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5752 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Ivana Mladenović • Director of Sorella di Clausura

Interview: Ivana Mladenović • Director of Sorella di Clausura

“It’s not just reality or just fiction; it’s that middle ground where both come together to create something that can’t be separated”

The Serbian-Romanian filmmaker talks about her fourth feature, which follows a self-aware young woman in her pursuit of happiness at a time of crisis  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Valentina and Nicole Bertani • Directors of Mosquitoes

Interview: Valentina and Nicole Bertani • Directors of Mosquitoes

“A sisterly relationship developed between us and our screenwriter, feeding into a screenplay which we see as feminist rather than feminine”

The two Italian directors spoke to us with infectious joy about what drove them to tell a story both personal – based on their childhood - and universal  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2025

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2025

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

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro

Review: Sorella di Clausura

Review: Sorella di Clausura

A thirty-something “forever failure” tries to navigate life, love, money and sex in Ivana Mladenović’s newest feature  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Jacqueline Zünd • Director of Don’t Let the Sun

Interview: Jacqueline Zünd • Director of Don’t Let the Sun

“In this film, I discovered what it really means to work with actors, and I found it liberating”

The Swiss director discusses her debut fiction feature, a fusion of climate dystopia and human connection, influenced by her documentary background  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Mosquitoes

Review: Mosquitoes

Valentina and Nicole Bertani’s first film is a punk and queer ode to the 1990s and a portrait of a group of girls who’ve decided to tell their own story and dictate their own rules  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Sweetheart

Review: Sweetheart

For her debut feature, Margherita Spampinato uses the template of the generational gap, but examines more layers of it  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Judas’ Gospel

Review: Judas’ Gospel

With his newest feature, Giulio Base tries to tell the story of Christ from Judas’ point of view, in a compelling way  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Don't Let the Sun

Review: Don't Let the Sun

Jacqueline Zünd’s debut feature explores isolation and hope in a dystopian, sun-scorched future, using silence and visuals to tell a haunting story  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Bobò

Review: Bobò

Pippo Delbono treats us to a simple and highly poetic portrait of the person who, in his own words, saved his life and gave new meaning to his work  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

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