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Harvey Keitel to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award 6e3z2o
Locarno69 celebrates and pays tribute to the multi-faceted talents of a major actor: Harvey Keitel. In addition to the awards ceremony on the Piazza Grande on August 6, the tribute will also include a screening of Smoke by Wayne Wang, winner of the Prix du Public UBS at Locarno in 1995. He is the face of Sport, The Wolf, Hal, Charlie, Auggie, Rocco or simply the “lieutenant”. Locarno is awarding one of the greatest of H...
AFTERLOV receives Locarno World Premiere 3u5e3j
AFTERLOV, the debut feature from Greek director Stergios Paschos, will receive its world premiere in the Locarno International Film Festival’s "Concorso Cineasti del Presente" on 8 August, 2016. Greek sales company Heretic Outreach have come on board to handle worldwide sales, with all territories available. It’s summertime - a time when Athens feels hotter than the desert. Nikos, a broke 30-year-old musician, is chilling poolside and drinking cocktails...
Public lecture with Gaspar Noé in Locarno i282w
To mark the second year of the collaboration with Red Bull Music Academy, the Festival del film Locarno is pleased to announce a public lecture with Argentinian auteur Gaspar Noé, taking place on Saturday, August 6. Gaspar Noé is one of the m...
Roger Corman, guest of honor at the Filmmakers Academy 523j2b
Roger Corman will be paid tribute during the 69th edition of the Festival del film Locarno via screenings of two of his films. Guest of honor at the Filmmakers Academy, the training project for young directors, Corman has long been considered a cult filmmaker who helped change the way films are conceived, produced and directed. As director and screenwriter he made a long series of films whose low-budget model combined principles of quality and popular appeal in unprec...
Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Alejandro Jodorowsky 295742
© Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky Filmmaker, writer, poet and artist Alejandro Jodorowsky will be awarded with a Pardo d’onore Swisscom at the 69th Festival del film Locarno. In addition to a selection of his films and the award ceremony on the Piazza Grande, Jodorowsky will also participate in a conversation open to all festival-goers. As son of Russian immigrants exiled in Chile, Alejandro Jodorowsky began his artistic career as a puppeteer, poet and thea...
The new film by Douglas Gordon with Jonas Mekas will open the section Cineasti del presente 2016 d5e2q
The Concorso Cineasti del presente will open with a film that is unique in its protagonists and for the concept that is the basis for the project. I Had Nowhere To Go by the filmmaker and video artist Douglas Gordon is based on Jonas Mekas's diary. “I Had Nowhere To Go is his story of exile; brought on by the horrors of the twentieth century, propelled by the need to create rather than destroy, to move on, to make sense... or not, where bewilderment is more h...
European Casting Director Award in Locarno 5j3111
The Festival del film Locarno launches the first European Casting Director Award, in partnership with the International Casting Directors Network (ICDN). The ICDN, founded in 2005 in the context of the European Shooting Stars (EFP) at the Berlinale, is the first association to focus on casting directors on a worldwide scale. The ICDN seeks to improve the standards of the profession, to help shape film policy and processes, to pro...
Locarno’s First Look initiative (6 – 8 August) turns the spotlight on Polish Cinema 725p50
6 Polish films in post-production in Locarno OSTATNIA RODZINA (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński For its sixth edition, the Festival del film Locarno’s First Look initiative (6 – 8 August) turns the spotlight on Polish Cinema. Thanks to a partnership with the Polish Film Institute and Fundacja Polskie Centrum Audiowizualne, this year's First Look will present 6 films in post-production chosen by the Festiv...
Khyentse Norbu's "Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait", a world premiere at the Open Doors Screenings in Locarno 16615v
One region, four countries, twenty-one films, and a world premiere. This is the Open Doors Screenings 2016, a platform for talent of contemporary cinema in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal. For Open Doors to extend its purview to exciting developments in young national cinemas, such as those of southern Asia, is nothing new. But a world premiere at the Open Doors Screenings certainly is. This is the case with Hema Hema: Sing ...
Locarno: The Leopard Club Award 2016 goes to Stefania Sandrelli 6j452s
© Photo by Marco Rossi – Courtesy S. Ferragina The 69th edition of the Festival del film Locarno will pay tribute to the dearly beloved Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli who this year celebrates her 55 years' career and her “70th springtime”. She will receive the Leopard Club Award 2016 on the Piazza Grande, on Friday, August 5. A key player in the great era of Italian cinema, an...
Tribute to Jane Birkin 5xxg
The British actress and singer will be paid tribute at the 69th Festival del film Locarno. A transgressive voice, persona and epitome of panache in the 1960s, Jane Birkin will be under the spotlight at the 69th edition of the Festival del film Locarno on the Piazza where, nine years ago, (2007) another tribute was paid to Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the masters with whom she worked. Jane Birkin initially appeared on stage in musicals, prefiguring her dual career as both actre...
Program for the 69° Festival del film Locarno announced 58306p
Wednesday July 13, the official program for the 69° Festival del film Locarno was announced. the full press kit. The award to Bill Pullman (Excellence Award Moët & Chandon) was also announced today. Those attending Locarno will include: Mario Adorf, Stefan Arndt, Dario Argento, Yuri Ancarani, Gemma Arterton, Lionel Baier, Nathalie Baye, Joel Basman, Jacob Berger, Paulo Branco, Mélanie Bernier, Júlio Bressane, João Botelho, Bastien Bouillon, Jean-S...
Locarno First Look 2016 – Spotlight on Poland 346a2j
Locarno’s works in progress sidebar (6 – 8 August 2016), designed as a springboard for the films of the future, will be focusing this year on Polish Cinema, one of Eastern Europe’s most thriving film industries. Thanks to from the Polish Film Institute and Fundacja Polskie Centrum Audiowizualne, between five and seven films in post-production will be selected at Locarno. The producers of the selected projects will attend the Festival and present t...
