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55th Locarno Film Festival

🇨🇭 , Switzerland

About 55th Locarno Film Festival

The 55th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2002 in Locarno, Switzerland. Films from 30 countries were shown at the festival. The opening film was The Importance of Being Ernest directed by Oliver Parker. Shown on the Piazza Grande, the 7,000-seat open-air theater, the closing film of the festival was the world premiere of Possession directed by Neil LaBute. The Leopard of Honor was awarded to American actor and director Sydney Pollack, who flew himself to Locarno as co-pilot in his own personal plane.

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