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Road to Locarno74

August 4–14 2021

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What's Locarno74 going to be like? You will find out over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we wish to share our goal with you: to reconvene in Piazza Grande, on August 4-14.

How has a pandemic year changed cinema? Is the future a match between movie theaters and on-demand platforms or are there other possible horizons? And in all this, what role can or should festivals play?

News  · 20 | 04 | 2021

The Academy Arrives in Africa

In September, for the first time, the Locarno Film Festival’s training program will share its network and know how – online – with the young film professionals from the African continent.

News  · 20 | 04 | 2021

The light remains on

Organization  · 14|04|2021

Sustainability report

News  · 06 | 04 | 2021

Alliance 4 Development: a four-way split for cinema

News  · 26 | 03 | 2021

Swiss films are alive and well.

About the Locarno Film Festival

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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.
 

Locarno Film Festival

Film Sections

With 11 sections, 3 competitions and 20 awards, quality and variety are key. This is the framework of a Festival that explores cinema from every perspective, to discover in the present the filmmakers and films destined to have a future.

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Special Awards

Pardo d’onore Manor, Excellence Award, Premio Raimondo Rezzonico, Vision Award Ticinomoda, Leopard Club Award, Prix du Public UBS, Premio Cinema Ticino, Pardo alla carriera... These are the Festival’s special awards that every year celebrate the personalities who are writing the history of cinema.

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Palmarès

75 years of history, 73 editions to celebrate cinema... first with the Vela d'oro, then with the iconic golden leopard, the Pardo d'oro.

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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.

Projects & Initiatives

Projects & Initiatives

Discutiamo, discutiamo - Locarno Conversations
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Projects & Initiatives

Locarno Kids HomeMade Movies
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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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