Facts and Figures

Features  

Main countries of production: 100  
Including co-production countries:115  

Shorts  

Main countries of production: 121  
Including co-production countries: 131  

Features  

Main countries of production: 29 
Including co-productions: 45 

Shorts  

Main countries of production: 27 
Including co-productions: 34 

Piazza Grande: Prefestival 

LYNX by Laurent Geslin – Switzerland/France – 2021  

Piazza Grande 

MONTE VERITÀ by Stefan Jäger – Switzerland /Austria/Germany – 2021  

Concorso internazionale 

SOUL OF A BEAST by Lorenz Merz – Switzerland – 2021  

Concorso Cineasti del presente 

WET SAND by Elene Naveriani – Switzerland /Georgia – 2021  

ZAHORÍ by Marí Alessandrini – Switzerland /Argentina/Chile/France – 2021  

Pardi di domani: Concorso nazionale 

CAVALES by Juliette Riccaboni – Switzerland – 2021  

CHUTE by Nora Longatti – Switzerland – 2021  

DIHYA by Lucia Martinez Garcia – Switzerland – 2021  

DING by Pascale Egli, Aurelio Ghirardelli– Switzerland – 2021  

ES MUSS by Jumana Issa, Flavio Luca Marano– Switzerland – 2021  

MR. PETE & THE IRON HORSE by Kilian Vilim – Switzerland – 2021  

REAL NEWS by Luka Popadić – Switzerland /Serbia – 2021  

THE LIFE UNDERGROUND by Loïc Hobi – Switzerland – 2021  

Pardi di domani: Corti d’autore 

IL FAUT FABRIQUER SES CADEAUX by Cyril Schäublin – Switzerland – 2021  

Histoire(s) du cinéma: Cinéma suisse redécouvert 

LA SUISSE S'INTERROGE by Henry Brandt – Switzerland – 1964  

LES NOMADES DU SOLEIL by Henry Brandt – Switzerland – 1954 

QUAND NOUS ÉTIONS PETITS ENFANTS by Henry Brandt – Switzerland – 1961  

Histoire(s) du cinéma: Cinéma suisse redécouvert - Heritage Online 

DERBORENCE by Francis Reusser – Switzerland – 1985 

Locarno Kids: Screenings 

CLOROFILLA DAL CIELO BLU by Victor J. Tognola – Switzerland – 1984 

Semaine de la critique 

STAND UP MY BEAUTY by Heidi Specogna – Switzerland /Germany – 2021

Pardi di domani: Concorso nazionale 

AFTER A ROOM by Naomi Pacifique – United Kingdom/Netherlands/ Switzerland – 2021  

 FOUR PILLS AT NIGHT by Leart Rama – Kosovo/Svizzera – 2021  

Pardi di domani: Corti d’autore 

CRIATURA by María Silvia Esteve – Argentina/Svizzera – 2021  

Semaine de la critique 

A THOUSAND FIRES by Saeed Taji Farouky – Francia/Svizzera/Paesi Bassi – 2021  

Features  

Direction: 311 women (22,6%), 974 men (70,8%), 6 non-binary (0,4%), 57 mixed direction (4,1%), 27 not disclosed (2,0%).  

Shorts  

Direction: 1029 women (33,7%), 1787 men (58.5%), 42 non-binary (1,4%), 123 mixed direction (4,0%), 76 not disclosed (2,5%).  

Features  

Direction: 16 women (28%), 40 men (70,2%), 1 non-binary (1,75%).

Shorts  

Direction: 19 women (41,3%), 22 men (47,8%), 1 non-binary (2,2%), 3 mixed direction (6,5%), 1 not disclosed(2,2%).

Per section:

• 4 out of 17 films in Concorso internazionale were directed by women (23,5%)
• 2 out of 16 films in Piazza Grande (12,5%) and 1 out of 2 films in Piazza Grande: Prefestival were directed by women (50%)
• 8 out of 15 films in Concorso Cineasti del presente were directed by women (53,3%)
• 1 out of 7 films in Fuori concorso were directed by women (14,3%)
• 1 out of 4 films premiering in Histoire(s) du cinéma were directed by women (25%)
• 2 out of 10 films in Pardi di domani: Concorso Corti d’autore were directed by women (20%) and 1 film is a mixed co-direction (10%)
• 9 out of 20 films in Pardi di domani: Concorso internazionale were directed by women (45%)
• 4 out of 10 films in Pardi di domani: Concorso nazionale were directed by women (40%) and 2 films are mixed co-directions (20%)
• 3 out of 5 films premiering in Open Doors: Shorts were directed by women (60%)