Guillaume Canet and Mélanie Laurent to be honored at Locarno

The French filmmakers and actors will receive the Davide Campari Excellence Award at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. The duo star in the French feature film "Le Déluge", by Gianluca Jodice, which will be screened in the Piazza Grande as the opening film of the festival, the organisers announced in Zurich on Wednesday when presenting the programme. The film follows the last days of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette. The duo will also receive their awards on August 7. Rivers and Sangsoo in competition The 77th Locarno Film Festival (TI) presents 225 films from August 7 to 17, including 104 world premieres. This year's international competition features 17 films vying for the Golden Leopard. These include features by Ben Rivers and Hong Sangsoo, as well as lesser-known directors such as Saule Bliuvaite from Lithuania, Marta Mateus from Portugal, Sylvie Ballyot from France and Sara Fgaier from Italy. Switzerland's Ramon Zürcher presents "Der Spatz im Kamin" ("The Sparrow in the ...