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Piazza Grande Events 7 August 2013
The opening ceremony will take place Wednesday 7 August on the Piazza Grande at 21:30.
- Presentation of the official juries of the three competitions
- Preview screening of extracts from films in the Concorso internazionale
- Presentation of the Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Sir Christopher Lee
- International premiere screening of 2 Guns introduced by director Baltasar Kormákur
2Guns by Baltasar Kormákur
Two operatives from competing bureaus are forced on the run together. Their problem: neither knows that the other is an undercover federal agent. For the past twelve months, DEA agent Bobby Trench and U.S. Naval Intelligence officer Marcus Stigman have been reluctantly attached at the hip. Working undercover as members of a narcotics syndicate, each man distrusts his partner as much as the criminals they have both been tasked to take down. When their attempt to infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel and recover millions goes haywire, Trench and Stigman are suddenly disavowed by their superiors. Now that everyone wants them in jail or in the ground, they can only count on each other. But when good guys spend years pretending to be bad, they pick up a few tricks along the way.
Special Events / Conversations with guests
Conversation with Andrea Segre, Vinicio Capossela and the audience of the Festival at 14:00 at La Magnolia (Spazio RSI) hosted by Carlo Chatrian and Marco Zucchi.
At 15:45 at Auditorium FEVI, Andrea Segre will be introducing the World Premiere screening of his new film Indebito, starring the italian musician Vinicio Capossela. The documentariy accompanies the Cantautore through the greek crisis, and will be followed by a concert with Vinicio Capossela and five greek musicians Manolis Pappos, Ntinos Chatziiordanou, Vassilis Massalas, Angelos Polychronou and Glauco Zuppiroli, who will be playing songs from Rebetiko Gymnastasa, the last album by the Italian artist.
Press Screenings (Teatro Kursaal)
7 August 2013, 13:00, Piazza Grande
2 Guns, by Baltasar Kormákur
7 August 2013, 16:00, Concorso internazionale
El Mudo, by Daniel Vega and Diego Vega
7 August 2013, 18:00, Concorso Cineasti del presente
The Dirties, by Matt Johnson
7 August 2013, 19:30, Concorso Cineasti del presente
Sai nam tid shoer, by Nontawat Numbenchapol
7 August 2013, 21:00, Piazza Grande
Vijay and I, by Sam Garbarski
Press Conferences (Palazzo Morettini)
7 August 2013, 13:00, Piazza Grande
2 Guns, by Baltasar Kormákur
with Baltasar Kormákur (director), Randall Emmett (producer), Brandon Grimes (coproducer)
Parallel Events
Foto Garbani in collaboration with Animazione Centro Pax Muralto launches a Photo Contest on Locarno 66: Lo Scatto del Pardo.