75th Locarno Film Festival
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Bullet Train |
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| Closing film | Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth |
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | |
| Hosted by | Associazione Festival del film Locarno |
| Artistic director | Giona A. Nazzaro |
| No. of films | 226 |
| Festival date | Opening: 3 August 2022 Closing: 13 August 2022 |
| Website | 75 Locarno Film Festival |
The 75th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland. Swiss producer Michel Merkt was the jury president for the main competition. Brazilian filmmaker Júlia Murat won the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Rule 34.
The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk's films in its Retrospettiva section. On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS to Swiss-Belgian film Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven days of the festival, along with the film professionals.
The festival opened with American action comedy film Bullet Train by David Leitch, and closed with Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André Schäfer.