Giona A. Nazzaro

Giona A. Nazzaro is the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.
He is also the General Delegate of the Venice International Film Critics’ Week. and a member of the selection committee at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and he collaborates with the Locarno Film Festival and the Visions du Réel Nyon. He is a board member of the European Film Awards. He was named the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival in November 2020 after the resignation of Lili Hinstin.
A member of the Union of Italian Film Critics Nazzaro is a regular contributor to the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and the bymonthly magazine MicroMega.
He is the author of several books on cinema: Il cinema di Hong Kong – Spade, kung fu, pistole, fantasmi, John Woo – La nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione ; Il dizionario dei film di Hong Kong, Action – Forme di un transgenere cinematografico and Il conflitto delle idee. Al cinema con MicroMega. Nazzaro is also the author of the novel A Mon Dragone c'è il Diavolo.