The twentieth Zurich Film Festival starts next month – with premiers and stars.
Jude Law, Kate Winslett and Pamela Anderson will present their new films and receive awards.
It’ll open with the latest Jude Law outing, The Order, where he plays an FBI agent fighting far right terrorists.
35 out of 107 movies will be premiers, either globally or European.
There’ll be 16 Swiss films, including the new epic William Tell, directed by BAFTA award winner, Nick Hamm.
The festival opens on October 3rd.
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