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The Zurich Film Festival will host European premieres of The Smashing Machine<\/em>, Hedda<\/em> and The Lost Bus<\/em> as part of its 2025 \u201cGala Premieres\u201d lineup, alongside several high-profile world debuts from Germany.<\/p>\n The 21st edition of the festival, running Sept. 25 to Oct. 5, will open its main gala section to a mix of Hollywood awards contenders and German-language productions with broad audience appeal. Festival director Christian Jungen noted that the section has a track record of screening films that later earn Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Benny Safdie\u2019s The Smashing Machine<\/em>, starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, marks a dramatic shift for the actor, with the film exploring Kerr\u2019s rise and struggles outside the octagon. Emily Blunt co-stars as Kerr\u2019s wife, Dawn Staples.<\/p>\n Nia DaCosta\u2019s Hedda<\/em><\/a>, a modern interpretation of Henrik Ibsen\u2019s Hedda Gabler<\/em>, stars Tessa Thompson alongside Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots and Tom Bateman.<\/p>\n Paul Greengrass\u2019s The Lost Bus<\/em>, inspired by real events, casts Matthew McConaughey as a school bus driver caught in one of America\u2019s deadliest wildfires, with America Ferrera as a teacher aiding in the rescue of 22 children.<\/p>\n Other titles in the gala lineup include Rebecca Zlotowski\u2019s A Private Life<\/em><\/a> with Jodie Foster, Erik Schmitt\u2019s The Life of Wishes<\/em> starring Matthias Schweigh\u00f6fer, Swiss literary adaptation I\u2019m Not Stiller<\/em> from director Stefan Haupt, Neele Leana Vollmar\u2019s Time We Lost<\/em> with Anke Engelke and Ulrich Tukur, Unidentified<\/em> from Haifaa Al Mansour, Christian Ditter\u2019s children\u2019s film Momo<\/em>, and the documentary The Balloonists <\/em>from director John Dower.<\/p>\n The festival\u2019s full program will be announced on Sept. 11.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Zurich Film Festival will host European premieres of The Smashing Machine, Hedda and The Lost Bus as part of its 2025 \u201cGala Premieres\u201d lineup, alongside several high-profile world debuts from Germany. The 21st edition of the festival, running Sept. 25 to Oct. 5, will open its main gala section to a mix of Hollywood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1959655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[344654,305874,318207,34395,344655,344656,344657,342308],"class_list":["post-1959654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-christian-jungen","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-hedda-gabler","tag-hollywood-reporter","tag-mark-kerr","tag-oscar-nominations","tag-the-lost-bus","tag-zurich-film-festival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u2018The-Smashing-Machine-\u2018Hedda-\u2018The-Lost-Bus-Among-Zurich-Gala.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}