{"id":10461,"date":"2021-04-11T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netfest.org\/imaginaria-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T06:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:09:58","slug":"locarno","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.netfest.org\/festivals\/locarno\/","title":{"rendered":"Locarno Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Locarno Film Festival” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:70|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_empty_space height=”35″][vc_btn title=”participate” style=”custom” custom_background=”#db0369″ custom_text=”#ffffff” shape=”square” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.locarnofestival.ch%2FLFF%2Fhome.html”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”August 4th<\/sup> | 14th<\/sup> 2027″ font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:35|text_align:left|color:%23515151″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”50″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”16204″ img_size=”300×56″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”80th<\/sup> Edition” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:130|text_align:left|color:%23e5e5e5″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1652747902630{margin-top: -60px !important;}”]Thousands of film fans and industry professionals meet here every summer to share their thirst for new discoveries and a passion for cinema in all its diversity. \"\"In Locarno they find a quality program, rich, eclectic, surprising, and where emerging talent rubs shoulders with prestigious guests.
\nThe audience is the soul of the Festival, as exemplified in the famous evenings on the Piazza Grande, whose magical setting can accommodate up to 8,000 filmgoers every night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Film Sections<\/h1>\n

With 11 sections, 3 competitions and 20 awards, quality and variety are key. This is the framework of a Festival that explores cinema from every perspective, to discover in the present the filmmakers and films destined to have a future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Competitive Film Sections<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Concorso Internazionale<\/h1>\n

Reflecting the Festival\u2019s aim to cross and blur boundaries, the Concorso internazionale presents a stimulating panorama of contemporary auteur cinema, where young talent rubs shoulders with that of established directors. A jury of major figures in cinema is charged with choosing one of the competing fiction or documentary features from all over the world, screened as world or international premieres, to win the prestigious Pardo d\u2019oro.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concorso Cineasti del presente<\/h1>\n

An ideal arena for discovery, the Concorso Cineasti del presente is dedicated to emerging directors from all over the world and devoted to first and second features. Around fifteen feature films screening as world or international premieres, from documentary to fiction, compete for the Pardo d\u2019oro Cineasti del presente.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pardi di domani<\/h1>\n

A platform for new talent, the Pardi di domani section screens short and medium-length films from all over the world, split into three competitions: two are devoted to filmmakers who have never made a feature, one to international directors exploring new storytelling modes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Piazza Grande<\/h1>\n

8,000 viewers a night, the Piazza Grande is both the Festival\u2019s heart and its showcase. With its giant screen, one of the biggest in Europe, endowed with truly exceptional projection quality, the Piazza Grande is one of the finest open-air venues in the world. This magnificent and unique setting is where every night all the many and diverse festival audiences come together for a big cinematic event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuori concorso<\/h1>\n

The Fuori concorso selection offers recent work \u2013 feature films and shorts, film essays, documentaries \u2013 by well-established filmmakers, out of competition, presented mostly as world or international premiere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Open Doors Screenings<\/h1>\n

The Open Doors Screenings section explores the diverse filmmaking of South East Asia and Mongolia. In 2021, it presents a curated selection of feature and short films from Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Mongolia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Sections<\/span><\/h1>\n

Retrospettiva<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Histoire(s) du cin\u00e9ma<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Locarno Kids Screenings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Semaine de la critique<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pardo d\u2019onore Manor, Excellence Award, Premio Raimondo Rezzonico, Vision Award Ticinomoda, Leopard Club Award, Prix du Public UBS, Premio Cinema Ticino, Pardo alla carriera… These are the Festival\u2019s special awards that every year celebrate the personalities who are writing the history of cinema, electing them as symbols of dialogue between the films of yesterday and the films of today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Palmar\u00e8s<\/h1>\n


\n76 years of history, 75 editions to celebrate cinema… first with the Vela d’oro, then with the iconic golden leopard, the Pardo d’oro<\/strong>. In his emblem, Locarno has in a symbolic animal, which is kind of a lion, a mythological \u201cpardo” which remembers a bit Dante\u2019s lynx. 74 years ago, there has been a dispute about the animal\u2019s entity; as a matter of fact, it is not clear whether it is an actual lion or a leopard. Locarno draws its aesthetic from this ambiguity of symbols, which was turned it into a real brand by Remo Rossi, the first creator of the \u201cPardo d\u2019oro\u201d, our main award. Also, considering that Venice already had the Golden Lion as an icon, Locarno clearly had to choose the Leopard.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”25″][vc_separator border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Locarno Pro is the landmark for film industry professionals attending Locarno Film Festival.
\nLocarno Pro plays an active, 360\u00b0 role in the support of auteur cinema: whether launching a new project or extending and optimizing existing services and initiatives, the goal is always to support sales agents, distributors, exhibitors, producers and filmmakers in their respective tasks, ranging from the conception to the release of independent arthouse films in different areas of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a year when it isn\u2019t possible for the Festival to be the international film industry\u2019s summer focal point, Locarno Pro will nevertheless be a virtual territory of meetings, exchanges and growth for auteur film professionals.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_btn title=”see more” style=”custom” custom_background=”#6b6b6b” custom_text=”#f7f7f7″ shape=”square” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.locarnofestival.ch%2FLFF%2Fpro.html|target:_blank” css=”.vc_custom_1618350420853{margin-top: -100px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator border_width=”2″][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Other Festivals” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:38|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]

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