“It was a very emotional locarno Opening Night as Iranian Female Power, Gaza, and Armenia Got The Spotlight on the Firmst of the 78th Edition of the Locarno Film Festival Onival on. Iran-Born Actress Golshifteh Farahani Received a big and cordial Swiss Welcome and the Excellence Award Davide Campari on the Picturesque Lakeside Town’s Piazaza Grande Sq. An”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
“I thorough this prize should go to you, to all of US, to US, in this ObsCure, Dark World,“ Farahani Told The Locarno Crowd in An Emotion Accuscptance Speech. “We Still Belide in Art and Culture. We Take Refuge in Cinema. We Watch MOVIES, MOVIES IN WHICH Everyone Is Included. We Feel Love, Anger, Jealousy, NO, NO, NO MATTER WHICH. Matter What We Believ in, No Matter Where We Pray, No Matter Wich Nationality We Are.
Continued the Star: “I Think Really This Excellence Prize Goes To All of You. Each of You Is A Candle in Its Darkness. We Are Here Celebringing Human Values in Grace and Being. Great Light in this Dark World, Because Now We Are Shining Very, Very Bright.
AMIR EBRAHIMI ALSO KEPT IT IT EMODIONAL, TALLING FARANII: “THANK YOU FOR BEING My Soul Sister, for Being there for me and everyone who needs you every kind of you. Every Single Moment You Exist. The audience erupted into ApplAuse as the Two Women Hugged Before Walking Off The Stage Together.
Farahani is Also in Town to Present Her Most Recent Film, Julia Ducournau’s AlphaWHICH Premiered in the Competition at Cannes this Year, at the Swiss Festival and Take Part in A Public Conversation with the Festival Audence.
After Farahani’s Award Ceremony, The Locarno Opening Film In the Land of Arto Screwed on the Square’s Big Outdoor Screen. Tamara Stepanyan’s Drama, Which Stars Camille Cottin and Amir Ebrahimi, Follows A French Woman Who Armenia and Discovers That Husband Lied ABOUT HISBAND.
Before The Movie and Award Ceremony, Stepanyan, Amir Ebrahimi, and Other Members of the Arto Creative Team Discussed the Movie, Armenian History, and Honor of Opening Locarno.
THEN, The Festival Served Up a Little Surprise for the Opening Night Audence in the Form of a Video Message by Cottin, Who Can’st in Locarno Due to Other Commitments.
“I’M Sorry and Cannot Be at Your Side, Tamara, But I Just Wanted to Thank You Again for Inviting Me on This Incredible Journyey, Both Artistic And Geography, Cottin Said. “IT was an unforgettable experience to travel through that Country, Armenia, that I Had Never Known Before. I Know How Musting It Must Be Standing There, Bent -Been You. Years, And Both in Terms of the Political and Personal Perspective, This Film Means A Lot to You. ”
Farahani, Born in Tehran in 1983, Emerged As An Acting Talent at An Early Age, Leading to Her BreakthROUGH ROLE IN Dariush Mehrjui’s The Pear Tree in 1998. The Actress Previoously Visited Locarno to Present the Rajastthan-Set The Song of Scorpions (2017) On the Piazza Grande.
Durying Wednesday’s Opening Event, Giona A. Nazzaro Lauded Farahani «An incredibly talented artist, and someone that had was always always to Refused to be Pigeonholed in Roles, and Always Explored the Possibilities of What An Artist, An Actor, Could Do. ”
HE also Mentioned gaza in his italian comments, City that the 2025 Fest Selection Includes “Films That Have Quesified US About the State of the World and Too Many Wars Accorging to an online translation of his speech. “AS A COMMUMUNITY AND AS INDIVIDUALS, WE DUTY TO ALWAYS KEEP OUR EYES OPEN, ESPECALLY WHEN IT METSS TO PLESS WHERE SUFFERING IS A DAILY STRUGGGGGGGGGG point Gaza and the terrible humanitarian tragedy that is Afilestinian people people through the sytematic violence of Bombs and opposition. ”
Farahani is One of Several Big-Name Iranian Film Creatives Atender Locarno78. Amir ebrahimi Stars in the Opening Film, While Director Jafar Panahi is Presenting His Cannes Palme d’or Winner, It was just an accountand Mohamad Rasoulof is Also in Town.
The 2025 Locarno Festival Runs Through Aug. 16.