63rd Locarno film festival gets under way

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One of Europe's oldest film festivals is getting under way, in the southern Swiss town of Locarno.

It may not attract too many Hollywood celebrities, but it has a long reputation for promoting new and thought provoking films.

Imogen Foulkes reports.

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