Saulė Bliuvaitė, the Winner of the Pardo d'Oro and Swatch First Feature Award talks about Akiplėša, a story about being stuck between two worlds, which is a topic many people can relate to. The director is grateful for the cast and crew and she's hopeful for the future, already thinking about her next project.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Recipient of Pardo d'Oro in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente Tato Kotetishvili, Director of Holy Electricity, shares his feelings about watching his film being screened for the first time at #Locarno77 and the emotion of receiving this Award.
The characters' stories about finding their place in the world and looking for their own identity are relatable to many people and Holy Electricity successfully managed to convey these feelings to the audience.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Kurdwin Ayub, Director of Mond (Moon), received the Special Jury Prize - Cities of Ascona and Losone for the Concorso Internazionale at #Locarno77.
The Director shares her wishes when making film, such as get the audience very emotional and making them think about what happened in the film. In Mond, she also wanted to break some clichés in a very realistic way and portrait a woman who is a fighter.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Ala Eddine Slim, Director of Agora, won the Pardo Verde at #Locarno77.
The Director talks about the relationship between humans and animals, which Agora is all about, and is happy to know that the film has been read in another key.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Actors Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela and Paulius Markevičius won the Pardo for Best Performance for their roles in Seses (Drowning Dry), which competed in Concorso Internazionale at #Locarno77.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Actress Kim Minhee won the Pardo for Best Performance in the film Suyoocheon and shares her feelings about performing her character and getting this Award.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Anna Meszoly comments on her feelings about the Best Performance Award for the film Fekete Pont.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Laurynas Bareiša receives the Pardo Award for Best Direction in the Concorso Internazionale section.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Samuel Patthey receives the Pardino d'Oro Swiss Award for his short film Sans Voix.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Mickey Lai, Director of WAShhh, won the Pardino d'Oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film for the Pardi di Domani at #Locarno77.
The Director talks about the importance of sharing the Asian context to the Western audiences in order to understand better the situation in other Countries.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Maha Haj, Director of UPSHOT, won the Pardino d'Oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film for the Pardi di Domani at #Locarno77.
The Director talks about the storytelling behind her film and how it is made to show the beauty of human mind.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Young director Denise Fernandes is honored with the Best Emerging Director Award at #locarno77 for her film Hanami. Award made possible by the City and Region of Locarno.

She also receives a Special Mention as First Feature for the Cineasti del Presente competition.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Maxime Jean-Baptiste won the Special Jury Prize CINÉ+ in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente and First Feature Special Mention at #Locarno77 for his film Kouté vwa (Listen to the Voices).
The Director shares his happiness for his Country and demonstrated that French Guiana is not just a popular location for Hollywoodian screenings, but the people from this Country can make films too and they have stories to tell.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Jane Campion, the recipient of the 2024 Pardo d'Onore Manor, sits down with Marcello Paolillo and talks about her life, from her parents, her studies and travel to her films and career.

Furniture kindly provided by Roche Bobois.

Ben Burtt, recipient of the 2024 Vision Award Ticinomoda at #Locarno77, shares with us his experience as Sound Designer of many iconic films such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

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A conversation with Claude Barras, the recipient of the 2024 Locarno Kids Award La Mobiliare and Director of Sauvages. Claude Barras shares the idea and inspirations behind the film and tells us the journey to know the rainforest of Borneo.

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The five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron hasn’t made a lot of films, but every single one of them is a testament not just to his skill as a filmmaker but also to his deep passion for cinema.

Be it an intimate drama, a dystopian thriller, or a cosmic journey through space, Cuarón’s visually spectacular films always boil down to one very important question: what does it mean to be human? Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at Locarno77, the Mexican auteur opens up about how his films can be seen as an extension of his life.

In collaboration with Les Films du Camélia.
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Join us for a conversation exploring the power of diverse voices and narratives to challenge stereotypes and foster a more inclusive cinematographic industry.

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Locarno is at the heart of a federal and international ecosystem that stimulates vibrant creativity in every field of the film industry. During a conversation held at Monte Verità in Ascona, Locarno Film Festival President Maja Hoffmann and Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, head of the Federal Department of the Interior, discussed the many ways in which Swiss cinema is powering important topics related to true creativity, like inclusion, identity, diversity and other incentives for the Swiss cinema of tomorrow.

