epa13155310 A view after the floor of the podium where the speeches were to be delivered collapsed at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August 2026. The event's 79th edition runs from 05 to 15 August 2026. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa13155300 A general view after the floor of the podium where the speeches were to be delivered collapsed at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August 2026. The event's 79th edition runs from 05 to 15 August 2026. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa13155299 A general view after the floor of the podium where the speeches were to be delivered collapsed at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August 2026. The event's 79th edition runs from 05 to 15 August 2026. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa13155296 Maja Hoffmann (L), President of the Locarno Film Festival and Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (C) are interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist (front) near the floor of the podium that collapsed before at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August...

epa13155281 Guests react as the floor of the podium collapses at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August 2026. The event's 79th edition runs from 05 to 15 August 2026. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa13155283 Maja Hoffmann (L), President of the Locarno Film Festival and Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (2-L) are interviewed near the floor of the podium that collapsed before at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August 2026. The event's 79th edition...

epa13155282 Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (2-R) reacts upon seeing the floor of the podium collapse at the Fondazione Monte Verita on the sideline of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, in Ascona near Locarno, Switzerland, 07 August 2026. The event's 79th edition runs from 05 to 15 August 2026. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT EDITORIAL USE ONLY