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75th Locarno Film Festival
3 August 2022 - 8 August 2022
On 3 August, on the Piazza Grande, Alain Berset opens the 75th Locarno Film Festival, with Marco Solari, President, and Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director: “Locarno ist eine kulturelle Hauptstadt mit internationalem Renommee.”
On 4 August, before the media, he presents the main lines of the Confederation’s cultural policy for 2025–2028: more flexible funding, the digital transition, working conditions for artists, heritage, sustainability and coordination between funding bodies. The following days: lunch at Monte Verità, an aperitif hosted by the Federal Office of Culture, the Leopard Club, a political dinner and a meeting with the film industry.
Wednesday 3 August 2022
- Official inauguration of the festival
- Opening film on the Piazza Grande
Thursday 4 August 2022
- Press meeting: cultural policy 2025–2028
Friday 5 August 2022
- Lunch at Monte Verità, Ascona, hosted by the festival
- Aperitif hosted by the Federal Office of Culture, Minusio
- Leopard Club, Palacinema
- Political dinner
Saturday 6 August 2022
- Meeting with the film industry
Speeches on this site
- Ouverture du 75e Locarno Film Festival (in French, French-language page)
- Locarno Film Festival : Leopard Club (in English, French-language page)
- Locarno Film Festival : apéritif de l’Office fédéral de la culture (in French, French-language page)
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