Naomi Watts to Receive Golden Eye Award at Zurich Film Festival
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- Naomi Watts will receive the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival on September 26, the festival announced.
- The Housewife, directed by Ben Shirinian, casts Watts as the enigmatic wife of a suspected Nazi; she will present the film and take part in a Zurich masterclass as part of the honor.
- Christian Jungen, CEO of the Zurich Film Festival, called Watts 'one of the most fascinating actresses of our time' since her breakthrough in David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive,' praising her ability to thrive 'on the tension between glamour and darkness.'
- The film, per Jungen's statement, 'tells a true story that powerfully illustrates how indispensable investigative journalism is in uncovering historical crimes.'
- Watts has earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress: for Alejandro González Iñárritu's '21 Grams' and for the 2013 tsunami drama 'The Impossible.'
- The 2026 Zurich Film Festival runs September 24 to October 4.
Why it matters: For Naomi Watts, the September 26 honor adds a major European festival recognition alongside her two Best Actress Oscar nominations. For Ben Shirinian's 'The Housewife,' the award platform doubles as a spotlight on the film's argument that investigative journalism is indispensable for uncovering historical crimes — tying a career tribute to a civic-press message.
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