The official selection of the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has been announced.
For eight decades, Locarno has been at the forefront of the international festival circuit, premiering films by both established auteurs and rapidly rising talents. Among the main awardees joining the line-up this year in Locarno are Indian star Shah Rukh Khan, filmmaker Jane Campion, producer Stacey Sher, stop-motion director Claude Barras, Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt, actor-director Guillaume Canet, performers Irène Jacob and Mélanie Laurent. See full selection below:
Piazza Granda Selection
Piazza Grande, with it’s 8,000 seats is one of the largest screens in the world. It offers pristine projection, booming sound, all of it outdoors & under the stars.
Le Deluge
By Gianluca Jodice
Italy, France
Reinas
By Klaudia Reynicke
Switzerland, Peru, Spain
The Fall (Restored cut)
By Tarsem
South Africa, Inda, UK
Electric Child
By Simon Jaquemet
Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands
Une femme es tune. Femme
By Jean-Luc Godard
France, Italy
Mexico 86
By César Díaz
Belgium, France
Sew Torn
By Freddy Macdonald
USA, Switzerland
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
By Mohammad Rasoulof
Iran, Germany, France
The Lady from Shanghai
By Orson Welles
USA
Shambhala
By Min Bahadur Bham
Nepal, France, Norway, Turkiye, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, Qatar
Sauvages
By Claude Barras
Switzerland, France, Belgium
Gaucho Gaucho
By Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
USA, Argentina
Timestalker
By Alice Lowe
UK
Rita
By Paz Vega
Spain
The Piano
By Jane Campion
Australia, New Zealand, France
Le Proces du chien
By Laetitia Dosch
Concorso Internazionale
Consisting of world or international premieres, the Concorso Internazionale assembles major films from all over the globe to compete for the Pardo d’Oro. Showcasing both established auteurs and emerging talents, classical form and experimentation, the Concorso Internazionale is a forum for the best of contemporary cinema, a competition that stakes out new territories for the art of film.
Agora
By Ala Eddine Slim
Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Akiplesa
By Saule Bliuvaite
Lithuania
Bogancloch
By Ben Rivers
UK, Germany, Iceland
Cent mille milliards
By Virgil Vernier
France
Der Spatz im Kamin
By Ramon Zürcher
Switzerland
Fogo do Vento
By Marta Mateus
Portugal, Switzerland, France
Green Line
By Sylvie Ballyot
France, Lebanon, Qatar
La Morte viendra
By Christoph Hochhäusler
Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium
Luce
Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino
Italy
Mond
Kurdwin Ayub
Austria
Qing chun (Ku)
By WANG Bing
France, Luxembroug, Netherlands
Save Maria
By Mar Coll
Spain
Seses
By Laurynas Bareiša
Lithuania, Latvia
Sulla terra leggeri
By Sara Fgaier
Italy
Suyoocheon
By Hong Sangsoo
South Korea
Transamazonia
By Pia Marais
France, German, Switzerland, Brazil
Yeni safak solarken
By Gürcan Keltek
Concorso Cineasti del Presente
Concorso Cineasti del Presente is the space for the filmmakers of the present and the cinema of tomorrow, presenting first or second feature films.
Crickets, It’s Your Turn
By Olga Korotko
France, Kazakhstan
Der Fleck
By Willy Hans
Germany, Switzerland
Fario
By Lucie Prost
France
Fekete pont
By Bálint Szimler
Hungary
Foul Evil Deeds
By Richard Hunter
UK
Hanami
By Denise Fernandes
Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde
Holy electricity
By Tato Kotetishvili
Georgia, Netherlands
Invention
By Courney Stephens
USA
Joquau
By Aruan Anartay
Kazakhstan
Kada je zazvonio telefon
By Iva Radivojevi?
Serbia, USA
Koute vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Belgium, France, French Guiana
Les enfants roushes
By Lotfi Achour
Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland
Monologo colectivo
By Jessica Sarah Rinland
Argentina, UK
Olivia & Las Nubes
Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
Dominican Republic
Real
By Adele Tulli
Italy, France
Pardi di Domani: Concorso Internazionale
400 Cassettes
By Thelyia Petraki
Greece, Germany
B(l)ind the Sacrifice
By Nakhane
South Africa
Despre imposibilitatea unui omagiu
Xandra Popescu
Romania, Germany
Dull Spots of Greeish Colours
By Sasha Svirsky
Germany
Freak
By Claire Barnett
USA
Gender Reveal
By Mo Matton
Canada
Gimn chume
By Ataka51
Germany, Russia
Icebergs
By Carlos Pereira
Germany
Linnud Lainud
By Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Estonia, Lithuania
Ludwig (Power Inferno)
By Anton Bialas
France
Mother is a Natural Sinner
By Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri
Germany. Iran
Punter
By Jason Adam Maselle
South Africa, USA
Que tevaya bonito, Rico
By Joel Alfonso Vargas
UK, USA
Razeh-del
By Maryam Tafakory
Iran, UK, Italy
Soleil gris
By Camille Monnier
France, Belgium
The Cavalry
By Alina Orlov
Canada, USA, Israel
The Form
By Melika Pazouki
Iran
The Nature of Dogs
By Pom Bunsermvicha
Thailand, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong
WAShhh
By Mickey Lai
Malaysia, Ireland
What Mary Didn’t Know
By Konstantina Kotzamani
France, Greece, Sweden
Pardi di Domani: Concorso Nazionale
Better Not Kill the Groove
By Jonathan Leggett
Switzerland
Looking she said I forget
By Naomi Pacifique
Switzerland, Netherlands
Lux Carne
By Gabriel Grosclaude
Switzerland
Maman danse
By Mégane Brügger
Switzerland
Metropole
By Theo Kunz
Switzerland
Progress Mining
By Gabriel Böhmer
UK, Switzerland
Revier
By Felix Scherrer
Switzerland
Sans Voix
By Samuel Patthey
Switzerland
Sky Rogers: manager de stars
By Ciel Sourdeau
Switzerland
Tinderboys
Directors
Sarah Bucher, Carlos Tapia
Switzerland
Pardi di Domani: Concorso Corti d’Autore
1 hijo & 1 padre
By Andrés Ramírez Pulido
France, Colombia
Chou He Zhuang
By Hao Zhou
Gwe-in esi jeongche
By Syeyoung Park
South Korea
Jour savant la mort de Nicky
By Denis Côté
Canada
La Fille qui explose
By Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
France
Les bouches
By Valentin Merz
Switzerland, Mexico
My Life is Wind (a letter)
By Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
USA, Sweden
Practice, Practice, Practice
By Kevin Jerome Everson
USA
Revolving Rounds
Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik
Austria
Upshot
By Maha Haj
Palestine, Italy, France
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Locarno takes place August 7 – 17
