U.S.-based Icelandic film, music video and TV producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson will be celebrated by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Award, dedicated to producers who epitomize the indie ethos. Sigurjón “Joni” Sighvatsson co-founded Propaganda Films with Steve Golin in 1986, building it into a powerhouse that produced hit TV shows such as “Twin Peaks” […]

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 […]

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 […]