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Locarno 2025 / Filmmakers of the Present


20 articles available in total starting from 09/07/2025. Last article published on 27/08/2025.

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Margherita Spampinato • Director of Sweetheart

Interview: Margherita Spampinato • Director of Sweetheart

“My film expresses the need we have to listen to each other, be together and be connected”

The debuting Italian director talks to us about the meeting-clash between two generations in her film set in Sicily  

27/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Kukla • Director of Fantasy

Interview: Kukla • Director of Fantasy

“I’ve always thought of Fantasy as someone who brings with her a gentle kind of disruption”

The Slovenian director chats to us about her feature-length follow-up to her award-winning short Sisters and about revisiting her trio of girls  

19/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Olivia

Review: Olivia

The debut feature by Argentinian filmmaker Sofía Petersen, about a woman losing her father, is too enigmatic for its own good  

19/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Hijo Mayor

Review: Hijo Mayor

Cecilia Kang's triptych of a Korean-Argentinian family, inspired by her own experiences, introduces some fascinating themes filled with heart, but the emotional impact doesn’t land  

18/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Hair, Paper, Water…

Review: Hair, Paper, Water…

Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý co-direct a pensively beautiful documentary miniature focusing on an elderly Vietnamese lady and her large extended family  

18/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: The Plant from the Canaries

Review: The Plant from the Canaries

Ruan Lan-Xi’s first feature film is an elegant and ethereal portrait of a woman who seems to glide through the city she’s getting to know, like a skater across an icy lake  

15/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Affection Affection

Review: Affection Affection

Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther craft a clever and mischievous movie with its own special charm, playing skilfully on the boundary between the novelesque and the bizarre  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Ion de Sosa • Director of Balearic

Interview: Ion de Sosa • Director of Balearic

“When I work I feel at home, with no restrictions on creativity or form"

The Basque director talks about his psychedelic tale that sits halfway between comedy and terror  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

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: A Balcony in Limoges

Review: A Balcony in Limoges

Jérôme Reybaud’s sophomore feature, about an older woman who goes out of her way to “help” someone she knew in her childhood, is short, sweet and unexpected  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

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