The festival's beginnings at the Via Stazione in 1947 (festival archives).
Italian director Vittorio de Sica, 1946 (festival archives)
Italian diva Gina Lollobrigida (centre), 1949 (festival archives)
Swiss actor Lukas Ammann with his wife, 1950 (festival archives, Paolo Costa)
Italian stars Marina Berti, Massimo Serato, Anna Maria Ferrero, 1953 (festival archives)
Luciana Angiolillo (front) and Gundula Korte, 1955 (festival archives, W. Tannaz)
Italian director Mario Monicelli, 2002 (Roberto Pellegrini)
Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, 1997 (Marco Beltrametti)
Romanian actress and singer Rona Hartner, 1997 (Reza Khatir)
Night in Locarno, 2002 (Marco Agorri)
Italian director Dario Argento, 2000 (Massimo Pedrazzini)
On the Piazza Castello, 2003 (Stefano Mussio)
The film festival's 60th anniversary in pictures.
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A photo exhibition is being held to mark the Locarno film festival’s 60th anniversary.
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