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Locarno Film Festival Appoints Giona Nazzaro as Artistic Director
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian film critic Giona A. Nazzaro, former head of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, has been appointed the new artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.His appointment comes just over a month after Lili Hinstin stepped down from the role in a shock departure.A longtime Locarno fest collaborator, Nazzaro has plenty of programming experience, having served since 2005 at the helm of the independently run Venice section and on selection committees for the Rome, Turin and Visions du Reel festivals, as well as the Festival dei Popoli in Florence.
