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Locarno 2024 / Piazza Grande

19 articles available in total starting from 22/01/2024. Last article published on 19/08/2024.

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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

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Interview: Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

“My collaborators are the victims of a slow form of torture”

The Iranian director fills us in on the background to his Cannes-awarded film as well as on the current political situation in Iran  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: Electric Child

Review: Electric Child

Swiss director Simon Jaquemet explores the highly topical theme of AI and its seductive potential, whilst placing particular focus on the fears it incites  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: Sew Torn

Review: Sew Torn

A seamstress has three choices to make in Freddy Macdonald’s quirky, genre-infused debut feature  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: Mexico 86

Review: Mexico 86

After Our Mothers, which won Cannes’ Golden Camera in 2019, César Díaz is changing tone to deliver a personal and high-tension spy film questioning parenthood and social engagement  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

César Díaz • Director of Mexico 86

Interview: César Díaz • Director of Mexico 86

"In the collective imaginary, a father who leaves home to fight is a hero, whereas a mother who does the same is irresponsible"

We met with the Belgian-Guatemalan director who’s making his return with an spy film exploring the origins of the civil war which devastated his homeland for over 10 years  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

Interview: Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

“I don't fear the end of the world, but the consequences for our society will surely be dire if power is distributed unequally”

In his third feature, the Swiss director dives into the abyss of an AI-generated world  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Gianluca Jodice • Director of The Flood

Interview: Gianluca Jodice • Director of The Flood

“Showing everything without indulging in sentimentalism meant taking a big risk, and I was perfectly aware of that”

The Naples-born director zooms in on the final months of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI’s lives during the French Revolution  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Flood

Review: The Flood

With his second feature, Gianluca Jodice attempts to tell the story of the final few months of France’s last royal couple  

08/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Freddy Macdonald’s Locarno title Sew Torn

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Freddy Macdonald’s Locarno title Sew Torn

The dark comedy-thriller, staged by US-based producers and Switzerland’s Orisono, follows a seamstress who gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone awry  

07/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

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