Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine of the Beirut-based production company will also present two movies, Mounia Akl‘s 'Costa ...

Lebanese indie Abbout Productions will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Award celebrating ...

Georges Schoucair became the CEO of Abbout Productions in 2004, and Myriam Sassine joined as lead producer in 2010.

Her fearless choices and groundbreaking performances continue to inspire audiences and redefine what it means to be an artist ...

The Locarno Film Festival will present its Honorary Leopard Award, Pardo d'Onore, to American filmmaker Alexander Payne on ...

The U.S. filmmaker will receive the Pardo d’Onore at the Swiss festival, present his films 'The Descendants' and 'Nebraska,' ...

Emma Thompson will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival where her latest film, Brian Kirk's action thriller “The Dead of Winter” – which she executive produced – will have its world premiere.

Kill Bill star Lucy Liu will be honoured with a career achievement award at Locarno Film Festival, where she will also ...

The Locarno film festival will shift to gender-neutral acting categories with its 76th edition set to run August 2-12, 2023. The festival’s two main competitions, the Concorso internazionale and ...

LOCARNO — The 71st Locarno Festival kicks off today, Wednesday Aug. 1, its Industry Days on Aug. 3. It commands the biggest industry attendance of any mid-summer film event in Europe.

British actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson has been chosen to receive the Locarno Film Festival's Leopard Club Award. This ...