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NewsLocarno unveils plans for slimline onsite physical programme
Most the festival will unfold in an online iteration after physical edition was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Lucrecia Martel, Lav Diaz films selected for Locarno’s Covid-19-era initiative
The special event was created to support feature films that have stalled at various stages of production due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Locarno Open Doors launches year-round support programme
This new initiative is being overseen by Zsuzsi Bankuti, former head of acquisitions at The Match Factory.
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Locarno unveils Southeast Asia-focused 2020 Open Doors selection
This year’s edition will welcome eight projects for its Open Door Hub component and nine emerging producers for its Lab event.
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Cannes parallel section ACID unveils 2020 line-up
Selection aims to connect works by emerging directors with distributors and audiences.
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Locarno Pro launches new digital market platform for library titles
The initiative aims to connect library rightsholders with digital platforms.
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Locarno moves Leopards of Tomorrow shorts online as part of digital iteration
The Leopards of Tomorrow section marks its 30th anniversary this year.
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Locarno reveals details of its new The Films After Tomorrow awards
Submission process to run from May 12 to 27, selection to be announced June 25.
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Locarno chief Lili Hinstin talks completely new 2020 iteration
“We looked at what would be helpful for the films and their creators.”
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Locarno Film Festival cancels 2020 edition, creates special prizes for stalled films
The physical festival will be replaced with a new format called “Locarno 2020 - For the Future of Films” .
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“No doubt” Sarajevo Film Festival will take place despite virus crisis but Jerusalem postpones
Uncertainty remains over this year’s Locarno and Karlovy Vary film festivals.
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Swiss producer and Locarno stalwart Tiziana Soudani dies
Credits included ‘Happy As Lazarro’ and ‘Bread And Tulips’.
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Locarno to fete Japan’s Kinuyo Tanaka in first retrospective devoted to female filmmaker
Pioneering filmmaker and actress was second woman to direct a feature in history of Japanese cinema.
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Valentina Merli takes over from Nadia Dresti as Locarno Pro chief
Paris-based Merli has worked with Gemini FIlms and Pyramide.
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Locarno premiere ‘Cat In The Wall’ sells to Spain (exclusive)
Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva’s drama also played in Competition at Sarajevo.
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Features
11 breakout films from the summer festivals
Between Cannes and Venice, a handful of smaller features from first and second-time directors are emerging from the summer festivals with strong word-of-mouth.
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Locarno Film Festival 2019 winners revealed
The Golden Leopard goes to Portugal for Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela.
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Locarno Film Festival selection 'Ham On Rye' lands at Factory 25 (exclusive)
Rites-of-passage comedy centres on bizarre ceremony at local delicatessen.
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Reviews
‘O Fim Do Mundo’: Locarno Review
Basil Da Cunha’s impressive second feature is set in the slowly gentrifying Reboleira district of Lisbon
