The Zurich Film Festival: Sundance Europe? it is one of those stormy, humid days Zurich has endured all summer. Inside the offices of the Zurich Film Festival, its director Karl Spoerri is excited. He knows that in only its third year, his creation is bigger and growing faster than even he imagined.

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The Zurich Film Festival: Sundance Europe? it is one of those stormy, humid days Zurich has endured all summer. Inside the offices of the Zurich Film Festival, its director Karl Spoerri is excited. He knows that in only its third year, his creation is bigger and growing faster than even he imagined.

This year's version promises more big names, more films and if Spoerri has his way, simply more fun. "Sometimes when you have a big belief in something and you push really hard, you just get lucky," he says.

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But after pacing the room, opening the windows and finally settling in his chair with a glass of wat...

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