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Locarno 2021 / Cineasti del presente

16 articles available in total starting from 20/07/2021. Last article published on 24/08/2021.

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Elene Naveriani • Director of Wet Sand

Interview: Elene Naveriani • Director of Wet Sand

"Censorship, terror and silence won’t stop us"

The Georgian director’s drama recounts a love story between two men who are forced to hide for decades  

24/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Francesco Montagner • Director of Brotherhood

Interview: Francesco Montagner • Director of Brotherhood

“I wanted to have something that came close to what we would call magical realism”

The Italian filmmaker’s documentary tells the story of three brothers and their relationship with their severe father  

18/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Indonesia’s Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash walks away with Locarno’s Golden Leopard

Indonesia’s Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash walks away with Locarno’s Golden Leopard

The Swiss festival’s leopard roars back to life with a welcome dose of irony, awarding its main award to Edwin’s new work  

17/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Awards

Review: Wet Sand

Review: Wet Sand

Elene Naveriani presents her poignant second feature film, an invigorating yet melancholy hymn to diversity revolving around a cathartic investigation into a refused identity  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Émilie Aussel • Director of Our Eternal Summer

Interview: Émilie Aussel • Director of Our Eternal Summer

“In all of my films, I like to tell myself that the landscapes feel the same things as the characters”

The French director speaks to us about her first feature film, a poetic hymn to adolescence which follows a strong yet tortured, hypersensitive youngster  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Marí Alessandrini • Director of Zahorí

Interview: Marí Alessandrini • Director of Zahorí

“The steppe is right on our doorstep but it’s as if it creates some sort of abyss”

The Argentine director and HEAD graduate speaks to us about her first feature film, which was shot in the Argentine desert and revolves around an extraordinary child  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Brotherhood

Review: Brotherhood

This fascinating documentary by young Italian director Francesco Montagner tells the tale of three brothers on the threshold of adulthood, grappling with their unsettling father-master  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Hleb Papou • Director of The Legionnaire

Interview: Hleb Papou • Director of The Legionnaire

"The objective was to show our point of view on modern Italy"

The director's first feature is a social drama about two brothers fighting on opposite sides  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Zahorí

Review: Zahorí

Marí Alessandrini’s debut feature takes us on a magical journey to the ends of the earth where the noise of the city gives way to introspection in a setting where anything still seems possible  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Our Eternal Summer

Review: Our Eternal Summer

This debut feature film by young French director Émilie Aussel speaks of adolescence in all its mysterious and ambiguous beauty  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del presente

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