{"id":1904,"date":"2026-06-16T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:36:30","slug":"asia-argento-to-receive-locarno-life-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1904","title":{"rendered":"Asia Argento to Receive Locarno Life Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe Locarno Film Festival will celebrate the Italian\u00a0actress, filmmaker, and musician Asia Argento with its Life Achievement Award during its 79th edition this August. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1902\">KVIFF Industry Days Sets Book-to-Screen Titles, Rolling Stones Film Among Central Stage Projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tArgento will receive the award in Piazza Grande on the evening of Aug. 13\u00a0and also\u00a0present Jorge Thielen Armand\u2019s\u00a0<em>La Muerte No Tiene Due\u00f1o\u00a0<\/em>(<em>Death Has No Master<\/em>), which premiered in the Directors\u2019 Fortnight at Cannes this year and which stars her.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cSince making her onscreen debut as a child in Lamberto Bava\u2019s cult sequel <em>Demons 2<\/em> (1986) and starring in <em>Palombella rossa<\/em> (1989) by Nanni Moretti, Asia Argento, one of the most distinctive European performers of her generation, has built a singular body of work that encompasses passionately beloved genre films, auteur cinema, and intimate self-portraiture,\u201d Locarno said. \u201cArgento emerged as one of the most daring presences in cinema, winning two David di Donatello awards for best actress for <em>Perdiamoci di vista<\/em> (1994) by Carlo Verdone and <em>Traveling Companion<\/em> (1996) by Peter Del Monte. With her father, Dario Argento, she starred in a slew of dazzling films \u2013 starting with <em>Trauma<\/em> (1993) \u2013 that would reshape the legendary Italian auteur\u2019s canon, most famously with <em>The Stendhal Syndrome<\/em> (1996).\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>As a performer, she has collaborated with\u00a0such big-name directors\u00a0as\u00a0Patrice\u00a0Ch\u00e9reau\u00a0(<em>Queen Margot<\/em>, 1994), Abel Ferrara\u00a0<em>(New Rose Hotel<\/em>, 1998 and\u00a0<em>Go\u00a0Go\u00a0Tales<\/em>, 2007), Gus Van Sant\u00a0<em>(Last Days<\/em>, 2005),\u00a0George A. Romero\u00a0<em>(Land of the Dead<\/em>, 2005),\u00a0Sofia Coppola (<em>Marie Antoinette<\/em>, 2006),\u00a0Olivier Assayas\u00a0(<em>Boarding Gate<\/em>, 2007)<em>,<\/em>\u00a0Catherine Breillat\u00a0<em>(The Last Mistress<\/em>, 2007)<em>,<\/em>\u00a0Bertrand Bonello\u00a0<em>(On War<\/em>, 2008)<em>,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel\u00a0(<em>Vera<\/em>, 2022).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLocarno lauded Argento for \u201cmoving with ease\u00a0between\u00a0Italian productions\u00a0and\u00a0international ensembles and bringing a\u00a0powerfully distinctive\u00a0cinephile\u00a0sensibility to each collaboration.\u201d\u00a0She has also starred in such blockbusters as\u00a0<em>xXx\u00a0<\/em>(2002), directed by Rob Cohen, and\u00a0cult thrillers like\u00a0<em>The Red Siren<\/em>\u00a0(2002), directed by Olivier Megaton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1900\">Knicks on \u2018Fallon\u2019: How to Watch the Special \u2018Tonight Show\u2019 Episode Live Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cParallel to her\u00a0career as an\u00a0actress, Argento has directed\u00a0a remarkable string of\u00a0her own\u00a0films, from her\u00a0memorable\u00a0feature debut\u00a0<em>Scarlet Diva<\/em>\u00a0(2000)\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things<\/em>\u00a0(2004)\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0daring\u00a0<em>Misunderstood<\/em>\u00a0(2014),\u00a0tracing a restless creative path in search of new forms of expression\u00a0and self-exploration,\u201d Locarno highlighted.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Giona A. Nazzaro, Locarno\u2019s artistic director, called her\u00a0\u201can artist who has always managed to\u00a0reimagine what it means to\u00a0make films,\u00a0constantly challenging herself and taking personal risks.\u201d He said: \u201cDriven by a radical\u00a0creative\u00a0calling, through which she has probed the limits and\u00a0explored the\u00a0possibilities of cinema, both as an actress and as a director, Asia Argento embodies a vitality, generosity, and\u00a0restlessness that stands as\u00a0among the\u00a0most vivid representations\u00a0of all that cinema still has to offer.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>The 79th Locarno Film Festival will run Aug. 5-15.\u00a0Darren Aronofsky will receive Locarno\u2019s Honorary Leopard this year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1898\">Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel Revel in Knicks Win: \u201cIt All Feels Bigger Than Just Sports\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Argento will receive the 2026 Locarno Film Festival Life Achievement Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1595,2,904,905],"class_list":["post-1904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-asia-argento","tag-international","tag-locarno-2026","tag-locarno-film-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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