Locarno International Film Festival

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Raisah Ahmed

Glasgow, Locarno, IDFA join European film market alliance

The F.A.M.E. Alliance also includes CPH: Dox, Les Arcs and Zurich.

Open Doors team

Locarno Pro’s Open Doors to turn spotlight on African talent for next four years

Locarno’s co-production and talent development initiative is to focus on the African continent for its next cycle.

Youth (Hard Times)

‘Youth (Hard Times)’: Locarno Review

The second in Wang Bing’s documentary trilogy returns to the young migrant workers who populate the factories of China’s Xisheng Road

Toxic

‘Toxic’: Locarno Review

Golden Leopard-winner hones in on teenage girls and what they’ll do to get out of their dead-end town

A Sister's Tale

‘A Sister’s Tale’: Locarno Review

Iranian documentarian Leila Amini follows her sister over seven years as she attempts to make it as a singer in Tehran

Mexico 86

‘Mexico 86’: Locarno Review

Bérénice Béjo stars as a Guatemalan activist exiled to Mexico who must rebuild her relationship with her 10-year-old son

The Sparrow In The Chimney

‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’: Locarno Review

A family celebration proves a melting pot for sisterly tension in the final part of Ramon and Silvan Zurcher’s animal trilogy