The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, during 5 to 16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 1 December, in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement, in return for normalising relations with the defeated German Reich. It also stated that Germany would never go to war with the other countries. Locarno divided borders in Europe into two categories: western, which were guaranteed by the Locarno Treaties, and eastern borders of Germany with Poland, which were open for revision.
Locarno is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno, located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps. It has a population of about 16,000 (proper), and about 56,000 for the agglomeration of the same name including Ascona besides other municipalities.
The Maggia is a river in the Swiss canton of Ticino.
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators.
FC Locarno is a Swiss football club based in Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland.
The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968. The festival was not held in 1951 and the prize was not awarded in 1956 and 1982. As of 2009 René Clair and Jiří Trnka are the only two directors to have won the award twice, both of them winning in consecutive years.
Locarno railway station serves the city of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. However, the station is located within the adjacent municipality of Muralto, near the shore of Lake Maggiore. The border between the two municipalities runs along the Torrente Ramogna stream, a short distance to the south and west of the station.
Visconti Castle Italian: Castello Visconteo is a castle in Locarno, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
The Visionaries is a 1968 Italian film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and is inspired by the writings by Robert Musil.
The Girl from Nowhere is a 2012 French fantasy drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau. The film had its world premiere on 8 August 2012 at the 65th Locarno Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard. It was released theatrically in France on 6 February 2013 by Les Acacias.
Tűzoltó utca 25. is a 1973 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1974 Locarno International Film Festival
The Son of Amir Is Dead is a 1975 Belgian film directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1975 Locarno International Film Festival.
Schmetterlinge ("Butterflies") is a West German film directed by Wolfgang Becker. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1988 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Rebirth is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2007 Locarno International Film Festival.
Gitanjali Rao is an Indian theatre actress, animator and film maker.
The Best Direction Award is an award given at the Locarno International Film Festival. It is awarded to the best directed film in the international competition section.
The Leopard for Best Actress is an award given at the Locarno International Film Festival. It was first awarded in 1946.
The Young One is a 2016 French-Portuguese film directed by Julien Samani and produced by Paulo Branco. The film is based on the 1898 short story "Youth" by Joseph Conrad. The film premiered at the 2016 Locarno International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Leopard.
A Land Imagined is a 2018 neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua. A Singapore-France-Netherlands co-production, the film tells the story of a police investigator who uncovers the truth behind the disappearance of a construction worker.
The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, which had its world premiere on 4 August. The 74th edition of Locarno Film Festival hosted 14 films including 7 world premieres in Piazza Grande among which half were European productions. More than 75,000 spectators attended the festival. 50% less than the attendance rate in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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