The European premiere of Iranian-Australian director Noora Niasari’s debut film Shayda, which won the Audience Award at Sundance 2023, will close the curtains on the final night of the 2023 Locarno Film Festival.
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Noora Niasari Sundance Winning Shayda to Close Locarno Film Festival, EP Cate Blanchett to Attend
Shayda directed by Noora Niasari
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Producer Renzo Rossellini to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Locarno Film Festival
Renzo Rossellini Italian producer and director Renzo Rossellini will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival along with a Piazza Grande Second Screening of Federico Fellini’s La città delle donne (City of Women).
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The Matrix Actor Lambert Wilson to Chair International Competition Jury at Locarno Film Festival
Lambert Wilson © Igor Shabalin French actor Lambert Wilson will be President of the Jury awarding the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard) – to a film in the International Competition (Concorso internazionale) at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, from August 2-12, 2023.
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Filmmaker Harmony Korine to Receive Prestigious Pardo d’onore Manor Award at Locarno Film Festival
Harmony Korine ©Matt Carr / Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images Filmmaker and artist Harmony Korine will be honored with the Pardo d’onore Manor, the award for outstanding achievement in cinema, at the upcoming 76th Locarno Film Festival. The festival will feature screenings of two titles picked from his filmography by the director himself: Gummo (1997) and Spring Breakers (2012). Korine will also meet with the Festival public in a panel conversation at Forum @Spazio Cinema.
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Lars von Trier and Lucrecia Martel Producer Marianne Slot to be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
Marianne Slot © Manuel Moutier Producer Marianne Slot, known for working with filmmakers like Lars von Trier, Lucrecia Martel and Lisandro Alonso will receive the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at Locarno Film Festival.
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Locarno Film Festival Switches to Gender-Neutral Acting Awards from 2023
Locarno Film Festival will no longer present gender-based acting awards, but instead refer to new, gender-neutral performance categories.
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Last Dance and Annie Colère Win Final Awards at 75th Locarno Film Festival
Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival ended over the weekend, and the audience selected Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey for the Prix du Public (audience award), while the seventies drama Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir clinched the Variety Piazza Grande Award.
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75th Locarno Film Festival Award Winners. Julia Murat’s Rule 34 Wins Pardo d’oro Prize
Rule 34 (Regra 34) by Julia Murat The controversial Brazilian film Rule 34 (Regra 34) by Julia Murat was awarded the Pardo d’oro at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. In the sexual film, Simone is a young law student who finds a passion for defending women in abuse cases, yet her own sexual interests lead her to a world of violence and eroticism.
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Daisy Edgar-Jones to Receive Leopard Club Award at Locarno Film Festival
Daisy Edgar-Jones in Where the Crawdads Sing Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones will receive the Leopard Club Award at the 75th Locarno Film Festival (August 3 – 13, 2022), along with a screening of Where the Crawdads Sing by Olivia Newman.
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Bullet Train’s Aaron Taylor-Johnson to be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Bullet Train (screenshot via Youtube) British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, winner of the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016), will receive the Excellence Award Davide Campari at Locarno Film Festival, and present the Festival’s opening film Bullet Train, by David Leitch.
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75th Locarno Film Festival Announces Lineup
Brad Pitt and Brian Tyree Henry in Bullet Train. © Sony Pictures Releasing Locarno Film Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary from August 3 through 13, and unveiled the lineup of films, which, in keeping with the event’s long history, will boldly showcase cinema in all its forms, old and new.
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Matt Dillon to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Locarno Film Festival
Matt Dillon ©Photo by Tom Munro Actor Matt Dillon will be honored at Locarno Film Festival with the Lifetime Achievement Award, accompanied by screenings of Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 1989) and City of Ghosts Matt Dillon, 2002).