Fukunaga, Plambech to Lead Zurich Film Festival Juries — SkimNews
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- Cary Joji Fukunaga will head the Feature Film Competition jury at Zurich Film Festival, presiding over 14 first-to-third features competing for the Golden Eye prize worth CHF 25,000 (~$30,340).
- Sine Plambech, the Danish filmmaker-anthropologist, will chair the Documentary Competition jury (14 films); her debut "Heartbound" won Zurich's Golden Eye in 2018, and her latest film "Rescue" gets its European premiere at the festival.
- Fukunaga's Feature Film jury includes Swiss-French actress Ella Rumpf ("Love Letters"), Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke ("Moscas"), French producer Julie Billy, and Italian editor-director Walter Fasano.
- Plambech's Documentary jury features Spanish cinematographer Alfredo de Juan, Norwegian producer Anne Köhncke, Swiss director Jela Hasler ("Les Nouvelles Èves"), and Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter ("Homo Sapiens").
- Fukunaga's Zurich ties run deep: his debut "Sin Nombre" screened in competition in 2009 and "No Time to Die" was a 2021 Gala Premiere; his broader credits include "Jane Eyre," "Beasts of No Nation," co-writing the 2017 "It" adaptation, and an Emmy for HBO's "True Detective" Season 1.
Why it matters: The jury picks determine which debut-to-third features walk away with Zurich's CHF 25,000 Golden Eye and a visibility boost on the autumn festival circuit — Fukunaga brings Bond-level prestige to the role, while Plambech returns to Zurich as both a judge and a filmmaker premiering "Rescue," underscoring the festival's longstanding relationship with both figures.
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