last updated in October 2024
Board of Directors
Maja Hoffmann, President
Luigi Pedrazzini, Vice President
Roberto Cicutto
Nadia Dresti
Gilles Marchand
Nicola Pini
Jean-Philippe Rochat
Stefano Lappe, Secretary of the Board of Directors
Pia Ferrari, Head of the Secretariat and President’s Office
office@locarnofestival.ch
Executive Management
Raphaël Brunschwig, Chief Executive Officer
Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director
direction@locarnofestival.ch
Markus Duffner, Director of Locarno Pro
Stefano Knuchel, Director of Locarno Factory
Mattia De-Sassi, Chief Operating Officer
Liliana Sampietro, Chief Financial Officer
Oliver Osborne, Chief Communications Officer
Emma Broggini, Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
ceo@locarnofestival.ch
Program Organization
Programming Office
Victoria Manconi, Head of
Manuela Pellegrini, Film Documentation Manager
Agatha Bottinelli Montandon, Programming Office Coordinator
Caterina Renzi, Retrospettiva and Special Programs Coordinator
programming@locarnofestival.ch
Pardi di Domani Programming Office
Sara Bellicini, Head of
shortfilms@locarnofestival.ch
Guest Management
Laurent Myot, Head of
Partnerships
Fabienne Merlet, Head of
Nicolò Martire, Partnerships & Marketing Manager
Laura Heggemann, Partnerships & Marketing Coordinator
marketing@locarnofestival.ch
Production
Mattia De-Sassi, Chief Operating Officer
Ticketing & Accreditations
Selina Erdmann, Ticketing & Accesses Coordinator
Martina Orlandi, Accreditations Manager
Image&Sound
Patricia Boillat, Head of
Elena Gugliuzza, Coordinator
Cristina Caon, Head of Print Admission Unit
Logistics & Infrastructures
Alessandro Bonalumi, Head of
Paola Guerra, IT & Logistics Coordinator
Samuel Comodini, Decorations Manager
Venues Management
Iria Togni, Theatres Staff Manager
Alan Lava, Piazza Grande Premium Sector Manager
Safety & Security
Giordano Ferrari, Head of
Alan Lava, Deputy head of, Head of Mobile Detachment & Special Projects
Brand, Editorial & Media
Oliver Osborne, Chief Communications Officer
Editorial
Christopher Small, Editorial Manager
Social Media
Lorenzo Giardina, Social Media Manager
Design
Alex Furgiuele, Graphic Designer
Joshua Althaus, Graphic Designer
Press Office
Fiorenza Conforti, Head of
Riccardo Lombardo, Coordinator
Manuele Moghini, Coordinator
press@locarnofestival.ch
Press Agents
Claudia Wintsch, elliott AG, German-speaking Switzerland
Eric Bouzigon, French-speaking Switzerland
Stephen Lan, International
Patrizia Wachter, Italy
Frauke Greiner, Germany and Austria
Celia Mahistre, France
Video Production
Alessandro De Bon, Manager
Selection Committees, Curators, Advisors and Moderations
Selection Committee - Feature Films
Pamela Biénzobas
Mathilde Henrot, Adjointe du Directeur Artistique
Stefan Ivančić
Giovanni Marchini Camia
Daniela Persico
Selection Committee - Pardi di Domani
Eddie Bertozzi, Head of
Anne Gaschütz
Julia Schubiger
Enrico Vannucci
Retrospettiva Curator
Ehsan Khoshbakht, Curator
Advisors
Eddie Bertozzi, Competition Sections
Manlio Gomarasca, Genre Cinema
Olaf Möller, Japan, India and Russia
John Nein, United States
Luca Pacilio, Consultant for the Selection Committees
Marcello Paolillo, Public Relations with US Talent Agencies
Locarno Pro
Locarno Pro
Markus Duffner, Director of Locarno Pro
Daria Voumard, Industry Manager
Francesca Palleschi, Alliance4Development Project Manager
Marcello Paolillo, StepIn & U30 Project Manager
Marion Klotz, Industry Academy International Project Manager
Ayumi Filippone, MatchMe! Match Maker
Mirjam Wiekenkamp, Noise PR, Locarno Pro Press Agent
locarnopro@locarnofestival.ch
Open Doors
Zsuzsi Bánkuti, Head of Open Doors
Sarah Schiesser, Deputy
Clara Kiskanç, Coordinator
Delphine Jeanneret, Programmer and Directors' Club Manager
Jonathan Ali, Programmer and Directors' Club Coordinator
Paulo De Carvalho, Programmer and General Consultant
Paula Astorga, Producers' Lab Head of Studies
Marjorie Bendeck, Projects' Hub Project Manager
opendoors@locarnofestival.ch
Open Doors - Projects' Hub & Producers' Lab Selection Committee
Julia Duarte
Kiro Russo
Marianne Dumoulin
Paolo Bertolin
Ivette Liang
Educational / Multidisciplinar Programs & Initiatives
Locarno Academy / Locarno Residency / BaseCamp / Future of cinema
Locarno Kids / Atelier du Futur
Curators
Stefano Knuchel, Director of Locarno Factory
Daniela Persico, Head of Special Projects
Kevin B. Lee, Professor for the Future of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of USI
Management
Francesco De Biasi, Educational Program Manager
Justine Knuchel, BaseCamp Artistic Curator
Christopher Small, Project Manager Critics Academy
Mara Manzolini, Project Manager Atelier du Futur
Sara Bellicini, Locarno Residency Coordinator
Hospitality
Hospitality Office
Etienne Loponte, Head of
Guest Transportations
Matteo Servalli, Manager
Events (F&B)
F&B and Events
Stefano Dal Borgo, Manager
Rotonda by la Mobiliare
Dirk Meister, Project Manager
Digital & IT
Alessio Vairetti, Head of
Productivity Tools & Helpdesk
Paola Guerra, Coordinator
Alan Rodriguez, Assistant
Thomas Miatello, IT Trainee
IT Infrastructures & Systems
Paolo Allemann, IT Administrator
Digital Touchpoints
Giulia Ratti, Webmaster
Public Affairs
Emma Broggini, Head of Public Affairs & Leopard Club Operations and Donors Relations Manager
Stefano Lappe, Public Affairs Advisor
Orlando Bianchetti, Public Affairs Advisor
Michele Schandroch, Public Affairs Support
Secretariat
Pia Ferrari, Head of
Francesca Nauer, Coordinator
Martina Orlandi, Coordinator
Finances, Controlling and Public Procurement
Liliana Sampietro, Chief Financial Officer
Pierre Tunesi, Head of Accounting and Finance Management
Natascha Bertolutti, Accountant
Ginevra Cenci, Accountant
Human Resources
Nathalie Solimano, Head of
Strahinja Popović, Recruiter
Corporate Social Responsibility
Fabienne Merlet, Head of
Sara Bellicini, Diversity&Inclusion Manager
Emma Broggini, Sustainability Manager