Open Doors 2016 reveals its line-up 4do1u
Eight projects and eight producers from South Asia have been selected and will be presented to potential European and international partners during Open Doors. Carlo Chatrian, the Festival's Artistic Director, comments: "This initial selection of projects from South Asia shows the productivity and energy of a region with major potential. This is the first stage in a work of exploration and that will continue over three years." Over three years...
Pardo alla carriera to Mario Adorf 6p5v7
The 69th Festival del film Locarno will pay homage to German actor Mario Adorf, honoring him with this year’s Pardo alla carriera. The award ties in with the 2016 Retrospective on film in the early years of the Federal Republic of after World War II (1949 – 1963), but is also a tribute to his extraordinary range of performances across a career stretching over more than sixty years. Born in 1930, Mario Adorf is one of the best known German screen...
The "Premio Raimondo Rezzonico" 2016 goes to Independent Producer David Linde 1s242a
American producer and executive David Linde will receive the Premio Raimondo Rezzonico at the 2016 Festival del film Locarno, an award known as a key industry tribute dedicated to the world’s most significant independent film producers. Previous award recipients include Arnon Milchan, Mike Medavoy, Christine Vachon and Margaret Ménégoz. Linde’s remarkable contributions to the making of dozens of international successes in his capacity as a production, acquisi...
Locarno awards, Zulawski best director 6g86y
Concorso internazionale Pardo d’oro JIGEUMEUN MATGO GEUTTAENEUN TEULLIDA (Right Now, Wrong Then) by HONG Sangsoo, South Korea Premio speciale della giuria (Special Jury Prize) TIKKUN by Avishai Sivan, Israel Pardo per la miglior regia (Best direction) ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI for COSMOS, /Portugal Pardo per la miglior interpretazione femminile (Best actress) TANAKA SACHIE, KIKUCHI HAZUKI, MIHARA MAIKO, KAWAMURA RIRA for HAPPY HOUR by HAMAGUCHI Ryusuke, Japan Pardo...
68th Locarno wrapped up 4d1h4r
Locarno has just drawn to a close. HONG Sangsoo, Pardo d’oro 2015 © Festival del film Locarno Saturday August 15 saw the awards ceremony at the 68th Festival del film Locarno. The 2015 edition, the third under Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, was highly successful and was crowned with the award of the Pardo d’oro to the film RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN by...
Locarno Events, 15 August 10153p
Press Conference of the Official Juries This year the press conference of the official juries awards will take place tomorrow, August 15, at 15.00 at the Press Center, without embargo. The press conference will be live streamed at this addess: http://pardolive.ch/pardo/pardo-live/today-at-festival/live-article The press release will follow and will include the independent juries awards. The award ceremony will take place at 21.00 on the Piazza Grande. The independe...
Locarno Events, 14 August 2x3u15
Additional screenings DOM JUAN by Vincent Macaigne: Rialto 1 at 14.00 K2 TOUCHING THE SKY by Eliza Kubarska: Rialto 2 at 17.00 CHANT D'HIVER by Otar Iosseliani: Rialto 1 at 21.00 THE LOST CITY by Andy Garcia: Teatro Kursaal at 21.00 PAT GARRET AND BILLY THE KID by Sam Peckinpah: Ex*Rex at 23.00 Eventi Piazza Grande, 14 agosto Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Marco Bellocchio Screening of ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Screening of I P...
Locarno Events, 13 August 644z4f
New screening ROUTE 66 / MON PETIT CHOU by Sam Peckinpah: Rialto 3 at 17.30 Additional screening BELLA E PERDUTA by Pietro Marcello: Rialto 2 at 11.00 TE PROMETO ANARQUÍA by Julio Hernández Cordón: Rialto 1 at 18.30 DER NACHTMAHR by AKIZ: Rialto 1 at 21.00 ALS DIE SONNE VOM HIMMEL FIEL by Aya Domenig: Rialto 3 at 21.30 Piazza Grande Events, 13 August Vision Award Nescens to Walter Murch Screening of LA VANITÉ by Lionel Baier ...
Luc Besson and Melanie Griffith video capture 3u3k2i
Luc Besson and Melanie Griffith on the Red Carpet of the 67° Festival del film Locarno. On August 6, 2015. ...
Locarno Events, 12 August 4o3w65
Additional screening COSMOS by Andrzej Zulawski: Rialto 1 at 09.00 BRACIA (BROTHERS) by Wojciech Staroń: Rialto 2 at 16.45 Piazza Grande Events, 12 August Premio Cinema Ticino to Teco Celio Screening of PASTORALE CILENTANA by Mario Martone Screening of AMNESIA by Barbet Schroeder Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal) 12 August, 09.00, Concorso internazionale THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS by Ben Rivers ...
Locarno Events, 10 August 486v1m
Additional screening COSMOS by Andrzej Zulawski: Rialto 1 at 09.00 BRACIA (BROTHERS) by Wojciech Staroń: Rialto 2 at 16.45 Piazza Grande Events, 12 August Premio Cinema Ticino to Teco Celio Screening of PASTORALE CILENTANA by Mario Martone Screening of AMNESIA by Barbet Schroeder Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal) 12 August, 09.00, Concorso internazionale THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS by Ben Rivers ...
Locarno Awards for Open Doors 2015 announced 14674e
© Festival del film Locarno Today saw the announcement of the awards for the Open Doors Co-production Lab, organized with from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The 2015 session of Open Doors is devoted to films from the four Maghreb countries Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. The Co-production Lab (August 8 – 11) aims to bring together the finalist directors and producers with potential ...
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