Locarno Film Festival’s new artistic director Olivier Pere will be more flexible in his programming for the nightly open-air programme on the town’s Piazza Grande.
He told Screen: “I think we can be more open and repeat one of the big films from a festival like Cannes or Edinburgh.”
Meanwhile, the festival stressed the International and Filmmakers of the Present competitions will include world or international premieres.
Meditation on banality of evil premiered in Locarno.
Tuttle appeared before members of the German Bundestag’s Culture and Media Committee.
”The working structure will be nimble and modern,” said a festival spokesperson.
UPDATE: Audience award winner revealed; Good Manners, Winter Brothers also among winners.
Turkish casting director one of 16 nominated for prize.
Read Screen International’s special Locarno supplement here.
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