Total
6373
+12.22% compared to 2024 (5679)
Features
1954
Shorts and TV series
4419
Festival
This data includes movies selected at the time the Official Selection was announced, on July 8th, 2025. It is possible that additional films may be selected. Updated data will be available in the coming weeks.
Programmed films
224
World premieres
101
International premieres
7
First Features eligible for the Swatch First Feature Award
15
Films and TV series eligible for the Pardo Verde
13
Submissions
Features
Main countries of production: 118
Including co-production countries: 138
Shorts and TV series
Main countries of production: 123
Including co-production countries: 139
Selection
For statistics on the selection, films and TV Series from the following sections are taken into consideration: Piazza Grande, Concorso Internazionale, Concorso Cineasti del Presente, Pardi di Domani, Fuori Concorso, the world and international premieres selected in the Piazza Grande – Prefestival, Locarno Kids Screenings, Open Doors Screenings, and Special Event sections.
Features
Main countries of production: 31
Including co-production countries: 50
Shorts and TV series
Main countries of production: 19
Including co-production countries: 26
The gender of direction was calculated based on the SWAN (Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network) method that defines 4 categories (woman, man, non-binary, and mixed direction). A fifth category was added to include the “prefers not to disclose” choice.
The five genders of direction taken into consideration are the following:
Woman = the directors identify as women.
Man = the directors identify as man.
Non-binary = the directors identify as non-binary.
Not disclosed = the directors’ gender was not disclosed.
Mixed direction = the directors identify heterogeneously as female, male, non-binary or not disclosed.
Features
Direction:
25% women,
67.6% men,
1.1% non-binary,
3.6% mixed co-directions,
2.7% not disclosed.
Shorts and TV series
Direction:
36% women,
55% men,
2.3% non-binary,
3.8% mixed co-directions,
2.9% not disclosed.
For statistics on the selection, films and TV Series from the following sections are taken into consideration: Piazza Grande, Concorso Internazionale, Concorso Cineasti del Presente, Pardi di Domani, Fuori Concorso, Open Doors screening, Locarno Kids Screening, Panorama Suisse e Semaine de la Critique.
Direction:
34.1 % women,
57.2 % men,
6.5 % mixed co-directions,
0.7 % not disclosed,
1.5 % non-binary.
Female directors and mixed co-directions per section, new films (world, international, European, swiss premieres)
Swiss productions in the 2025 selection: 28
Piazza Grande
The Deal by Jean-Stéphane Bron – Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium – 2025
Concorso Internazionale
Le Lac by Fabrice Aragno – Switzerland – 2025
Concorso Cineasti del Presente
Don’t Let the Sun by Jacqueline Zünd – Switzerland, Italy – 2025
Pardi di Domani – Concorso Nazionale
Air Horse One by Lasse Linder – Switzerland, Belgium – 2025
Ich bin nicht sicher by Luisa Zürcher – Switzerland – 2025
L'Avant-Poste 21 by Camille Surdez – Switzerland – 2025
Les Dieux by Anas Sareen – Switzerland – 2025
Lost Touch by Justine Klaiber – Switzerland – 2025
Nest by Stefania Burla – Switzerland – 2025
Noirs matins by David Gonseth – Switzerland – 2025
Tusen Toner by Francesco Poloni – Switzerland – 2025
Yonne by Julietta Korbel, Yan Ciszewski – Switzerland, France – 2025
Locarno Kids Screenings
Mary Anning, chasseuse de fossiles by Marcel Barelli – Switzerland, Belgium – 2025
Panorama Suisse
01:10 by Sinan Taner – Switzerland – 2024
Bagger Drama by Piet Baumgartner – Switzerland – 2024
Bilder im Kopf by Eleonora Camizzi – Switzerland –2024
Friedas Fall by Maria Brendle – Switzerland – 2024
Heldin by Petra Volpe – Switzerland, Germany – 2025
Il ragazzo della Drina by Zijad Ibrahimovic – Switzerland – 2025
Immortals by Maja Tschumi – Switzerland, Iraq – 2024
La Cache by Lionel Baier – Switzerland, Luxembourg, France – 2025
Les Courageux by Jasmin Gordon – Switzerland – 2024
Qui part à la chasse by Lea Favre – Switzerland – 2025
Quir by Nicola Bellucci – Switzerland – 2024
Wisdom of Happiness by Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis – Switzerland – 2024
Semaine de la Critique
Flying Scents - of Plants and People by Antshi von Moos – Switzerland – 2025
Histoire(s) du Cinéma
Les Vilaines Manières by Simon Edelstein – Switzerland, France – 1973
L'Ogre by Simon Edelstein – Switzerland, France – 1986
Swiss co-productions in the 2025 selection: 4
Concorso Internazionale
Le bambine by Valentina Bertani, Nicole Bertani – Italy, Switzerland, France – 2025
Pardi di Domani – Concorso Nazionale
O Rio de Janeiro Continua Lindo by Felipe Casanova – Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland – 2025
Fuori Concorso
Le Chantier by Jean-Stéphane Bron – France, Switzerland – 2025
Locarno Kids Screenings
L'Olívia i el terratrèmol invisible by Irene Iborra Rizo – Belgium, Chile, Spain, France, Switzerland – 2025
