The Zurich Summit, the film industry sidebar of the Zurich Film Festival , is leaning into the city’s reputation as a global banking hub to strengthen its role as a discreet meeting point for financiers and filmmakers.

Started as a casual get-together among Zurich fest friends — with ZFF regulars like CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland, and Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker using the opportunity to combine a festival visit with business meetings with local financiers, the Summit has grown into what ZFF artistic director Christian Jungen calls “the Davos of the film industry,” where the leading figures of the independent film business met to exchange ideas and talk business. “Exclusivity is key for the Summit. We’re not here for the small fry; there are other

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