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69th Locarno Film Festival
3 August 2016 - 8 August 2016
Alain Berset opens the 69th Locarno Festival on the Piazza Grande. He asks how cinema has portrayed Ticino, starting with “The Violinist of Florence”, shot in 1926 by Paul Czinner.
On 4 August, he announces to the press a more targeted promotion of Swiss cinema abroad and new co-production agreements with priority countries, and recalls the launch of the PICS programme on 1 July. He defends the place of the national languages in schools and presents measures to support Italian.
He also meets Jean Studer, the new President of the Foundation Board of the Cinémathèque suisse.
Wednesday 3 August 2016 — Locarno
- Official opening of the festival, speech by Alain Berset
- Interview with RSI
- Opening film on the Piazza Grande
Thursday 4 August 2016 — Locarno
- Press breakfast with Isabelle Chassot, Director of the Federal Office of Culture
- Media interviews
- Meeting with Jean Studer, President of the Cinémathèque suisse, Castello Visconteo
Speeches on this site
- Ouverture du 69e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)
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