Locarno Residency
The Locarno Film Festival project supporting first-feature development
With the contribution of Swiss Life
With the contribution of Swiss Life
The Locarno Residency aims to offer support and guidance in what is an important key rite of passage for many filmmakers, their first feature. The Locarno Film Festival has always stood out as a place of discovery for new talents, and in line with its mission intends to offer young filmmakers an opportunity to receive assistance in developing a full-length feature, in the shape of online sessions and in-person group discussions.
Phase One of the initiative, open to ten participants who will be selected by the artistic team of the Locarno Film Festival on the basis of the film projects submitted and their career profiles to date, will take place during the following edition of the Festival. In August, each participant will be able to discuss their film concepts with a jury of three film industry personalities, who will then pick out three projects from the first ten: two international and one Swiss.
The three selected participants will go on to Phase Two, a tutorial pathway featuring both online and extended in-person sessions, lasting one year. A first mentoring session on the treatments will take place from in December in Venice, at the prestigious venue of Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland in Milano; a second session, lasting for the whole month of March, will be held in Locarno at the Eranos Foundation, a place for peace and thinking where the screenplays will be worked on with input from both the tutors and the artistic team of the Locarno Film Festival.
The Locarno Residency is made possible thanks to the support of Swiss Life, which as Sponsor of the Locarno Film Festival and longstanding partner of the short films section Pardi di domani contributes to developing the careers of young talents making the jump from the short to full-length format.
Submissions will open from March 1st to 31st (before midday, CEST).
The submission fee is 20 CHF until March 20 at midday, and 30 CHF from March 20 after midday to March 31.
If you have any queries email residency@locarnofestival.ch
For the 10 persons selected for phase one
For the 3 persons selected for phase two
For the winning project
