Press Release · 15 | 05 | 2025

Rithy Panh Will Serve as Jury President at Locarno78

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Locarno Meets

On this Locarno original podcast, presented by UBS, each week established legends and exciting new talents chat about art, life, movies, and everything in between.

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Pardo Editorial

Approaching British Cinema with Great Expectations

After a successful exploration of Columbia Pictures in 2024, curator Ehsan Khoshbakht once again will return to Locarno to craft the festival’s retrospective. We spoke with him about the program, conceived as a focus on films about life in the country during the period of 1945-1960.

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“A Taut Study of Guilt”: The Restoration of Samba Traoré

For the month of May, the 4K restoration of Samba Traoré (1992), a tense and visually rich modern noir classic from Burkina Faso, is available to watch free on our website. This gem of African cinema – newly restored thanks to the Locarno Film Festival and Cinegrell – was last year selected as one of the ten best restorations of 2024 by Film Comment and, in 2022, one of the 10 greatest films of all time by none other than Luca Guadagnino.

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Reinas' Klaudia Reynicke: “It’s Imperfections That Make Your Artwork Truly Yours”

Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke on Reinas, winner of the Locarno Prix du Public UBS 2024 and Best Film at the Swiss Film Awards.

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News & Updates

Locarno77 Premieres Win Big at the Swiss Film Awards

Locarno triumphs at the Swiss Film Awards! Last Friday March 21, Queens (Reinas) by Klaudia Reynicke, winner of the Prix du Public UBS at Locarno77, won the Best Feature Film at the Quartz Awards (Schweizer Filmpreis), the top honor for filmmaking in Switzerland.

Locarno Meets

On this Locarno original podcast, presented by UBS, each week established legends and exciting new talents chat about art, life, movies, and everything in between.

Pardo Editorial

Approaching British Cinema with Great Expectations

“A Taut Study of Guilt”: The Restoration of Samba Traoré

Reinas' Klaudia Reynicke: “It’s Imperfections That Make Your Artwork Truly Yours”

News & Updates

Locarno77 Premieres Win Big at the Swiss Film Awards

Locarno77: The Pardo d’Oro goes to Akiplėša (Toxic) by Saulė Bliuvaitė

Locarno in the Spotlight

A new podcast by Swiss Top Events and Switzerland Tourism, highlighting the most significant cultural events across the country. First up: the Locarno Film Festival.

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Highlights

Shah Rukh Khan Presents ‘Devdas’ at Locarno77

The Lady with the Torch - Making the Locarno77 Retrospective

‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad Rasoulof on Current State of Iran

“This is very heavy” - Shah Rukh Khan Award Acceptance Speech at Locarno Film Festival

Palmarès

“This award belongs to all of us” Saulė Bliuvaitė - Locarno77 Pardo d'Oro Winner

Special Jury Prize - Cities of Ascona and Losone to Mond (Moon) - Concorso Internazionale

Pardo Verde to Agora

Pardo for Best Performance to Kim Minhee (Suyoocheon) - Concorso Internazionale

Interviews

Luca Marinelli And His Relationship With Cinema And Films

Radu Jude and Edgar Pêra on the Use of AI in Cinema - Locarno77

The Process of Healing Through Film - Islid Le Besco and her ‘Ma Famille chérie’

Ben Burtt - ‘Star Wars’ Legendary Sound Designer, Editor, and Voice Actor

Conversations

In Conversation with Jane Campion

Irène Jacob: A True Muse and Protector of Cinema - Locarno77

Alfonso Cuarón: "Filmmaking is an Instinctive Process"

Live Conversation with Shah Rukh Khan

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