The city of Zurich is currently hosting its seventh film festival. Between the 22nd of September and 2nd October a variety of new films are being shown including premières. Last night me and a flatmate decided to go and see what all of the fuss was about.
The Zurich Film Festival features the premières of a number of international and Swiss films.
Celebrities, actors and directors from across the globe have already descended upon Zurich to see the annual film festival. For example the director, Sean Penn as well as popular Swiss personalities such as the satirical comedian Viktor Giacobbo and singer Baschi.
After flicking through the programme we decided to go for the second showing of Contagion as the première was by invitation only. After taking our seats, we discovered that this wasn't going to be just any ordinary showing of a film. Prior to the film, the hostess welcomed the arrival of Laurence Fishburne (aka Morphius from the Matrix), a distinguished actor who has starred in Apocalypse Now and CSI for example, before presenting him with the Special Achievement Award! I knew that there was going to be an actor present, thanks to the 'Darsteller anwesend' small print on my ticket, but it was a great surprise to find out that it was such a recognizable actor and that he'd be collecting an award.
The film festival is taking place downtown in Bellevue, right by the lakeside. Pictured: the development of the festival venue under way...
The film itself was the usual Hollywood big-budget spiel that you'd expect, and the plot probably wasn't the most original – the protagonists plot to develop a vaccination against a worldwide bird-flu-esque epidemic. However, having said that, I enjoyed it very much!
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