Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody will receive the 2017 Leopard Club Award at the 70th Locarno Festival.
Locarno Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Locarno Film Festival / Festival del film Locarno
SINCE: 1946
WHERE: Locarno, Switzerland
WEBSITE: www.pardolive.ch
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: The summer of 1946 was a momentous one in the history of European cinema. In the space of ten days, two new international festivals came to life and a third was reborn. On the evening of the 23rd August, the Locarno film festival kicked off with a screening of Giacomo Gentiluomo’s O sole mio on the sloping lawn of the Grand Hotel. First launched on the Venice Lido in 1932 as part of the Biennale under the title “Esposizione d’Arte Cinematografica”, the Venetian “mostra” was re-launched on 31st August. On 1st September, the inaugural edition of the Cannes film festival began. It had been legally founded in 1939 on the eve of World War Two. The Locarno International Festival of Film began at short notice following the sudden demise of Lugano’s “Rassegna Internazionale del Film”, which ran for two years in 1944 and 1945, after Lugano’s citizens rejected the construction of an amphitheatre in a popular vote on 2nd June, 1946. The first edition was put together in less than three months.
Olivier Assayas, Yousry Nasrallah and Sabine Azéma to Head Locarno Film Festival Juries
Olivier Assayas, Yousry Nasrallah and Sabine Azéma will be the jury presidents at the 70th Locarno Festival.
Locarno Festival to Honor French Filmmaker Jean-Marie Straub with Pardo d’onore Manor Award
French filmmaker Jean-Marie Straub will receive the Pardo d’onore Manor award at the 70th Locarno Festival
ELLE Producer Michel Merkt to Receive Locarno’s 2017 Best Independent Producer Award
Swiss producer Michel Merkt will receive the 2017 The Best Independent Producer Award “Raimondo Rezzonico” at the Locarno Film Festival.
Nastassja Kinski to be Guest of Honor at Locarno Film Festival
Nastassja Kinski will be guest of honor at the 70th Locarno Film Festival.
2017 Locarno Festival Retrospective will be Dedicated to French Filmmaker Jacques Tourneur
The Retrospective program of the 70th Locarno Festival will be dedicated to French filmmaker Jacques Tourneur (1904 – 1977).
Viewers Vote DONALD CRIED by Kris Avedisian Winner of Locarno’s Cinelab Award
The viewers have voted, and DONALD CRIED by Kris Avedisian has won the 2016 Cinelab Award at the Locarno Film Festival on Festival Scope.
2016 Locarno Film Festival Awards, GODLESS Wins Golden Leopard
The 2016 edition of the Locarno Film Festival came to a successful end on Saturday, and awarded its top prize, Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard) to Godless, directed by Bulgarian filmmaker Ralitza Petrova.
Kamar Ahmad Simon’s DAY AFTER TOMORROW is Big Winner of 2016 Open Doors Hub at Locarno Film Festival
The winners of the co-production platform 2016 Open Doors Hub at the 2016 Locarno Film Festival have been announced, and DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Kamar Ahmad Simon of Bangladesh won both the largest Open Doors Production Grant, and the ARTE International Open Doors Prize.
BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI and ZGODA Win First Look Award at Locarno Film Festival
BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze, and ZGODA by Maciej Sobieszczanski are winners of the sixth edition of First Look at the 2016 Locarno Film Festival.
Antoinette Boulat and Elsa Pharaon Win First European Casting Director Award for STANDING TALL
Antoinette Boulat and Elsa Pharaon (France) are winners of the first European Casting Director Award for STANDING TALL (LA TÊTE HAUTE) by Emmanuelle Bercot.
Harvey Keitel to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at Locarno Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival will celebrates and honor actor Harvey Keitel with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming 69th edition of the festival.
“Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait”, Kicks Off Lineup for Locarno’s Open Doors Screenings
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait by Khyentse Norbu will world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival as the opening night film of Open Doors Screenings 2016, a platform for talent of contemporary cinema in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal.
Locarno Film Festival to Pay Tribute to Italian Actress Stefania Sandrelli
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.
Locarno Film Festival to Honor British Actress and Singer, Jane Birkin
British actress and singer, Jane Birkin, will be honored at the 69th Locarno Film Festival, taking place August 3 to 13, 2016, in Locarno, Switzerland.
Locarno Film Festival Launches European Casting Director Award
The Locarno Film Festival launches the first European Casting Director Award, in partnership with the International Casting Directors Network (ICDN).
I HAD NOWHERE TO GO Based on Jonas Mekas’s Diary to Open Concorso Cineasti del presente Section of Locarno Film Festival
I Had Nowhere To Go, based on Jonas Mekas’s diary, and directed by the filmmaker and video artist Douglas Gordon, will have it’s World Premiere as the opening night film of the Concorso Cineasti del presente section of the Locarno Film Festival.
Roger Corman to Be Guest of Honor at Locarno Film Festival’s Filmmakers Academy
Producer, director, and actor, Roger Corman will be Guest of Honor at the Filmmakers Academy at the upcoming 69th edition of the Locarno Film Festival; and the festival will also screen two of his films.
Film Producer and Exec David Linde to Be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
American producer and executive David Linde will receive the Premio Raimondo Rezzonico at the upcoming 2016 Festival del film Locarno, an award known as a key industry tribute dedicated to the world’s most significant independent film producers.
German Actor Mario Adorf to Be Lauded at Locarno Film Festival
The 69th Festival del film Locarno will pay homage to German actor Mario Adorf, honoring him with this year’s Pardo alla carriera.
RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN Wins Top Award at 68th Locarno Film Festival | TRAILER
RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN by the South Korean director HONG Sangsoo is the winner of the Pardo d’oro, the top award, of the 68th Locarno Film Festival, along with award for Best Actor. In RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN, film director Ham Chun-su arrives in Suwon a day early by mistake, and has time to kill before his screening with a debate the next day. He stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named […]
Locarno Film Festival Unveils Lineup and Jury, Opens with 2 GUNS starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg
2 GUNS directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg
The Locarno Film Festival unveiled the official jury and film lineup for 2013 including a competition lineup up of 20 films, 18 of which are world premieres. The festival will open on August 7 with the action film 2 GUNS directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.