Locarno Film Festival
Swiss festival held annually in August, known for its Piazza Grande open air screenings and for a competition weighted toward first and second features. Its industry arm, Locarno Pro, has grown into a significant mid-summer meeting point for sales agents, festival programmers and co-production partners.
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Week in Distribution: August 13 to August 19, 2026
Locarno closed with a Romanian drama taking the Leopard, Paramount announced it had cleared nearly 70 jurisdictions and still cannot close, and Toronto's documentary programme confirmed how far that market has moved. The month ends with a clearer picture than it started with.
Locarno 2026: Florin Serban's You Don't Belong Here Takes the Golden Leopard, and a UK Sales Agent Gets a Very Good Fortnight
The 79th Locarno Film Festival closed on August 15 with the Golden Leopard going to Romanian director Florin Serban's You Don't Belong Here, with UK sales agent Reason8 handling international. What a Locarno win is actually worth, in territories rather than prestige.
Locarno Pro Passes 2,000 Accreditations for the First Time: 2,140 Delegates, 1,463 Meetings, and Why Mid Summer Is Becoming Central
Locarno Pro closed its largest edition to date, registering 2,140 industry delegates from nearly 100 countries, up 10% on 2025. The growth of a mid August industry programme is a small statistic that says something real about how the market calendar is rebalancing.
Week in Distribution: August 6 to August 12, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery crossed $3 billion in quarterly streaming revenue and named a library replenishment gap out loud. Locarno Pro passed 2,000 accreditations for the first time. Toronto filled in its international section. A week that was mostly about supply.
Locarno Opens Its 79th Edition: The Mid Summer Market That Sells Discovery Rather Than Scale
The 79th Locarno Film Festival runs August 5 to 15, with the Locarno Pro industry programme alongside it. Locarno does not compete with Cannes or Toronto on deal size, and that is precisely what makes its industry programme useful to a specific kind of seller.
Week in Distribution: July 30 to August 5, 2026
Disney closed its fiscal third quarter with a streaming margin it wants investors to notice, Toronto revealed 64 titles for the autumn, and Locarno opened its 79th edition. A week about how buyers intend to spend rather than about what they bought.