Just shy of three weeks before it is revealed at the media conference, this year's Zurich Film Festival programme is beginning to take shape. After announcing the inclusion of AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER with Al Gore and THE WIFE with Golden Icon Award recipient Glenn Close, the 13th Zurich Film Festival is now able to confirm further major productions screening in its Gala Premieres section. 

Films from Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Mike White, Claire Denis, Sean Baker, Ruben Östlund, Michael Haneke, Yorgos Lanthimos and Luca Guadagnino will be presented as Gala Premieres at the ZFF: 

BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Directed by: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough

BRAD’S STATUS

Directed by: Mike White
Cast: Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Jenna Fischer, Luke Wilson, Austin Abrams

UN BEAU SOLEIL INTERIEUR

Directed by: Claire Denis
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine, Josiane Balasko, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Gérard Depardieu

THE FLORIDA PROJECT

Directed by: Sean Baker
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, Bria Vinaite, Macon Blair, Sandy Kane, Caleb Landry Jones, Karren Karagulian

THE SQUARE

Directed by: Ruben Östlund
Cast: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Laessø, Marina Schiptjenko, Elijandro Edouard, Daniel Hallberg, Martin Sööder

HAPPY END

Directed by: Michael Haneke
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Sunny Suljic, Raffey Cassidy, Alicia Silverstone

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Directed by: Luca Guadagnino

Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois, Vanda Capriolo, Antonio Rimoldi, Elena Bucci, Marco Sgrosso, André Aciman, Peter Spears

The full ZFF programme will be unveiled at the Festival press conference on Thursday 14 September.