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Davide Abbatescianni


2127 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 25/07/2025.

Review: Weightless

Review: Weightless

Italian director Sara Fgaier’s debut is a haunting, poetic and emotional film about love, memory and death  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024

We take a closer look at five projects showcased in Locarno Pro’s co-development programme for films from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Irene Bartolomé’s Dream of Another Summer, Victor Diago’s Downriver, A Tiger and Lukas Nathrath’s Burgeois Paranoia are among this year’s victors  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro/Awards

REPORT: Open Doors @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: Open Doors @ Locarno Pro 2024

We take a closer look at some of the Caribbean and Latin American projects being co-produced with European partners that are taking part in the industry initiative organised by the Swiss festival  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2024

We take a closer look at four of the six Spanish projects in post-production taking part in the industry initiative organised by the Swiss festival  

08/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Freddy Macdonald’s Locarno title Sew Torn

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Freddy Macdonald’s Locarno title Sew Torn

The dark comedy-thriller, staged by US-based producers and Switzerland’s Orisono, follows a seamstress who gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone awry  

07/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

EXCLUSIVE: Square Eyes boards world sales on Karlovy Vary title Nothing in Its Place

EXCLUSIVE: Square Eyes boards world sales on Karlovy Vary title Nothing in Its Place

Burak Çevik’s feature is set in 1978 and follows five youths who believe that the leftist revolution can be achieved through politics, rather than violence  

07/08/2024 | Industry | Market | Turkey/Germany/South Korea

Sarra Tsorakidis’s debut feature, Ink Wash, to premiere at Toronto

Sarra Tsorakidis’s debut feature, Ink Wash, to premiere at Toronto

The drama, produced by Mandragora, follows a disillusioned artist who takes refuge in her work painting the walls of a brutalist hotel  

07/08/2024 | Production | Funding | Romania/Denmark/Greece

Rusudan Glurjidze’s The Antique to premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori

Rusudan Glurjidze’s The Antique to premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori

The Georgian helmer’s sophomore feature, produced by Cinetech and Cinetrain, promises to be a heart-warming parable about the hopes and aspirations of migrants in an uncertain world  

05/08/2024 | Production | Funding | Georgia/Switzerland/Finland/Germany

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