Saturday, March 16
14:00 | Cinema Rialto, Room 3
Masterclass with Kevin B. Lee (Locarno Film Festival Professor for the Future of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts at Università della Svizzera italiana), Social Confrontations and the Cinema of Alice Diop
Screening of two video essays
- This hard surface, Johannes Binotto, 3’
- As I was approaching tenderness, Silvia Cipelletti, 3’
Screening
Vers la tendresse, Alice Diop, France, 2016, 40', o.v. French, sub. English
17:00 | Cinema Rialto, Room 2
Spring Academy Short Films Screening
- Como respirar fora d'água, Victoria Negreiros and Júlia Fávero, Brazil, 2021, 16', o.v. Portuguese, sub. English
- Letizia, Francesco Manzato, Italy, 2022, 18', o.v. Italian, sub. English
- A Dog, A Stone, Asma Laajimi, Tunisia/Belgium, 2023, 13', o.v. Arab, sub. English
- after a room, Naomi Pacifique, Great Britain/Netherlands/Switzerland, 2021, 21', o.v. English/French/Spanish, sub. English
- Lay Me by the Shore, David Findlay, Canada, 2022, 18', o.v. English
- La morte dei bombi, Sara Fiechter, Switzerland, 2023, 18', o.v. Italian, sub. English
20:30 | Cinema Rialto, Room 1
Video essays
- All About Love, Libertad Gills, 2'
- Respirer ensemble, Evelyn Kreutzer, 3'
- Videographic experiments by students of USI Accademia di architettura Mendrisio, 4'
Screening
Saint Omer, Alice Diop, France, 2022, 122', o.v. French, sub. Italian
Introduced by the director
Sunday, March 17
10:30 | Cinema Rialto, Room 3
Masterclass with Alice Diop
In French with Italian translation
15:30 | Cinema Rialto, Room 2
Video essays
- Tracing a Train of Thought, Kevin B. Lee, 6'
- Still Life, Marine de Dardel, 2'
Screening
Nous by Alice Diop, France, 2021, 114', o.v. French, sub. Italian
Masterclass
The program offers the chance to participate in two exclusive masterclasses: the first, given by Prof. Kevin B. Lee, will deal with the social issues present in Alice Diop’s cinema (Saturday, March 16, 2-4pm, Cinema Rialto, Room 3). The second, held by Alice Diop, will focus on working with the protagonists in her films (Sunday, March 17, 10:30am-12:30pm, Cinema Rialto, Room 3).
Registration is required for the masterclasses by writing to workshop@locarnofestival.ch. Places are limited.
Children and youth program
Sunday, March 17
10:00 | Cinema Rialto, Room 2
Screening
Titina, Kajsa Næss, Norway/Belgium, 2022, 91', Italian version
Preceded by a short film made by the Locarno 2 Middle School
14:00 - 16:30 | Playroom and ggl Library at Scuole elementari Saleggi, via delle Scuole 10 (2nd Floor), Locarno
Children's theater workshop organized by the gruppo genitori locarnese and animated by the Métis'Arte Association (target age 8-11, snack provided).
LIMITED SEATS: registration at dietrolequinte@ggl.ch by March 10.
Cost CHF 30.-
Cost ggl members CHF 20.-