Browsing: Locarno

For the film festival circuit, this was supposed to be the year when Gazaand the Middle East faded into the background. 

Locarno Pro closed its largest edition to date, passing 2,000 accreditations for the first time and reinforcing its position as an increasingly consequential meeting point for independent cinema.

Producer Marco Perego came to Locarno’s industry strand with the sort of recent record that normally invites a victory lap.

Protesters unfurled a massive shroud bearing the names of 60,000 people killed in Gaza at the festival to remember

A huge shroud containing the names of 60,000 people killed in Gaza was unfurled tonight (August 8) at the Locarno Film Festival in a peaceful demonstration outside the Piazza Grande.

US filmmaker James Gray is to be honoured with the Pardo Alla Carriera award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, which runs August 5-15.