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
Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Foot Locker Cross Country Championships The Foot Locker Cross Country Championships are a series of annual cross country running races held in various regions of the United States to determine the premier cross country runner in various age groups, but mainly serves to find the best prep (high school) cross country athlete in the country. The event began in 1979 by the F. W. Woolworth Company, which initially branded it as the Kinney Cross Country Championships, (for the Kinney Shoes division) at the Morley Field Sports Complex in Balboa Park, San Diego, California before Woolworth rebranded the event in 1993