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The Locarno Film Festival returns to its original physical format under the guidance of new Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro, who worked with the Selection Committees to pick out the titles screening in Locarno from 4 through 14 August. Alongside the welcome return of long-established favorites, there are also new items such as the competitive short films program Corti d’autore in the Pardi di domani section, plus a dedicated program for younger viewers: Locarno Kids: Screenings.
In full compliance with current health and sanitary regulations, Locarno74 will once again be an in-person event, with the return of evenings in Piazza Grande and of screenings in the other twelve theaters around the city. The venue for all meetings and panel discussions with guest personalities accompanying their films will be the Rotonda by la Mobiliare, the new home of the Forum.
The Ticket Shop will be open for ticket purchase from mid-July, whereas season tickets and accreditations can already be purchased. At the same time, the Festival’s new official App will also be available for download, enabling users to reserve seats for screenings, manage their reservations at shows and events, and learn more about the program with news and updates.
Seat reservation will be mandatory for this edition for everybody, also for holders of a season ticket or an accreditation, and it will only be made through our online ticket shop. The online shop has been optimized and made more accessible, both on the website and in the app. Regarding Piazza Grande, Palexpo (FEVI) and Rotonda, access will only be allowed for those with a Covid certificate together with a seat reservation, while the other theaters will be under a regime of contact tracing, social distancing and use of face masks, also combined with seat reservation.
The jury line-ups for the 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival were also announced today. The jurors for Locarno’s International Competition will be filmmaker Eliza Hittman (president), artist and filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson, director Philippe Lacôte and actresses Leonor Silveira and Isabella Ferrari. The jury for the Cineasti del presente Competition will be made up of actress Agathe Bonitzer, filmmaker Mattie Do and Vanja Kaludjercic, director of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The short films in the Pardi di domani section will be judged by filmmaker Kamal Aljafari, producer Marie-Pierre Macia and filmmaker, artist and curator Adina Pintilie. Lastly, the First Feature jury will see director and producer Amjad Abu Alala joined by editor Karina Ressler and filmmaker Katharina Wyss.
The following prize winners already announced will be attending Locarno in person: Pardo d’onore Manor, John Landis; Excellence Award Davide Campari, Laetitia Casta; Vision Award Ticinomoda, Phil Tippett; Best Producer Award (Premio Raimondo Rezzonico), Gale Anne Hurd; and for the Pardo alla carriera achievement award, Dante Spinotti.