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Valentina Merli takes over from Nadia Dresti as Locarno Pro chief 6z4a2h

2020-01-13T12:53:00Z 5v5o25

Paris-based Merli has worked with Gemini FIlms and Pyramide. 

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Locarno premiere ‘Cat In The Wall’ sells to Spain (exclusive) 6i1a47

2019-09-04T08:55:00Z

Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva’s drama also played in Competition at Sarajevo.

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Locarno Film Festival 2019 winners revealed 1gd2

2019-08-17T21:54:00Z

The Golden Leopard goes to Portugal for Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela.

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Locarno Film Festival selection 'Ham On Rye' lands at Factory 25 (exclusive) 2m6h2i

2019-08-16T00:34:00Z

Rites-of-age comedy centres on bizarre ceremony at local delicatessen.

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Locarno crowns Open Doors winners from Southeast Asia 3h505t

2019-08-14T09:07:00Z

This year’s lab began a three-year focus on the region.

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Swiss film industry could receive cash boost from streaming platforms 3j1h64

2019-08-09T17:01:00Z

Online services such as Netflix and Amazon will be asked to invest 4% of their annual turnover in local Swiss production.

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Streamers energise the marketplace, say execs in Locarno 4l3z1d

2019-08-09T11:03:00Z

Locarno delegates explore how to keep thearical relevant and worthwhile at Locarno’s Stepin event.

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Coccinelle boards Locarno Competition title ‘Cat In The Wall’ (exclusive) 5g3m1s

2019-08-06T07:00:00Z

English-language feature is from directors Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova.

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Locarno world premiere selection 'Vitalina Varela' lands US distributor 14305k

2019-08-05T18:06:00Z

Feature to open in theatres in early 2020

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First trailer for Yosep Anggi Noen’s Locarno Competition title ‘The Science Of Fictions’ (exclusive) 2560k

2019-08-05T10:21:00Z

The film centres a mute man who witnesses a fake moon landing.

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Locarno Special Edition 2019 4k3l2s

2019-08-02T12:38:00Z

Features include an interview with new artistic director Lili Hinstin.

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First trailer for Damien Manivel’s Locarno Competition title ‘Isadora’s Children’ (exclusive) 2v5v2k

2019-08-02T04:04:00Z

Manivel’s fourth feature is a dance-themed drama.

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First trailer for Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Locarno Competition title ‘Echo’ (exclusive) 1f435o

2019-07-31T09:43:00Z

The film is set in Iceland at Christmas time as a strange atmosphere falls on the country.

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Memento boards Fabrice du Welz’s Locarno title 'Adoration'; first look (exclusive) 6d5f6

2019-07-17T12:04:00Z

Thriller evolves around a crazed and destructive love story between two teenagers who meet at a psychiatric hospital.

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Locarno Film Festival unveils 2019 line-up 5ei29

2019-07-17T09:50:00Z

Titles include Patrick Vollrath’s hijack thriller 7500, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dutch actress Halina Reijn’s racy feature debut Instinct.

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Lionsgate, Curzon, Mubi execs picked for new Locarno under-30s industry event 1t1d4a

2019-06-27T11:48:00Z

24 young cinema industry professionals under the age of 30 will attend new think tank event.

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'Do the Right Thing' screening to kick-off Locarno's Black Light retrospective 38542b

2019-06-25T00:30:00Z

Festival releases titles due to be showcased in retrospective exploring Black film. 

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Locarno selects Southeast Asian projects, producers for 2019 Open Doors 58124c

2019-05-07T09:45:00Z

Eight projects for the Hub, nine producers for the Lab.

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John Waters to receive Locarno Film Festival lifetime achievement award o1835

2019-04-09T11:53:00Z

Previous recipients include Ken Loach, Werner Herzog and Agnès Varda.

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Locarno Film Festival cancels Blake Edwards retrospective 4g721v

2019-03-14T13:10:00Z

Retrospective replaced by strand dedicated to international black film.