Locarno Film Festival 2008
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Hmmm... Which film shall we take in today? (Fotofestival/Ti-Press/F. Agosta) -
Dark clouds blanketed the Piazza Grande on opening night but failed to keep the crowds away. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini) Keystone -
Every bit of shelter from the rain - even improvised - helps. (Reuters/Fiorenzo Maffi) Reuters -
Films at the open air cinema play regardless of the weather. (Reuters/Fiorenzo Maffi) Reuters -
Once the lamps light up, the time for films has arrived. (Fotofestival/Pedrazzini) -
380 films will be projected over the festival's 11 days. That reely is a lot of footage. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini) Keystone -
Final preparations for projector operators. Keystone/Martial Trezzini) Keystone -
The festival has opened! (Keystone/Martial Trezzini) Keystone
The festival as it opened
This content was published on August 7, 2008
Over 11 days, the Swiss film world fell under the spell of "the leopard". A total of 380 films were shown and 18, in international competition, competed for the Locarno Film Festival's grand prize, the Golden Leopard.
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