Locarno Film Festival

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film festival international film festival

The Locarno Film Festival is a prestigious international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland, renowned for its focus on auteur cinema and its iconic open-air screenings in Piazza Grande.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Locarno Film Festival canonical	16
Locarno Festival	2
Locarno International Film Festival	2
Concorso Cineasti del presente	1
Festival del film Locarno	1
Locarno Film Festival Association	1
Locarno Golden Leopard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3350783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Locarno Film Festival
Context triple: [FIAPF A-category festival, exampleFestival, Locarno Film Festival]

A. Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious international film festivals, renowned for premiering major auteur cinema and awarding the Golden Lion.
B. Turin Film Festival
The Turin Film Festival is a major Italian international film festival held annually in Turin, renowned for showcasing independent and innovative cinema.
C. Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in Zurich, Switzerland, showcasing new films from around the world and hosting industry events and awards.
D. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in Central and Eastern Europe, held annually in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary and renowned for showcasing international independent and art-house cinema.
E. Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals, renowned for its prestigious Golden Bear awards and its politically engaged, artistically diverse program held annually in Berlin, Germany.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Locarno Film Festival
Target entity description: The Locarno Film Festival is a prestigious international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland, renowned for its focus on auteur cinema and its iconic open-air screenings in Piazza Grande.

A. Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious international film festivals, renowned for premiering major auteur cinema and awarding the Golden Lion.
B. Turin Film Festival
The Turin Film Festival is a major Italian international film festival held annually in Turin, renowned for showcasing independent and innovative cinema.
C. Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in Zurich, Switzerland, showcasing new films from around the world and hosting industry events and awards.
D. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in Central and Eastern Europe, held annually in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary and renowned for showcasing international independent and art-house cinema.
E. Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals, renowned for its prestigious Golden Bear awards and its politically engaged, artistically diverse program held annually in Berlin, Germany.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film festival ⓘ international film festival ⓘ
accreditation	FIAPF ⓘ
aim	support innovative and independent filmmaking ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Festival del film Locarno ⓘ linked to: Locarno Film Festival Locarno Festival ⓘ linked to: Locarno Film Festival
award	Best Direction Award ⓘ Excellence Award ⓘ Golden Leopard ⓘ Leopard of Honour ⓘ Pardo d’onore ⓘ Pardo for Best Actor ⓘ Pardo for Best Actress ⓘ Special Jury Prize ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
focus	art-house cinema ⓘ emerging filmmakers ⓘ independent cinema ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	film ⓘ
hasCompetition	documentary films ⓘ feature films ⓘ short films ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Canton of Ticino ⓘ Locarno ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
memberOf	FIAPF-accredited competitive film festivals ⓘ
notableFor	Piazza Grande open-air screenings ⓘ auteur cinema ⓘ
organizer	Locarno Film Festival Association ⓘ linked to: Locarno Film Festival
region	Ticino ⓘ linked to: Ticino, Switzerland
screenCapacity	approximately 8000 spectators in Piazza Grande ⓘ
screenType	open-air screenings ⓘ
section	Concorso Cineasti del presente ⓘ linked to: Locarno Film Festival Concorso internazionale ⓘ Open Doors ⓘ Pardi di domani ⓘ Piazza Grande ⓘ Retrospective ⓘ
significance	one of the major European film festivals ⓘ
timeOfYear	August ⓘ
topAward	Golden Leopard ⓘ
venue	Piazza Grande ⓘ
website	https://www.locarnofestival.ch ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FIAPF A-category festival → exampleFestival → Locarno Film Festival ⓘ

Locarno → hasEvent → Locarno Film Festival ⓘ

Locarno → knownFor → Locarno Film Festival ⓘ

Days of the Bagnold Summer → premiereEvent → Locarno Film Festival ⓘ

Locarno Film Festival → section → Concorso Cineasti del presente ⓘ