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2298 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 22/12/2025.

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Spanish Previews and Alliance 4 Development winners

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Spanish Previews and Alliance 4 Development winners

Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ Nina Roza, Adrià Guxens’ Lóngquán: The Dragon Spring and Valentin Merz’s Dark Chocolate are among this year’s victors  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro/Awards

Review: With Hasan in Gaza

Review: With Hasan in Gaza

Kamal Aljafari’s documentary offers an unvarnished meditation on the cyclical nature of loss, the persistence of erasure, and the fragile yet enduring traces of humanity that linger in between  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2025

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2025

We take an in-depth look at four of the six Canadian projects in post-production taking part in the industry initiative organised by the Swiss festival  

07/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro

Irish-Dutch-Belgian co-production Whitetail set to bow at Toronto

Irish-Dutch-Belgian co-production Whitetail set to bow at Toronto

The Centrepiece title, billed as a slow-burning, emotionally charged drama film, marks Dutch helmer Nanouk Leopold’s return to fiction after 2018’s Cobain  

07/08 | Production | Funding | Ireland/Netherlands/Belgium

Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s sports drama Saipan to world-premiere at Toronto

Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s sports drama Saipan to world-premiere at Toronto

The Centrepiece entry revisits Ireland’s most infamous football feud ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup  

07/08 | Production | Funding | Ireland/UK

REPORT: Open Doors @ Locarno Pro 2025

REPORT: Open Doors @ Locarno Pro 2025

We take a closer look at four African projects being co-produced with European partners – or seeking them – which are taking part in the industry initiative organised by the Swiss festival  

07/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno competition entry Solomamma

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno competition entry Solomamma

Janicke Askevold’s drama explores the emotional terrain of single motherhood, looking at questions of identity and human connection  

06/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Giona A Nazzaro • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

Interview: Giona A Nazzaro • Artistic director, Locarno Film Festival

“Today, Locarno is an indispensable observatory to understand where contemporary cinema is at”

The artistic director of the Swiss gathering talked to us about this year’s programme and about the importance of building an offering that adequately reflects the complexity of this historical moment  

05/08 | Locarno 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno Kids title The Badgers

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno Kids title The Badgers

Paul Magnus Lundø’s pic follows 11-year-old Berny who moves in with his foster mother and dreams of becoming a legacy scout like his father  

04/08 | Locarno 2025

Latvia to step into the spotlight at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival

Latvia to step into the spotlight at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival

Some of the Baltic country’s most prominent producers — including Matīss Kaža, Alise Ģelze and Guntis Trekteris — will present their latest projects at the Swiss gathering  

01/08 | Locarno 2025/Sponsored

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