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Mubi And Locarno Team On Award For First-Time Filmmakers


The MUBI Award – Debut Feature will be given to a first-time director showing their film as a world or international premiere.

The MUBI Award – Debut Feature will be given to a first-time director showing their film as a world or international premiere in the Festival’s official selection. Discussing today’s announcement, Locarno head Giona A. Nazzaro described the award as a new “prestigious collaboration to support emerging cinema even more incisively and convincingly than before.” “We’re very glad to be collaborating with MUBI on a new award capable of opening unprecedented avenues and potentialities for young and auteur cinema, thus defending artistic freedom and creativity,” he said.

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