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The Locarno International Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival was founded in 1946, and is held every August. One feature of the festival is the open-air screening space on Locarno's Piazza Grande (central square). The top prize in the festival is the "Golden Leopard," awarded to the best film. Locarno is a city located on Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
A filmfestival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e.g.
The world's first major filmfestival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major filmfestivals of the world (Cannes, Berlin, Moscow and Karlovy Vary) date back to the 1940s and 1950s.
The festivals in Toronto, Venice, Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, Moscow, (since 2002) Locarno and Karlovy Vary are listed as so-called "A festivals", or the most prestigious in the world.
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