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Press Release · 10.03.2025

Retrospective 2025 - Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema (1945-1960)

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Press Release · 10.03.2025

Retrospective 2025 - Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema (1945-1960)

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Open Call: Heritage Restoration Contest

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Press Release · 10.03.2025

Retrospective 2025 - Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema (1945-1960)

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Approaching British Cinema with Great Expectations

After a successful exploration of Columbia Pictures in 2024, curator Ehsan Khoshbakht once again will return to Locarno to craft the festival’s retrospective. We spoke with him about the program, conceived as a focus on films about life in the country during the period of 1945-1960.

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In this in-depth conversation with Jane Campion the New Zealand auteur speaks about her career, meditative creative process, and going the extra mile.

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The Locarno Film Festival Is Evaluating the Possibility of Changing the Date of the Event for the 80th Edition in 2027

Following the Board of Directors' meeting on December 2, 2024, the Festival informed the City of Locarno that it intends to evaluate the feasibility of moving the event to the second half of July, starting with its 80th anniversary in 2027. At the same time, the Board of Directors stressed its willingness to discuss further with public bodies and stakeholders to arrive at the best possible decision.

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Locarno77: The Pardo d’Oro goes to Akiplėša (Toxic) by Saulė Bliuvaitė

The 11 days of the Festival this year brought packed cinemas, extraordinary moments, and unforgettable encounters to the city of Locarno once again, capped off by the triumph of the Lithuanian drama Akiplėša (Toxic), winner of the Festival’s Pardo d’Oro of the Concorso Internazionale.

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