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7888 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 09/07/2025. 755 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Welcome to Switzerland by Sabine Gisiger

03/08/2017

LOCARNO 2017: Following her documentary Yalom's Cure, Sabine Gisiger returns to Locarno with her latest effort, Welcome to Switzerland, a journey between the walls of an impenetrable nation  

Willkommen in der Schweiz

Willkommen in der Schweiz

Tomorrow and Thereafter by Noémie Lvovsky

03/08/2017

LOCARNO 2017: World-premiered in the awe-inspiring Piazza Grande, Noémie Lvovsky’s Tomorrow and Thereafter warms the most difficult-to-reach parts of our hearts  

Demain et tous les autres jours

Demain et tous les autres jours

Winter Brothers by Hlynur Pálmason

03/08/2017

LOCARNO 2017: Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason delivers a solid cinematographic debut that is both visually and narratively remarkable  

Vinterbrødre

Vinterbrødre

Scary Mother by Ana Urushadze

03/08/2017

LOCARNO 2017: In her debut feature, screening at the Swiss gathering, Georgian director Ana Urushadze tackles the restrictions that society and families force upon women, mothers and wives  

Sashishi Deda

Sashishi Deda

Abracadabra by Pablo Berger

01/08/2017

Bilbaine director Pablo Berger aims to hypnotise audiences with his latest game of prestige: a colourful, grotesque and exaggerated film that combines dark comedy, fantasy and drama  

Abracadabra

Abracadabra

Agape by Branko Schmidt

31/07/2017

Veteran Croatian filmmaker Branko Schmidt’s film, which premiered at Pula, is a powerful critique of a failed society through the lens of the church, religion, labels and violence  

Agape

Agape

The Starry Sky Above Me by Ilan Klipper

26/07/2017

Ilan Klipper's feature debut is a psychological chamber drama-comedy about how our loved ones misjudge us with the best of intentions  

Le Ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête

Le Ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête

Doubtful by Eliran Elya

25/07/2017

Eliran Elya’s first feature film, awarded in Jerusalem, takes an honest and mature look at two lost souls travelling down a pre-destined path  

Mutalim Besafek

Mutalim Besafek

Dead Fish by Kristijan Milić

25/07/2017

Kristijan Milić’s third feature is a study of post-war life, echoing Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, which has world-premiered in Pula’s Croatian Film Competition  

Mrtve ribe

Mrtve ribe

Scaffolding by Matan Yair

17/07/2017

The remarkable debut film by Israel's Matan Yair is a real-life story about a boy torn between his family business and inspiration for education  

Pigumim

Pigumim

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