Media Accreditation

Media professionals will be able to apply for Media Accreditation for the 22nd Zurich Film Festival (September 24 – October 4, 2026) online starting from July 14, 2026.

Start of Online Accreditations: From July 14, you can conveniently apply for accreditation online through your personal MyZFF account.

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Additional Processing Fee: Any accreditation requested from September 12 onwards will incur an additional processing fee.

Additional Processing Fee: Accreditation requested by September 11 but not paid before September 16 will also be subject to an additional processing fee.

Festival Start: Your accreditation grants you access to the closed press and industry screenings, regular screenings and press junkets. Enjoy!

Accreditation Process

Access and Services

Requirements

In order to process your accreditation application, we ask you to attach documents and/or links to your previous press work, which must contain at least one of the following elements:

Recent evidence of film-related coverage
Official confirmation letter (PDF) of the editorial assignment for ZFF coverage from the editorial management with details including type, scope and publication period of the planned coverage
Articles about the Zurich Film Festival (not older than 3 years)
Current articles about other cultural events
Photo and TV material relating to the film industry or film-related reporting

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