First reports show the 62nd Festival continues to be a major attraction, despite the global economic downturnThe 62nd Locarno International Film Festival drew to a close on Saturday 15 August with a surprise concert in the Piazza Grande given by Mongolian singer Urna, following the world premiere of the film The Two Horses of Genghis Khan by Byambasuren Davaa. At the final awards ceremony a few hours earlier, the Golden Leopard went to filmmaker and writer Xiaolu GUO (UK/Germany/France) for She...

Once again this year the Locarno International Film Festival is delighted to offer the public a free screening on the Piazza Grande on the eve of the Opening Night, on Tuesday, August 4th, 9:30 pm – thanks to the support of CSS Assurance.Marching Band (France/USA), a documentary co-directed by Claude Miller (Betty Fischer et autres histoires, L’Effrontée), Héléna Cotinier and Pierre-Nicolas Durand, will be presented as an international première with the film delegation in attendance.The ...

Piazza Grande Opening Film The American romantic comedy, Marc Webb’s 500 Days of Summer, will open the 62nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 on the Piazza Grande. This first film, presented as a European première, starring Zooey Deschanel (Yes Man, The Happening) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick, Mysterious Skin) is distributed by Twentieth Century Fox and will be released in Europe in the Fall.The 62nd edition of the Locarno Festival will take place from 5 to...

Movie tourism the headline story in the Piazza del Cinema at BIT We would like to invite you to the Piazza del Cinema which is dedicated to movie tourism in Italy in padiglione 12 di Fieramilanocity (Pavilion 12 of Fieramilanocity)Who has not dreamed of visiting the New Zealand of Lord of the Rings, or the Greece of Mediterraneo, the England of Harry Potter, the Ireland of Braveheart or indeed the Italian islands of il Postino……” A film is always the start of a journey” and movie tourism...

PELÈ AND ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN UP “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2004” Adhesions are literally falling down on "Sport Movies & TV 2004 – 22nd International Festival” just a few days before its start. The Festival, organized by IOC-endorsed Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs (FICTS), will be held from October 29 until November 3 in Milan and will have 204 films and videos competing, selected from the 981 sent from 42 Countries. On October 29, European Premiere for the media wit...