Locarno Film Festival to feature 103 world premieres
Seventeen films from around the world are competing for the top prize in the international competition at this year's Locarno Film Festival.
Select your language
Generated with artificial intelligence.
Listening:
Locarno Film Festival to feature 103 world premieres
A Swiss co-production also stands a chance of winning the Golden Leopard, the festival organisers announced.
+ The buried treasures of Swiss cinema
The film O Jacaré concludes a trilogy by Lausanne-based filmmaker Basil Da Cunha. It is set in a suburb of Lisbon. This blend of drama and thriller is a Swiss-Portuguese co-production centred on the spoils of a robbery.
The open-air screening on the Piazza Grande will feature The Invite, directed by US filmmaker Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling), making its Swiss premiere. Also showing will be Frank & Louis, the first English-language film by Petra Volpe (The Divine Order, Heldin). Both directors will attend the festival.
Between August 5 and 15, 233 films will be screened. Of these, 103 will be world premieres.
More
Locarno Festival sheds light on an under-appreciated era of British cinema
+ How we produce English news
Translated from German, reviewed by an English Department journalist.
External Content
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.