All Locarno articles
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Features“Locarno is the place to see how a film can work,” says festival director Giona A Nazzaro
Nazzaro talks about his love for genre filmmaking and US cinema and embracing political debate.
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NewsLocarno Pro 2026 to debate fast-evolving market dynamics, showcase fresh talent
Locarno Pro head Markus Duffner on what to expect at the festival’s industry programme this year.
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NewsFlorin Şerban’s Locarno world premiere ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: The Romanian Silver Bear winner returns with his next project, in which a father makes an earth-shattering discovery about his son.
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NewsMartin Provost’s French drama ‘Love Lessons’ woos buyers ahead of Locarno world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Fabrice Luchini stars in the film that will screen as part of the Piazza Grande programme.
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NewsLocarno Film Festival unveils 2026 lineup including Hong Sangsoo, Denis Cote films
103 world premieres include new films from Maria Back, Ann Oren, Basil Da Cunha.
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NewsSuzannah Mirghani’s ‘Cotton Queen’ among features selected for Locarno’s Open Doors Screenings
Sudanese director’s feature is one of eight features and five shorts selected for programme focused on African continent.
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NewsVirginie Efira to receive Locarno’s Leopard Club Award
Efira recently won Cannes’ best actress prize for her role in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden.
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NewsBruce LaBruce and Hilal Baydarov projects among 11 selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development
The development programme is aimed at feature-length projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
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NewsLocarno unveils partners and participants for first Open Doors Connect programme
Programme sees foundations, film institutions, and organisations sponsor industry professionals from Global South.
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NewsAsia Argento to receive lifetime achievement award at Locarno Film Festival
Actress and filmmaker will receive honour at festival’s 79th edition this summer.
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NewsLocarno’s Open Doors unveils projects, producers and directors for Africa-focused 2026 edition
Open Doors programme is part of the festival’s industry strand Locarno Pro and runs from August 5-10.
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NewsDarren Aronofsky to receive Locarno Film Festival’s Pardo d’Onore award
Aronofsky films ‘The Fountain’ and ‘Mother!’ will play at the festival’s 79th edition.
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NewsLili Hinstin, former artistic director of Locarno, dies aged 48
“She was a passionate cinephile, scholar, and curator,” said the festival.
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NewsLocarno to focus 2026 retrospective programme on infamous Hollywood blacklist
”It is the timeliest one I have worked on in my life,” said curator Ehsan Khoshbakht.
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News17 film festivals receive official ‘A’-list classification as part of major FIAPF revamp
EXCLUSIVE: Annecy, Busan and Clermont-Ferrand are among those now with an ‘A’ classification.
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NewsTop film festival directors rally in defence of Berlinale’s Tricia Tuttle
Letter is signed by leading festival directors including Cannes’ Thierry Frémaux, Locarno’s Giona A. Nazzaro and Sundance’s Eugene Hernandez.
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NewsLocarno Pro’s works-in-progress First Look strand to focus on Uruguay
Six Uruguayan films in post-production will be showcased in partnership with Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay.
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NewsSophy Romvari’s Locarno, Toronto winner ‘Blue Heron’ acquired for UK-Ireland release
EXCLUSIVE: Film won Locarno’s First Feature award and Toronto’s Canadian Discovery prize.
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NewsPathé launches sales on Abdellatif Kechiche’s ‘Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due’
Pathé will launch sales at AFM for the third instalment in Abdellatif Kechiche’s coming-of-age saga after the film world premiered at Locarno.