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Film Program

Full Programme Release: The complete ZFF 2025 film lineup will be announced on September 11. The ticket sales open on September 15, 2025.
Join us and be part of the stories that move the world — at the Zurich Film Festival 2025.

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Gala Premieres

After the Hunt

Luca Guadagnino|Drama
Feminism
Arts & Culture
Politics
A professor is on the verge of being promoted, when a secret from her past threatens to come to light.
Gala Premieres

Ballad of a Small Player

Edward Berger|Drama
Around the World
Book Adaptation
Under the vibrant neon lights of Macau's casinos, a gambler tries to escape his past.
Gala Premieres

Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos|Comedy
Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his accomplice kidnap a CEO (Emma Stone) whom they believe to be an alien.
Gala Premieres

Christy

David Michôd|Drama
This drama tells the story of boxer Christy Martin's life, featuring a formidable Sydney Sweeney in the title role.
Gala Premieres

Time We Lost

Neele Leana Vollmar
A stroke of fate prompts the married couple, Hans (Ulrich Tukur) and Rita (Anke Engelke), to start over.
Gala Premieres

The Life of Wishes

Erik Schmitt|Drama
After receiving three wishes from a mysterious stranger, Felix realizes that everything has its price.
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Hedda

Nia DaCosta|Drama
An intense night pulls Hedda and those around her into a vortex of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
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My Tennis Maestro

Andrea di Stefano|Drama
In their journey from one match to another, young Felice and his tennis coach Raul find freedom and the opportunity of a new beginning.
Gala Premieres

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Olivier Assayas|Thriller
The engrossing story of a PR consultant who worked alongside the ambitious Vladimir Putin (Jude Law) in Russia in the 1990s.
Gala Premieres

Rental Family

Hikari null|Comedy
An unemployed actor takes on an unusual job for a Japanese «rental family agency.»
Gala Premieres

Roofman

Derek Cianfrance|Comedy
Jeffrey (Channing Tatum) hides in a Toys-R-Us store, where he falls in love with Leigh (Kirsten Dunst).
Gala Premieres

Splitsville

Michael Angelo Covino|Comedy
When Ashley asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey seeks support from his friends Julie and Paul.
Gala Premieres

I'm Not Stiller

Stefan Haupt|Drama
Director Stefan Haupt returns to the Zurich Film Festival with his gripping adaptation of Max Frisch's novel.
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The Balloonists

John Dower|Documentaire
Follows adventurers Piccard and Jones as they attempt to become the first team to fly a hot air balloon nonstop around the globe.
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The Last Viking

Anders Thomas Jensen|Drama
Two brothers set out in search of the buried loot from a robbery and in search of themselves.
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The Lost Bus

Paul Greengrass|Action
Nature
Family
Amidst a forest fire, bus driver Kevin (Matthew McConaughey) becomes the only hope for survival of a school class.
Gala Premieres

The Secret Agent

Kleber Mendonça Filho|Thriller
Around the World
History
Politics
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Marcelo (Wagner Moura) flees to Recife, where he realizes that the military regime's violence extends farther than he thought.
Gala Premieres

The Smashing Machine

Benny Safdie|Drama
THE SMASHING MACHINE follows the true story of MMA superstar Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson).
Gala Premieres

To New Beginnings

Paprika Steen|Comedy
Bringing up sensitive topics and asking unsettling questions, Finn shakes up the facade of a close-knit group of friends.
Gala Premieres

Tuner

Daniel Roher|Thriller
Events take a dangerous turn when it becomes clear that Niki's gift of sensitive hearing is useful for more than tuning pianos.
Gala Premieres

Unidentified

Haifaa Al-Mansour|Mystery
Around the World
Law & Order
Feminism
+1
After an unsolved murder, a woman finds herself caught between searching for the truth and contending with societal pressures.
Gala Premieres

A Private Life

Rebecca Zlotowski|Drama
When psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) has doubts about her patient’s suicide, she decides to investigate the death on her own.
Border Lines

2000 Meters to Andriivka

Mstyslav Chernov
History
Politics
Mstyslav Chernov follows in close proximity the fierce battle for the Ukrainian village of Andriivka.
Hashtag #SaveDemocracy

Animal Farm

Andy Serkis|Animation
Book Adaptation
History
Social justice
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Andy Serkis adapts George Orwell's cult novel «Animal Farm» as an animated film set in the present day.
Hashtag #SaveDemocracy

Nan Fang Shi Guang

Shih-Han Tsao|Drama
Family
History
Social justice
+2
In 1996, a political crisis in Taiwan leads to social upheaval that also affects the life of Chou, a sensitive teenager.
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