2008 Zurich Film Festival

The third annual 2008 Zurich Film Festival runs from September 25 through October 5, 2008. Actor Peter Fonda will act as prexy of the feature film jury. The festival will introduce a new section this year, Panorama D, dedicated to German-language film from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The showcase opens with the Nicolette Krebitz-directed psychological drama, Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald (The Heart Is a Dark Forest). Highlights of the festival include recent Toronto and Venice Film Festival hits such as the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading, and the psychological Iraq war thriller, The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow, as well as the controversial film Religulous, featuring Bill Maher and lensed by Larry Charles. Also...