77th Locarno Film Festival

Swiss film festival

77th Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
Official poster of the 77th Locarno Film Festival featuring a photograph by Annie Leibovitz
Location	Locarno, Switzerland
Founded	1946
Hosted by	Associazione Festival del film Locarno
Artistic director	Giona A. Nazzaro
Festival date	Opening: 7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) Closing: 17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)
Website	https://www.locarnofestival.ch/home.html
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The 77th Locarno Film Festival will be held from 7 August to 17 August, 2024.^[1]

Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will serve as the jury president for the main competition.^[1] Additional jury members will be announced in July 2024.^[2]

Juries

Concorso Internazionale - Main Competition

Jessica Hausner, Austrian filmmaker – Jury President^[1]

Non-Competitive Sections

Histoire(s) du Cinéma

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Cinéma Suisse Redécouvert
Faces of Love (1977)^[3]	Repérages	Michel Soutter	Switzerland, France
Heritage Online
Samba Traoré (1992)^[3]		Idrissa Ouédraogo	Burkina Faso
Pardo d'Onore Manor: Jane Campion
An Angel at My Table (1990)^[4]		Jane Campion	New Zealand
The Piano (1993)^[4]		Jane Campion	New Zealand
Raimondo Rezzonico Award: Stacey Sher
Erin Brockovich (2000)^[5]		Steven Soderbergh	United States
Django Unchained (2012)^[5]		Quentin Tarantino	United States
Leopard Club Award: Irène Jacob
Three Colours: Red (1994)^[6]	Trois Couleurs: Rouge	Krzysztof Kieślowski	France, Switzerland, Poland
Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare: Claude Barras
Savages^[7]	Sauvages	Claude Barras	France

Locarno Kids

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
My Life as a Courgette (2016)^[7]	Ma vie de Courgette	Claude Barras	France

Retrospettiva

The Lady With the Torch, a retrospective honoring the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures, will be presented in partnership with Cinémathèque suisse and Sony Pictures. Curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht, director of Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, the retrospective will debut at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. An English-language companion book compiled by Khoshbakt featuring writers from across the world will be released by Les Éditions de l’Œil.^[8]

Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Craig's Wife (1936)^[9]	Dorothy Arzner	United States
Mysterious Intruder (1946)^[9]	William Castle
Gunman's Walk (1958)^[9]	Phil Carlson
None Shall Escape (1944)^[9]	André de Toth
Picnic (1944)^[9]	Joshua Logan
The Talk of the Town (1942)^[8]	George Stevens
Twentieth Century (1934)^[9]	Howard Hawks
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)^[9]	James Cruze

Special Awards

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ford, Lily. "Jessica Hausner Named Jury President at Locarno Film Festival". Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Our Juries". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Locarno Confirms Two Newly Restored Classics for its Official Selection". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Maglio, Tony. "Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival's Pardo d'Onore Manor". Indiewire. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roxborough, Scott. "Locarno Film Festival to Honor 'Erin Brockovich,' 'Django Unchained' Producer Stacey Sher". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Vivarelli, Nick. "Irène Jacob to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Claude Barras to Receive the Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare at Locarno77". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Ntim, Zac. "Locarno Film Festival Teams With Sony & The Academy Museum To Celebrate Columbia Pictures Centennial With 'The Lady With The Torch' Retrospective". Deadline. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The Lady with the Torch: The Centenary of Columbia Pictures". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ Roxborough, Scott. "Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ Vivarelli, Nick. "'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' Sound Designer Ben Burtt to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 25 June 2024.