An unprecedented collaboration between Acropolis Cinema and the Locarno  Film Festival, the fourth annual Locarno Festival in Los Angeles returns  in 2020 to the Downtown Independent cinema, home of the festival’s  first two editions. Running from February 13-16, the festival will  present a special four-day program following three successful editions  from 2017-2019. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, film critic Justin  Chang describes Locarno in Los Angeles as “a jolting antidote to the  mid-spring blockbuster blues, as well as a welcome reminder that cinema  isn't just a global medium; at times, it can be downright otherworldly.”  Curated by Acropolis founder Jordan Cronk and co-artistic director  Robert Koehler, the festival's main program is comprised of a  hand-selected group of films from the 72nd Locarno Film Festival’s  Competition, Filmmakers of the Present, and Moving Ahead programs. With  the generous support of MUBI, the Swiss Consulate General of San  Francisco, and the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese  Humanities, this year’s showcase titles include Tyler Taormina’s Ham on Rye (Opening  Night), an L.A.-shot coming-of-age drama starring over 100 performers,  including first-time actors and 90’s Nickelodeon child stars; Kôji  Fukada’s eerie suburban thriller A Girl Missing (Spotlight Selection); Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter’s stunning sci-fi docu-fiction Space Dogs (Closing Night); and the highly anticipated Los Angeles premiere of Portuguese master Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela (Centerpiece Selection), winner of both the Golden Leopard and Best Actress prizes at last summer’s Locarno festival.