{"id":61654,"date":"2026-05-07T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/61654\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:53:10","slug":"filmnation-founder-glen-basner-set-for-zurich-summit-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/61654\/","title":{"rendered":"FilmNation Founder Glen Basner Set For Zurich Summit Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/filmnation-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_filmnation-entertainment\" data-tag=\"filmnation-entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FilmNation Entertainment<\/a> Founder and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/glen-basner\/\" id=\"auto-tag_glen-basner\" data-tag=\"glen-basner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glen Basner<\/a> will receive the Game Changer Award at this year\u2019s Zurich Summit, which takes place September 25 \u2013 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPast recipients of the Game Changer Award include Neon Ceo Tom Quinn, CAA Media Finance &amp; International Film Group Head Roeg Sutherland, Legendary-193 CEO Patrick Wachsberger (CODA), Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Co-Chair &amp; CEO Pam Abdy, and Sony Pictures Classics Co-Presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cGiven the terrific group of previous recipients whom I admire greatly, this is a tremendous honor for both me and the team at FilmNation,\u201d Basner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe all need to be game-changing in today\u2019s independent entertainment business, and I\u2019m excited to talk about why I remain entirely optimistic about our future.\u00a0 Thank you to Christian, Reta, and the Zurich Film Festival team for their continued support and commitment to championing globally resonant stories and for providing such a critical space to discuss important and current topics with The Zurich Summit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBasner is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of FilmNation Entertainment. The company\u2019s productions include Sean Baker\u2019s Anora, which won five Oscars, including Best Picture, and Edward Berger\u2019s Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes. The company also produced Promising Young Woman, Arrival, and The Big Sick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Zurich Film Festival runs from September 24 to October 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FilmNation Entertainment Founder and CEO Glen Basner will receive the Game Changer Award at this year\u2019s Zurich Summit,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33957,33670,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-61654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zurich","8":"tag-filmnation-entertainment","9":"tag-glen-basner","10":"tag-zurich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116533631689817545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}