Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno
Locarno International Film Festival
Throughout its 60 year history, the Locarno International Film Festival has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Every August, around 190,000 cinema-goers, over 1,100 journalists, and 3,700 professionals converge on the small Swiss-Italian town of Locarno, right in the heart of Europe, which becomes the world capital of auteur cinema for eleven days.
59th edition
2006 | 2 - 12 August
Silver Leopard - East of the Mediterranean
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(A)torzija
(A)torsion
Slovenia | 2003 | 13:00
Director: Stefan Arsenijevic
During siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, the only connection of Sarajevo's ordinary people with the outside world was a tunnel.
10
Amor Fati
Germany | Oct 2005 | 15:50
Director: Dennis Todorovic
After the death of his young bride, Nenad travels to Montenegro with his father-in-law to her funeral and faces a different approach to life.
1
Be Quiet
France | 2005 | 19:00
Director: Sameh Zoabi
A behind-the-headlines story of an Israeli-Arab father and his strong-willed young son's trip home to the city of Nazareth. The tension that pervades ...
4
West Bank Story
United States | 2004 | 22:00
Director: Ari Sandel
A musical comedy about David, an Israeli soldier, and Fatima, a Palestinian fast food cashier - an unlikely couple who fall in love amidst the animosi...
14
Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action Animation Documentary
Experimental Music videoCompetition and rewards
International competition National/regional competition No cash awards No screening fees
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