Zurich festival to open with Everest drama Tenzing
Jennifer Peedom's Tenzing, a dramatic retelling of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's 1953 ascent of Mount Everest, will open the 22nd Zurich Film Festival on September 24 with Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe expected on the green carpet. Genden Phuntsok stars as Tenzing, with Caitríona Balfe and Thinley Lhamo in supporting roles, and the film examines differing attitudes toward Everest and the mountain's Tibetan name Chomolungma. Tenzing will open in select US theaters on October 9 and arrive on Apple TV on October 16, positioning it for broad international attention and discussion of mountaineering history and cultural representation.
Tenzing will open the 22nd Zurich Film Festival on September 24.
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The film is finished and set for festival and commercial release. It will screen in Zurich on September 24 and then open in US theaters and on Apple TV. Early festival reactions and distribution performance could shape wider discussion.
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