Locarno features
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FeaturesOlivia Wilde explains why she fought for cinema release over a streaming deal ‘bribe’ for ‘The Invite’
Speaking at Locarno Film Festival, Wilde said the industry has been mistaken in believing that comedies now only work on the small screen and not in cinemas.
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FeaturesLegendary producer Joni Sighvatsson on working with David Lynch: “He was very single-minded”
Sighvatsson was honoured at the Locarno Film Festival ahead of a Piazza Grande screening of Lynch’s 1990 Palme d’Or winner ’Wild At Heart’.
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Features“Evil is part of our life”: director Felix Randau on ‘I Is Another’ about Himmler's masseur
Film stars Claes Bang as the former massage therapist to SS leader Heinrich Himmler, who claims to have saved thousands of lives.
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FeaturesFive Locarno Open Doors directors to look out for
The participants make for an instant list of international talent to watch.
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FeaturesHow Open Doors is helping to build audiences for African films in and outside Africa
The Locarno initiative aims to provide a meeting point for African filmmakers and create opportunities for equitable coproductions,
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FeaturesIn profile: Locarno’s 2026 Open Doors Projects
Six projects from Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda are looking for international partners through Locarno Pro’s Open Projects Hub.
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FeaturesAfrican producers at Open Doors 2026 talk tenacity, resilience and innovation
Chances to meet fellow African producers remain rare and precious.
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Features“Locarno is the place to see how a film can work,” says festival director Giona A Nazzaro
Nazzaro talks about his love for genre filmmaking and US cinema and embracing political debate.
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Features20 films to watch from the 2025 summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Transilvania, Munich and Fantasia.
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FeaturesJulie Pacino on confronting childhood trauma through her feature debut ‘I Live Here Now’
‘I Live Here Now’ is playing at Edinburgh, following its a festival run including Fantasia and Locarno.
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Features“Investors want to feel connected to a film”: Abbout Productions on raising financing from the Lebanese diaspora
Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine have steered a slew of films to A-list festivals despite the meltdown of Lebanon’s economy.
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FeaturesPalestine’s Kamal Aljafari talks Locarno competitor ‘With Hasan In Gaza’
The Palestinian filmmaker pieced together the documentary from footage shot in 2001.
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FeaturesFive African directors to watch in Locarno
Screen profiles the filmmakers chosen to screen their exciting short films in Locarno Open Doors.
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Features“Our cinema should assert its difference”: How a group of African producers are forging their own paths
The producers are taking part in Locarno’s Open Doors Producers programme.
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FeaturesOpen Doors is bringing together rising African talents to find strategies to boost local industries
Open Doors is the presitigious talent development programme of Locarno Film Festival.
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FeaturesLocarno Pro 2025 aims to match private film financiers with emerging talent
Locarno Pro head Markus Duffner reveals some of the highlights of the festival’s industry programme.
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Features"Films are a sign democracy exists," says Locarno director Giona A Nazzaro
Locarno’s artistic director Giona A Nazzaro tells Screen about the festival’s selection of more than 200 films that address changes in the cinematic language as well as the changing state of the world.
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FeaturesIn profile: Locarno’s 2025 Open Doors Projects
Six projects by filmmakers from African countries have been selected for the Open Doors Projects at Locarno’s Open Doors 2025.
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FeaturesWhy the role of festival manager has become more significant for a successful film launch
Competition for festival slots is becoming fiercer than ever as filmmakers look to secure distribution.
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FeaturesLocarno celebrates the golden age of Columbia Pictures
40 features and four shorts made by Columbia between 1929 and 1959 that will be screening during the festival.