Locarno International Film Festival 6f1z49

Latest news 35491d

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Realness Institute unveils next cohort of Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy (exclusive) 434027

It is the third edition of the training programme for African film and TV professionals.

Toxic

Lithuanian drama ‘Toxic’ wins Locarno’s Golden Leopard e859

Kurdwin Ayub’s Moon won the special jury prize.

Locarno features 5n4g32

  • Mr Deeds Goes To Town

    Locarno celebrates the golden age of Columbia Pictures 6kg4m

    40 features and four shorts made by Columbia between 1929 and 1959 that will be screening during the festival.

  • Mares update

    Locarno’s First Look selection showcases vitality of Spanish film industry 28591z

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    Six works-in-progress from Spain are being presented to the international industry at Locarno Film Festival

  • Zsuzsi Bánkuti

    Open Doors preview: how Locarno is championing filmmakers from Latin America and the Caribbean 2p3d2t

    Locarno’s Open Doors launched in 2003 as a co-production platform, later becoming a development programme as well.

Locarno Reviews 314r2c

Youth (Hard Times)

‘Youth (Hard Times)’: Locarno Review 1p722

The second in Wang Bing’s documentary trilogy returns to the young migrant workers who populate the factories of China’s Xisheng Road

Toxic

‘Toxic’: Locarno Review 1n1p9

Golden Leopard-winner hones in on teenage girls and what they’ll do to get out of their dead-end town

A Sister's Tale

‘A Sister’s Tale’: Locarno Review 2n2y4n

Iranian documentarian Leila Amini follows her sister over seven years as she attempts to make it as a singer in Tehran

Mexico 86

‘Mexico 86’: Locarno Review 6m658

Bérénice Béjo stars as a Guatemalan activist exiled to Mexico who must rebuild her relationship with her 10-year-old son

The Sparrow In The Chimney

‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’: Locarno Review 4l2k3m

A family celebration proves a melting pot for sisterly tension in the final part of Ramon and Silvan Zurcher’s animal trilogy