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NewsCarlo Chatrian to succeed Olivier Pere at Locarno
Italian-born writer and festival programmer Carlo Chatrian has been chosen by Locarno Festival’s Board of Governors to succeed Olivier Père as the artistic director and officially take up his post from Nov 1.
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Olivier Père departs Locarno to head up Arte France Cinéma
Locarno Film Festival artistic director Olivier Père will replace Michel Reilhac who is resigning from ARTE to pursue transmedia projects.
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Locarno's Golden Leopard awarded to Brisseau's Girl From Nowhere
Cate Shortland’s Lore wins audience award; Olivier Pere points to ‘good formula’ for programme as admissions rise.
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MEDIA chief Silver has 'very positive meeting' in Locarno about Swiss membership of Creative Europe
The MEDIA Programme’s unit head Aviva Silver reports having had a “very positive meeting” in Locarno this week with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) about membership of the Creative Europe framework programme. Speaking exclusively to Screen during the festival’s Industry Days, Silver said that she had met with ...
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MPM Film takes on Jem Cohen's Museum Hours
EXCLUSIVE: Film premieres today (8) in Locarno competition.
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Locarno's new Step In initiative explores challenges for Eastern and Central Europe
Locarno’s new Step In initiative, which focused in its first edition on the visibility of European auteur cinema in Eastern and Central European countries drew a mixed response from the attending distributors, exhibitors and sales agents. While some festivals told Screen that they particularly welcomed the opportunity to be able ...
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New partners join Eye on Films from Croatia, Egypt, South Africa, South Korea
EXCLUSIVE: The network supporting first films also adds a new sales company partner.
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Locarno to expand beyond August dates in 2013
A new three-day event is to be held in Locarno and Monte Verità before Easter 2013; competition titles find sales companies.
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Films Boutique takes on Locarno competition title The Last Time I Saw Macao
João Rui Guerra da Mata and Pedro Rodrigues direct the Locarno world premiere title.
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Locarno's president describes festival's international profile as 'still too weak and vulnerable'
Marco Solari said festival could “continue to rank among the greatest festivals in the world, improving the efficiency of its organisation.”
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Swiss culture minister ignites controversy over policy remarks
On the eve of the Locarno Film Festival Switzerland’s daily newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has reported that Alain Berset wants the government to champion more “innovative” fare, sparking concern over the future of local mainstream product.
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Memento racks up sales on Craig Zobel’s Compliance
EXCLUSIVE: PictureWorks takes India and AT Entertainment, Japan ahead of controversial picture’s international premiereat the Locarno Film Festival.
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Gael Garcia Bernal to receive Locarno's Excellence Award
The Mexican actor will join Charlotte Rampling as a second recipient of the Locarno Film Festival’s Excellence Award this year.
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Locarno to premiere The Sweeney, new films from Cohen, Kawase, Brisseau
International competition includes 13 world premieres; Piazza Grande to include Ruby Sparks from Little Miss Sunshine team.
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Charlotte Rampling to receive Locarno's Excellence Award
The festival will screen three of her works including the recent I, Anna, directed by her son Barnaby Southcombe.
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Leos Carax to be honoured at Locarno
French director Leos Carax is to receive the Locarno Film Festival’s Leopard of Honour (the Pardo d’onore Swisscom) at this year’s festival.
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Johnnie To to receive Locarno lifetime achievement award
Presentation accompanied by European premiere of To’s Motorway.
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Arnon Milchan to receive Locarno's producer award
Three of his films will be shown at the 65th edition, including the newly restored Once Upon A Time In America.
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Locarno Film Festival launches new industry initiative
The new initiatie will focus on distribution and exhibition in the Eastern and Central European countries.
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Locarno's Carte Blanche to focus on Mexico
Now in its second year, Locarno’s Carte Blanche will shine the light on Mexican films in post production.
