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For the Future

of Films

August 5-15, 2020

For the Future of Films is the 2020 edition of the Locarno Film Festival. This special edition, designed to be a "year zero", gathering films and viewers in the great digital Piazza that is the world wide web and in our local theaters. The audience will connect from all over the world to discover premieres, support the films of tomorrow and explore projects aimed at promoting the Festival’s values and history. The future begins now, and Locarno will always be on the side of cinema.

 

 

 

 

 

Three minutes to recount an unthinkable year and an unpredictable edition. Locarno 2020, in theaters and online, ends like this. See you on August 4. Thus begins Locarno74. Sort of...

Locarno 2020

Awards
Award winners at this special edition: from Switzerland to Argentina, the Locarno 2020 verdict on the films of the future
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Film Sections
The Locarno Film Festival rethinks its structure, strengthening its commitment to the future of film and filmmakers all over the world: six sections and three competitions to explore the future imagined by the cinema, as always in the name of quality and independence.
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Projects & Initiatives
As a meeting point for people who make and work in cinema, the Locarno Film Festival has always been a place for reflection and debate on moving images, their future and their history. That’s why development and promotion of the Festival archive are two key concepts of the Locarno 2020 Projects.
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Film Sections Locarno 2020

Film Section

The Films After Tomorrow
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Film section

Pardi di domani
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Film section

Open Doors Screenings
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Film Section

Through the Open Doors
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Film Section

A Journey in the Festival’s History
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Film Section

Secret Screenings
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Relive the edition

VOD

Locarno LiveTV by Swisscom
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Online Events

Locarno 2020 Masterclasses
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Online Events

Discutiamo, discutiamo - Locarno Conversations
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Online Events

Locarno Pro Roundtables
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Our Locarno 2020

Always with you and cinema

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An act of responsibility towards the present and a call of hope towards the future: this is the idea behind Locarno 2020. Here are the messages of the Festival's leading figures for this special edition.

Locarno 2020 News

Press Release  · 16 | 08 | 2020

Locarno 2020 in numbers

News  · 14 | 08 | 2020

The Pardo 2020 goes to Martel and Alessandrini

I progetti Chocobar e Zahorí conquistano The Films After Tomorrow. Premiati anche Gomes, Verena Paravel e Lucien Castaing-Taylor e Raphaël Dubach e Mateo Ybarra

News  · 14 | 08 | 2020

The Pardini d'oro 2020 go to Darol Olu Kae and Jonas Ulrich

The Pardini d'argento go to Zhannat Alshanova and Tristan Aymon

News  · 14 | 08 | 2020

These are the awards of the jury Cinema & Gioventù

These are the awards of the jury that assessed the entire Locarno 2020 selection

Locarno 2020 Awards

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The Films After Tomorrow

Palmarès Calls
Lili Hinstin chats with the awarded directors of The Films After Tomorrow 2020 Section
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Locarno 2020 Partners

Partners in Action
In this exceptional year the Locarno Film Festival has changed shape to meet the most urgent needs of the film industry. The resulting transformation, although imposed by external circumstances, has allowed us to launch a series of innovative projects that are destined to be models of inspiration for future editions of the Festival and for the culture sector as a whole.
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