Locarno International Film Festival 6t60d

Latest news 5f651

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Realness Institute unveils next cohort of Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy (exclusive) 202s6k

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

Toxic

Lithuanian drama ‘Toxic’ wins Locarno’s Golden Leopard 136c3g

Kurdwin Ayub’s Moon won the special jury prize.

Locarno features 5l5v6l

  • Mr Deeds Goes To Town

    Locarno celebrates the golden age of Columbia Pictures 5k3l1q

    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 566d6p

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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 235z18

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

Locarno Reviews 3t5t48

Youth (Hard Times)

‘Youth (Hard Times)’: Locarno Review 2d188

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 q6d4s

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 l4h12

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 343qv

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 4v83s

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