Rick Baker, the veteran make-up artist behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video and Hollywood classics like The Nutty Professor and An American Werewolf in London, will be awarded the honorary Vision Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.  Baker will be handed the award at the festival’s Piazza Grande on August 12.  “Rick Baker was […]

Film, TV, and music producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson will receive the honorary Raimondo Rezzonico Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5 to 15.  Sighvatsson will be handed the award on August 6. As part of the celebrations, Sighvatsson will present two of his feature credits, David Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990) […]

Asia Argento will be awarded a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5-15.  Argento will receive the award on the festival’s Piazza Grande stage on August 13. She will also present her latest title, Jorge Thielen Armand’s La Muerte No Tiene Dueño (Death Has No Master), which debuted […]