Locarno Meets

Welcome to the second season of Locarno Meets, where established
legends of cinema and exciting new talents chat about art, life, movies, and everything in between.

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Highlights

Season 2 • 29 | 10 | 2024

Alfonso Cuarón Moves Between Hollywood and the Real World

On Locarno Meets, we're joined by five-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón, who shared some candid thoughts about his singular career while in Locarno to accept the Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

In an in-depth conversation with the podcast host Alex Miller, Cuarón opened up about his new Apple TV series “Disclaimer”, starring Cate Blanchett, taking breaks from Hollywood with “Y tu mamá también” and “Roma” – that allowed him to refresh his practice –, coping with the reality of the world that hasn’t improved much since he made “Children of Men” almost twenty years ago, and the weight of being known as a visionary artist who also makes blockbusters, like “Gravity” or “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”.

Season 2 • 15 | 10 | 2024

Shah Rukh Khan: The King of Bollywood

There are no words to introduce Shah Rukh Khan, the Baadshah of Bollywood, recipient of the Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. He is one of the biggest and most beloved movie stars in the world; for billions of people around the world, his name is virtually synonymous with legendary films of all descriptions – romances, comedies, action films.

When we caught up with SRK in Locarno – for this episode of our podcast Locarno Meets – we asked him about that range, about what he missed about filmmaking during the pandemic, and whether short-form storytelling on social media will ever be a rival to the big budget epics on which Shah Rukh Khan has built a name.

Season 2 • 07 | 11 | 2024

Jane Campion: Every Film is a Long Love Affair

One of the most beloved and influential directors of the past half century, Jane Campion – recipient of the Pardo d’Onore Manor at the 77th Locarno Film Festival –, joins us on Locarno Meets.

Campion’s is a career of remarkable firsts, whether as the first woman to win the Palme d’Or or the first woman to be nominated twice for the Academy Awards for Best Director (winning for “The Power of the Dog” in 2022). But her body of work is full of artistic risk-taking and daring pivots into uncharted territory. With Campion in our studio, we looked back together at her career, reflecting on her early days of film-going in London, on the genesis of many of her best-known projects, and on techniques for keeping the flame of inspiration alive.

Season 2 • 12 | 11 | 2024

Nick Frost on “Timestalker” and Playing a Self-Described Horrible Beast

One of the most recognizable faces of British cinema – known best for “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” –, actor Nick Frost stopped over at Locarno to show his latest film, the centuries-spanning time travel romantic comedy “Timestalker”, on the Piazza Grande.

While in town, he sat down for a conversation on Locarno Meets to discuss the genesis of this one-of-a-kind new movie, expound on his admiration for director Alice Lowe – another beloved staple of British television comedy – and reflect on what it means to play a pretty evil dude across dozens of historical eras on screen.