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#Locarno78: 6 – 16 | 8 | 2025 — Since 1946, we celebrate cinema in all its forms, discover new talents, and look toward the future.
Locarno, Switzerland
Joined July 2009
The films' submissions for the 78th Locarno Film Festival (Aug 6 – 16, 2025) open today! → For a chance to be part of one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious celebrations of cinema, submit your film:
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#JessicaHausner has one of the most recognizable signatures as an auteur. Her films are known as much for the formal austerity as for the daring subject matter; they are films that “do not shout so loudly”. → Watch this episode of #LocarnoMeets (by @UBS)
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“I’m a reacher, not a preacher, not a teacher. I have nothing to teach, nothing to say, nothing prepared. So, you want me to sing or dance?” #MichaelCimino, born this day in 1939.
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What are the ethics of AI art? Can it ever be a tool of artistic liberation or are AI systems inherently extractive? These're some of the questions that came up in our conversation with @paultrillo. → Watch this episode of #LocarnoMeets (by @UBS):
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“I try not to lose the battle for humanity” #EdgarPêra on #LocarnoMeets, our podcast presented by @UBS. → Watch the podcast
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The Portuguese filmmaker #EdgarPêra is an experimental artist in the truest sense of the word. And we had the occasion to sit down with him for our podcast #LocarnoMeets, presented by @UBS. → Watch the podcast
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“And if you can believe it... It's a Friday once again!“ – From the ‘Weather Report’ project on #DavidLynch's YouTube channel (November 25, 2022)
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“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.'” – David Lynch's family on social media David Keith Lynch Missoula (Montana), January 20, 1946 – Los Angeles (California), January 16, 2025
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We sit down with #IrèneJacob on #LocarnoMeets (our podcast presented by @UBS) to reflect on the legacy of “Three Colors: Red” by Krzysztof Kieślowski – a monumental work – and her remarkable and risk-taking career in the years since. → Full episode
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No matter the assignment, #IrèneJacob continues to forge her own path – a deeply original one – within and through the landscape of international cinema. We caught up with Irène Jacob on #LocarnoMeets, our podcast presented by @UBS. → Full episode
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#LinaSoualem on Palestinian grief and making films with and about family. #LocarnoMeets: a Locarno Film Festival original production, brought to you by @UBS. → Watch the full episode
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Congratulations, once again, to #PayalKapadia! Last year this amazing filmmaker also joined us in Locarno as a juror for the 77th edition of our Festival.
Payal Kapadia accepts the Best International Film award for ‘All We Imagine As Light’. “Jodie Foster has seen our movie…twice!” #NYFCC90
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We sit down with French-Algerian-Palestinian actress and filmmaker #LinaSoualem on #LocarnoMeets (by @UBS) to speak about making films, emigration, grief and how she approached the work of navigating the complex relations of family. → Full episode
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“Joel Coen is my biggest hero” We caught up with #FreddyMacdonald on #LocarnoMeets, our podcast presented by @UBS. → Full episode
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24-year-old Swiss-American filmmaker #FreddyMacdonald, the youngest directing fellow ever accepted to the @AmericanFilm, discusses the unique genesis of his debut feature #SewTorn (premiered at Locarno77) – on Locarno Meets, by @UBS. → Watch the episode
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“I think a lot of my work is about aspiring to something lofty. And then failing at it. Which I find funny” #AliceLowe on #LocarnoMeets, our video podcast presented by @UBS. → Full episode
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Take home a poster of the new official Locarno Film Festival Pardo. There are many variations to choose from, capturing the leopard's enigmatic charm and ferocious beauty. Photos by @TimFlach. Design by Jannuzzi Smith. → Give a look at our online shop
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Walking through a giant tambourine? Done! A free-flowing conversation – on Locarno Meets, our podcast by @UBS – with #AliceLowe, major star of UK sketch comedy of the 2000s, director of “Prevenge” and “Timestalker”. → Watch the episode
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70 years after its release, a lost gem of Brazilian cinema – “Mulher de Verdade” (1954) by Alberto Cavalcanti – has been beautifully restored in 4K and is now available to stream for free on our website until January 10, 2025. ▶️ Watch the film
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Happy birthday #JohnMalkovich! We fondly recall hosting this quintessential cinephile actor in Locarno in 2005, celebrating his exceptionally eclectic body of work with the prestigious Excellence Award. _ © Locarno Film Festival
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#EhsanKhoshbakht tells the story of Columbia Pictures on #LocarnoMeets (by @UBS), from the beginnings until the death of his famous tyrannical president and co-founder: Harry Cohn. → Watch the full episode
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