: Casting Agent, (USA)
• Daniel Espinosa: director (Sweden)
• Carlos Leal: actor (Switzerland)
• Pietro Scalia: Cutter (Switzerland)

International Documentary Film Competition:

• Jessica Yu (jury president):director (USA)                         
• Mohammed Al-Daradji: director (Iraq)             
• Janus Metz: director (Danmark)                                                                          
• Phillippe Diaz: producer (France)            

German Language Feature Film Competition

• Herbert Grönemeyer (jury president): singer, actor (Germany)       
• Julia Jentsch: actress (Germany)
• Florian Flicker: director (Austria)
• Marcel Hoehn: producer (Switzerland)
• Peter Luisi:director (Switzerland)

German Language Documentary Film Competition

• Gabriele Kranzelbinder (jury president): producer (Austria)   
• Martin Hagemann: producer (Germany)
• Mirjam von Arx: director (Switzerland)
• Stefan Haupt: director (Switzerland)