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Zurich Film Festival Sets Gala Program, Including World Premiers

8/13/2026

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Summary

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Zurich International Film Festival announced its gala program for Sept. 24–Oct. 4.
The gala will host world premieres of Love, After All, How Can I Help, and Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, starring Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone.
Beth de Araújo’s Josephine screened at Sundance and Berlin while Netflix’s Possible Love will premiere in Venice.
Director Christian Jungen said the lineup offers auteur cinema for a broader audience.

History

Historical Context

The Sundance Film Festival began in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival, founded by actor Robert Redford and colleagues to spotlight independent American movies in Utah. After moving to Park City in 1981 and being renamed Sundance in 1991, it grew into the United States’ largest indie festival, drawing over 60 films by 1979 and shaping global festival models that Zurich now emulates.

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Story summary

Zurich International Film Festival announced its gala program for Sept. 24–Oct. 4.
The gala will host world premieres of Love, After All, How Can I Help, and Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, starring Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone.
Beth de Araújo’s Josephine screened at Sundance and Berlin while Netflix’s Possible Love will premiere in Venice.
Director Christian Jungen said the lineup offers auteur cinema for a broader audience.

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