August 7, 2025|
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|4 months agoLocarno Film Festival opens with focus on Middle East and Iran
78th edition launches with controversial Gaza documentary and Swiss-made series about nuclear negotiations
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- The 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival opened with a focus on the Middle East and Iran.
- Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider praised the festival's courage in addressing controversial topics.
- The festival is screening 'With Hasan in Gaza', a documentary featuring footage from 2001.
- Swiss filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Bron's mini-series 'The Deal', about the 2015 nuclear agreement, will screen its first two episodes.
- Maja Hoffmann is the President of the Locarno Film Festival.
By The Numbers
78th
Edition
Over 220
Films
28
Swiss Productions
11
Days
They Said
"Locarno embrasse le courage de lâinconnu."
"Cinema is not just entertainment, but a miracle."