Locarno 2026
And the Winners Are… Locarno Open Doors Program Unveils 2026 Awards
The 2026 Locarno Open Doors program winners Include ''A Vineyard for A Lobster,' 'Accept My Plea for Burial,' 'Too Much Music' and 'Chapa 100.
James Gray Told His Wife He Would Get an Award at Locarno. She Reminded Him to Take Out the Trash
James Gray told his wife he would receive an award at Locarno 2026. She reminded him to take out the trash.
In ‘Demons,’ Love and Betrayal Become a Metaphor for the Relationship Between Russia and Ukraine (Exclusive Trailer)
Watch a Locarno 2026 film trailer for 'Demons,' in which love and betrayal are a metaphor for the relationship between Russia and Ukraine.
‘Down the Arm of God’: Caleb Landry Jones Project, Created With People Without Housing, Is a “Conversation Starter, Not an Advocacy Film”
At Locarno, Luc Besson, Caleb Landry Jones film 'Down the Arm of God' on homeless premieres.
James Gray Says Actors “Dictate the Style” of Films and Explains Why, When People Talk in a Cinema, “You Want to Kill Them”
James Gray explained at Locarno 2026 that actors dictate the style of films more than we realize and why you want to kill people who talk in a cinema.
Luca Guadagnino Explains Why He Just Had to Produce Giovanni Tortorici’s Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Ketticè’ in a “Sterile” Italian Film Landscape
At Locarno 2026, Luca Guadagnino talked about producing the film 'Kettice' and why Giovanni Tortorici is a cure for a sterile Italian landscape.
Virginie Efira’s Love for Cinema and Locarno Has No Limits — Even If Her Mic Does
Virginie Efira, the Belgian-born star, received the Locarno 2026 Leopard Club Award, expressing her love for cinema, directors and the Swiss festival.
Power. People. Data. But in Which Order? At Locarno Pro, a Film Panel Had Widely Different Thoughts
At Locarno Pro 2026, a film panel discussed power, people, data. In which order? mk2 Films, Lucky Red and Design Otherwise execs shared their views.
‘At Night’ Features “Stories Women Share Together But Rarely to an Audience” (Exclusive Locarno Clip)
Watch a Locarno 2026 film trailer for 'At Night' by Beatrice Gibson, a love letter to female friendships and stories women share but not publicly.
Meet Nicolaas Schmidt, the German Filmmaker Who Thinks “Plain Banality Is Stimulating as F***”
In a Locarno 2026 interview, 'September Afternoon' film director Nicolaas Schmidt explains using dead time, why he works without action or dialogue.