More and more filming takes place in the city of Zurich, be it for feature and documentary films, short films or commercials. But are the city of Zurich and its administrative departments ready for these productions, and can they provide even more streets, squares and green spaces for filming?
On 3 October 2018, the Zurich City Council expressed its support for the continuation of the "Film Commission Zurich" and thus "for the promotion of the entire film industry, which is both desirable and useful from a cultural policy perspective and from the point of view of economic development. In addition, he affirms his endeavor to strengthen the film location of Zurich with efficient approval processes and a pronounced customer focus on the part of the city administration and to handle the increased rotation volume efficiently. »[Nbsp]

With:

Olga Zachariadis (CEO Film Commission Zurich)

Anna Schindler (Director of Urban Development Zurich)

Andreas Venzin (City district Chief 4)

Regula Begert (Location Manager)

On October 3, 2018, the Zurich City Council met and talked not only about the fate of the Film Commission Zurich, but also about the necessary improvement of urban support for filming of audiovisual productions in the city of Zurich.

In the media release, the City of Zurich justifies its decision to continue to support the Film Commission Zurich as follows:
"A continuation of the" Film Commission Zurich "and thus a promotion of the entire film industry is both from a cultural-political perspective and from the point of view of economic development desirable and useful - (...). [Nbsp]
In addition to this support from the "Zurich Film Office" association, the City Council is reaffirming its endeavor to further strengthen the film location of Zurich with efficient approval processes and pronounced customer and customer orientation on the part of the city administration and to handle the increased volume of audiovisual productions efficiently. "

We warmly recommend all of you to read the City Council resolution carefully and use it as a back-up for your future requests to support your filming. This should open us more stones out of the way spaces and open new doors.
You can find the city council decision as well as the media release of the city of Zurich on our website under Downloads.

We thank the City Council and all stakeholders for their support not only for the Film Commission Zurich, but for all audiovisual productions.

Well, we all know this, right? For every shoot we are looking for low-priced Hotels for our crew and cast, in which we can adapt our breakfast times, get warm food until late in the evening and park all our vehicles. And yes, Zurich indeed poses quite a challenge when it comes to find such a place to stay...

... and that's where we come into play. We negotiated new conditions for film productions with the Hotel Placid in Zurich Altstetten and the 25hours Hotel close to the main station at Langstrasse and in Zurich West. If you book the rooms through the Film Commission Zurich you will get special conditions relative to the availability.

For more information regarding price, parking or further conditions please get in touch welcome@filmzurich.ch