Zurich Film Festival

All eyes will once again turn to Zurich from September 22 to October 2. The 11-day Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) entices tens of thousands of movie fans and media and film workers to Zurich to watch one or more of the festival’s 160 movies. Young directors compete for the ‘Golden Eye’ in the competition section, and the Gala section sees legendary directors and Hollywood stars present the year’s most anticipated movies, which also stand a great chance of winning an Academy Award. The festival also presents cutting edge movie line-ups that reflect current world affairs, such as ‘New World View’ and ‘Border Lines’. The ZFF is the most important autumn festival for theatrical releases in the German-speaking world, and an ideal networking platform.

ZFF for Kids

Sihlcity is a long-standing partner of the "ZFF for Kids" movie series, showing a selection of the most enjoyable children's and family movies of the year. In the films, the young protagonists not only experience exciting adventures, they also embark on wonderful journeys, make new friends and learn to deal with prejudices and conflicts. The audience is taken on a discovery voyage through different continents. The ZFF children's films offer the best entertainment for young and old, taking up highly contemporary issues of our days and discussing them in a child-friendly way. Foreign-language movies are shown in their original version and dubbed into German on spot.

In addition, exciting workshops will also be taking place in Sihlcity in 2022, where children can become filmmakers themselves, immerse themselves in acting or become reporters. For the youngest film fans (4 - 6 years), we have the right workshop offer in the Minicity. 

The workshops take place in Sihlcity and are facilitated by professional filmmakers with pedagogical experience. Before or after each workshop, children can discover various children's movies that are shown in Arena Cinemas Sihlcity.