The Swiss festival's co-production and talent development program gears up for its second edition with an Africa focus, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. August’s Locarno Film Festival will go British with its latest retrospective: Great Expectations: British Post-War Cinema, ...

African Film Press (AFP), the cross-regional alliance of founding has partnered with Locarno’s Open Doors as an award partner ...

The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard Award. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema will celebrate the American auteur on Aug. 14 during a ...

One of Europe's oldest festivals returns this week, with both established auteurs and rookie filmmakers looking to make an impact. The Piazza Grande often showcases more mainstream fare (horror film ...

The Locarno Film Festival will honor Isabella Rossellini with its Excellence Award that pays tribute to film personalities who are making their mark on contemporary cinema. Rossellini - whose most ...

"Virtually synonymous with artistic daring and technical excellence, Rossellini has long fused the technical brilliance of Hollywood with the European spirit of artistic fearlessness." ...

Rounding out the selection, Ugandan fiction project A Vineyard for A Lobster, directed by Talemwa Pius and produced by ...

Lithuanian filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė has clinched the Golden Leopard in the main international competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival with her debut feature Toxic. Directed by Bliuvaitė from a ...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival returns this week with what is perhaps the strongest lineup festival director Giona A. Nazzaro has conjured up during his short but impactful four-year tenure.

The Locarno Film Festival’s industry side is launching a U.S.-European film financing initiative at the Swiss event in tandem with Oxbelly, the Greece-based nonprofit headed by former Sundance ...

The Swiss festival begins August 7, and the winning film will receive 11,000 Swiss francs. The Mubi Award — Debut Feature will be awarded to an outstanding debut feature playing in Locarno’s official ...