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Locarno 2024

107 articles available in total starting from 22/01/2024. Last article published on 24/01/2025.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno-awarded Hanami

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno-awarded Hanami

Awarded the Cineasti del presente section's Best Emerging Director Prize, Denise Fernandes' title is now competing in Göteborg, prior to being released in Sweden, Switzerland and Portugal  

24/01 | Promotion | Switzerland/Portugal/Cape Verde

Review: Dear Beautiful Beloved

Review: Dear Beautiful Beloved

In his documentary on the war in Ukraine, Juri Rechinsky slowly unravels how looking after the country's displaced citizens and fallen soldiers is a mammoth task in itself  

30/10/2024 | Viennale 2024

Bertrand Mandico • Director of Dragon Dilatation

Interview: Bertrand Mandico • Director of Dragon Dilatation

“I questioned the role of the screen within the context of live performance”

The French director discusses the fusion of cinematic art and live performance, and his exploration of the abuse of power in the fashion and film industries  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

Interview: Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

“The location was like a canvas that allowed me to explore creativity unhindered”

The Swiss-Cape Verdean director unpicks her coming-of-age story set on the shores of Cape Verde and explains how the landscape inspired her  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Block 5

Review: Block 5

A new kid on the block has to join forces with her enemies and defy her father in order to save a neighbourhood playground in Klemen Dvornik’s film  

20/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024

Lucie Prost • Director of Fario

Interview: Lucie Prost • Director of Fario

“It took me a while to find the right level of wonder and fantasy that would fit this story organically”

The French director breaks down the tonal shifts in her film, and the psychological work that goes into depicting masculinity and trauma  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Saulė Bliuvaitė • Director of Toxic

Interview: Saulė Bliuvaitė • Director of Toxic

“When you're 13, you still haven't said goodbye to your toys: you play with Barbies, even though you also smoke cigarettes”

The Golden Leopard-winning Lithuanian director tells us more about her story of two girls who try to make a better life for themselves by enrolling in a modelling school  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Rita

Review: Rita

For her filmmaking debut, Spanish actress Paz Vega chooses to tell a story of domestic abuse from the perspective of a child  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Jessica Sarah Rinland • Director of Collective Monologue

Interview: Jessica Sarah Rinland • Director of Collective Monologue

“A collective monologue can exist between humans and animals or between workers and institutions”

The Argentinean-British director talks about her interest in ecology and museum conservation, her relationship with her protagonists and her artistic references  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The festival has elevated two courageous Lithuanian directors, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Laurynas Bareiša, to the highest podium, along with the equally radical Kurdish-Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Awards

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