Actor Stellan Skarsgård will receive the Leopard Club Award at the 76th Locarno Film Festival taking place August 2-12, 2023.
Locarno Film Festival
Thousands of film fans and industry professionals meet at the Locarno Film Festival every summer to share their thirst for new discoveries and a passion for cinema in all its diversity.
In Locarno they find a quality program, rich, eclectic, surprising, and where emerging talent rubs shoulders with prestigious guests.
Locarno Film Festival started in 1946 and takes place in Locarno, Switzerland
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Nymphomaniac Actor Stellan Skarsgård to Receive Leopard Club Award at Locarno Film Festival
Stellan Skarsgård ©Agnete-Brun
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Locarno Film Festival 2023 Reveals Lineup
Yannick by Quentin Dupieux (Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Atelier de Production) Today’s press conference saw the unveiling of the official program for the 76th Locarno Film Festival, taking place from August 2nd to 12th, 2023.
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Riz Ahmed to be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
Riz Ahmed ©Photo by Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images Actor Riz Ahmed will be the recipient of the Excellence Award Davide Campari at the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival taking place from August 2nd to 12th.
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Good Will Hunting Film Editor Pietro Scalia to be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
Pietro Scalia © Giovanni Mecati@acmesign Locarno Film Festival will honor film editor and two-time Oscar winner Pietro Scalia with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, the prize “dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of the filmic image”.
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Noora Niasari Sundance Winning Shayda to Close Locarno Film Festival, EP Cate Blanchett to Attend
Shayda directed by Noora Niasari 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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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.