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Michael Cimino Award acceptance video

  American director, screenwriter and producer, Michael Cimino received a Pardo d'onore Swisscom. Born in New York City, he had a classical education, graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. After the Army, he embarked on a successful career in advertising commercials. He moved to Hollywood where he wrote his first original screenplay (and made his directorial debut) with Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), starri...

locarno Events, 11 August

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Additional screenings EL MOVIMIENTO by Benjamin Naishtat: Rialto 2 at 09.30 MA DAR BEHESHT by Sina Ataeian Dena: Rialto 1 at 09.00 K2. TOUCHING THE SKY by Eliza Kubarska: Rialto 2 at 17.30  Piazza Grande Events, 11 August Open Doors presentation Screening of BOMBAY VELVET by Anurag Kashyap Special Events/Conversations with guest Open Doors Awards Ceremony at 12.00 at the Spazio Cinema (Forum)  hosted by Tiziana Mona Conversation with Bulle Ogier...

Locarno Events, 10 August

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  Additional screenings JAMES WHITE by Josh Mond: Rialto 1 at 18.15 PARDI DI DOMANI INTERNAZIONALE 1: L'Altra Sala at 22.30 Piazza Grande Events, 10 August Pardo alla carriera to Bulle Ogier Screening of ERLKÖNIG by Georges Schwizgebel Screening of GUIBORD S’EN VA-T-EN GUERRE by Philippe Falardeau  Special Events/Conversations with guest Round Table Retrospettiva Sam Peckinpah at 10.00 at the Spazio Cinema (Forum) hosted by Roberto T...

Locarno Events, 9 August

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Piazza Grande Events, 9 August Pardo d'onore Swisscom to Michael Cimino Screening of FLORIDE by Philippe Le Guay  Screening of THE DEER HUNTER by Michael Cimino  Special Events/Conversations with guest Conversation with Catherine Corsini, Cécile de France and Philippe Le Guay at 11.00 at the Magnolia (Spazio RSI) hosted by Pierre-Philippe Cadert. StepIn, Hotel Belvedere, 14.30 – 16.30 Open plenary session on the future of distribu...

Carlo Chatrian, Locarno Artistic Director, introduces the festival in a few words

Locarno: The home of images Carlo Chatrian words of introduction to the festival Let’s start with the Piazza Grande films: Ricki and the Flash tells a story that is extraordinary for American cinema, to wit, a mother who, having abandoned the home (the classical luxury villa) for a modest apartment to pursue her independent dreams, returns when it is in crisis, and, even if walking on eggshells, animates it with her personality, her look, her spirit. A family home, solid as a rock, is...

Women in the Industry: Spotlight on Success Stories in Locarno (10 August, 2:30pm, Hotel Belvedere)

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  This panel investigates the success of films made by women directors, producers, screenwriters, etc. Are women films doing well in box-office figures, awards, return on investment? Do they tell new stories? How do experienced women filmmakers reflect on their success? International experts will present their findings in a moderated debate with the audience.  This interactive panel investigates the success of films made by women directors, producers, screenwriters, camerawomen, etc....

Doc Alliance Selection Award (August 8, 11:30am, Hotel Belvedere)

The aim of the Doc Alliance initiative, a creative partnership of seven key European documentary film festivals: CPH:DOX Copenhagen, Doclisboa, Docs Against Gravity FF, DOK Leipzig, FID Marseille, Jihlava IDFF, Visions du Réel Nyon, is to advance the documentary genre, support its diversity and continuously promote quality creative documentary films. The Doc Alliance platform awards the best European Documentary nominated independently by each of the platform’s festival members a...

PUENTES – Europe: Latin America Producers Workshop in Locarno (August 6 – 10)

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Throughout the 6 years of its existence, PUENTES has become the most relevant and successful training programme for developing European-Latin American co-production. The programme will bring together fourteen producers and other professionals from Europe and Latin America to work on feature film projects in development. They will be working together throughout the year with leading experts from both continents on script development, pitching, co-production, financing, legal aspects, marketing...

Bridging the Dragon (bridging the European and Chinese film industries)

Bridging the Dragon (August 4 – 10, Hotel Monteverità) The process of bridging the European and Chinese film industries is related to the need to find content that can be appealing to both audiences, and which can overcome the differences in terms of culture, language and market. With this in mind, Bridging the Dragon is organising the first Sino-European content lab programme, taking place in Songjiang/Shanghai and Locarno. The labs gather 10 teams (director/producer) ...

Panel on the Visibility of Swiss Films on VOD Platforms August 8

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Horizontes de Eileen Hofer à Locarno

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  Horizontes de Eileen Hofer continue sa belle ascension en festival. Après avoir fait sa première mondiale à Visions du Réel et sa première internationale à Karlovy Vary Le documentaire sera projeté à Locarno (section Panorama Suisse) le vendredi 7 août à 11h au FEVI  Après sa première mondiale à Visions du Réel et sa première internationale à Karlovy Va...

Locarno Events, 7 August

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  Piazza Grande Events, 7 August Leopard Club Award to Andy Garcia Screening of DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER by Lars Kraume  Screening of SOUTHPAW by Antoine Fuqua  Special Events/Conversations with guests Conversation with Office Kitano, Premio Raimondo Rezzonico, at 10.30 at the Spazio Cinema (Forum) hosted by Giona Nazzaro Conversation with Marlen Khutsiev, Pardo alla carriera, at 13.30 at the Palavideo hosted by Roberto Turigliatto, with Bernard E...

