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Locarno Film Festival 2008

The festival as it opened

Over 11 days, the Swiss film world fell under the spell of “the leopard”. A total of 380 films were shown and 18, in international competition, competed for the Locarno Film Festival’s grand prize, the Golden Leopard.

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