Locarno

Sudanese director Yasir Faiz discusses the making of Bougainvillea, his short film which screened as part of Locarno’s Open Doors 2025.

In Nome, Sana Na N’Hada’s life and times of his eponymous hero is carried along by the magnificent performance of Marcelino Antonio Ingira.

The Open Doors section of the 2025 Locarno Film Festival has announced its winners from across the continent.

This morning, the Locarno Film Festival announced its lineup for 2025, with Swiss TV presenter Sandy Altermatt in charge of the proceedings. The announcement revealed films to be screened across …

A list of projects/producers appearing at the European festival, courtesy of the Locarno Open Doors programme, has been announced.

Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors programme is now open to Africa and its filmmakers.

Locarno’s Best Emerging Director award went to Denise Fernandes, a filmmaker of Cape Verdean descent.

African filmmaking is the next target of Open Doors, a programme hosted by the Locarno Film Festival since 2003.