ZFF wil use Manifesta platform

Since June, the floating Manifesta platform has been anchored on Lake Zurich near Bellevue. The 170-ton wooden construction houses a huge LED screen, a grandstand for 300 guests, a bathroom and a bar. What will happen to the wooden construction after Manifesta has not yet been definitively clarified. However, the platform is now to receive an extension as the site of the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF). Festival spokesman Beat Glur confirmed a report from the Zurichsee-Zeitung Friday. "We would like to use the platform," he said. Negotiations with Manifesta organizers are still underway, however. There is no definite commitment yet. The ZFF will communicate whether the use will materialize on Sept. 8, when it presents the program of its 12th edition to the media. The program booklet has not yet been printed. Another festival location could therefore still be added. Also for the time after the film festival, which takes place from September 22 to October 2, there are already interested parties for the Manifesta platform. An association wants to bring the so-called "Pavilion of Reflections" to the canton of Schwyz. It is to anchor off Freienbach for five years. (SDA)

Photo: Manifesta 11 / Wolfgang Träger