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 Locarno Film Festival

Via Franchino Rusca 1
6600 Locarno
+41 91 756 21 21
info@locarnofestival.ch
locarnofestival.ch
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Diplomacy Day
Program
Invitation is personal, valid for one person and non-transferable. Business casual attire.
Monday, August 12, 2024
2:30 pm
PalaCinema,
Locarno
Reception and welcome
3 pm   PalaCinema, Locarno
Welcome address
Maja Hoffmann – President of the Locarno Film Festival
Gian Lorenzo Cornado – Ambassador of Italy in Switzerland
Conversation
Anna Prouse – International Red Cross Delegate, expert in counterterrorism and international
relations
Giuliano Da Empoli – Writer and Political Scientist
Michael Møller – Former Director-General UN at Geneva and GESDA board member (Geneva
Science and Diplomacy Anticipator www.gesda.global)
Speeches
Ignazio Cassis - Federal Councilor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, FDFA
Antonio Tajani - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation of the Italian Republic
The Locarno Open Doors Project
“Support of filmmakers from developing countries as instrument of Swiss foreign policy.”
Patricia Danzi – Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, FDFA
Zsuzsi Bánkuti – Head of Locarno Open Doors (www.locarnofestival.ch/opendoors)