Zurich Film Festival To Honor Tom Hiddleston With Golden Eye Award — SkimNews
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- Zurich Film Festival will present Tom Hiddleston with its Golden Eye Award at the opening night gala screening of Tenzing on Thursday, launching the festival's 22nd edition.
- Hiddleston will attend the European premiere alongside co-star Willem Dafoe and BAFTA-nominated director Jennifer Peedom.
- Tenzing dramatizes the 1953 Mount Everest expedition, with Hiddleston playing New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary and the film taking its title from Hillary's Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay.
- ZFF CEO Christian Jungen called Hiddleston "one of the most versatile actors of his generation," praising his "depth and charisma" and his performance as embodying the idea that "you can make your big dreams come true if you believe in yourself and respect others."
- The festival highlighted Hiddleston's range across Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Night Manager, War Horse, and Midnight in Paris, plus stage work in Othello, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Harold Pinter's Betrayal.
- ZFF runs from September 24 to October 4.
Why it matters: The Golden Eye Award positions Hiddleston as ZFF's marquee 22nd-edition opener, giving *Tenzing* a high-profile European launch with its lead actor and co-star Willem Dafoe walking the carpet. For Hiddleston, the honor reframes him from his Marvel blockbusters toward a serious dramatic turn as one of mountaineering's most iconic figures.
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