Locarno Film Festival

Locarno Film Festival
Piazza Grande screening venue
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Most recent2024
Hosted byAssociazione Festival del film Locarno
Websitewww.locarnofestival.ch
Current: 77th

The Locarno Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators.[1][2][3]

The top prize of the festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public, the public choice award.

  1. ^ "Piazza Grande". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ "A long story... in a few words". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Wang Bing interview". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 14 August 2017.