Film Reviews

8218 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 17/01/2026. 702 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Godless by Ralitza Petrova

12/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: Bulgarian filmmaker Ralitza Petrova delves into the world of the less fortunate in her impressive first feature  

Godless

Godless

The Young One by Julien Samani

11/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: The debut fictional feature by Julien Samani casts us out to sea, on board a huge imaginary boat where the very concept of humanity is put to the test  

Jeunesse

Jeunesse

Marija by Michael Koch

10/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: The debut film from Swiss director Michael Koch is an uncompromising portrait of a woman prepared to go to any lengths to win her longed-for independence  

Marija

Marija

The Idea of a Lake by Milagros Mumenthaler

10/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: Five years after Back to Stay, Milagros Mumenthaler, winner of the Golden Leopard, returns to Locarno with this dreamlike family drama  

La idea de un lago

La idea de un lago

Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower by Nicolas Wadimoff

09/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: In his latest film, Nicolas Wadimoff gets under the skin of an impenetrable figure whose convictions have become his raison d’être. “Forever, until victory!”  

Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté

Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté

Cahier africain by Heidi Specogna

09/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: Heidi Specogna embraces the camera to stand strong with those whose only weapon is courage, the courage to keep hoping in a possible future  

Cahier africain

Cahier africain

Still Life by Maud Alpi

09/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: Maud Alpi brings the camera down to the level of the eyes of animals to paint a portrait of the sinister world inside the walls of a slaughterhouse  

Gorge Cœur Ventre

Gorge Cœur Ventre

Daydreams by Caroline Deruas Peano

09/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: French director Caroline Deruas’ first full-length film surprises with its apparent lightness; a lightness that conceals a profound realism and a series of unsettling twists  

L'Indomptée

L'Indomptée

The Ornithologist by João Pedro Rodrigues

09/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: The latest endeavour by Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues is a boundless journey into the mind of an ornithologist in search of spirituality, mysticism and eroticism  

O Ornitólogo

O Ornitólogo

Mister Universo by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

09/08/2016

LOCARNO 2016: A tamer of ferocious beasts, a contortionist, the strongest man in the world, a magic iron tool, and this circus-based tale by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel can begin  

Mister Universo

Mister Universo

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