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Latest news
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NewsSho Miyake’s ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ wins Golden Leopard at Locarno 2025
Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter’s ‘White Snail’ was another key winner.
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News‘Fantasy’: first trailer for Kukla’s Locarno, Sarajevo gender exploration title
EXCLUSIVE: Totem Films is handling international sales on the film.
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NewsNaomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’ scores key sales ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The film stars Vicky Krieps as a French doctor in Japan whose partner goes missing.
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NewsSwitzerland’s ‘Lex Netflix’ investment obligation raises $37m to fund films and TV series
Netflix’s first Swiss TV series Winter Palace and Venice film Alpha were among the first productions to benefit from new investment obligation.
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NewsNigerian director Dika Ofoma’s ‘Till The Morning Comes’ leads winners at Locarno’s Open Doors
Winners also included Zimbabwe’s Naishe Nyamubaya, Burkinabe director Azata Soro and Congolese filmmaker Erickey Bahati.
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NewsSwiss cantons Geneva and Neuchatel to launch rebate schemes for filmmakers
The regional rebate schemes aim to attract national and international productions, and can be combined with national Swiss rebate.
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NewsGeneviève Dulude-De Celles’ ‘Nina Roza’ and Goran Rebić’s ‘In The Hidden’ lead Locarno Pro winners
Industry platform handed out prizes for platforms including First Look, Alliance 4 Development, Antaviana Spanish Previews Award and the Locarno Heritage Restoration Contest.
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NewsJackie Chan and ‘Sentimental Value’ draw huge crowds at Locarno Film Festival
Locarno’s Piazza Grande screenings have been packed out, while the festival has seen a busy industry focus and widespread condemnation of suffering in Gaza.
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News‘The Birthday Party’ starring Willem Dafoe unveils slew of international sales after Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Miguel Angel Jimenez-directed 1970s-set tale of secrets, ambition and familial tension world premiered in Locarno’s Piazza Grande
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NewsStreamers “significantly underpaying” for pay 1 and pay 2 licence fees, Locarno think tank hears
Stuart Ford, Tricia Tuttle and Ed Guiney were talking at Locarno’s StepIn think tank.
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NewsLocarno’s Piazza Grande sees protest against war in Gaza ahead of screening
Demonstration took place ahead of the world premiere screening of Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s The Birthday Party, starring Willem Dafoe.
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NewsCoproduction Office closes early sales on Syeyoung Park’s ‘The Fin’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Korean director’s latest blends dystopian sci-fi with psychological and political undercurrents.
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NewsCinefrance launches sales on Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’
EXCLUSIVE: Ad Vitam will release the film in France.
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NewsLocarno adds Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’ to international competition
Japanese director’s latest stars Vicky Krieps.
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NewsCAT&Docs takes on sales for Parsifal Reparato’s Locarno Critics Week title ‘She’
EXCLUSIVE: Documentary focuses on female workers in one of the largest electronic industrial plants based in Vietnam.
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NewsSquare Eyes acquires sales rights to Balkan drama ‘Desire Lines’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The flm is Bosnian director Dane Komljen’s third feature.
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NewsLocarno Pro First Look Canadian selection includes horror ‘Veins’
Presentation of six work-in-progress titles on verge of completion.
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NewsCarlos Reygadas, Joslyn Barnes join Locarno jury
Other competition jurors are Swiss actress Ursina Lardi and the Netherlands’ Renée Soutendijk.
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NewsLemohang Mosese’s documentary among Locarno Open Doors feature screenings
This year’s programme is dedicated to emerging voices from Africa.
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NewsBuyers bite into Radu Jude’s Locarno competition title ‘Dracula’
Jude’s unique take on vampire story heading to France, Italy, Scandinavia and more.