Swiss Identity

As seen by a critic

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 Young, aka @jigsawlounge, tweeted on Saturday: “Hunches: Golden Leopard: GOODBYE FIRST LOVE. Best Director: Loktev, THE LONELIEST PLANET.” Young, sitting on the Fipresci jury of international critics, has not given any of the 20 films in the international competition more than 6/10. He told swissinfo.ch: “Overall in the competition I did not find an outstanding film that I…

Doing business

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 The answer has been to hold three industry networking days in the middle of the festival – a new feature introduced last year – where buyers and distributors can see the best of the crop of films on offer in very short space of time. On the periphery, forums and round tables are held on…

Wawrinka follows Federer out of Montreal

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 His defeat on Friday follows that of Swiss tennis star and world number three Roger Federer to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The semifinals of the competition are now without most of the big-name title contenders as, in addition to Federer, world number two Rafael Nadal and world number four and defending champion Andy Murray have been knocked…

Culture

Decision time

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 A jury is choosing the winning Golden Leopard from among 20 documentaries and fiction features in the international competition. They will also decide on best director, actor and actress. Winners will also be picked from smaller categories like the best first feature. Everyone can be a film critic here too. All week the public have also been…

From Minnelli to Matsumoto

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 An American in Paris is arguably the most popular of American director Vincente Minnelli’s 34 films. First released in 1951 with a George Gershwin score, the film was showing in a double bill with the international premiere of Hitoshi Matsumoto’s Saya Zamurai (Scabbard Samurai). The festival is showing all of Minnelli’s works as part of a…

The Generous Mountain

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 The woods walk was nothing special, but a few hundred meters below the summit the trees reached the crest and the bottom dropped out on the other side. The southeast face had been cleaved into a huge cliff. The trail followed the ridge across to the other side of the 1704m mountain and suddenly there…

Breaking out of Bollywood

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 The diversity of new Indian talent was the focus of an Open Doors networking section at the Locarno Film Festival, where 12 film projects were promoted – chosen from among 200 submissions in 18 languages from 30 different Indian regions. Four of the films won cash prizes, with the top SFr30,000 award going to The…

Family loses appeal over swimming lesson fine

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 A cantonal administrative court on Friday threw out the appeal of a Muslim couple against their fine, ruling that it was not in breach of freedom of religion and conscience. The parents were fined SFr1,400 ($1,816) last year – in the first move of its kind – after they withdrew their daughters aged seven and…

Demographics

Oeri to step down as FC Basel chairwoman

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 FC Basel chairwoman Gisela Oeri, popularly known as “Gigi,” is a philanthropist who has invested millions of Swiss francs in the club since joining the board of directors in 1999. Oeri, 55, married into the family which part owns the Basel-based Roche Holding AG pharmaceuticals giant. She has been Basel chairwoman for five years, during…

Culture

Tourist magnet

This content was published on Aug 12, 2011 The Locarno region is also home to the Moon and Stars and Jazz Ascona festivals, but the film festival is a “very, very important” event for the region, according to Jeanne Gerber of the Lake Maggiore tourist office. “It gives us publicity and carries the name of Locarno to the whole world.” The first weekend…

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