Swiss artist Emil to be honoured at Zurich Film Festival
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Swiss artist Emil to be honoured at Zurich Film Festival
Swiss actor and cabaret artist Emil Steinberger will be presented with a lifetime achievement award when the new documentary filmTypisch Emil (“Typical Emil”) premieres at October’s Zurich Film Festival (ZFF).
Steinberger has been making Switzerland laugh for 70 years, wrote ZFF organisers in a statement on Wednesday. He will receive the Golden Eye, or Lifetime Achievement Award, for his work.
The artist himself was quoted in the press release as saying he has had a lot of luck in life. Hard work was also involved. “But it only becomes a success when people discover moments in it that they find precious and touching,” said Steinberger.
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The documentary Typisch Emil – Vom Loslassen und Neuanfangen (“Typical Emil – letting go and starting again”) tells the story of his journey. The film looks behind the 91-year-old’s legendary stage characters. The authors – alongside Steinberger and his wife Niccel Steinberger – are director Phil Meyer and cameraman Elmar Bossard.
The 20th edition of the ZFF takes place from October 3 to 13. Previous winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Donald Sutherland, Paul Schrader, Hans Zimmer, Marcel Hoehn, John Travolta and Harrison Ford.
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