Shah Rukh Khan sits down with the Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival, Giona A. Nazzaro, for an expansive public conversation about his life and career.

The conversation will be in English.

As one of the great icons to grace the silver screen, Swiss-French actress Irène Jacob has an incredibly profound relationship with cinema and its rich history. So this extensive conversation with the legendary actress is like opening up a treasure trove of memories, stories and ideas about cinema.

Learn all about the life and career of the renowned #Locarno77 Leopard Club Award recipient through this interview moderated by Julie Savary (ARTE).

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“The more Greta Gerwigs and Sofia Coppolas and Kathryn Bigelows and Celine Songs we have, the more young girls are going to think, 'There’s a job I could do'”.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with the visionary producer Stacey Sher to dive into her storied and prolific career. This powerhouse of film is responsible for some of the most iconic films of the 1990s and 2000s
At #Locarno77 she receives the Raimondo Rezzonico Award – offered by Comune di Minusio – for her contributions to the world of cinema.

The conversation has been moderated by Manlio Gomarasca.
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At #Locarno77, Excellence Davide Campari Awardees Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet talk about their careers, their relationship with cinema, and much more.

A conversation moderated by Thierry Meranger.
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Paz Vega is an actress, but this year she comes to Locarno77 with her fist film as a director, inspired by her experiences as a kid. Rita screens in Piazza Grande on August 16.

Interview curated by Mario Donzelli.

Director Patrice Sauvé talk about his film La Petite et le Vieux and the magic appearing between the actors involved.
The film world premiered for the Locarno Kids at #Locarno77.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Director and Actress Alice Lowe and Actor Jacob Anderson talk about Timestalker, a colorful journey of a woman chasing her obsessive love through the time, the lives and the deaths. Timestalker was screened in Piazza Grande at #Locarno77 on 15th August.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Saulė Bliuvaitė, Director of Akiplėša (Toxic), shares how she wants to capture and show the phenomena of growing up and the relationship with themselves and their bodies in the life of teenager girls. Akiplėša (Toxic) competes in the Concorso Internazionale at #Locarno77.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Nick Frost shares his excitement of playing different roles and being able to do things that are not possible in real life. He speaks about his part in Timestalker and the joy of working for an independent film and a director that leaves artistic expression. Timestalker screens on August 15 in Piazza Grande.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Member of Concorso Cineasti del Presente Jury at #Locarno77 Charles Tesson shares his feelings about cinema and how he learned human nature through cinema.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw share their experience in the community of Argentinian Gauchos for the realization of their film.
Gaucho Gaucho was screened in Piazza Grande at #Locarno77 on 14th August 2024.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

The beeping of R2-D2, the swoosh of the lightsaber, Darth Vader’s mechanical breathing, Chewbacca's roar, WALL-E’s electronic warble, and many other unforgettable sounds of cinema history... All of these came from the mind of a single man: #BenBurtt, legendary sound designer, editor, and voice actor. Ben

Burtt has received the #Locarno77 Vision Award Ticinomoda (supported by #Ticinomoda).

Interview curated by Max Borg.

"I've never played characters, never. I can give what I have, so it's me" Béatrice Dalle doesn't play roles, she just give a part of herself in every film she participates. For the Fuori Concorso at #Locarno77, La Passion selon Béatrice tells a part of her story following the steps of Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Interview cureated by Mauro Donzelli.

Member of Jury of #Locarno77 Luca Marinelli talks about the relationship with cinema and films and shares how every film feels like a journey, giving emotions to the audience.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Director Wang Bing shares the story behind the trilogy of Youth. Qing Chun (Ku), second film of the trilogy, competes in the Concorso Internazionale at #Locarno77.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Diana Elbaum, member of the Concorso Internazionale Jury, speaks about being a producer and the importancy of the role in the film industry.

Barras shows us his most authentic side that reconnects him to his humble origins, his personal balance between camera work and manual labour.

Attention is also paid to his new way of exploring simplicity and forms of communication with children through his films.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

What is the experience like for someone who has never done cinema before? Beatrice guides us through her first time on the big screen.

