Latest news – Page 13
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NewsLocarno sponsor to pull out after 15 years
Energy company AET has been one of the festival’s four primary sponsors for 15 years.
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NewsLocarno reveals Open Doors winners
This year’s winners include film-makers from Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
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NewsLocarno briefs: Piazza Grande subject to minor arson attack
The Piazza Grande was subject to an arson attack; Switzerland has selected its 2017 Oscar candidate; The Doc Alliance Selection winner has been revealed; Nyon festival changes afoot.
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NewsLocarno soft core porn movie 'Wet Woman In The Wind' stirs buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Akihiko Shiota’s latest has gone to South Korea and Taiwan.
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NewsLocarno: Swiss cinema to become more competitive
Speaking at Locarno, Switzerland’s Interior Minister has talked up the country’s recent efforts to compete more on the international stage.
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NewsHarvey Keitel to receive Locarno honour
Pulp Fiction and Youth star will attend a festival screening of his 1995 film Smoke.
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News'Hema Hema' to world premiere at Locarno Open Doors
Executive producer Jeremy Thomas to present world premiere of Bhutan film.
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NewsAsian Shadows picks up 'Solo, Solitude'
Indonesian adventure drama is set to premiere at Locarno.
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NewsMongrel International to sell Locarno title 'Where Is Rocky II?'
EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Mickie and her Toronto-based team have acquired international sales rights to The Ink Connection’s ‘fake fiction’ feature ahead of its European festival premiere in Switzerland.
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NewsLocarno reveals 2016 line-up
Jason Bourne, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry, The Girl With All The Gifts (opener) among line-up; artistic director Carlo Chatrian’s contract extended until 2020.
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NewsLocarno development strand to host projects from 'The Nun', 'Becoming Zlatan' co-producers, 'War' director
Industry Days Alliance For Development (AFD) strand to host eight European projects.
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NewsLocarno fest to pay tribute to Roger Corman
Cult US director will also be guest of honour at Locarno’s Filmmakers Academy.
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NewsLocarno co-pro lab Open Doors reveals South Asia focus
The expanded co-production lab will focus on eight South Asian countries over the next three years.
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NewsLocarno to honor German actor Mario Adorf
Adorf, who has made more than 200 films with directors including Sam Peckinpah, Dario Argento and Luigi Comencini, will be honoured with the film festival’s Pardo Alla Carriera.
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NewsLocarno to spotlight Poland
The festival’s works in progress sidebar (Aug 6-8) will this year be focusing on Polish cinema.
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NewsS Korea's 'Right Now, Wrong Then' wins top prizes at Locarno
The Golden Leopard of Locarno Film Festival’s 68th edition went to Right Now, Wrong Then by South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo.
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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.