LOCARNO, Switzerland — The first leg of a pioneering three-festival industry forum, Connect to Reality, ended with calls for larger release window flexibility, closer working relations with sales ...

LOCARNO, Switzerland — Unspooling in sweltering humidity, Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, Europe’s biggest mid-Summer movie event, sometimes dazzled, led by an ebullient Emma Thompson. More than ...

Locarno has long beckoned as an impeccably programmed international film festival, set in the southern Switzerland lake region, close to stunning Lake Como (which long-time habitue George Clooney is ...

The article was produced as part of the 2015 Locarno Critics Academy. Learn more about this year’s class here. As the most prestigious film festival in Switzerland, Locarno is also a crucial ...

Edgy programming and an increasingly robust informal market are redefining the fest. By Rebecca Leffler, The Associated Press Q&A: Locarno honoree William Friedkin It might be located in a part of the ...

The Locarno Film Festival's new artistic director, Lili Hinstin, tells The Hollywood Reporter why she wants more "dangerous and risky" cinema, and more female directors, at the Swiss event. By Scott ...

The upcoming Locarno Film Festival’s First Look initiative dedicated to showcasing pix-in-post will focus on films from Switzerland, in a spirit of industry restart emanating from the home territory ...