The Locarno Film Festival unveils its official selection: four Luxembourg co-productions in the spotlight!

The 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival takes place from 7 to 17 August and includes four Luxembourg co-productions in its official selection.

2 films have been selected in the official international competition : Death will come by German director Christoph Hochhäusler (Amour Fou Luxembourg) and Youth (Hard Times) by Chinese director Wang Bing (Les Films Fauves). 

The first film is a fiction co-production between Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium. The second is a documentary co-produced by France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The first part of this documentary, entitled Youth (Spring), was selected for official competition at Cannes in 2023 and screened in Luxembourg cinemas last March during the Luxembourg City Film Festival.

In the special programme "Panorama Switzerland (an out-of-competition section presenting a selection of 10 recent works carefully chosen to enable festival-goers to discover contemporary Swiss cinema), includes the feature-length fiction film Jakobs Ross by Swiss director Katalin Gödrös, a co-production between Amour Fou Luxembourg and Switzerland. This film was also part of the selection at the last Luxembourg City Film Festival.

The animated film Slocum and I by Jean-François Laguionie (Mélusine Studio) will be presented as part of the "Locarno Kids Screenings. This year, it was also selected for the Cannes Film Festival and the Annecy Animation Film Festival.

These four selections, supported by the Film Fund, once again illustrate the exceptional quality and international recognition of Luxembourg co-productions, highlighting their creativity, diversity and ability to work effectively with international partners.