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Locarno Film Festival

Locarno, Switzerland

About Locarno Film Festival

Locarno Film Festival is one of the oldest film festivals in the world, held annually each August in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Its open-air screenings on the Piazza Grande and its Concorso Internazionale make it a key European platform for documentary and fiction discoveries.

Festival details

Location Locarno, Switzerland
Scope International
Focus Independent film · Documentary · Auteur cinema
Founded 1946
Official website locarnofestival.ch

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