In the October 2024, February 2025, and March 2025 editions of Gimme a Beat, I reviewed the 20th edition of Zurich Film Festival.

As many of the listeners of Gimme a Beat know, I have been exploring the female factor of the Zurich Film Festival for several years now. In 2024, similar to 2023, I had a chance to get together with so many female filmmakers and actresses that I decided to (again) breakdown my review of the ZFF into several shows. Since I am adapting the timing of the shows to Swiss(-German) screenings of movies, and most of them are happening this year, more shows are coming.

I saw almost 35 movies, but I wasn't able to review all of them. Instead, I focused on the highlights only. To find them, you should follow the search with the following hashtags: #zff #zff2024 #highlight #gimmeabeat.

In tonight's Gimme A Beat, I will be focusing on Bergers/Shepherds, the movie directed and co-written by Sophie Deraspe. The movie is already playing in the Swiss-French cinemas (Since April 9th), and it is coming to Swiss-German cinemas Arthouse Le Paris from May 23rd and RiffRaff/Houdini from May 29th.

I had the pleasure of getting together with Sophie at the festival a few days after watching the movie. We talked about beautiful, rewarding, and sometimes challenging parts of bringing this story to life, the phenomenal casting (all 3000 sheep included 🐑), and the movie’s message that reaches far beyond the story itself. In addition to sharing her experience as a director, Sophie talked about her role as a Zurich Film Festival and the Oscars judge, and what being honored with awards means to her.
Tune in to Gimme A Beat (19.05.2025) tonight to hear my impressions of Bergers/Shepherds, and my interview with Sophie, combined with music by female artists from a variety of movies I have seen at Zurich Film Festival, and The Assessment soundtrack, created by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

Check also the relevant ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Deezer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ playlist.

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for the info about old shows, please go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠previous entries