{
  "id": 162081,
  "title": "Locarno Open Doors 2026: Next Gen African Tales of Miraculous Snowfalls, Lost Dreams, an African Keyboard Prodigy and New Heroes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/locarno-open-doors-2026-next-gen-african-tales-of-miraculous",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/locarno-open-doors-ique-langa-suzannah-mirghani-1236827734/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Magic realist love story “Chapa 100,” absurdist political allegory “A Vineyard for a Lobster” and cross-continental queer drama “Hibiscus by the River” look like some of the potential standouts at Locarno’s talent-deep, wide-ranging 2026 Africa-focused Open Doors, unspooling on-site at Locarno over Aug. 5-10. Winner of a 2025 Atlas Workshops Development Award no less, moving […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}