In 2025, the piazza nostra team conducted a total of 50 video interviews. A variety of individuals, perspectives and occupations come to the fore in these interviews, all of which have something in common: each, in their own way, has been part of the Locarno Film Festival over the past 60 years – whether visibly or invisibly.
Over the coming months, a collection of video clips will take shape on this page, filled with memories, anecdotes and experiences all relating to some aspect of the Locarno Film Festival. The collection will present a variety of voices: those of (former) staff, neighbours and attendees of the festival.
All the video interviews and their transcripts will be archived in full in the Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne, thereby adding some new perspectives to the current holdings on the history of the festival.
Cinémathèque suisse