Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival will celebrate U.S. animator and visual effects artist Phil Tippett, winner of two Oscars for his work on “The Return of the Jedi” and “Jurassic Park,” with a lifetime achievement award.Locarno’s upcoming edition will also host the world premiere of Tippett’s long gestating experimental stop-motion film “Mad God,” said to be set in a Miltonesque world of monsters, mad scientists and war pigs, and funded by fans through Kickstarter.The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to international indie cinema is on track to hold its 74th edition as an in-person event Aug.
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