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Pardo Editorial

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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Reinas' Klaudia Reynicke: “It’s Imperfections That Make Your Artwork Truly Yours”

Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke on Reinas, winner of the Locarno Prix du Public UBS 2024 and Best Film at the Swiss Film Awards.

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Mohammad Rasoulof on The Seed of the Sacred Fig and Life After Leaving Iran

Prior to Locarno77, the Iranian filmmaker spoke with Pardo from an undisclosed location in Germany about his work, life, and hopes for the future.

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Locarno77 Premieres Win Big at the Swiss Film Awards

Locarno triumphs at the Swiss Film Awards! Last Friday March 21, Queens (Reinas) by Klaudia Reynicke, winner of the Prix du Public UBS at Locarno77, won the Best Feature Film at the Quartz Awards (Schweizer Filmpreis), the top honor for filmmaking in Switzerland.

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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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