75th Locarno Film Festival
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The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film Bullet Train by David Leitch.[1] The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk's films in its Retrospettiva section.[2][3]
Opening film | Bullet Train by David Leitch |
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Closing film | Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André Schäfer |
Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
Founded | 1946 |
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Hosted by | Associazione Festival del film Locarno |
Artistic director | Giona A. Nazzaro |
No. of films | 226 |
Festival date | Opening: 3 August 2022 (2022-08-03) Closing: 13 August 2022 (2022-08-13) |
Website | 75 Locarno Film Festival |
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The festival closed on 13 August with the Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit.) by André Schäfer. Rule 34 by Julia Murat was awarded the Golden Leopard and The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro Comodin Special Jury Prize.[4]
On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS, to Swiss-Belgian film Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven days of the festival, along with the film professionals.[5]