Zurich Film Festival has announced eleven additional Gala Premieres for its 2026 edition, significantly expanding a lineup already built around prestige and award-season titles. The new additions include Florian Zeller's "Bunker", starring Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stephen Graham, Paul Dano and Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Jordan Firstman's "Club Kid", which sparked a heavily contested bidding war eventually won by A24. Festival director Reta Guetg said the expanded programme aims to bring "outstanding voices and stories from different parts of the world" to Zurich, underlining the festival's ambition to secure high-profile premieres during the busy autumn festival season.

Other new titles include Danny Boyle's Venice-opener "Ink", about Rupert Murdoch's rise in British tabloid media, and Lauren Miller Rogen's "Babies", featuring Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick and Sharon Stone, both receiving European premieres. World premieres go to Frauke Finsterwalder's "Eurotrash" and Enkelejd Lluca's Albanian boxing drama "Blood Money", while further additions include Ali Asgari's "A Bit of Light", John Turturro-led "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York", Fred Cavayé's "Les Miserables", Alex Schulmann's "Adult Supervision" (tipped as a possible Swedish Oscar contender) and Geraldine Nakache's "Think Good". Mario Bechis's "Back to Buenos Aires" rounds out the additions with its international premiere. The 2026 Zurich Film Festival runs from 24 September to 4 October.