Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 79th edition with new films from Hong Sang-soo, Basil Da Cunh, Gurvinder Singh and Denis Côté in the main International Competition.
The festival, running from August 5 to 15, will open with a Piazza Grande world premiere for Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s The Green Eyes.
Following two children whose lives are turned upside down when their father abandons the family home to escape deportation, it is the directorial duo’s second feature after their 2020 breakout Gagarine.
Other Piazza Grande highlights include The Invite, with director Olivia Wilde due to attend the screening, as well as Cannes 2026 contender Paper Tiger and a newly restored copy of Kevin Costner’s Dancing With Wolves.
In the main International Competition, prolific Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, who was at Berlin this year with The Day She Returns, is back on the festival circuit with Nowhere To Lay My Eyes; Canadian director Denis Côté will unveil 17th feature Nobody’s Violence, while Swiss-Portuguese director Basil Da Cunh is in the mix with Lisbon-set gangland tale O Jacaré.
Summing up this year’s lineup and Locarno’s selection ethos in general, festival director Giona A. Nazzaro described as it as “curated diversity”.
THE GREEN EYES (opening film)By Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh France, Belgium, SwedenARMONYBy Dario AlbertiniItaly
I IS ANOTHER By Felix RandauGermany, AustriaDANCES WITH WOLVESBy Kevin CostnerUSA, United KingdomTHE INVITEBy Olivia WildeU.S.TAXI DRIVERBy Martin ScorseseU.S.
FRANK & LOUIS by Petra VolpeSwitzerland, U.K.CONGO BOYBy Rafiki FarialaCentral African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo,DOWN THE ARM OF GODBy Peter BrunnerFrance, U.S.THE CHILEANBy Sergio Castro-San MartínItaly, Chile, SwitzerlandLOVE LESSONSBy Martin ProvostFrance, BelgiumALL ABOUT CORINNEBy Marc FitoussiFrance, Belgium
RIVERBANKBy Matheus Farias, Enock CarvalhoBrazil, Germany
BRAVE NEW LOVEBy Maria BäckDenmark, Sweden, GreeceD’ICI LÀBy Sarah LeonorFrance I RARELY WAKE UP DREAMINGBy Isabelle SteverGermany, Ukraine
FAR FROM THE TREESBy Meritxell Colell AparicioSpain, Peru, Italy
DONKEY PRINCESSBy Cristóbal León, Joaquín CociñaChile, France, Uruguay, Netherlands, GermanyWorld premiere
REHMATBy Gurvinder SinghIndia, FranceTHE HOUSE ON THE MOONBy Nelson YeoSingapore, Taiwan, Germany, IndonesiaTHÍNH GIÁC (HEARING) by Lê BảoVietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan
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