All Locarno articles – Page 2
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NewsLocarno’s Open Doors forced to “drastically” reduce activities from 2025 due to major budget cut
The Swiss government is redirecting cultural spending to a future Ukrainian reconstruction fund.
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NewsLocarno Open Doors doc ’The Beach Of Enchaquirados’ boarded for world sales (exclusive)
The Ecaudorian film was screened to industry as part of an invite-only showcase at Locarno’s Open Doors programme this month.
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NewsParaguay’s ‘Encina’ is the big winner at Locarno’s Open Doors 2024
Paz Encina’s film is about a couple living in exile and waiting for news of their disappeared son.
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Reviews‘A Sister’s Tale’: Locarno Review
Iranian documentarian Leila Amini follows her sister over seven years as she attempts to make it as a singer in Tehran
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NewsFirst trailer for Paz Vega’s directing debut ‘Rita’ ahead of Locarno premiere (exclusive)
Vega also stars alongside Roberto Álamo.
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NewsIrene Bartolomé‘s experimental ‘Dream Of Another Summer’ leads Locarno Pro winners
Projects from Spain, Germany and France were among the first round of winners announced at the weekend in an awards ceremony at the Locarno Pro industry platform.
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Reviews‘Mexico 86’: Locarno Review
Bérénice Béjo stars as a Guatemalan activist exiled to Mexico who must rebuild her relationship with her 10-year-old son
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Reviews‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’: Locarno Review
A family celebration proves a melting pot for sisterly tension in the final part of Ramon and Silvan Zurcher’s animal trilogy
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Reviews’Fréwaka’: Locarno Review
Aislinn Clarke follows up The Devil’s Doorway with another atmospheric Irish horror
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Reviews‘Luce’: Locarno Review
A lonely leather worker takes extreme steps to forge a connection in this Northern Italy-set Locarno competition title
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News‘Erin Brockovich’ producer Stacey Sher: ’This is a job of psychotic optimism’
Leading US producer was speaking in Locarno where she received the Raimondo Rezzonico Award.
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NewsIcarus Films, dGenerate Films acquire Wang Bing’s final ‘Youth’ instalments
Films will premiere in Locarno, Venice.
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Reviews‘Death Will Come’: Locarno Review
A female contract killer takes on a job for a prominent gangster in Christoph Hochhausler’s Brussels-set noir
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NewsIndie execs talk inflation challenges and ‘pale, male reviewers’ at Locarno
HanWay’s Katie Ellen, WME Independent’s Alex Walton and microFilm’s Ada Solomon were speaking at Locarno Pro’s StepIN think tank.
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FeaturesLocarno celebrates the golden age of Columbia Pictures
40 features and four shorts made by Columbia between 1929 and 1959 that will be screening during the festival.
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FeaturesLocarno’s First Look selection showcases vitality of Spanish film industry
Six works-in-progress from Spain are being presented to the international industry at Locarno Film Festival
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FeaturesOpen Doors preview: how Locarno is championing filmmakers from Latin America and the Caribbean
Locarno’s Open Doors launched in 2003 as a co-production platform, later becoming a development programme as well.
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FeaturesLocarno’s 2024 Open Doors Producers Lab to focus on industry sustainability
The participants of Open Doors’ Producers Lab will be encouraged to focus on strengthening collective work practices and moves towards a more sustainable industry.
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FeaturesLocarno 2024: Open Doors screenings guide
Invitation-only Screenings section hosts eight features and nine shorts by filmmakers from the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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FeaturesIn profile: the eight titles selected for Locarno’s 2024 Open Doors Projects Hub
Eight projects from Latin America and Caribbean territories have been invited.