Cologne, Germany --This year's Zurich Film Festival will be remembered most not for any the films or for the stars but for the guest that never made it. The arrest and continued incarceration of director Roman Polanski overshadowed all other events in Zurich this year and briefly put the young festival at the center of an international media storm.
Attention has since shifted, given the Adhd nature of the news cycle, and the fifth Zurich Film Festival wrapped up Sunday out of the media spotlight.
There was some Hollywood dazzle to close, with Morgan Freeman in town to receive this year's Golden Icon award and Michael Keaton picking up a career achievement honor.
The festival's top honor however, awarded by another VIP -- jury president Debra Winger -- went to "Wolfy" a traumatic mother-daughter tale from Russian director Vasilij Sigarev. "66/67 -- Fairplay is over," a soccer hooligan drama from directors...
Attention has since shifted, given the Adhd nature of the news cycle, and the fifth Zurich Film Festival wrapped up Sunday out of the media spotlight.
There was some Hollywood dazzle to close, with Morgan Freeman in town to receive this year's Golden Icon award and Michael Keaton picking up a career achievement honor.
The festival's top honor however, awarded by another VIP -- jury president Debra Winger -- went to "Wolfy" a traumatic mother-daughter tale from Russian director Vasilij Sigarev. "66/67 -- Fairplay is over," a soccer hooligan drama from directors...
- 10/5/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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