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Gala Premieres

Rental Family

HIKARI null|Comedy
Family
Around the World
An unemployed actor takes on an unusual job for a Japanese «rental family agency.»
Feature Film Competition

Retreat

Ted Evans|Thriller
Family
When Eva arrives in a supposedly idyllic deaf community, their facade begins to crumble.
Gala Premieres

Roofman

Derek Cianfrance|Comedy
Family
Law & Order
Love & Eroticism
Jeffrey (Channing Tatum) hides in a Toys-R-Us store, where he falls in love with Leigh (Kirsten Dunst).
Documentary Competition

Seeds

Brittany Shyne|Documentaire
Family
History
Social justice
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Through lyrical black and white images, SEEDS portrays the everyday lives of African-American farmers in the United States.
Signatures

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi|Drama
Health
Feminism
Technology
+1
In a university garden stands a ginkgo tree that has played a role in the lives of three people over the course of a century.
Documentary Competition

Singing Wings

Hemen Khaledi|Documentaire
Around the World
Family
Nature
+1
Kahdijeh encounters an injured stork in her Kurdish village. She wants to heal it before its flock moves on.
Signatures

Sons of the Neon Night

Juno Mak|Crime Thriller
Around the World
Pop Culture
A bloody conflict erupts when the head of the illegal drug trade in Hong Kong is killed.
Gala Premieres

Splitsville

Michael Angelo Covino|Comedy
Feel Good
Love & Eroticism
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
Book Adaptation
Family
Director Stefan Haupt returns to the Zurich Film Festival with his gripping adaptation of Max Frisch's novel.
Signatures

Tatti, Land of Dreams

Ruedi Gerber|Documentaire
Nature
Around the World
It tells the story of the resilience and rebirth of abandoned communities when they join forces.
Signatures

The Blue Trail

Gabriel Mascaro|Adventure
Health
Social justice
Queer
+2
When Tereza must move into a retirement home, she decides to fulfill one last wish for herself.
Gala Premieres

The Balloonists

John Dower|Documentaire
Technology
Nature
Around the World
Follows adventurers Piccard and Jones as they attempt to become the first team to fly a hot air balloon nonstop around the globe.
Documentary Competition

The Dating Game

Violet Du Feng|Documentaire
Feel Good
Social justice
In a country with more single men than women, three bachelors hope to find true love at a dating camp.
Documentary Competition

The Golden Spurtle

Constantine Costi|Documentaire
Feel Good
Pop Culture
Arts & Culture
Every year, porridge enthusiasts compete for the «Golden Spurtle». This is an affectionate portrait of a very special world championship.
Documentary Competition

The Ground Beneath Our Feet

Yrsa Roca Fannberg|Documentaire
Family
Health
Takes a lyrical look at Iceland's oldest nursing home, its residents, and the beauty of life lived.
Gala Premieres

The Last Viking

Anders Thomas Jensen|Drama
Family
Feel Good
Two brothers set out in search of the buried loot from a robbery, and to find themselves.
Hashtag #SaveDemocracy

The Librarians

Kim A. Snyder|Documentaire
History
Faith & Religion
Politics
+1
Librarians from across the country join forces to combat book censorship in the USA.
Gala Premieres

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.
Signatures

The Love That Remains

Hlynur Pálmason|Drama
A year in the life of a family unfolds after the parents separate, interweaving everyday life and daydream-like visions.
Signatures

The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt|Drama
Arts & Culture
Family
Law & Order
A heist thriller that turns out to be more a character study of a supposed master thief.
Feature Film Competition

The President’s Cake

Hasan Hadi|Comedy
Nine-year-old Lamia has to bake the president's birthday cake but struggles to find the ingredients.
Gala Premieres

The Secret Agent

Kleber Mendonça Filho|Thriller
Around the World
History
Politics
+1
Marcelo (Wagner Moura) flees to Recife, where he realizes that the military regime's violence extends farther than he thought.
Hashtag #SaveDemocracy

The Six Billion Dollar Man

Eugene Jarecki|Documentaire
History
Politics
Technology
+2
The film uses the Julian Assange story to ask if freedom of the press should take precedence over confidentiality obligations.
Gala Premieres

The Smashing Machine

Benny Safdie|Drama
Family
Sport
THE SMASHING MACHINE follows the true story of MMA superstar Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson).
ZFF for Kids

The Songbirds' Secret

Antoine Lanciaux|Kids
Family
Feel Good
Nature
+1
With the help of two special songbirds, 9-year-old Lucie discovers a family secret buried deep underground.
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