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News  · 18 | 09 | 2020

Closer to Cinema

Cinema is reawakening. After the summer, a new film season is about to begin, and this year, like never before, it feels like a new beginning. In the fall of a year as unpredictable as 2020, which upended everyone's lives and habits, cinema is ready to turn the lights back on...

Organization

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The Locarno Film Festival invites applications for the position as Head of Locarno Pro. The main mission of the Head of Locarno Pro is to develop strategies in order to involve key players of the international and Swiss independent film market, support them and attract them to Locarno to participate in Locarno Pro specific activities.
Applications received by the 30th of September 2020 will be given priority.

Projects & Initiatives

Locarno Academy 2020

News  · 01 | 09 | 2020

Cambiamenti reali e streghe immaginarie

Projects & Initiatives

Discutiamo, discutiamo - Locarno Conversations

Projects & Initiatives

UBS and the Locarno Film Festival: 40 years of Partnership

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Locarno Kids HomeMade Movies

Locarno 2020 Awards

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Press Releases  · 16 | 08 | 2020

Locarno 2020 in numbers

News  · 14 | 08 | 2020

The Pardo 2020 goes to Martel and Alessandrini

News  · 14 | 08 | 2020

The Pardini d'oro 2020 go to Darol Olu Kae and Jonas Ulrich

News  · 14 | 08 | 2020

These are the awards of the jury Cinema & Gioventù

Relive Locarno 2020

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Rediscover 73 years of Festival, relive 40 years of Partnership

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Locarno LiveTV by Swisscom

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The Films After Tomorrow

The Locarno 2020 initiative to restart cinema

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Twenty feature-length projects to be completed, ten international and twelve Swiss filmmakers, two special Pardi, and other awards. And, for the audience, a journey through the Festival’s history with films chosen by the selected directors.

About the Locarno Film Festival

Throughout its 73-year history, the Locarno Film Festival has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Every August, for eleven days the Swiss-Italian town of Locarno, right in the heart of Europe, becomes the world capital of auteur cinema.

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Locarno Pro

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Gathering under its wings the different initiatives and services that professionals have been accessing over the years, Locarno Pro aims to enhance and deepen connections between the diverse players circulating around films in the Festival.

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Sponsors and Partners

Our public and private sector Partners are the ones who make the organization of the Locarno Film Festival possible, providing invaluable and tangible support year after year, and thus demonstrating their strong sense of duty to culture and to our region.

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