Locarno Pro’s First Look Set to Focus on German Films in Post
variety.comNick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro initiative dedicated to pics in post is set to look at German films that are in their final stage of production for its upcoming edition.The fest, located in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, in a statement said that the initiative, now in its tenth edition, will celebrate the up-and-coming cinema of a country that has been “crucial to the history” of the fest.
Locarno Pro is now looking closer to home after being a springboard for pics from Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Israel, Poland, the Baltic Countries, Portugal, Serbia and Switzerland itself.“German filmmakers and producers and the work they have given us has been at the heart of so many memorable editions of the Locarno Film Festival, the fest said in a statement.
Locarno organizers noted that German cinema was the subject of an expansive retro titled “Beloved and Rejected” in 2016, and pointed out that prominent German shingle Komplizen Film was honored with the best independent producer award in 2019, while Werner Herzog was tributed with an honorary Pard in 2013.They also underlined standout recent German titles that launched from Locarno of late such as “A Voluntary Year” (pictured above) by Ulrich Köhler and Henner Winckler, in competition in 2019 and “No One’s With the Calves,” by Sabrina Sarabi in last year’s Filmmakers of the Present.“The relationship between Locarno and German cinema runs deep,” said Locarno’s artistic director Giona A.
Nazzaro.“The many close ties we have forged with the German film industry have enriched the Festival and created endless possibilities and opportunities.
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