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NewsFlorin Serban’s ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ wins Golden Leopard at Locarno 2026
Romanian filmmaker takes top prize at festival, with other prizes for South Korean director Hong Sangsoo as well as actor Monica Bellucci.
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NewsHow Zoe Saldana’s husband Marco Perego became a rare angel investor for arthouse filmmakers
“Who is the auteur we can help to produce?” says Perego of his motivation.
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NewsUganda, Somalia and Ghana projects share top prize at Locarno’s Open Doors
Locarno Pro’s co-production and talent development programme is currently focused on 42 countries in Africa.
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NewsLocarno Pro unveils First Look, Alliance 4 Development and Heritage Restoration winners
Prizes for Locarno Pro’s flagship works-in-progress, development and restoration winners were handed out on Sunday night.
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NewsLocarno film festival protest sees huge shroud unfurled with names of 60,000 killed in Gaza
Peaceful protest took place shortly before a sold-out Piazza Grande screening of Olivia Wilde’s ’The Invite’, which is being attended by over 8,000 people.
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NewsSplit Screen boards Georgian protest drama ‘Tear Gas’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Fiction film about family drawn into mass protests in Tblisi was shot inside real demonstrations in Georgia.
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NewsLocarno Pro talks nepo babies and white male filmmakers: “Privilege is very present in the industry”
Most of this century’s top grossing films were made by ‘nepo baby creatives’ according to research presented at the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn industry conference.
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NewsLocarno launches cash rebate to attract film and TV productions
The fund will operate for an initial three-year period and has launched with an annual budget of $74,000 (CHF60,000).
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NewsLocarno pays tribute to Isabella Rossellini as festival kicks off with ‘The Green Eyes’ premiere
Artistic director Giona A Nazzaro led round of applause for two of his Locarno predecessors who died this year, Moritz de Hadeln and Lili Hinstin
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NewsLocarno to honour US filmmaker James Gray
Festival will present award to Gray ahead of a Piazza Grande screening of his latest film ‘Paper Tiger’.
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NewsLocarno Pro 2026 to debate fast-evolving market dynamics, showcase fresh talent
Locarno Pro head Markus Duffner on what to expect at the festival’s industry programme this year.
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NewsFlorin Şerban’s Locarno world premiere ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: The Romanian Silver Bear winner returns with his next project, in which a father makes an earth-shattering discovery about his son.
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NewsMartin Provost’s French drama ‘Love Lessons’ woos buyers ahead of Locarno world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Fabrice Luchini stars in the film that will screen as part of the Piazza Grande programme.
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NewsLocarno Film Festival unveils 2026 lineup including Hong Sangsoo, Denis Cote films
103 world premieres include new films from Maria Back, Ann Oren, Basil Da Cunha.
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NewsSuzannah Mirghani’s ‘Cotton Queen’ among features selected for Locarno’s Open Doors Screenings
Sudanese director’s feature is one of eight features and five shorts selected for programme focused on African continent.
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NewsVirginie Efira to receive Locarno’s Leopard Club Award
Efira recently won Cannes’ best actress prize for her role in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden.
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NewsBruce LaBruce and Hilal Baydarov projects among 11 selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development
The development programme is aimed at feature-length projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
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NewsLocarno unveils partners and participants for first Open Doors Connect programme
Programme sees foundations, film institutions, and organisations sponsor industry professionals from Global South.
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NewsAsia Argento to receive lifetime achievement award at Locarno Film Festival
Actress and filmmaker will receive honour at festival’s 79th edition this summer.