Zurich Bolsters Position As Awards Circuit Stop-Off As ‘Bunker’, ‘Club Kid’ & ‘Adult Supervision’ Join Gala Lineup

The Zurich Film Festival has unveiled Bunker, Ink, Babies and Club Kid as fresh additions to its gala program.

Lauren Miller Rogen’s starry drama Babies, featuring Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Issa Rae, Dan Stevens, Kate Berlant, Zach Cherry, Ed Helms, Ashley Park, Sharon Stone, David Strathairn in the cast, will make its European premiere at the festival.

Bunker and Ink will arrive fresh from their world premieres in Venice and North American debuts in Toronto, while Club Kid enjoyed a buzzy launch in Cannes and will also play in TIFF.

Their arrival in the Swiss festival’s gala program bolsters its position as an awards season stop-off.

Non-English language awards season hopefuls in the gala lineup include Swedish director Alex Schulmann’s drama Adult Supervision, starring Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares and Linus Wahlgren as middle-aged fathers who chaperone their teenage daughters on a rowdy school trip

There will also be world premieres for German director Frauke Finsterwalder’s mother and son tale Eurotrash, starring Barbara Sukowa and Alexander Fehling, as well as Albanian urban boxing drama Blood Money, starring rapper Noizy and Moritz Bleibtreu.

“The programme ranges from the promising Club Kid by Jordan Firstman to new works by acclaimed filmmakers such as Ali Asgari, whose latest film will premiere in competition in Venice,” said Reta Guetg, Festival Director of the Zurich Film Festival of the gala lineup.

“The films also feature major names in front of the camera, including Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and John Turturro. With Adult Supervision, we are also presenting a film that is already being tipped as a potential Swedish Oscar contender. We are very much looking forward to celebrating these films with our audience at ZFF.”

Zurich Gala Program

BUNKER
Director: Florian Zeller
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stephen Graham, Paul Dano, Patrick Schwarzenegger

BABIES
Director: Lauren Miller Rogen
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Issa Rae, Dan Stevens, Kate Berlant, Zach Cherry, Ed Helms, Ashley Park, Sharon Stone, David Strathairn

CLUB KID
Director: Jordan Firstman
Cast: Jordan Firstman, Cara Delevigne, Diego Calva

INK
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy

A BIT OF LIGHT
Director: Ali Asgari
Cast: Misagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh, Mina Rahimzadeh

THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK
Director: Noah Segan
Cast: John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany

LES MISÉRABLES
Director: Fred Cavayé
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Tahar Rahim, Camille Cottin, Benjamin Lavernhe, Noémie Merlant, Vassili Schneider, Megan Northam, Marie Colomb

BLOOD MONEY
World Premiere
Director: Enkelejd Lluca
Cast: Blerim Destani, Noizy (Rigels Rajku), Moritz Bleibtreu

EUROTRASH
World Premiere
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Alexander Fehling, Luna Wedler, Stefan Kurt

ADULT SUPERVISION
Writer and Director: Alex Schulmann
Cast: Gustaf Skarsgård,  Fares Fares  Linus Wahlgren

THINK GOOD (SI TU PENSES BIEN)
Director: Géraldine Nakache
Cast: Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider

BACK TO BUENOS AIRES
International Premiere
Director : Mario Bechis
Cast: Adriano Giannini, Ana Celentano