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Locarno Film Festival Sets Shift To Gender-Neutral Acting Categories
The Locarno film festival will shift to gender-neutral acting categories with its 76th edition set to run August 2-12, 2023.
The festival's two main competitions, the Concorso internazionale and Concorso Cineasti del presente, will now each present two Pardo awards for the best performances. In a statement, the…
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Buzzy Locarno Title ‘Tommy Guns’ Wins Europa Cinemas Label Prize
Portuguese filmmaker Carlos Conceição's Angolan War of Independence drama Tommy Guns has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film at the 75th Locarno Film Festival, running August 3 to 13.
The feature explores the war through the eyes of two youngsters – a local girl and a Portuguese soldier – who are caught…
Locarno Film Festival Winners: ‘Rule 34’ Takes Golden Leopard
Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat clinched the Golden Leopard prize in the main international competition of the 75th Locarno Film Festival with her latest feature Rule 34.
The film follows Simone, a young law student who finds a passion for defending women in abuse cases. Yet her own sexual interests lead her to a…
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Zsuzsi Bánkuti Appointed Head Of Locarno’s Open Doors; San Sebastian Unveils Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Selection – Global Briefs
Zsuzsi Bánkuti Appointed Head Of Locarno’s Open Doors
Zsuzsi Bánkuti has been appointed as the new head of the Locarno Film Festival's project and talent incubator Open Doors. The 20-year industry initiative runs during the festival and supports filmmakers in regions where producing independent movies is particularly…
International Insider: Indian Incentive; Under Korean Management; On Location In Locarno; Johnny Depp As Louis
Welcome back to another edition of International Insider. This week, you've got me, Jesse Whittock, taking you through the big stories from beyond the U.S. shores.
Indian Incentive
Luring them in: Indian TV production is one of the big, developing international narratives of 2022, and the country is desperate to…
Alief Snaps Up International Sales Rights To Australian Locarno Title ‘Petrol’
EXCLUSIVE: UK-French film company Alief has secured international sales rights to Australian filmmaker Alena Lodkina's second feature Petrol, following its buzzy world premiere in Locarno's Filmmakers Of The Present competition.
The Melbourne-set drama, co-stars Nathalie Morris as an impressionable…
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Laure Calamy Starrer ‘Angry Annie’ Sells To Key Territories Ahead Of Locarno Debut
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based company Indie Sales has sold Angry Annie, French director Blandine Lenoir's latest feature, to a host of key territories ahead of the film's world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on Thursday.
The film has been sold to Benelux (Cinéart), Canada (Axia Films), Indonesia (Falcon Pictures)…
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Lukas Nathrath’s ‘One Last Evening’ Wins Locarno Pro’s First Look Prize; UKTV Seeks Comedy Scripts By Women & Greenlights ‘Annika’ Season Two; CJ ENM Spanish Language Deal; Andy Serkis’s Imaginarium Productions, Newen Connect Team On ‘Madame!’ – Global Briefs
Lukas Nathrath’s One Last Evening Wins Locarno Pro’s First Look Prize
German filmmaker Lukas Nathrath’s debut feature One Last Evening, about a young couple who host a doomed farewell dinner for friends before moving to a new city, has won Locarno Pro’s First Look Award. The prize comes with €50,000 in post-production…
Jason Blum On His ‘Exorcist’ Remake, The Evolution Of Blumhouse & His Desire To Win An Oscar
Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum is at Locarno where he is set to be feted with the Swiss festival's Raimondo Rezzonico award for Best Independent Producer. Prior to the event — which will take place at a rainy Piazza Grande — Blum spoke to Deadline about a range of topics, including the status of his upcoming Exor…
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Daisy Edgar-Jones On The Importance Of ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Box Office Win & Shaking Her ‘Gentle’ Persona
Daisy Edgar-Jones picked up Locarno's Leopard Club acting award Friday evening — the latest honour of her short career. Despite her early success, however, Edgar-Jones says she’s keen to reshape her career and shake her perception in the industry.
"I play a lot of gentle and quiet nice people, but I’d like to play…
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Wide Swoops On Breakout Angolan War Of Independence Locarno Competition Title ‘Tommy Guns’
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company Wide has acquired world sales rights to Angola-born Portuguese filmmaker Carlos Conceição's Angolan War of Independence drama Tommy Guns, which made a well-received debut in Competition at the Locarno Film Festival on Friday.
Set against the final violent days of the conflict in…
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Matt Dillon Talks Locarno Lifetime Achievement Award, Lars Von Trier’s Best Advice & Releasing Music Doc ‘The Great Fellove’
Matt Dillon is at Locarno this week where he will receive the festival's lifetime achievement award, a prestigious honour that he joked comes with a unique balance of positives and negatives.
"I’m too young," he said. "But I do this because hopefully there’s some director here that's gonna say 'good job' because I’m…
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