One of the most beloved and influential directors of the past half century, Jane Campion – recipient of the Pardo d’Onore Manor at the 77th Locarno Film Festival –, joins us on Locarno Meets.

Campion’s is a career of remarkable firsts, whether as the first woman to win the Palme d’Or or the first woman to be nominated twice for the Academy Awards for Best Director (winning for “The Power of the Dog” in 2022). But her body of work is full of artistic risk-taking and daring pivots into uncharted territory. With Campion in our studio, we looked back together at her career, reflecting on her early days of film-going in London, on the genesis of many of her best-known projects, and on techniques for keeping the flame of inspiration alive.