The Locarno72 Program has been announced, and the NYU Tisch Graduate Film community is well-represented in the festival line-up. Here is the list of alumni and professors whose films have been curated into the Program:
Piazza Grande
(Prefestival)
Do the Right Thing directed by Spike Lee (Artistic Director, professor, alumnus)
Concorso Cineasti del presente
Baamum Nafi (Nafi’s Father) directed by Mamadou Dia (alumnus); cinematography by Sheldon Chau (alumnus); editing by Alan Wu (alumnus)
Retrospettiva: Black Light
Eve’s Bayou directed by Kasi Lemmons (professor)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai directed by Jim Jarmusch (alumnus)
She’s Gotta Have It directed by Spike Lee (Artistic Director, professor, alumnus)
Open Doors: Screenings
Người vợ ba (The Third Wife) directed by Ash Mayfair (alumna); cinematography by Chananun Chotrungroj (alumna)
See the full festival program here.