Locarno 2020 brings back 25 years of cinema and words

Locarno 2020 launches its forward-looking edition with a glimpse into the past. Discutiamo, discutiamo, now available online, is a journey through the Festival archives to once again hear the voice and thoughts of the great guests of the Locarno Film Festival. It's 25 years' worth of encounters, chats, laughter, tears, frivolities and profound musings, from 1985 to 2019, with speakers ranging from Jean-Luc Godard to John Waters. 

The strength of the archive

This project emphasizes the value of archives and a history of great moments. Discutiamo, discutiamo is the brainchild of Giacomo Hug and Artistic Director Lili Hinstin, with the intent of offering the audience those typical summer cinema encounters in Locarno. This is the complete list of masterclasses already available to the public with a single click, as part of a project whose name pays tribute to the Festival's friend  Marco Bellocchio (recipient of the 2015 Pardo d'onore), who made his debut in Locarno in 1965 with Fists in the Pocket and directed the hilarious short film Discutiamo, discutiamo four years later. 

the 20 conversations

• Table-ronde Histoire(s) du cinéma: Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rancière, Marie-José Mondzain, Ruth Beckermann, Naum Kleiman (1995) - french
• Ennio Morricone (2003) - italian 
• Ermanno Olmi (2004) - italian
• Susan Sarandon (2005) - english 
• Architecture: Massimiliano Fuksas e Wim Wenders (2005) - english 
• Vogliamo anche le rose – Quali occhi per le parole delle donne: Alina Marazzi, Loredana Rotondo, Ilaria Fraioli, Alia Arasoughly, Vanessa Beecroft (2007) - italian and english 
• Michel Piccoli (2007) - french 
• Nanni Moretti (2008) - italian 
• Manga Impact: Isao Takahata, Michel Ocelot (2009) - french e japanese 
• William Friedkin (2009) - english 
• Alain Tanner (2010) - french 
• Isabelle Huppert (2011) - french 
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2012) - english 
• Harry Belafonte (2012) - english 
• Leos Carax (2012) - french 
• Agnès Varda (2014) - francese 
• Víctor Erice (2014) - spanish 
• Lav Diaz (2014) - english 
• Alejandro Jodorowsky (2016) - french 
• John Waters (2019) - english