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Venice Film Festival’s Covid-era 77th edition kicks off against the odds 2u3k29
Tilda Swinton was feted with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
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Venice, Cannes stand together as Euro festivals unite in face of Covid-19 z1g1j
Venice chief Alberto Barbera addresses rumours of stalled collaboration plans with Cannes.
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Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Chocobar’ takes top prize at Locarno’s 2020 edition s4q5z
The festival awarded cash prizes to projects that have stalled at various stages of production due to Covid-19.
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Mongolia- coproduction ‘Ze’ leads Locarno’s Open Doors winners 1g3c73
Prizes were given via an awards ceremony on Zoom and YouTube.
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Kelly Reichardt’s ‘First Cow’ to open Locarno’s hybrid 2020 edition 3n2n2m
Jean-Marie Straub’s short film La Contre Les Robots to close festival; juries unveiled.
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NewsLocarno Special 2020: digital edition 96h3m
Features include an interview with artistic director Lili Hinstin, who explains how she is protecting the festival’s future in an unusual year.
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Locarno’s Open Doors to showcase early films of Brillante Mendoza, Isabel Sandoval and Mouly Surya 2y5t3m
Screening of Brillante Mendoza’s The Masseur marks centenary of cinema in the Philippines
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Locarno unveils plans for slimline onsite physical programme f6nq
Most the festival will unfold in an online iteration after physical edition was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Lucrecia Martel, Lav Diaz films selected for Locarno’s Covid-19-era initiative 4s2033
The special event was created to feature films that have stalled at various stages of production due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Locarno Open Doors launches year-round programme 594k4j
This new initiative is being overseen by Zsuzsi Bankuti, former head of acquisitions at The Match Factory.
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Locarno unveils Southeast Asia-focused 2020 Open Doors selection 2j6k2f
This year’s edition will welcome eight projects for its Open Door Hub component and nine emerging producers for its Lab event.
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Cannes parallel section ACID unveils 2020 line-up 6sm1k
Selection aims to connect works by emerging directors with distributors and audiences.
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Locarno Pro launches new digital market platform for library titles 3xs4r
The initiative aims to connect library rightsholders with digital platforms.
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Locarno moves Leopards of Tomorrow shorts online as part of digital iteration 431m1y
The Leopards of Tomorrow section marks its 30th anniversary this year.
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Locarno reveals details of its new The Films After Tomorrow awards 51383z
Submission process to run from May 12 to 27, selection to be announced June 25.
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NewsLocarno chief Lili Hinstin talks completely new 2020 iteration s226s
“We looked at what would be helpful for the films and their creators.”
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Locarno Film Festival cancels 2020 edition, creates special prizes for stalled films 5h6953
The physical festival will be replaced with a new format called “Locarno 2020 - For the Future of Films”.
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News“No doubt” Sarajevo Film Festival will take place despite virus crisis but Jerusalem postpones 1t606a
Uncertainty remains over this year’s Locarno and Karlovy Vary film festivals.
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Swiss producer and Locarno stalwart Tiziana Soudani dies 28h34
Credits included ‘Happy As Lazarro’ and ‘Bread And Tulips’.
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Locarno to fete Japan’s Kinuyo Tanaka in first retrospective devoted to female filmmaker 6t622k
Pioneering filmmaker and actress was second woman to direct a feature in history of Japanese cinema.
