Leaving your will in written form offers the possibility of protecting your own wishes and the rights of loved ones. At the same time, this provides an opportunity to make offers and donations to public bodies and foundations, providing direct and tangible support for the benefit of the entire community.
Supporting the Locarno Film Festival with a legacy (i.e. a clearly defined sum or asset) or inheritance (i.e. a percentage of your estate) in its favour is a choice of great cultural and social value. Since its inception, the Locarno Film Festival has in fact always stood out for its commitment to safeguarding free and democratic artistic expression: a value of fundamental importance to modern society, which deserves to be protected with dedication and perseverance.
The Locarno Film Festival's commitment extends far beyond the purely cultural sphere, having a very pronounced social character, as demonstrated by its intense efforts in numerous projects to support and promote artists from particularly disadvantaged areas of the world and to foster the education and training of young people in the artistic field.
Choosing to support the Locarno Film Festival through a legacy or inheritance is, therefore, an act of great trust in a movement that sees the promotion and preservation of culture as a tool for improving and securing the future of the next generation of artists, cinephiles and culture enthusiasts, and which does even more than that, aspiring through its endeavours to bring benefits to the entire community. Made possible with your help, the Festival takes this mission to heart and pledges its utmost dedication in carrying out this task with passion.
Furthermore, as a charitable organization, the Locarno Film Festival is exempt from inheritance tax and will be able to use everything it receives directly in the pursuit of the values it believes in.
If you are considering to name the Locarno Film Festival in your will and would like to receive more information, the Festival Management is at your complete disposal and can be contacted via the head of the Secretariat Pia Ferrari (+41 91 756 21 21, pia.ferrari@locarnofestival.ch). Thank you very much!
