Serbian film director Goran Paskaljevic will preside over the jury at the 61st international film festival in Locarno, Switzerland, which begins tomorrow and runs until August 16.
The Locarno festival is the most important international festival of independent film. This year 18 films will compete for the prize, whereas over 150 films will be screened.
The Golden Leopard for life’s achievement will this year go to Israeli author Amos Gitai and American actress Angelica Houston. A retrospect of the work of Italian director Nanni Moretti will also be shown.
Serbian cinema will be presented by Paskaljevic’s film “Powder Barrel“.