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Locarno Gives Raimondo Rezzonico Award to Joni Sighvatsson

6/9/2026

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The 79th Locarno Film Festival will present the Raimondo Rezzonico Award to Icelandic producer Sigurjón “Joni” Sighvatsson.
Propaganda Films, co-founded by Sighvatsson and Steve Golin in 1986, produced Twin Peaks, Beverly Hills 90210 and created one-third of U.S. music videos.
Sighvatsson produced David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winner Wild at Heart, Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat, and worked with directors Nicolas Winding Refn and Jim Sheridan.

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The 79th Locarno Film Festival will present the Raimondo Rezzonico Award to Icelandic producer Sigurjón “Joni” Sighvatsson.
Propaganda Films, co-founded by Sighvatsson and Steve Golin in 1986, produced Twin Peaks, Beverly Hills 90210 and created one-third of U.S. music videos.
Sighvatsson produced David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winner Wild at Heart, Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat, and worked with directors Nicolas Winding Refn and Jim Sheridan.