The emotions, the methodology, the advice of colleagues, all in the simplicity of the girl next door.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

One of the most remarkable Italian directors of our time returns to Locarno. In this interview – curated by Mauro Donzelli – Marco Tullia Giordana talks about his long career and his cinematic vision.

At #Locarno77 Marco Tullio Giordana presented the world premiere of his latest film, “La vita accanto”, and received a Pardo Award in tribute to his career.

The film will be in theaters in Italy from August 22 thanks to 01 Distribution.

Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel explore the point of view of those marginalized by society and how they can find their place in the world.

They show us their point of view on what they define as side projects, constantly evolving and with a limited budget, and also explain to us the importance and difficulties for a filmmaker to express his or her point of view and to remain true to it.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Director of Shambhala Min Bahadur Bham on the exploration of the village where the film has been shot. The life of people from that village has been transposed on screen with Shambhala at #Locarno77.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Isild Le Besco shows us a difficult family relationship and how despite adversity, one can heal with the power of love.

With this parallelism, she shows us how these situations affect us all very closely and how, a bit like in the film, healing can also take place in reality.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Tim Blake Nelson shares the challenges of impersonating a complex character for his new movie “Bang Bang” which is competing in the Fuori Concorso section of #Locarno77.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Richard Hunter explains how multiples stories get to come together as one piece. For the Concorso Cineasti del Presente at #Locarno77 the Director talks about the film Foul Evil Deeds.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Radu Jude (Director of Eight Postcards From Utopia and Sleep #2) and Edgar Pêra (Director of Telepathic Letters) talk about the influence of AI in the cinema industry and how they embraced this new technology to realize their #Locarno77 Fuori Concorso films.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Mexican-Belgian director César Díaz addresses the ambivalence of history and the personal influences that feed into his sophomore feature, Mexico 86, showing at the Piazza Grande tonight.

The protagonist of César Díaz’s debut film Our Mothers (2019) was a forensic archaeologist trying to find the truth about his father – who went missing during the Guatemalan Civil War, in the 1980s. Now, with Mexico 86, the Guatemala-born director returns to that same historical period in his war-torn motherland. In this sophomore feature, Maria (Bérénice Béjo), a leftist resistance fighter and a new mother, makes the difficult decision to leave behind her son Marco (Matheo Labbé) when she flees to Mexico. A decade on, the boy, hoping for a better future, wants to see his mother again. Joined by his grandmother and aided by a fake passport, he meets her in Mexico, where she has continued her fight for justice and revolutionary activism, undercover.

In Díaz’s emotion-led work, mothers and fathers are more than just personifications of Guatemala as a troubled homeland. Indeed, the parent-child relationships that have framed his narratives so far embody the struggle to negotiate one’s own past and present, in which the personal, political, and social intersect. On the surface, Mexico 86 is a fast-paced period crime drama with high narrative stakes: will Maria manage to keep her undercover presence in Mexico? Can she and Marco form the parent-child bond that has been absent for a decade? But, speaking with Díaz reveals the film’s subtler shades: the depth of his care for the characters, his ambivalence about his own relationship to the past. In our conversation, the filmmaker dug into the personal history behind Mexico 86, screening at the Piazza Grande.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Denise tells us about her origins, her inner and outer journey, both physical and artistic.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

"I was just so happy to be there. And I was trying to slow down everything, just... experience the moment. Because there'll never be another first time"
Nakhane talks about their experience in writing and directing their first film and explained how the creative process influenced their emotions.
B(l)ind the Sacrifice competes at #Locarno77 for the Pardi di Domani - Concorso Internazionale.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Freddy Macdonald, director of Sew Torn, shares with the journey that brought this film to life. Sew Torn screened in the Piazza Grande Saturday August 10.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Aislinn Clarke explains the roots (literally) from which her latest film Fréwaka draws.

Cultural heritage, symbolism, traditions, folklore, and illness are all woven together in her latest work.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

Two decades after screening his debut feature The Twilight (Gagooman) in Locarno in 2003, renowned Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof returns to the festival, presenting his latest opus The Seed of the Sacred Fig on the Piazza Grande.

