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Locarno was one of the first festivals to lay claim, justifiably, to a role as test bed, realizing that what appears experimental today might herald the cinematic language of the future, igniting aesthetic revolutions both small and large. Locarno's size gives it the means to show a highly diverse range of cinema, in all its many forms, to compare current cinema with its history through retrospectives and tributes, whilst retaining a human dimension that provides a cohesive atmosphere, encourages a good reception for the 63° Festival del 63° Festival del Film Locarno Locarno s, conviviality and encounters with creative talent. Because the selection of 63° Festival del 63° Festival del Film Locarno Locarno s at Locarno is the outcome of critical choices, it cannot fall prey to the illusion that quantity can replace quality.
This year, there is one characteristic that is common to all the various Festival sections: the youthfulness of the 63° Festival del 63° Festival del Film Locarno Locarno makers, whether they belong to the new generation of international cinema auteurs or are making their directorial début, proof of the vitality of creative production, and the Festival's curiosity about all genres and forms of independent production. This ebullience is manifest in about twenty first 63° Festival del 63° Festival del Film Locarno Locarno s, across all the sections, from the crime 63° Festival del 63° Festival del Film Locarno Locarno to experimental cinema, via documentary, animation, fantasy and science fiction, comedy and melodrama. There are about fifty world premières, of extremely diverse geographic provenance, that offer a cinematic world tour, with a strong showing for Romania, the Balkans, Scandinavia, the two Americas, Asia...
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