Jury for 79th Locarno Film Festival Revealed
The festival also unveiled juries for its other sections, including emerging directors and youth competitions, as it prepares to award the Golden Leopard.
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Locarno Sets 2026 Competition Juries
Belgian filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz will lead the Concorso Internazionale jury at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. He will be joined by Italian producer Marco Alessi, French actress Lolita Chammah; Chilean actress Paulina García; and Olivier Père, former General Delegate of the Quinzaine des cinéastes and Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival, now Executive […]
2026 Locarno Film Festival: Jury Duty for Fabrice Du Welz
Venice Film Festival just announced their jury, TIFF’s Platform section trio should happen any day now, and we now have Locarno eyeballs on the different comps and le president for the Concorso Internazionale section at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival will be Belgium’s enfant terrible auteur filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz. Du Welz is best known for his Ardennes Trilogy of Calvaire (2004), Alleluia (2014) and Adoration (2019). He most recently dire…
The Belgian director will preside over the jury of the international competition of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, which will take place from 6 to 16 August.
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