The line up for the Locarno Film Festival was unveiled today, the first under new artistic director Carlo Chatrian. The festival runs from August 7-17th and has a diverse slate of films ranging from bigger studio pictures to smaller independent films. There are 20 films in the International Competition–4 of those are directed by women.
Here are the women directed films that will be at the Locarno Film Festival. You can find a full list here.
PIAZZA GRANDE
GABRIELLE by Louise Archambault — Canada
MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE by Sandra Nettelbeck –Germany/Belgium
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
EXHIBITION by Joanna Hogg — United Kingdom
GARE DU NORD by Claire Simon — France/Canada
L’ÉTRANGE COULEUR DES LARMES DE TON CORPS
by Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani — Belgium/France/Luxembourg
PAYS BARBARE by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi — France
FILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT
LE SENS DE L’HUMOUR by Marilyne Canto — France
LOS INSÓLITOS PECES GATO by Claudia Sainte-Luce — Mexico
MANAKAMANA by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez — Nepal
MOUTON by Gilles Deroo and Marianne Pistone — France