The 9th Zurich Film Festival will honor Austrian screenwriter, television, film, theater and opera director Michael Haneke with the coveted A Tribute to … Award.
Hanele’s international breakthrough came with the 1989 drama THE SEVENTH CONTINENT, followed by further successes such as BENNY’S VIDEO (1992), FUNNY GAMES (1997), THE PIANO TEACHER (2001), CACH É (2005), THE WHITE RIBBON (2009) and AMOUR (2011), which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.