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17th Locarno Film Festival

🇨🇭 , Switzerland

About 17th Locarno Film Festival

The 17th Locarno Film Festival was held from 22 July to 3 August 1964 in Locarno, Switzerland. This was the first year the festival was officially recognized and, in part, funded by the central Swiss government. This was a huge win for longtime artistic director of the festival, Vinicio Beretta, who also oversaw the festival being recognized by the Motion Picture Export Association of America (now known as the MPA) while maintaining the festival's official recognition by FIAPF. Retrospectively, this year at the festival is considered important in bringing the Czech New Wave to the attention of.

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