06/07/2022 - The Swiss festival today unveiled the programme for its 75th edition (3-13 August), including its parallel sections Piazza Grande and Cineasti del presente

This year's majestic Piazza Grande at the Locarno Film Festival (3-13 August) will host 17 films (and no fewer than 10 world premieres) of which 12 are European productions and co-productions. Among the world premieres are the Swiss-German co-production Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth. [+see also:
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interview: André Schäfer
film profile] by André Schäfer, which depicts the life of the famous Swiss-German writer, the French production Angry Annie [+see also:
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film profile] by Blandine Lenoir, about the dangerously endangered freedom of resorting to IVG and contraception, the Italian films Delta [+see also:
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film profile] by Michele Vannucci, a contemporary western set in the Po delta, and Piano Piano [+see also:
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film profile] by Nicola Prosatore which depicts the joys and inevitable difficulties of adolescence, the Swiss-Belgian co-production Last Dance [+see also:
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interview: Delphine Lehericey
film profile] by Delphine Lehericey which talks about the immense healing power of dance, the British film Medusa Deluxe [+see also:
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film profile] by Thomas Hardiman, a murder case during a "hairdressing" competition, the Swiss film Semret [+see also:
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interview: Caterina Mona
film profile] by Caterina Mona, a debut feature dealing with the struggles of an Eritrean single mother working in a Zurich hospital, the French film A Woman [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean Paul Civeyrac, a film that offers a counter-current portrait of a woman in the grip of her own obsessions, You Will Not Have My Hate [+see also:
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interview: Kilian Riedhof
film profile] by Kilian Riedhof (a co-production between Germany, France and Belgium), which deals with the delicate themes of mourning, anger and grief caused by the loss of a loved one during a terrorist attack, in this case at the Bataclan in Paris, and finally the co-production between Israel, Poland and Colombia My Neighbor Adolf [+see also:
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film profile] by Leon Prudovsky.

The Cineasti del presente competition, which offers Locarno Film Festival audiences the chance to discover a selection of first or second films directed by young talents from all over the world, is also dominated by European productions and co-productions, no less than 10 out of the 15 works selected. These include the French films Astrakan [+see also:
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film profile] by David Depesseville and Little Ones [+see also:
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interview: Julie Lerat-Gersant
film profile] by Julie Lerat-Gersant, which portrays a 16-year-old pregnant girl facing her destiny within the walls of a home for young mothers, the Norwegian production Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? [+see also:
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film profile] by Franciska Eliassen, the Croatian film Safe Place [+see also:
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interview: Juraj Lerotić
film profile] by Juraj Lerotić and the Ukrainian film How Is Katia? [+see also:
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interview: Christina Tynkevych
film profile] by Christina Tynkevych, which deals with the theme of mourning and revenge. Co-productions include Love Dog [+see also:
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interview: Bianca Lucas
film profile] by Bianca Lucas (Poland/Mexico/USA) which tells the story of a return home with dark overtones, Arnold Is a Model Student [+see also:
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film profile] by Sorayos Prapapan (Thailand/Singapore/France/Netherlands) which takes us inside the mind of a student struggling with his own moral conflicts, It Is Night in America [+see also:
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film profile] by Ana Vaz (Italy/France/Brazil), Fragments from Heaven [+see also:
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film profile] by Adnane Baraka (Morocco/France), a touching portrait of Mohamed, a 15-year-old nomad who lives with his family in a tent in a remote desert area in eastern Morocco, Matadero [+see also:
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film profile] by Santiago Fillol (Argentina/Spain/France), which features a theatre troupe that is decidedly out of the ordinary, and Nightsiren [+see also:
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interview: Tereza Nvotová
film profile] by Tereza Nvotová, a drama that takes place in the Slovakian mountains (Slovakia/Czech Republic).

The programme of the Semaine de la Critique has also been unveiled.

The selected films are as follows:

Piazza Grande

Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth [+see also:
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interview: André Schäfer
film profile]. – André Schäfer (Switzerland/Germany)
Angry Annie [+see also:
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film profile] – Blandine Lenoir (France)
Bullet Train – David Leitch (USA)
Compartiment tueurs – Costa-Gavras (France) (1965)
Delta [+see also:
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film profile] – Michele Vannucci (Italy)
Home Of The Brave – Laurie Anderson (USA) (1986)
Imitation Of Life – Douglas Sirk (USA) (1958)
Last Dance [+see also:
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interview: Delphine Lehericey
film profile] – Delphine Lehericey (Switzerland/Belgium)
Medusa Deluxe [+see also:
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film profile] – Thomas Hardiman (UK)
My Neighbor Adolf [+see also:
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film profile] – Leon Prudovsky (Israel/Poland/Colombia)
Paradise Highway [+see also:
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film profile] – Anna Gutto (USA/Germany/Switzerland)
Piano Piano [+see also:
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film profile] – Nicola Prosatore (Italy)
Printed Rainbow – Gitanjali Rao (India) (short film) (2006)
Semret [+see also:
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interview: Caterina Mona
film profile] – Caterina Mona (Switzerland)
A Woman [+see also:
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film profile] – Jean Paul Civeyrac (France)
You Will Not Have My Hate [+see also:
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interview: Kilian Riedhof
film profile] – Kilian Riedhof (Germany/France/Belgium)
Where The Crawdads Sing – Olivia Newman (USA)

Cineasti del presente

A Perfect Day For Caribou – Jeff Rutherford (USA)
Arnold Is a Model Student [+see also:
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film profile] – Sorayos Prararan (Thailand/Singapore/France/Netherlands)
Astrakan [+see also:
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film profile] – David Depesseville (France)
Before I Change My Mind – Trevor Anderson (Canada)
Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? [+see also:
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film profile] – Franciska Eliassen (Norway)
It Is Night in America [+see also:
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film profile] – Ana Vaz (Italy/France/Brazil)
Fragments from Heaven [+see also:
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film profile] – Adnane Baraka (Morocco/France)
Love Dog [+see also:
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interview: Bianca Lucas
film profile] – Bianca Lucas (Poland/Mexico/USA)
Matadero [+see also:
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film profile] – Santiago Fillol (Argentina/Spain/France)
Our Lady Of The Chinese Shop – Ery Claver (Angola)
Little Ones [+see also:
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interview: Julie Lerat-Gersant
film profile] – Julia Lerat-Gersant (France)
Petrol – Alena Lodkina (Australia)
Safe Place [+see also:
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interview: Juraj Lerotić
film profile] – Lauraj Lerotić (Croatia)
Nightsiren [+see also:
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interview: Tereza Nvotová
film profile] – Tereza Nvotová (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
How Is Katia? [+see also:
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interview: Christina Tynkevych
film profile] – Christina Tynkevych (Ukraine)

Semaine de la Critique

Ruthless Times: Songs of Care [+see also:
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interview: Susanna Helke
film profile] - Susanna Helke (Finland)
Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain - Susanna della Sala (Italy)
The River Is Not a Border [+see also:
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film profile] - Alassane Diago (France/Senegal/Germany)
The Visitors [+see also:
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film profile] - Veronika Lišková (Czech Republic/Norway/Slovakia)
Fledgings [+see also:
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interview: Lidia Duda
film profile] - Lidia Duda (Poland)
The DNA of Dignity [+see also:
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film profile] - Jan Baumgartner (Switzerland)
The Hamlet Syndrome [+see also:
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interview: Elwira Niewiera and Piotr R…
film profile] - Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski (Poland/Germany)

(Translated from Italian)