Mohammad Rasoulof returns to Locarno with a heavy heart, as the dissident auteur recently chose to flee his native Iran to escape an eight-year prison sentence for “intention of committing a crime against the country’s security”. The grave decision bookmarks the director’s long and arduous journey to make films within the borders of the totalitarian regime of Iran, which had already barred Rasoulof from picking up a camera in 2011, when his Goodbye (Be omid-e didar) screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. That film, about an attorney whose license is revoked by the government, was a cunning metaphor for the way Iranian artists had been forced into silence and compliance. Like fellow dissidents such as Jafar Panahi, Rasoulof nonetheless managed to work around those constraints to make some of the most significant works of contemporary Iranian cinema. Shrouded in secrecy and shot clandestinely with fake permits, his next films went straight for the jugular of the country’s authoritarian society.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

On the occasion of Alfonso Cuarón receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at #Locarno77, we sit down with the five-time Academy Award-winning Mexican filmmaker to explore his personal approach to his spectacular films.

Get to know Cuarón’s outlook on life and movies, and find out what shared sensibilities bring his incredible films like “Y tu mamá también”, “Children of Men”, “Gravity”, and “Roma” together.

In collaboration with Les Films du Camélia. Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Marianna Fontana shares her journey of shooting for the film Luce (Fuori Concorso), working in the factory and immersing herself in the environment.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli

Ramon Zürcher speaks about ending a film trilogy lasted 12 years and the future of his art.

Interview curated by Max Borg.

"There are other emotions that come only later and they come from an understanding of us and our condition as human beings" Jessica Hausner explains how it feels to be a member of the Jury of #Locarno77 and how different perspective from different individuals influence the valutation of a film.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Our staff gets in front of the camera to get interviewed by the participants at #Locarno77 educational program Locarno Kids.

Interview curated by Alessandro De Bon.

Born in Paris but raised in Geneva, French-Swiss actress Irène Jacob – Leopard Club Award at #Locarno77 –made her debut in a film no less remarkable than Louis Malle’s “Au revoir les enfants” (1987), which won the Golden Lion at Venice. Then, over a long and varied career, Jacob has worked with authors like Michelangelo Antonioni, Paul Schrader, Agnieszka Holland, Wim Wenders, Rithy Panh, and Amos Gitai, among the many great names.
Certainly, we can't omit the artistic relationship with Krzysztof Kieślowski: together they collaborated on the director first film outside of Poland, “La double vie de Véronique” (1991), and on the final film in his Three Colors Trilogy, the superb “Trois Couleurs: Rouge” (1994).

The Leopard Club is the official supporting association of the Locarno Film Festival. Each year it awards an individual whose work in the film industry has left its mark on the collective imagination.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

The great histrionic Indian director Tarsem talked to us about cinema, “Iron Man”, movies, relationship with the audience... In short, he talked to us about anything he could think of.

He brought the long-awaited 4K restoration of his beloved cult classic “The Fall” to #Locarno77, in world premiere.

In collaboration with MUBI.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

“In the Piazza Grande the energy of having so many people watching the same story at the same time is powerful. You can’t find it elsewhere.”

Director Klaudia Reynicke presents world premiere “Reinas” at #Locarno77. In this conversation, she reveals the main themes of the story and shares fragments of her own life.

30 years after the screening of “Pulp Fiction” in Piazza Grande, Quentin Tarantino's longtime producer Stacey Sher is at #Locarno77 to receive the 2024 Raimondo Rezzonico Award.

Come to discover a woman whose determination and vision as producer has helped usher iconic works by directors like Ben Stiller, Danny DeVito, Andrew Niccol, and Steven Soderbergh into the imagination of cinephiles everywhere.

The award is offered by Comune di Minusio.

A conversation with Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet, recipients of the #Locarno77 Excellence Award Davide Campari!

Two great actors that have forged identifiable acting paths for themselves over the years, working in the service of an auteur cinema that often intersects with the reasons of a cultured popular cinema.

“I simply can’t stop watching Columbia films.”
We caught up with 2024 Retrospective curator Ehsan Khoshbakht to talk about the rationale behind the program, some of his stealth favourites, and how watching too many Three Stooges shorts almost drove him to madness.

Musicals, noir films, westerns, screwball comedies, war movies. #Locarno77 Retrospective celebrates 100 years of Columbia Pictures.

→ Discover the Retrospective: https://shorturl.at/8IPJN

“The king loved my dog a lot.”

