Overview

• The international competition includes Radu Jude’s Dracula shot in Transylvania and Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due as two of its 17 world premieres.
• The open-air Piazza Grande program showcases 14 titles such as Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident and Jennifer Lopez–starred Kiss of the Spider Woman.
• The Concorso Cineasti del Presente section highlights emerging auteurs including Trương Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux’s Hair, Paper, Water… alongside other global arthouse debuts.
• Cinema legends Jackie Chan, Alexander Payne and Ang Lee will receive honorary awards during the August festival.
• The event runs from August 6 to 16 in Locarno, underscoring the festival’s focus on collective viewing and daring auteur cinema.