Locarno Events, 6 August

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Piazza Grande Events, 6 August Premio Raimondo Rezzonico to Office Kitano Pardo alla carriera to Marlen Khutsiev Screening of LA BELLE SAISON by Catherine Corsini  Screening of LE DERNIER PASSAGE by Pascal Magontier  Special Events/Conversations with guests Conversation with Udo Kier at 11.00 at the Magnolia (Spazio RSI) hosted by Michael Sennhauser and Eric Facon Conversation with Edward Norton, Excellence Award Moët & Chandon, at 14.30 at the Spa...

Locarno Events, 5 August

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  Piazza Grande Events, 5 August The opening ceremony will take place Wednesday 5 August on the Piazza Grande at 21.30 Presentation of the official juries of the three competitions  Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Edward Norton  Screening of RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme    Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal) 5 August, 14.00, Piazza Grande RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme 5 August, 16.00, Fuori concorso ROMEO E GIULIETTA by Massimo Cop...

Edward Norton opens Locarno 68th edition with the screening of Fight Club

    Edward Norton, the screening of Fight Club The 68th edition of the Festival del film Locarno will open with Edward Norton, who will introduce Fight Club at the Auditorium FEVI at 14.00, before receiving the Excellence Award Moët & Chandon on the Piazza Grande. As per tradition, the opening day will be characterized by a series of screenings in the sections Histoire(s) du cinéma, the Retrospettiva Sam Peckinpah and Open Doors. At 14.00, at the Audito...

The 68° Festival del film Locarno Pre festival evenings with free screenings

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  On the second evening of the Prefestival, tonight, August 4 at 21.30, there will be a screening of the restored print of Federico Fellini's E la nave va, to celebrate 120 years of the major French production and distribution company Gaumont, which co-produced the film in 1983. The evening, with free entry for all, has been made possible thanks to support from UBS.   The Festival will close on the Piazza Grande with the awards ceremony, on Saturday August 15 at 21.00. A spe...

The Locarno Premio Raimondo Rezzonico 2015 goes to Office Kitano

  The Japanese company Office Kitano will be honored with a tribute that recognizes the most significant players on the international independent production scene. Founded in 1988 as a theatrical agency, Office Kitano was created to answer the need to manage the TV activities of Takeshi Kitano and a group of comic actors linked to him. In 1991 it became a production company with A Scene at the Sea, Kitano's third feature film, and since then has produced all of the actor-director'...

Video Guided tour of Locarno 2015 by Carlo Chatrian The program of Locarno68

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http://www.pardolive.ch/en/Pardo-Live/today-at-the-festival/2015/Line-up-2015/The-program-of-Locarno68.html#.Va1hzvntmkp ...

Leopard Club Award to Andy Garcia

  © Collection Cinémathèque suisse. Tous droits réservés   This year the award is attributed to the American actor Andy Garcia. Named after the supporting Association of the Festival, the Leopard Club Award pays tribute to someone in film whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination THE LOST CITY by Andy Garcia – USA – 2005 – 144’ THE UNTOUCHABLES&nbs...

Stars expected at Locarno68

  LA BELLE SAISON – Catherine Corsini A guitar played by Meryl Streep will give #Locarno68 its starting rhythm. Ricki and the Flash is the Piazza Grande opening movie, signed by a great director like Jonathan Demme (who won the Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs) – a symbolic start for a red carpet which, never like this year, can be considered Hollywoodian. Let's think about the pair of celeb...

Alliance For Development: a new initiative by the Locarno Industry Days

      Alliance For Development, a new initiative by the Locarno Industry Days, is a platform connecting four countries (France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland) and facilitating the development of co-produced projects, in close cooperation with the three different co-development funds between France (CNC) and Italy (MiBACT), Germany (FFA) and Italy, as well as the upcoming fund between France and Germany. This year sees a pilot phase of Alliance For Development (AFD, 8...

Michael Cimino at Locarno for the Pardo d'onore Swisscom

  Michael Cimino at Locarno for the Pardo d'onore Swisscom American director, screenwriter and producer, Michael Cimino will attend the 68th Festival del film Locarno, which is dedicating a tribute to him and where he will receive a Pardo d'onore Swisscom. Born in New York City, he had a classical education, graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts. After the Army, he embarked on a successful career in advertising commerci...

Program for the Piazza Grande

  05.08 RICKI AND THE FLASH by Jonathan Demme – USA – 2015 – 100’ Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Edward Norton 06.08 LA BELLE SAISON by Catherine Corsini – France – 2015 – 105’ LE DERNIER PASSAGE by Pascal Magontier – France – 2015 – 28’ Pardo alla carriera to Marlen Khutsiev 07.08 DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER by Lars Kraume – Germany – 2015 – 105’ SOUTHPAW by Antoine Fuqua &ndas...

Locarno 2015 competition revealed

Concorso internazionale BELLA E PERDUTA by Pietro Marcello Italy – 2015 – 86' with Tommaso Cestrone, Sergio Vitolo, Gesuino Pittalis Production: Avventurosa Co-production: Rai Cinema World Premiere BRAT DEJAN (Brother Dejan) by Bakur Bakuradze Russia/Serbia – 2015 – 113' with Marko Nikolic, Misa Tirinda Production: Vita Aktiva Co-production: CTB, Focus Plus Cinema, Look Film, Pilon Media World Premiere CHEVALIER by Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece – 2015 &nd...

Hong Sangsoo's Right Now, Wrong Then and Andrzej Zulawski's Cosmos return to Locarno with their new film

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Hong Sangsoo's Right Now, Wrong Then and Andrzej Zulawski's Cosmos mark the return to Locarno of two filmmakers who have featured in previous editions of the Festival. The Concorso internazionale at the 68th Festival del film Locarno (5 - 15 August) will include films by two directors who, each in their own way, have made a strong impact at previous editions, and now return to Locarno with their latest films. South Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo, who won 2013's Pardo for Bes...

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