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    Locarno to honour Japan’s Mamoru Hosoda with new Locarno Kids Award 6g4q1q

    2021-07-26T12:15:00Z 22655m

    Festival will give Hosoda’s Cannes title ‘ Belle’ a Piazza Grande screening. 

  • She Will
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    Charlotte Colbert’s ‘She Will’, Gleb Panfilov’s ‘100 Minutes’ Locarno line-up 241e6z

    2021-07-20T10:00:00Z

    Swiss festival is gearing up for its first physical edition in two years, running August 4-14. 

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    Locarno and Zurich festivals receive huge Swiss funding boost u2u1u

    2021-07-16T12:14:00Z

    Locarno’s annual budget will rise to $1.88m from 2022 for four years. 

  • Bill Bromiley
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    Saban Films takes ‘Ida Red’ for North America and UK 2q4x2v

    2021-07-08T22:31:00Z

    The crime drama is set to premiere at next month’s Locarno Film Festival.

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    Coccinelle boards Locarno selection ‘The Giants’; unveils first trailer (exclusive) 4g1i1o

    2021-07-02T10:37:00Z

    Directed by Bonifacio Angius, the film will premiere in the international competition at Locarno.

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    Fandango boards Locarno title ‘The Legionnaire’ (exclusive) 69y2v

    2021-07-01T10:44:00Z

    It is the feature debut of Belorussian-born, Italy-based Helb Papou.

  • 'Heavens Above'
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    Locarno 2021 line-up includes Abel Ferrara, Srdjan Dragojević titles 4lt1e

    2021-07-01T10:31:00Z

    Abel Ferrara’s contemporary thriller ’Zeros And Ones’ stars Ethan Hawke.

  • Beckett
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    Luca Guadagnino-produced Netflix thriller 'Beckett' to open Locarno 3z3a3n

    2021-06-24T10:00:00Z

    Feature will open festival with Piazza Grande screening on August 4. 

  • Locarno Industry Days
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    Locarno Pro unveils nine projects selected for Alliance 4 Development 5cu57

    2021-06-16T09:29:00Z

    features from Brazilian director João Paulo Miranda Maria and Swiss-Rwandan director Philibert Aimé Mbabazi

  • This one Hub&Lab ratio
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    Locarno unveils final Open Doors selection in Southeast Asia and Mongolia cycle 5z6bm

    2021-06-08T15:49:00Z

    Final session of three-year cycle will showcase eight projects and nine producers. 

  • Dante Spinotti
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    Locarno to fete Italian cinematographer Dante Spinotti 1j2p3r

    2021-05-27T10:17:00Z

    Swiss festival will screen Michael Mann’s The Insider and Heat for which Spinotti was Oscar-nominated. 

  • PhilTippett
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    Locarno to honour ‘Star Wars’, 'RoboCop’, ‘Jurassic Park’ VFX maestro Phil Tippett 6o5659

    2021-05-17T10:15:00Z

    The festival will also world premiere Tippett’s long-awaited personal project Mad God.

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    Locarno to honour Gale Anne Hurd with producer prize 4m196l

    2021-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Previous recipients include Jeremy Thomas, Christine Vachon and David Linde.

  • Markus Duffner
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    ​Locarno Pro’s First Look strand to focus on Switzerland 661o3m

    2021-03-22T12:52:00Z

    The works-in-progress showcase marks its 10th edition this year. 

  • Pardo Award
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    ​Locarno launches shorts and medium-length competition for established directors 6g3h1b

    2021-02-16T12:34:00Z

    The new competitive section will launch at 74th edition in August.

  • Mill on the Po
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    Locarno retrospective to celebrate Italian director Alberto Lattuada l5h45

    2021-01-26T13:37:00Z

    It will replace the Kinuyo Tanaka retrospective planned by former director Lili Hinstin. 

  • Markus Duffner
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    Locarno unveils new industry head for 2021 2o6v4i

    2020-12-21T11:51:00Z

    2021 edition of Locarno Pro is scheduled to run August 5-10. 

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    Locarno unveils new selection committees for 2021 edition 304127

    2020-12-17T11:16:00Z

    Selection committees have been handpicked by the newly appointed artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro.

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    “I don’t believe in cinema being white and heterosexual”: new Locarno artistic director talks 2021 plans f496c

    2020-11-06T16:18:00Z

    Giona Nazzaro signals determination to hold a physical edition of the festival next August. 

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    Lili Hinstin steps down as artistic director of Locarno Film Festival 216l11

    2020-09-24T10:43:00Z

    French festival professional was appointed to the role in 2018.