Media Accreditation

Media professionals will be able to apply for a Media Accreditation for the 21st ZFF (September 25 – October 5, 2025) online starting from July 30, 2025.

Start of Online Accreditations: From July 30, accreditations can be conveniently applied for online through your personal my.zff account.

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Additional Processing Fee: Any accreditations requested from September 18 onwards will incur an additional processing fee.

Additional Processing Fee: Accreditations requested by September 17 but not paid before September 22 will also be subject to an additional processing fee.

Festival Start: Your accreditation grants you access to the closed press & 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 of the 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

Notice: Social media channels do not qualify for press accreditation.

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