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FilmNation Entertainment Founder and CEO Glen Basner will person nan Game Changer Award astatine this year’s Zurich Summit, which takes spot September 25 – 27.
Past recipients of nan Game Changer Award see Neon Ceo Tom Quinn, CAA Media Finance & International Film Group Head Roeg Sutherland, Legendary-193 CEO Patrick Wachsberger (CODA), Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Co-Chair & CEO Pam Abdy, and Sony Pictures Classics Co-Presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard.
“Given nan terrific group of erstwhile recipients whom I respect greatly, this is simply a tremendous grant for some maine and nan squad astatine FilmNation,” Basner said.
“We each request to beryllium game-changing successful today’s independent intermezo business, and I’m excited to talk astir why I stay wholly optimistic astir our future. Thank you to Christian, Reta, and nan Zurich Film Festival squad for their continued support and committedness to championing globally resonant stories and for providing specified a captious abstraction to talk important and existent topics pinch The Zurich Summit.”
Basner is nan laminitis and Chief Executive Officer of FilmNation Entertainment. The company’s productions see Sean Baker’s Anora, which won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture, and Edward Berger’s Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes. The institution besides produced Promising Young Woman, Arrival, and The Big Sick.
The Zurich Film Festival runs from September 24 to October 4.
