Latest news – Page 8
-
News
Valentina Merli takes over from Nadia Dresti as Locarno Pro chief
Paris-based Merli has worked with Gemini FIlms and Pyramide.
-
News
Locarno premiere ‘Cat In The Wall’ sells to Spain (exclusive)
Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva’s drama also played in Competition at Sarajevo.
-
News
Locarno Film Festival 2019 winners revealed
The Golden Leopard goes to Portugal for Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela.
-
News
Locarno Film Festival selection 'Ham On Rye' lands at Factory 25 (exclusive)
Rites-of-passage comedy centres on bizarre ceremony at local delicatessen.
-
News
Locarno crowns Open Doors winners from Southeast Asia
This year’s lab began a three-year focus on the region.
-
News
Swiss film industry could receive cash boost from streaming platforms
Online services such as Netflix and Amazon will be asked to invest 4% of their annual turnover in local Swiss production.
-
News
Streamers energise the marketplace, say execs in Locarno
Locarno delegates explore how to keep thearical relevant and worthwhile at Locarno’s Stepin event.
-
News
Coccinelle boards Locarno Competition title ‘Cat In The Wall’ (exclusive)
English-language feature is from directors Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova.
-
News
Locarno world premiere selection 'Vitalina Varela' lands US distributor
Feature to open in theatres in early 2020
-
News
First trailer for Yosep Anggi Noen’s Locarno Competition title ‘The Science Of Fictions’ (exclusive)
The film centres a mute man who witnesses a fake moon landing.
-
News
Locarno Special Edition 2019
Features include an interview with new artistic director Lili Hinstin.
-
News
First trailer for Damien Manivel’s Locarno Competition title ‘Isadora’s Children’ (exclusive)
Manivel’s fourth feature is a dance-themed drama.
-
News
First trailer for Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Locarno Competition title ‘Echo’ (exclusive)
The film is set in Iceland at Christmas time as a strange atmosphere falls on the country.
-
News
Memento boards Fabrice du Welz’s Locarno title 'Adoration'; first look (exclusive)
Thriller evolves around a crazed and destructive love story between two teenagers who meet at a psychiatric hospital.
-
News
Locarno Film Festival unveils 2019 line-up
Titles include Patrick Vollrath’s hijack thriller 7500, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dutch actress Halina Reijn’s racy feature debut Instinct.
-
News
Lionsgate, Curzon, Mubi execs picked for new Locarno under-30s industry event
24 young cinema industry professionals under the age of 30 will attend new think tank event.
-
News
'Do the Right Thing' screening to kick-off Locarno's Black Light retrospective
Festival releases titles due to be showcased in retrospective exploring Black film.
-
News
Locarno selects Southeast Asian projects, producers for 2019 Open Doors
Eight projects for the Hub, nine producers for the Lab.
-
News
John Waters to receive Locarno Film Festival lifetime achievement award
Previous recipients include Ken Loach, Werner Herzog and Agnès Varda.
-
News
Locarno Film Festival cancels Blake Edwards retrospective
Retrospective replaced by strand dedicated to international black film.