Gianluca Jodice, director of ‘Le Déluge’ – #Locarno77 opening film, starring Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet, 2024 Excellence Award Davide Campari – talks about why he decided to make this very special historical biopic, nearly a prison drama about Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI.

If the Locarno77 selection was an album, which one would it be?
A conversation between film critic Maurizio Donzelli and our Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro kicks off the 77th edition of our Festival.

Paul Trillo in conversation with Miriam de Rosa and Richard Misek talk about text-to-video generation signals and the new era in audiovisual creation.

Suneil Sanzgiri in conversation with Greg de Cuir Jr. and Devika Girish explore the themes of migration, deracination, and diaspora and the ways in which films, and especially the video essay, can travel across space and time, as social and visual journeys in the process of healing distances provoked by colonialism and violence.

Susan Schuppli, Nora M. Alter and Doreen Mende focus on unique practices of cinematic intelligence produced through essay cinema and environmental filmmaking, creating a planetary archive of “material witnesses” and novel forms of intelligence.

Mental Health in Documentary Film Making is an important topic. In the #Locarno77 Roundtable we talked about it with professional filmmakers and film critics

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The Retrospective of Locarno77 this year was curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht. Join us for a Roundtable about the making of the Retrospective with Ehsan Khoshbakh, Rita Belda, Matthew Bernstein, Grover Crisp and Imogen Sara Smith.

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Join us in a conversation about the evironmental sustainability of the film industry and how we can contribute to it personally and professionally.

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Join us for a live Q&A with Mar Coll, the filmmaker of “Salve Maria”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Christoph Hochhäusler, the filmmaker of “La Mort viendra”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Ben Rivers, the filmmaker of “Bogancloch”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino, the filmmakers of “Luce”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Ramon Zürcher, the filmmaker of “Der Spatz im Kamin”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Laurynas Bareiša, the filmmaker of “Seses”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Sara Fgaier, the filmmaker of “Sulla terra leggeri”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Kurdwin Ayub, the filmmaker of “Mond”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Virgil Vernier, the filmmaker of “Cent mille milliards”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Pia Marais, the filmmaker of “Transamazonia”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Marta Mateus, the filmmaker of “Fogo do Vento”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with WANG Bing, the filmmaker of “Qing chun (Ku)”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Ala Eddine Slim, the filmmaker of “Agora”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Sylvie Ballyot, the filmmaker of “Green Line”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Saulė Bliuvaitė, the filmmaker of “Akiplėša”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Gürcan Keltek, the filmmaker of “Yeni şafak solarken”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Join us for a live Q&A with Hong Sangsoo, the filmmaker of “SUYOOCHEON”, which is selected in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 77th edition of Locarno Film Festival.

Harmony Korine is a skater, a painter, a cigar aficionado, a computer game designer and one of the most important independent American directors of the last 30 years. In the 90s, almost overnight, he went from being a teenager drinking at skate parks to the generationally heralded screenwriter of Larry Clark’s legendary Kids (1995) and then, just as quickly, he became a visionary and brilliant director in his own right.

This year, we honoured Korine with the Pardo d’onore Manor for a career that’s produced six unique feature films, dozens of shorts, music videos, experimental work and documentaries.

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After a career stretching back to childhood, defining Christmas for a generation of American kids in ‘The Santa Claus’ and shining in the brilliant ‘Adams Family Values’, for a long period as a supporting actor and comedian, American actor David Krumholz has now moved into the centre of the cinematic frame with ‘Lousy Carter’ - the story of a man with unrealised potential, confronting and embracing death as an excuse to try one last time to achieve something small in his life. We sat down with Krumholz to talk about how to get out of the way of the role and service the script, feeling comfortable in the characters skin, and setting artistic standards for yourself.

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Fifteen years ago facing facing prison and corporal punishment Zar Amir Ebrahimi was forced to give up a successful acting career and flee her home in Iran. Ebrahimi’s last two roles are fierce criticisms of Iranian patriarchal culture. Firstly, with the terrifying satire Holy Spider (2022), which won her the Best Actress in Cannes 2022 and now in Shayda (2023) a gut wrenching story of a mother trying to protect her family from an abusive husband.

Away from starring roles, during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, which arose in the wake of the murder of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian morality police, Ebrahimi has acted as a journalist collating the experiences of young female protesters. Hers is a career with meaning and purpose. 

