Locarno International Film Festival begins this Wednesday, August 6. This 78th edition welcomes several international individuals such as Jackie Chan, Emma Thompson, Lucy Liu, Hapsa Herz …
Golshifteh Farahani will receive the Honorary Prize at Locarno Festival, Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Brilliance Award David Campary@Filmfestlocarno pic.twitter.com/wzrp29S2rn
– Brigitte Baronnet (@bbaronnet) August 4, 2025
At the opening, festival representatives will be able to discover the country of Tamara Stepanian’s Aro this evening, along with Camila Cytin and Bari Amir Jew.
1st Photo of Camila Kotin and Zares Amir Hebrews at Pays D’Arto, Locarno’s 2025 Festival Opening Film
The film is directed by Tamara Stepanyan, who signed several documents (Embers, Village of Women, My Armenian Ghosts)Exit on December 31, 2025 (Pan Distribution) pic.twitter.com/v9wyjxj7h
– Brigitte Baronnet (@bbaronnet) August 4, 2025
Locarno 2025 Festival Official Site
Among the films that have to make an event, keep in mind the selection of Mektoub My Love Canto, Suite Mektoub My Love Canto Uno (and its intermediate film, intermezzo).
What selection of movies at the Locarno 2025 festival?
International competition
- Mauren Fazandiro Seasons (Portugal, France, Spain, Austria, 2025)
- God does not help Hannah Jusik (Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia, 2025)
- Donkey Days de Rosanne Pel (Netherlands, Germany, 2025)
- Dracula de Radu Jude (Romania, Austria, Luxembourg, 2025)
- Dry leaf by Alexander Koberidze (Germany, Georgia, 2025)
- Mosquitoes de Valentina Bertan and Nicole Bertan (Italy, Switzerland, France, 2025)
- Lake Fabrice Aragno (Switzerland, 2025)
- Dane Komljen’s wish lines (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Croatia, Germany, 2025)
- Mare’s Nest de Ben Rivers (United Kingdom, France, Canada, 2025)
- Mektoub, my love: because of Canto D’Abdellatif Kechiche (France, 2025)
- July Phantoms by Julian Redlamayer (Germany, 2025)
- Solomamma by Janicke Askevold (Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, 2025)
- Sorella di clausura d’evana mladenovic (Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain, 2025)
- Two seasons, two strangers of Sho Miyakee (Japan, 2025)
- Tales of land cut by Abbas Fahedel (Lebanon, 2025)
- Elsa Cremser and Levin Peter’s White Locookina (Austria, Germany, 2025)
- With Hassan in Gaza of Kamal Aljapar (Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar, 2025)
- Yakushima illusion by Naomi Kavaz (France, Japan, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2025)
Out of competition
- Julio Base Judas Gospel (Italy, Poland)
- Nova ’78 by Aaron Brokner and Rodrigo Ariaias (United Kingdom, Portugal)
- Jean-Stephanie Bron (France, Switzerland) Site
- Jean-Stefan Bron’s Deal (Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium) (Series)
- Kerouac Road: Beating EBS Burnough nation (United Kingdom, United States)
- Silencio d’Eduardo Casanova (Spain) (Series)
- Bobdingo Delbono (Italy)
- Legend by a happy worker by Danham (United States)
- E d’na erikson (Finland)
- Silent by Vincent Gresho (United States)
- Release de Mehdi Hmill (Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, Arabia Saudi)
- Some Note about the current situation of Eran Collirin (Israel)
- Steven Kostansk Deathstalker (Canada)
- I am now living here Julie Pacino (United States)
The great piazza
- Pays d’Rto From Tamara Stepanian (France, Armenia, 2025)
- Birthday party by Miguel Angel Jimenez (Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, 2025)
- By Winter Dead Brian Kirk (United States, Germany, 2025)
- With Michael Shanks (Australia, United States, 2025)
- Joachim Trier’s sentimental value (Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden, 2025)
- Jackie Chan (Hong Kong, 1985)
- Battery or face? D’Anessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis (Italy, United States, 2025)
- Shining by Stanley Kubrick (United Kingdom, United States, 1980)
- Jean-Stefan Bron Deal (Episodes 1 and 2) (Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2025)
- Irkala-Gilgama’s dream of Muhammad Jabara al-Daradji (Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, France, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, 2025)
- Hapsa Hertz Jr. (France, Germany, 2025)
- Rosemead by Eric Lynn (United States, 2025)
- Simple accidents Jafar Panah (Iran, France, Luxembourg, 2025)
- Bill Condon (United States, Uruguay, 2025) Spider -Man’s kiss
The 78th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival is held from 6 to August 16, 2025.
Source: Allocine

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