The Locarno Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest. The Swiss lake-side summer event regularly attract thousands including U.S. filmmakers during its ten-day run. The fest has raised its profile in recent years and this year the event will feature 19 films screening as international or world premieres competing for the event’s top “Pardo d’oro” grand prize. U.S. entries include Jack and Diane , Compliance , Museum Hours , Somebody Up There Likes Me and Museum Hours . The festival will open with the world premiere of Nick Love’s The Sweeney August 1st The festival also has a nightly out of competition “Piazza Grande” lineup of films, which are screened outside on the (you guessed it…) Piazza Grande against the backdrop of the city’s picturesque lake. The competition and Piazza Grande lineups follow. The lineup in the festival’s other sections can be found on their website (http://www.pardolive.ch/en/Pardo-Live/today-at-the-festival.html;jsessionid=A6B115468942A214FBD6F7D199332475). Locarno runs August 1 – 11. Competition – A jury will choose one of the 19 competing fiction or documentary features, which are screening as world or international premieres, to win the festival’s top prize: the Pardo d’oro. A Última Vez Que Vi Macao (The Last Time I Saw Macao) by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata Portugal/France – 2012 – 85 min with João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata, Cindy Crash World Premiere Berberian Sound Studio by Peter Strickland United Kingdom/Germany/Australia – 2012 – 89 min with Tobey Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro, Cosimo Fusco International Premiere Compliance by Craig Zobel United States – 2012 – 90 min with Ann Dowd, Matt Servito, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Phillipp Ettinger – International Premiere Der Glanz Des Tages (The Shine of Day) by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel Austria – 2012 – 90 min with Philipp Hochmair, Walter Saabel World Premiere Image Problem by Simon Baumann and Andreas Pfiffner Switzerland – 2012 – 92 min Documentary First Feature – World Premiere Jack and Diane by Bradley Rust Gray United States – 2011 – 106 min with Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Cara Seymour, Kylie Minougue – International Premiere La Fille De Nulle Part (The Girl from Nowhere) by Jean-Claude Brisseau France – 2012 – 91 min with Jean-Claude Brisseau, Virginie Legeay World Premiere Leviathan by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel United Kingdom/United States/France – 2012 – 83 min Documentary - World Premiere Los Mejores Temas (Greatest Hits) by Nicolás Pereda Mexico/Canada/Netherlands – 2012 – 102 min Production: Interior13 Cine – World Premiere Mobile Home by François Pirot Belgium/Luxembourg – 2012 – 95 min with Arthur Dupond, Guillaume Gouix, Jackie Berroyer, Jean-Paul Bonnair, Eugénie Anselin First Feature – World Premiere Museum Hours by Jem Cohen Austria/United States – 2012 – 107 min with Mary Margaret O’Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits – World Premiere Padroni Di Casa (The Landlords) by Edoardo Gabbriellini Italy – 2012 – 90 min with Valerio Mastandrea, Elio Germano, Gianni Morandi, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – World Premiere Playback by Sho Miyake Japan – 2012 – 113 min with Jun Murakami, Kiyohiko Shibukava, Masaki Miura, Makiko Watanabe First Feature – World Premiere Polvo by Julio Hernández Cordón Guatemala/Spain/Chile/Germany – 2012 – 80 min with Agustin Ortíz Pérez, Eduardo Spiegeler, Alejandra Estrada, María Telón Soc – World Premiere Somebody Up There Likes Me by Bob Byington United States – 2011 – 76 min with Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Marshall Bell – International Premiere Starlet by Sean Baker United States – 2012 – 104 min with Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian – International Premiere The End of Time by Peter Mettler Switzerland/Canada – 2012 – 109 min Documentary – World Premiere Une Estonlenne a Paris by Ilmar Raag France/Estonia/Belgium – 2012 – 94 min with Jeanne Moreau, Ita Ever, Fabrice Colson, Laine Mägi – World Premiere Wo Hai You Hua Yao Shuo (When Night Falls) by Ying Liang South Korea – 2012 – 70 min with Nai An, Kate Wen, Sun Ming – International Premiere The Piazza Grande – which seats up to 8,000 viewers a night, is both the heart of the festival and its showcase. Bachelorette by Leslye Headland United States – 2011 – 91 min with Lizzy Caplan, Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, James Marsden – International Premiere Bonjour Tristesse by Otto Preminger United States – 1958 – 94 min with Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jane Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne Retrospettiva Otto Preminger Camille Redouble by Noémie Lvovsky France – 2012 – 115 min with Noémie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Yolande Moreau, Michel Vuillermoz – International Premiere Das Missenmassaker (The Swiss Miss Massacre) by Michael Steiner Switzerland – 2012 – 95 min with Meryl Valerie, Lisa Maria Bärenbold, Patrick Rapold, Mike Müller, Martin Rapold, Nadine Vinzens – World Premiere Lore by Cate Shortland Germany/Australia/United Kingdom – 2012 – 110 min with Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi – International Premiere Magic Mike by Steven Soderbergh United States – 2012 – 110 min with Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn, Alex Pettyfer More Than Honey by Markus Imhoof Switzerland/Germany/Austria – 2012 – 91 min Documentary – World Premiere – Closing Film Motorway by Soi Cheang Hong Kong – 2012 – 90 min with Anthony WONG, Shawn YUE, GUO Xiaodong European Premiere – Pardo alla carriera Johnnie To Nachtlarm (Lullaby Ride) by Christoph Schaub Switzerland/Germany – 2012 – 94 min with Alexandra Maria Lara, Sebastian Blomberg, Georg Friedrich – World Premiere No by Pablo Larraín Chile/United States/Mexico – 2012 – 110 min with Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegerz, Luis Gnecco Quelques Heures de Printemps by Stéphane Brizé France – 2012 – 108 min with Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hélène Vincent – World Premiere Ruby Sparks by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris United States – 2012 – 104 min with Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Chris Messina International Premiere Sightseers by Ben Wheatley United Kingdom – 2012 – 89 min with Alice Lowe, Eileen Davis, Steve Oram, Monica Dolam The Black Balloon by Josh and Benny Safdie United States – 2012 – 21 min with Larry Sloman, Eleonore Hendricks, Mustafa Bekiroglu, Kennon Bltut, William Skinner – International Premiere The Sweeney by Nick Love United Kingdom – 2012 – 90 min with Damian Lewis, Hayley Atwell, Ray Winstone, Paul Anderson – World Premiere – Opening Film While We Were Here by Kat Coiro United States – 2012 – 83 min with Kate Bosworth, Iddo Goldberg, Jamie Blackley, Claire Bloom – International Premiere Wrong by Quentin Dupieux France – 2012 – 94 min with Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little European Premiere
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Locarno Film Festival Unveils World and International Premieres for Competition