By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The Locarno Film Festival is once again attracting arthouse buffs and film industry insiders to the picturesque town in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.

By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Giona A. Nazzaro, the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, lauded “a truly unique edition that marked once more what makes Locarno such a ...

On Aug. 23, 1946, just a few months after the inaugural Cannes Film Festival, the very first Locarno International Film Festival opened with a screening of Giacomo Gentilomo’s Italian neorealist ...

Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh will serve as the jury president at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Panh will head the festival’s Concorso Internazionale jury, which hands out the top Pardo d’Oro ...

The Locarno Film Festival will introduce gender-neutral acting awards for its 76th annual ceremony in 2023, festival organizers announced Wednesday. Already a festival that embraces diverse voices ...

The Locarno Film Festival has re-upped Italian film critic Giona A. Nazzaro as its artistic director for the next three years. Nazzaro, a former head of the Venice Film Festival's Critics' Week ...

Here are 5 must-see movies at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday, August 2, to Saturday, August 12.

Lithuanian filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė has clinched the Golden Leopard in the main international competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival with her debut feature Toxic. Directed by Bliuvaitė ...

Given that, after its shuttered 2020 edition, the 74th Locarno Film Festival‘s ident features a prowling, growling, resurgent leopard and the distinctly tumescent tagline “Cinema is Back” it ...

Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh will serve as jury president of the international competition at the 78th Locarno Film ...