Overview
- Locarno announced Tuesday that it will present Asia Argento with its lifetime achievement award on Aug. 13 during the 79th Locarno Film Festival.
- The award ceremony will take place at Piazza Grande, the festival’s 8,000-seat outdoor venue, and Argento will also present Jorge Thielen Armand’s Death Has No Master.
- Death Has No Master recently screened in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, and Locarno’s booking continues the film’s festival circuit exposure ahead of its Swiss presentation.
- Locarno artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro praised Argento as an artist who reimagines filmmaking and takes personal risks, framing the honor as recognition of her creative daring.
- Argento’s multi-decade career spans acting roles with directors from Abel Ferrara to Sofia Coppola and directing credits from Scarlet Diva (2000) to Misunderstood (2014), which Locarno highlighted in its announcement.