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Outside of perhaps Alfred Hitchcock, it’s arguable that there has never been a film director as significant in Britain as Ken Loach. In his seven decade career, Loach’s unrivalled filmography has been the most potent, artistic voice for the dispossessed in his native England. It is a tragedy for both the art form and the country that his new film will be his last. At 87, the man is drawing a line under this remarkable career, which began in the 1960s and has enjoyed multiple peaks. His final film, ‘The Old Oak’, marks a completion of a trilogy of social dramas set in the north-east of England and is as touching and as human as either of the two that came before it.

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Dive into the future of cinema in our latest podcast with Brian Newman, former Tribeca CEO and founder of Sub-Genre, as he looks at the future of film, festivals and streaming platforms through a new way of funding.

Through his company Sub-Genre, Brian explores the ever-evolving relationship between brands and cinema, working to bridge the gap and turn brand engagement into a new form of cinema, with Patagonia and Saint Laurent as great examples of how it could be done. Brian's aim is to explore the power of cinema to amplify brand values, reach underserved communities and navigate the delicate balance between commerce and art, opening up new avenues for marketing films beyond the traditional streaming model.

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This week on LocarnoMeet filmmakers Maria Giselle Royer and Julia De Castro, who presented "On the Go" at Cineasti del Presente. A bold homage to Spanish cinema of the 1980s, specifically Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo's "Corridas de la Gria".

Shot in 16mm, this daring road movie weaves an adventurous narrative around a burnt-out nightclub, motherhood and surreal encounters. Renowned for its eclectic soundtrack and cultural exploration, On the Go is a visually stunning cinematic experience, enriched by its thought-provoking exploration of social issues.
The film introduces a campy cast into a vibrant and irrational realm, showcasing the directors' harmonious blend of creativity and mutual understanding.

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Greek filmmaker Sofia Exarchou discusses her second feature film, "Animal", which looks at the lives of so-called "animators" at beach hotels in Greece.

The film explores the challenges these employees face in a demanding job that requires constant high energy and unwavering smiles. These people use their bodies to convey raw emotions, making their physical movements a central aspect of the film's storytelling and choreography.

In our conversation, Exarchou touches on the difficulties of funding creative films like "Animal", capturing the physicality of the scenes and her sensitive portrayal of the tourism industry in her native Greece.

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Production designer Amos Sussigan, who served on the festival jury, engages in a thoughtful conversation about his work on Animal Farm and broader insights into the animation industry. He delves into the intricacies of character design, highlighting the challenges of capturing individuality while avoiding cartoonish stereotypes, drawing on his varied experience, including Space Jam 2.

Sussigan also touches on the (at the time) ongoing strikes in the industry and concludes with profound reflections on his preference for the role of production designer over that of director, citing the complexities of the latter in a committee-driven feature film environment. The interview offers a deep and nuanced perspective on animation and filmmaking.

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In a rich and provocative conversation, filmmaker Eduardo Williams discusses "The Human Surge 3," the would-be sequel to his 2016 work. This time, he shot it with 360-degree cameras, making for a singular cinematic experience.
 
He describes the interplay between script and improvisation that forms the backbone of his process, as well as the inherently political nature of cinema and the significant influence of video games on his work. Reflecting on online interactions and the potential of virtual reality in filmmaking, Williams offers deeper insights into his intense and distinctive approach to "The Human Surge 3".
 
Williams contrasts the grandiosity and strangeness of the title with the film's quotidian depiction of everyday life, emphasizing the looming presence of the apocalypse while spurning any obvious dramatic climax. This double perspective frustrates and subverts expectations and explodes the minutiae of the human condition into an elaborate spectrum of everyday situations.

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Austin actress and writer Katie Folger shines in the ensemble cast of Family Portrait, a unique film about a Texas family's struggle to get a group photo.
The production took an unconventional approach, reflected in both the casting and the visual language of the film. With room to experiment, Katie valued the immersive, "dream-like" shooting experience over traditional rehearsals and a strict script.

