Locarno Film Festival

Name: Locarno Film Festival
Address: Via Franchino Rusca 1, Locarno, 6600, CH
Telephone: +41917562121
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Since 1946, we celebrate cinema in all its forms, discover new talents, and look toward the future | : 4—14.8.2027
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Since 1946, the Locarno Festival has been one of the major international film festivals. Every August the town of Locarno becomes the world capital of auteur cinema for eleven days.

14/09/2026

In occasione dell’inaugurazione del Giardino dei Giusti, il 18 settembre alle 20:30 al PalaCinema sarà proiettato “Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream” di Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji. La proiezione, a ingresso gratuito e in collaborazione con il Locarno Film Festival, sarà introdotta da Giona A. Nazzaro.

Promosso dalla Fondazione Federica Spitzer e dalla Città di Locarno, il Giardino dei Giusti è dedicato alla memoria di chi ha difeso la dignità umana nei momenti più difficili della storia. L’inaugurazione si terrà lo stesso giorno alle 17:00 al Parco della Pace.

→ Maggiori informazioni: fondazionespitzer.ch

14/09/2026

Mercoledì 16 settembre alle 20:45, al Campus SUPSI di Mendrisio, Stefano Knuchel (direttore di Locarno Factory) inaugura il ciclo Emergenza Terra con la proiezione di “Don’t let the sun” di Jacqueline Zünd. Presentato a Locarno78 e premiato con il Pardo per la miglior interpretazione a Levan Gelbakhiani, il film racconta un futuro segnato dal clima estremo, dove si vive di notte e le relazioni umane cambiano profondamente.

La serata, organizzata in collaborazione con il Locarno Film Festival, è a ingresso gratuito su registrazione.

→ Maggiori informazioni: shorturl.at/K5CJJ

13/09/2026

Jeremy Thomas has left us – one of the greatest independent producers in world cinema. Winner of the Academy Award for Bernardo Bertolucci's “The Last Emperor”, in 2005 the Locarno Film Festival had the honour of presenting this legendary London-born producer with our Raimondo Rezzonico Award.

Over a career spanning more than fifty years, he championed directors such as David Cronenberg, Nagisa Oshima, Jonathan Glazer, Werner Herzog, and Nicolas Roeg, lending his courage and vision to works that have shaped the history of cinema.

Locarno joins in remembering a man who believed in auteur cinema like few others.

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Ph. © Locarno Film Festival

11/09/2026

A month has passed since Zoe Saldaña joined us at Locarno79 for a conversation that moved between career, life and some deeply personal reflections. Here, she talks about becoming a parent and the instinct to picture our children following the paths we know ourselves.

→ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: shorturl.at/NQ8Nl

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- Video: shot and edited by CISA Locarno, presented by Swisscom
- Furniture courtesy of: Bruno Wickart
- Cover ph.: Ti-Press

10/09/2026

Venerdì 11 settembre alle 20:45, all’Antico Convento delle Agostiniane di Monte Carasso, sarà proiettato “The Orphanage” (2019), scritto e diretto dalla regista afghana e alumna di Open Doors Shahrbanoo Sadat. Ambientato nella Kabul di fine anni Ottanta, il film segue il quindicenne Qodrat tra la passione per Bollywood e una realtà politica sempre più instabile. La proiezione è a ingresso gratuito.

L’appuntamento si svolge in occasione della 69esima edizione della World Press Photo Exhibition, in programma a Bellinzona dall’11 settembre al 4 ottobre 2026.

→ Maggiori informazioni su spazioreale.ch

09/09/2026

Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý’s “Hair, Paper, Water...” opens in cinemas across France today, September 9.

The film had its World Premiere at Locarno78, where it won the Pardo d’Oro in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente and received a Special Mention from the Pardo Verde jury.

09/09/2026

On the centenary of his birth, we remember Swiss actor Hannes Schmidhauser, born in Locarno on September 9, 1926. To mark the anniversary, “Uli der Knecht” (1954), directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Schmidhauser in the title role, was included in the Locarno79 programme as a tribute to him.

The photograph takes us back to 1993, when Schmidhauser was honoured by the Festival with the Pardo d’argento, pictured alongside his friend and fellow Swiss actor Liselotte Pulver.

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Ph.: FOTO ERRE

06/09/2026

We still get chills thinking back to having with us for , on the occasion of presenting this legendary artist with our Excellence Award.

→ Watch the full interview: youtu.be/HG-wf3ixcV8

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- Video: shot and edited by CISA Locarno, presented by Swisscom
- Cover ph.: Ti-Press

04/09/2026

Evoking the mordant səx comedies of manners that thrived in the late 1960s and early '70s, 's latest directorial venture is a riotous and rueful rumination on how our closest relationships can come to define us.

Adapted by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones from Cesc Gay's Spanish-language dramedy “The People Upstairs” (2020), this audience favourite at stars a ferociously funny quartet – Wilde herself, plus , , and – as two couples who come together one night for an intimate dinner party that quickly, and hilariously, goes off the rails, as insecurities, emotional baggage, and hidden desires bubble up to the surface.

→ Read Marya E. Gates' article about “The Invite”, now in international distribution and proving a major hit with audiences beyond Locarno: shorturl.at/yKiEP

03/09/2026

After a break, Locarno is back too, with new films to watch for free on our website every two weeks. First up: “Where My Memory Began” by Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, which follows Elder Ballu as she visits the remains of Sierra Leone's centuries-old Cotton Tree, reflecting on the memories and history it carries across generations and oceans.

→ Selected for the Open Doors Screenings, this 2024 short film is streaming for free until October 3. Watch it now: shorturl.at/P9bK6

Adresse

Via Franchino Rusca 1
Locarno
6600

Telefon

+41917562121

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http://www.locarnofestival.ch/

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