On Wednesday, the Locarno Film Festival announced its lineup for in-competition films and the Piazza Grande program. Held from August 1–11, Locarno is one of the world’s oldest film festivals, currently in its 65th year.
Artistic director, Olivier Pere commented on the festival’s line up:
It is the festival of film, all kinds of film and nothing but film, of the highlights of its history, its stars and artists to its most exciting future prospects with a constellation of new auteurs discovered every year in the various sections of the festival.
Of this year’s 19 features in competiion, just 2 are directed by women. But there are a good amount of women directed films playing in the Piazza Grande which will be held in Europe’s largest film venue. Of the 17 films, 5 are directed by women. And as previously announced, the excellence award will go to actress, Charlotte Rampling.
The in-competition line up includes 19 features, co-produced in at least 21 countries with 6 of those produced or co-produced in the U.S.
Here is a list of the women directed films by category:
Main Competition:
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel — Der Glanz Des Tages (The Shine of Day)
Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor –Leviatha
Piazza Grande:
Cate Shortland — Lore
Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton — Ruby Sparks
Leslye Headland — Bachelorette
Noémie Lvovsky — Camille Redouble
Kat Coiro — While We Were Here
