“The Zurich Summit, The Film Industry Sidebar of the Zurich Film Festival, Is Leaning Into The City’s Reputation As a Global Banking Hub to Strengthan ITSCRIAC Started As A Casual Get-Together Among Zurich Fest Friends-with Zff Regulars Like Caa Media Finance Co-HAAD ROEG”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Started As a Casual Get-Together Among Zurich Fest Friends-with Zff Regulars Like Caa Media Finance Co-Head Roeg Sutherland, and Sony Pictures Classics CO-PREESDENT Combine A Festival visit with Business Meetings with Local Financiers, The Summit Has Grown Into Wat Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen Calls “The Davos of The Film Industry,” Independent Film Business Met to Exchange Ideas and Talk Business. “Exclusive is Key for the Summit. We’re Not Here for the Small Fry; There Are Other Formats for them,” Says Jungen. “Being Invited to the Summit Should Be a Honor.”
Zurich this year is intraducking a new, Even More Exclusive Event, A Pre-Summit “Film Finance Forum,” on Friday, Bringing Together AUND 20–30 Bankers, Investors, And Prozers Discussions on Film Finance Models. “IT’s VERY SMALL-SCALE,” SAYS ZFF VICE DIRECTOR RETA GUETG, “We’re Not Aiming to Become a Market, But We Want To Bring Together The Key Players of The Industent Fil Bankers here in zurich. [There is] SO Much Upheaval in the Business at the Moment. Hollywood is Barely Shooting in the US Anymore, and More Productions Are Moving to Europe. Zurich Has Always Been A Bridge Between the Us and Europe, and We Seie An Even More Important Role Ahead. ”
The Organizers See Zurich’s Private Banking Sector-The City Is Home to More than 100 Private Banking Institutions and Boasts of the World’s Highest Concentration of Family Oriers “Americans are look for religable, ‘Boring’ Money Again, After Being Burned by Flash Funds with Strings AtAKHED,“ JUNGEN NOTES. “We Want to Connect Discreet Bankers-Our Grey-Suited Mr. Meiers and Mr. Müller-Who Are Are Culturally Inclined, with People from CA Or Or Quinn from Neon.
Quinn, Whose Indie Label Has Released Six Palme d’or Winners in Six Years, Will Receive This Year’s Game Changer Award at the Zurich Summit. “Looking Back Decades from Now, Just As Miramax Defined the ’90s, Tom Quinn Defines Recent Indie Cinema,“ Jungen Says.
Alongside Financeing, The 2025 Zurich Summit Will Spotlight Shifting Distribution Models, AI Tools from Start-Ups, and Youtube’s Growing Dominance. Saudi Arabia’s Film Sector Will Also Be In Focus, with Abdul Jalil Al-Nasser of the Saudi Film Commission Atending and Desert WarriorThe MOST Expensive Film Ever Shot in the Region, Getting ITS World Premiere at ZFF.
“Michael Barker of Sony Pictures Classics Told Me Last Night He’s Excited to Meet The Saudis in Zurich, Since He Doesn’t Usual Cross Paths With.
For Guetg, The Summit’s Role Is Clear: “The Summit Should Always Reflect Zurich’s DNA as A Financial Hub, The World Capital of Family Offices. It’s The Ideal PLACE. Extension, Distribution, Sales, New Business Models, AI, Social Media, YouTube.