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| Down The Arm Of God stars Caleb Landry Jones Photo: ©EuropaCorp/Courtesy of Locarno Film Festival |
Artistic Director Giona A Nazzaro branded the selection for the festival, which runs from August 5 to 15 as "an adventurous selection, full of surprises”.
There's British interest in the Filmmakers of the Present section this year, with Beatrice Gibson bringing British/French co-production At Night, which follows six women after dark in Paris.
Films of note playing out of competition include Sixteen Moments Of My Life by Albert Serra.
There are star names in the Piazza Grande section, including Caleb Landry Jones and Mena Suvari in Peter Brunner's Down The Arm Of God and Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Kiberlain in Marc Fitoussi's All About Corinne.
Films travelling on from other festivals include James Gray's Paper Tiger, Petra Volpe's Frank & Louis and Rafiki Fariala's Congo Boy.
The festival will present honorary awards to director Darren Aronofsky, and actresses Virginie Efira and Asia Argento, who stars in Dario Albertini’s Armony, which will have its world premiere in the Piazza Grande section.
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| The House On The Moon Photo: Courtesy of Locarno Film Festival/Momo Film Co |
The programme features 233 films across 11 sections, including 103 world premieres from up to 69 countries of production and co-production.
The line-up of the main sections is below:
International Competition
● A Margem Do Rio (The Riverbank), director: Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho, Brazil, Germany – 2026
● Alberi Erranti (Wandering Trees), director: Salvatore Mereu, Italy – 2026, World Premiere
● Brave New Love, director: Maria Bäck, Denmark, Sweden, Greece – 2026, World Premiere
● D’ici Là, director: Sarah Leonor, France – 2026, World Premiere
● I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming, director: Isabelle Stever, Germany, Ukraine – 2026, World Premiere
● Ketticè, director: Giovanni Tortorici, Italy – 2026, World Premiere
● Lejos De Los Árboles (Far From The Trees), director: Meritxell Colell Aparicio, Spain, Peru, Italy – 2026, World Premiere
● Manhunt, director: Wayne Wapeemukwa, Canada – 2026, World Premiere
● Nu E Locul Tau Aici (You Don’t Belong Here), director: Florin Șerban, Romania – 2026, World Premiere
● Nun Dul Dega Eomne (Nowhere To Lay My Eyes), director: Hong Sangsoo, South Korea – 2026, World Premiere
● O Jacaré, director: Basil Da Cunha, Switzerland, Portugal – 2026, World Premiere
● Objet A, director: Ann Oren, Germany, Luxembourg, Greece – 2026, World Premiere
● Princesa Burro (Donkey Princess), director: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, Chile, France, Uruguay, Netherlands, Germany – 2026, World Premiere
● Rehmat, director: Gurvinder Singh, India, France – 2026, World Premiere
● The House On The Moon, director: Nelson Yeo, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, Indonesia – 2026, World Premiere
● Thính Giác (Hearing), director: Lê Bảo, Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan – 2026, World Premiere
● Violence Du Corps De L’autre (Nobody’s Violence), director: Denis Côté, Canada – 2026, World Premiere
Filmmakers Of The Present Competition (for first and second features)
● At Night, director: Beatrice Gibson, UK, France – 2026, World Premiere
● Demony (Demons), director: Natalka Vorozhbyt, Ukraine, Poland – 2026, World Premiere
● Destroy All Girls, director: Erin Vassilopoulos, US – 2026, World Premiere
● Ego Reach We All (Our Time Will Come), director: Amartei Armar,Ghana, France – 2026, World Premiere
● Hanabi (Fire Flower), director: Ana Vaz, France, Brazil – 2026, World Premiere
● La Ilusión De Un Verano Sin Fin (The Illusion Of An Everlasting Summer), director: Alessandra Sanguinetti, Argentina, US – 2026, World Premiere
● L’estive (Summer Meadow), director: Naël Khleifi, Belgium, France – 2026, World Premiere
● Los Días Libres (The Days Off), director: Lucila Mariani, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, France – 2026, World Premiere
● Magic Atlas, director: Sun Xun, Singapore – 2026, World Premiere
● Morgen Vor Langer Zeit (Tomorrow A Long Time Ago), director: Luise Donschen, Germany – 2026, World Premiere
● Revolutionaries Never Die, director: Mohanad Yaqubi, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar – 2026, World Premiere
● September Afternoon, director: Nicolaas Schmidt, Germany – 2026, World Premiere
● Small Talk, director: Mateo Ybarra, Switzerland – 2026, World Premiere
● Tear Gas, director: Uta Beria, Georgia, France, Germany – 2026, World Premiere
● Todos Mis Viajes Son Viajes De Regreso (In All My Journeys I Am Returning), director: Manuel Ponce De León, Colombia – 2026, World Premiere
Out Of Competition
● Ah Que Le Bonheur Est Proche ! (Happiness Is So Close!), director: François-Christophe Marzal, Switzerland – 2026, World Premiere
● Atcha Atcha, director: Mamadou Dia, Senegal, France – 2026, World Premiere
● Bakma, director: Abdelhamid Bouchnak, Tunisia – 2026, World Premiere
● 13 Bloody Tennis, director: Nikias Chryssos, Germany – 2026, World Premiere
● Bruton, director: Vincent Grashaw, US – 2026, World Premiere
● Der Engelmacher (The Angel Maker), director: Marina Klauser, Switzerland – 2026, World Premiere
● Guerrilha No Asfalto (Asphalt Guerrilla), director: Edgar Pêra, Portugal – 2026, World Premiere
● Marco Bellocchio: La Porta Della Realtà, director: Fabio Lovino, Italy – 2026, World Premiere
● Roma Elastica, director: Bertrand Mandico, France, Italy – 2026, International Premiere
● Seize Moments De Ma Vie (Sixteen Moments Of My Life), director: Albert Serra, France, Spain – 2026, World Premiere
● Sundown, director: Rebekah McKendry, Canada – 2026, World Premiere
● Übergang (Transition), director: Peter Badel, Chris Wright, Germany – 2026, World Premiere
Short Film
● Tombe Des Rêves (Tomb Of Dreams), director: FJ Ossang, France – 2026, World Premiere
Piazza Grande
● Les Yeux Verts (The Green Eyes), director: Fanny Liatard And Jérémy Trouilh, France, Belgium, Sweden – 2026, World Premiere
● Armony, director: Dario Albertini, Italy – 2026, World Premiere
● Wild At Heart, director: David Lynch, US – 1990
● Ich Ist Ein Anderer (I Is Another), director: Felix Randau, Germany, Austria – 2026, World Premiere
● Dances With Wolves, director: Kevin Costner, US, UK – 1990
● The Invite, director: Olivia Wilde, US – 2026, Swiss Premiere
● Taxi Driver, director: Martin Scorsese, US, 1976
● Paper Tiger, director: James Gray, US – 2026, Swiss Premiere
● Frank & Louis, director: Petra Volpe, Switzerland, UK – 2026, European Premiere
● Congo Boy, director: Rafiki Fariala, Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Italy – 2026, Swiss Premiere
● Down The Arm Of God, director: Peter Brunner, France, US – 2026, World Premiere
● Il Cileno (The Chilean), director: Sergio Castro-San Martín, Italy, Chile, Switzerland – 2026, World Premiere
● Demain Je Tombe Amoureux (Love Lessons), director: Martin Provost, France, Belgium – 2026, World Premiere
● Ni Vue, Ni Connue (All About Corinne), director: Marc Fitoussi, France, Belgium – 2026, World Premiere
