Reta Guetg

Reta Guetg is festival director of the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) and one of its co-owners. She has shaped the festival over the past decade.

For about ten years she was co-head of programming and led the industry programme, including the Zurich Summit. In 2025 she became vice director, representing the festival director in artistic matters: programme, industry, guests and public relations. She has since taken over as festival director.

Outside ZFF she co-founded shnit, the international short film festival in Bern, and she has served for many years on the boards of film and cinema industry associations. She is a member of SWAN, a network for gender equality in the audiovisual industry. Guetg studied film studies and journalism.