Français : Roman Polanski et Emmanuelle Seigner au festival de Cannes. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Chairs in the Piazza Grande for a film screening. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Deutsch: Madonna del Sasso über Locarno (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: John Malkovich on August 11, 2005 at the Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Festival del film Locarno, Press Conference, Palazzo Morettini (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Julie Delpy at the San Francisco Apple (Photo credit: Steve Rhodes)

Julie Delpy signing autographs at the Apple Store (Photo credit: Steve Rhodes)

1. Tour andTravel World ‏@TourandTravelWr26m

   Locarno Film Festival starts in Switzerland: Nine films supported by the European Union’s MEDIA programme for… http://dlvr.it/3mN3Fv 

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2. SRF News ‏@srfnews3h

   Themen heute: Eröffnung Filmfestival Locarno. Halbjahreszahlen Swisscom. Vertrauensabstimmung in Tschechien. http://srf.ch/news  ^red

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3. Indiewire ‏@indiewire16h

   Analysis: Why The @FilmFestLocarno, With A New Boss, Maintains A Unique Presence In the Industry http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-the-locarno-film-festival-with-a-new-boss-maintains-a-unique-presence-in-the-industry …

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   Why The Locarno Film Festival, With A New Boss, Maintains A Unique Presence In the Industry

   Over the past four years, the Locarno Film Festival rapidly increased its global profile in the film festival world for good reason: The program, organized by former Cannes Directors Fortnight head Olivier Pére, appealed to distinct cinephile tastes even while courting an active European marketplace. A number of world premieres at the Swiss gathering, which has taken place in August every year since 1946, eventually screened at bigger fall festivals like Toronto, but at Locarno they were allowed to stand tall: Last year, for instance, the avant garde fishing documentary “Leviathan” was one of the biggest stars in town, even as the festival’s massive outdoor Piazza Grande section screened the likes of “Magic Mike” nearby. The festival managed a very rare mix of highbrow sensibilities and star power, a combination epitomized by the youngish Pére’s charisma and exceptional knowledge of movies.

4. MEP_España ‏@MEP_Spain6h

   MEDIA and Creative Europe in the spotlight at Locarno Film Festival

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5. Ascona – Locarno ‏@asconalocarno12h

   Free screening #Chinatown by Roman Polanski #film #festival #locarno #piazzagrande http://instagram.com/p/crvc-cFZJJ/ 

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6. erickohn ‏@erickohn9h

   Setting the stage for Locarno… http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-the-locarno-film-festival-with-a-new-boss-maintains-a-unique-presence-in-the-industry …

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7. Matteo Fieni ‏@matteofieni10h

   Ritratti Metropolitani al Film Festival #Locarno #RM http://instagram.com/p/cr8R8JlQSZ/ 

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8. Josh Mandel ‏@JMMandel10h

   Locarno is > Cannes, Venice or Berlin for discovering NEW voices in world cinema . Hopeful for its future post-Pére http://bit.ly/14gykJU 

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9. I Want! Music/Cultu ‏@IWCultu10h

   #InfoCine Locarno Film Festival’s New Topper Carlo Chatrian Raises the Stakes http://ow.ly/2yWrW3 

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10. Variety_Tech ‏@Variety_Tech11h

    Locarno Film Festival’s New Topper Carlo Chatrian Raises the Stakes: New Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatr… http://bit.ly/156hyta 

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    English: The poster for the 61st Film Festival Locarno (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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