Facts and Figures

Gender evaluation
The method of calculation considers the total number of female and male directors. In the case of co-productions, all the directors were counted, without distinguishing whether the directing was predominantly female or male.

The Films After Tommorrow
The Films After Tomorrow is the initiative of Locarno 2020 – For the Future of Films whose goal is to support filmmakers who have had to halt their projects because of the global pandemic COVID-19.  Out of more than 500 submitted projects, the Locarno Film Festival has selected twenty feature film projects, ten of which are international and ten Swiss. 

Number of submitted projects : 545
International: 504 
Swiss: 41, which is just below 50% of the total average annual production in Switzerland; these break down as follows: 

• Swiss German region: 18 (43.9%) 

• Swiss French region: 18 (43.9%) 

• Swiss Italian region: 5 (12.2%) 

   

Number of selected projects: 20
International: 10 
Swiss: 10 

Countries of production of submitted projects
87 (101 including co-productions) 

Countries of production of selected projects
International projects: 6 (11 including co-productions)
Swiss projects: 1 (8 including co-productions)

Number of submitted projects per continent or geographical area
(for co-productions, only the primary country is taken into account)
Europe: 234
South America: 163
Asia: 76
North America: 32
Africa: 21
Middle East: 19
Australia: 0

Gender evaluation
Direction / international projects submitted: 161 women, 377 men
Direction / Swiss projects submitted: 13 women, 34 men
Direction / international projects selected: 5 women, 6 men
Direction / Swiss projects selected: 2 women, 9 men
Production / international projects selected: 13 women, 12 men
Production / Swiss projects selected: 10 women, 12 men

Pardi di domani
Pardi di domani is the Locarno Film Festival section dedicated to short films by emerging directors from all over the world. Out of more than 2,200 entries, the Locarno Film Festival has selected 43 short films, 31 of which are international and 12 Swiss.

Number of selected short films
Total: 43
International: 31
Swiss: 12

Countries of production  of selected short films 
Total: 35
International competition: 26 (32 including co-productions) 
Swiss competition: 4 (7 including co-productions) 

Number of selected short films per continent or geographical area (for co-productions, only the primary country is taken into account)  
Europe: 22
Asia: 9
Africa: 5
North America: 3
Middle East: 2
South America: 1
Australia: 1

Gender Evaluation
Direction / international short films selected: 11 women, 21 men 
Direction / Swiss short films selected: 6 women, 9 men 
Production / international short films selected: 22 women, 27 men, 1 non defined 
Production / Swiss short films selected: 6 women, 8 men 

Open Doors Screenings (feature and short films)
The Open Doors Screenings present a selection of shorts and feature films that are particularly representative of independent cinema in a specific area of the South and East of the world. This edition of the Open Doors Screenings focuses on films from Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Myanmar in the context of the three-year cycle (2019-2021) dedicated to South-East Asia and Mongolia. The section includes titles from 1973 to 2019.

Number of selected films: 20
Feature films: 10
Short films: 10

Countries of production of selected feature films 
Total: 4 (5 including co-productions)

Countries of production of selected short films
Total: 4 (6 including co-productions)

Gender evaluation
Direction / feature films selected: 4 women, 7 men
Direction / short films selected: 2 women, 8 men
Production / feature films selected: 4 women, 3 men
Production / short films selected: 5 women, 9 men