In addition to her film work, Katie wrote "Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man", a one-woman show exploring self-discovery and empowerment. Addressing sensitive topics such as sex from the perspective of growing up in a conservative family as an actress and comedian, she describes the experience of baring her soul to an audience as a form of spiritual alchemy. Active in Austin's artistic community, she is concerned about the evolving artistic landscape and strives to preserve the city's distinctive identity.

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Join us for an exploration of resilience, creativity and the transformative power of cinema in the lives of our inspiring guests: director Gloria Carrión and producer Nadean Rawlins, both participants in the 2023 Open Doors Hub program focused on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Gloria shared her journey from the 2018 civil uprising in Nicaragua to the creation of Leaves of K., a film born out of oppression and forced migration. Faced with government restrictions, she found refuge in Toronto and, in a way, in Open Doors, which enabled her to develop "Pantasma", a poignant coming-of-age story that challenges notions of the enemy through animation and unique media.

Nadean, is in Locarno as the producer of "Raised by Goats" by Gibrey Allen, a film set in pre-independence Jamaica, exploring independence as individuals and as a country. She reflects on the transformative experience at Open Doors, the challenges of film funding in Jamaica and her commitment to making a difference.

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Delve into the world of Lucy Kerr, an American filmmaker and artist based in New York, who was named one of the '25 New Faces of Independent Film' by Filmmaker Magazine in 2022! Her debut feature, "Family Portrait", which premiered at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, is set during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and offers a compelling exploration of family bonds and the enigmatic nature of time and space. Inspired by her own family experiences, the film transcends traditional storytelling, gradually transforming a seemingly ordinary family photo session into a ritual of transition.

"Family Portrait" has earned Kerr recognition, including the feature film grant from the Austin Film Society, the AirFrance Prize from FIDLab, and the New Horizons Award from US in Progress.

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Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott, Michael Bay, Gus Van Sant... these are just some of the iconic filmmakers who have called on award-winning editor Pietro Scalia to help them realise their visions. With a career spanning over 30 years, 2 Oscars and many more awards, Scalia has helped shape some of the most iconic films in Hollywood history, "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down" and "JFK" to name but a few.

In August, he received the Vision Award Ticinomoda in Locarno and sat down with our host Alexander Miller to share fascinating anecdotes, such as the first time he met Gus Van Sant or sitting in the editing room with Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg... the life of a Hollywood editor!

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Luc Jacquet is an award-winning director and screenwriter with a passion for our planet and, in particular, Antarctica. This summer he was in Locarno to receive the Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare, a recognition of the creative minds that are helping to shape the future of today's and tomorrow's younger generations.

Jacquet's work attempts to strike a balance between celebrating the beauty and poetry of nature as it is, and raising much-needed awareness of the dangers of climate change. While questioning the effectiveness of political films and the role of activists, he offers a refreshing perspective: finding an artistic response through the emotional connections that humans have with nature.

With his latest film, "Antarctica Calling", presented at the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, Luc Jacquet invites the audience on a journey to feel the emotions of nature, from the majestic beauty of Antarctica to the vulnerability of its inhabitants.

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Radu Jude is a Romanian filmmaker who isn't to everyone's taste. His last film was called "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn", a provocative satire that won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2021 and pushed him into the center of global cinema. It also annoyed a lot of his countrymen who frankly found it crass. Jude's new film is a near three hour experience called "Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World," a triptych of differing styles that leaps, without warning, into a montage documentary before finally settling into the most remarkable single take scene of the year. Jude knows his work is divisive. But let's face it, he loves that.

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Imagine this: you’re in your 20s, you’ve never worked in or studied film when suddenly you find yourself producing an indisputably brilliant generational movie. Marianne Slot has now worked as Lars von Trier’s production partner since the 1990s. Over the decades her production company, Slot Machine, has been a cathedral for independent cinema. If producers were gatekeepers, Slot is the person you want holding the keys.

As a producer for renowned filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Lucrecia Martel, and Lisandro Alonso, we asked Marianne Slot about the importance of the creative bond between the director and producer, defending artistic freedom, tough times for independent cinema, and ask her: what does a film producer actually do?

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Tractors, madness, creative freedom and the heavy burden of judging art. We sit down with the prolific French actor Lambert Wilson, who is also the President of the Jury for the Locarno Film Festival, to talk about his new film, why he sees acting as a tool to extend life and ask that one crucial question: above all, is it great cinema?

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