Tom Grater International Film ReporterSwitzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, one of the key events on the European summer fest circuit, has named Italian film critic Giona A.
Nazzaro [pictured top, left] as its new artistic director.Nazzaro joins from Venice Critics’ Week, where he has served as General Delegate since 2016; he will take up his new role on January 1, 2021 but will work with interim director Nadia Dresti until then.
He is also a member of the selection committees for Rotterdam and Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon and has worked as a moderator at Locarno.
During his career, he has also collaborated with Italy’s Turin Film Festival, the Rome Film Fest and the Festival dei Popoli in Florence.
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