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NewsLocarno round-up: Swiss films headed to Mexico, Brazil
Swiss cinema is to be put in the spotlight in Mexico and Brazil over the next two years.
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NewsMichael Cimino tells Locarno audience "I’ll never stop"
The director of The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s Gate revealed that he often wonders “why I made the crazy, suicidal turn in the road that I did”.
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NewsLocarno: Algeria wins trio at Open Doors
Algerian filmmakers were the big winners when the awards were handed out today (Tues) at Locarno’s Open Doors co-production lab, this year dedicated to the Maghreb region.
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NewsLocarno: 'Sand Storm' wins First Look on Israel
Film about female empowement in a conservative Bedouin community wins showcase.
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NewsShanghai's CFI picks up Locarno title 'Kaili Blues'
Shanghai-based China Film International (CFI) has picked up worldwide rights to Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan’s Kaili Blues (Lu Bian Ye Can), which receives its world premiere in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente section today (Aug 11).
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NewsLocarno round-up: Film Republic takes Carte Blanche title
In other news: Doc Alliance winner revealed; Viennale boss signs to 2018; update to reports of Tunisian filmmakers pulling titles.
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NewsTunisian filmmakers exit Locarno in Israel protest
Tunisian filmmakers have withdrawn projects destined for Locarno’s Open Doors co-production lab in protest at the festival’s refusal to drop the Israeli focus in the Industry Days’ revamped First Look showcase.
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NewsLocarno round-up: Swiss cinema goes international
Swiss filmmakers’ activities at home and abroad are to be given a welcome boost by the introduction of new financial instrument - the Film Standort Schweiz (FiSS) – and a new government decree for international cooperation.
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NewsLocarno's Marco Solari slams corruption claims
Locarno Film Festival president Marco Solari has hit out claims that festival sponsors’ invitations to more than 80 Swiss politicians could be construed as corruption or trying to curry influence.
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NewsLocarno to fete Office Kitano
Takeshi Kitano’s Office Kitano to receive Premio Raimondo Rezzonico award.
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NewsLocarno's Open Doors gets new awards
MAD Solutions among backers of Maghreb films in Co-pro Lab lineup.
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NewsLocarno to open with Demme's 'Flash'; 14 world premieres in main competition
World premieres for new films by Athina Rachel Tsangari, Hong Sangsoo, Ben Rivers; Southpaw, Trainwreck among Piazza Grande titles.
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NewsLocarno secures Hong, Zulawski world premieres
New films from South Korean and Polish directors to play in international competition.
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NewsLocarno nabs Doc Award from Cannes
Locarno Film Festival is to host the 8th Doc Alliance Selection (DAS) Award, after being announced during Cannes for the past seven years .
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NewsLocarno to honour Marco Bellocchio
The Italian auteur is to receive the Pardo d’onore at the Locarno Film Festival in August.
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NewsLocarno: filmmakers call to drop Israel focus
Ken Loach, Simone Bitton, Walter Bernstein, Annemarie Jacir and Elia Suleiman among signatories of petition; Locarno Film Festival issues statement.
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NewsCarte Blanche to focus on Israel
Locarno’s initiative dedicated to films in post-production to highlight five-seven projects.