Pensata per sviluppare le capacità dei talenti emergenti del settore cinematografico, la Locarno Academy è un progetto di formazione professionale del Locarno Film Festival per i giovani registi, critici, e professionisti dell’industria cinematografica.
A ogni edizione, i partecipanti hanno l’opportunità di conoscere e confrontarsi con i più grandi autori del cinema contemporaneo, di pubblicare i loro articoli sulle principali riviste internazionali di critica cinematografica, e di approfondire con i maggiori esperti dell’industry le strategie della programmazione e della distribuzione cinematografica.
During the workshops of the Locarno Academy one’s idea of cinema inevitably changes, gets enriched, and becomes more nuanced by the workshops and conversations with the diverse group of international guests. Yet, Locarno Academy has an even more enduring quality. It allows the participant to engage with others who share a perception of cinema in the most intense and free way possible.
My experience at the Critics Academy and the Locarno Film Festival has rejuvenated and injected hope into my relationship with film criticism. For the first time I felt properly valued as a critic. The 11 days were a kind of utopia, as I could feel the value that the festival gives to critics; recognizes its importance in encouraging the Critics Academy, inviting great names of film criticism, and in the daily treatment and care for professional critics.
