All Locarno articles – Page 31
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NewsLocarno names first two competition titles, plans two new initiatives
Mia Hansen-Love’s third feature Goodbye First Love [pictured] will have its international premiere.
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NewsLocarno’s Pere reveals “stronger American presence”; Rohrer moves to Solothurn
Locarno’s Olivier Père is expecting to have a “stronger American presence” for his second outing as artistic director at this year’s festival (Aug 3-13).Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily during a visit to Berlin, Père said: “This year will see a difference from 2010 in that we have turned more of our ...
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NewsLocarno to honour Abel Ferrara
Maverick director to receive career achievement award, Leopard Of Honour
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NewsLocarno’s Open Doors launches new initiative
Locarno Film Festival’s co-production lab Open Doors is to launch a new initiative entitled Carte Blanche from this August.
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NewsLocarno Open Doors selects 12 Indian projects
Projects by Indian filmmakers Anup Singh [pictured] and Alka Raghuram are among 12 selected for this year’s edition of the Open Doors co-production lab to be held in Locarno from August 6-9.
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NewsMike Medavoy to get honour in Locarno
Veteran US producer Mike Medavoy to receive Locarno Film Festival’s Raimondo Rezzonico Prize
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NewsLocarno dedicates 2011 to Vincente Minelli and gets more funding
This year’s Locarno Film Festival (Aug 3-13) will dedicate its retrospective to the work of the American director Vincente Minnelli.
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NewsFrench sales company picks up Golden Leopard winner; Lubitsch retrospective to tour
French sales agent/theatrical distributor Capricci Films has taken on international sales for Winter Vacation by China’s Li Hongqi, which won Locarno’s Golden Leopard at the weekend. Plus other touring news from Locarno.
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NewsChina's Winter Vacation lights up Locarno summer
Locarno’s top award, the Golden Leopard (Pardo d’oro), has been awarded by the international jury headed by Singaporean film-maker Eric Choo to Li Hongqi for his third feature Winter Vacation.
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NewsOlivier Père says his first Locarno exceeds expectations
Ahead of the awards ceremony at the Piazza Grande on Saturday evening, Olivier Père is very enthusiastic about his first outing as Locarno’s artistic director.
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CommentRedistributing the wealth
With new titles increasingly being squeezed into the schedules of the four major festivals, is it time that sales agents took a punt on other festivals, like Locarno?
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NewsUzbekistan, Kazakhstan projects take top awards at Locarno's Open Doors
Films from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were the winners at the end of this year’s Open Doors event in Locarno, which was dedicated to projects from Central Asia.
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NewsFiGa Films sells Aardvark to Spain, with strong interest elsewhere
International sales agent FiGa Films has sold Kitao Sakurai’s Argentinian-US film Aardvark, a Locarno selection, to Madrid-based distributor Aquelarre.
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Swiss government suggests creation of new film funding body by 2012
Changes are afoot in Swiss cinema to reorganize the national film funding system from 2012.Also, Nyon festival announces changes.
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NewsLocarno to honour Francesco Rosi
The 87 year old Italian director is to receive a career achievement award at the festival.
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m-appeal's new label takes on LaBruce's L.A. Zombie
Berlin-based sales company m-appeal has taken on Bruce LaBruce’s L.A. Zombie ahead of its international premiere in Locarno.
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FiGa takes on Locarno premiere Aardvark
Los Angeles-based sales company FiGa Films has taken on international sales of two titles that will be showing in Locarno.
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NewsStrong presence for German productions for Pere’s first Locarno competition
German cinema has a high profile Olivier Pere’s first outing as artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival this year.
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NewsChiara Mastroianni to be honoured at Locarno
The French actress will receive the festival’s Excellence Award on 6th August.