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Open Doors Screenings
For more than two decades, the Locarno Film Festival has collaborated with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on the section Open Doors, whose mission is to support filmmakers from under-represented regions around the world, and from countries in which cinema as a form of expression is at risk. From 2022 to 2024, Open Doors has focused on the 22 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean and, throughout the year and during the Festival, carries out professional promotion and training programs in their industries. Concomitantly, the non-competitive section Open Doors Screenings offers audiences in Locarno a selection of feature-length films and shorts that are representative of the region. In 2024, the spotlight is on all regions touched by the three-year cycle: Central America, the Caribbeans, and South America.
