LOCARNO 2026: Titles Selected From Asia Pacific & Africa
UPDATED: Below is a list of films selected for the main sections of Locarno Film Festival originating from or mostly filmed in Asia Pacific and Africa (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production partners where known. More soon on line-ups for Venice, Toronto & San Sebastian. This list is a work in progress so please DM me if you have updates or additions.
LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL (AUGUST 5-15)
CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE:
[INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION]
Nowhere To Lay My Eyes (South Korea)
Dir: Hong Sangsoo
Int’l sales: Finecut
NA distribution: Cinema Guild
Rehmat (India, France)
Dir: Gurvinder Singh
Prod Cos: Vahao Studio (India), Pavo Films (France)
The House On The Moon (Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, Indonesia)
Dir: Nelson Yeo
Int’l sales: Parallax Films
Hearing (Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan)
Dir: Lê Bảo
Int’l sales: Heretic
CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE:
[FILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT COMPETITION]
Ego Reach We All (Our Time Will Come) (Ghana, France)
Dir: Amartei Armar
Prod Co: AKA Entertainment
Magic Atlas (Singapore)
Dir: Sun Xun
Prod Co: Trail Mix Media
Revolutionaries Never Die (Palestine, Belgium, Qatar)
Dir: Mohanad Yaqubi
Int’l sales: Square Eyes
Tear Gas (Georgia, France, Germany)
Dir: Uta Beria
Int’l sales: Indie Sales
PIAZZA GRANDE:
Congo Boy (Central African Republic, DR Congo, France, Italy)
Dir: Rafiki Fariala
Int’l sales: The Party Film Sales
PARDI DO DOMANI CONCORSE INTERNAZIONALE:
[LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION]
As A Cure (China, UK)
Dir: Dorothea Sing Zhang
Aurora Borealis (Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, Kazakhstan)
Dir: Valeriya Kim
Forgotten Spaceman (Afghanistan, UK)
Dir: Elham Ehsas
Khufu (Egypt, France, Sweden, Canada)
Dir: Mahmoud Assi
Nadupa (Tanzania)
Dir: Daniel Samwel
Obscura (Indonesia, Netherlands)
Dir: Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
The Architect Who Built His Own Collapse (Taiwan)
Dir: Chun Tien Chen
A Sweet Day (Iran)
Dir: Omid Abdollahi
PARDI DI DOMANI CONCORSO CORTI D’AUTORE:
[LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW SHORT FILM COMPETITION]
Ãsheghetam (France, Switzerland, Iran)
Dir: Filmsaaz
Elegy For The Forgotten, On An Endless War (Iran, France)
Dir: Bani Khoshnoudi
And If They Didn’t Exist (Philippines, France, Indonesia)
Dir: Carlo Francisco Manatad
Private Property (US, Nepal, France)
Dir: Deepak Rauniyar
Already Happened (US, China)
Dir: Hao Zhou
The Bovine Comedy (France)
Dir: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
The God That Destroys (Austria, Sweden)
Dir: Jyoti Mistry
The Wind, One Brilliant Day (China, UK)
Dir: Ben Rivers
FUORI CONCORSE:
[OUT OF COMPETITION]
Atcha Atcha (Senegal, France)
Dir: Mamadou
Int'l sales: Luminalia
Bakma (Tunisia)
Dir: Abdelhamid Bouchnak
Prod Co: 3SG Group
