2008 Zurich Film Festival 2008 Zurich Film Festival The third annual 2008 Zurich Film Festival ran from September 25 to October 5, 2008. Actor Peter Fonda will act as prexy of the feature film jury. The festival introduced a new section this year, Panorama D, dedicated to German-language film from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The showcase opened with the Nicolette Krebitz-directed psychological drama, "Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald" (The Heart Is a Dark Forest). Highlights of the festival included Toronto and Venice Film Festival hits such as the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading", and the psychological Iraq war thriller, "The Hurt Locker" directed
The Hurt Locker on location in Jordan, before returning to Los Angeles, where she was joined by Murawski. The process took over eight months to complete. The goal was to edit a brutally realistic portrayal of the realities of war, using minimal special effects or technical enhancement. Innis stated that they "really wanted the film to retain that 'newsreel' documentary quality... Too many stage-y effects would have been distracting. The editing in this film was all about restraint". Editing on location led to additional complications in post-production. The production was unwilling to risk sending undeveloped film through high-security airports where the cans could