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910 articles available in total starting from 22/05/2006. 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

Radu Jude • Director of Dracula

Interview: Radu Jude • Director of Dracula

“I like to work around myths”

The Romanian helmer talks to us about using “bad” AI images, Dracula’s legacy and shooting on an iPhone in Sighisoara  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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

Review: Dracula

Review: Dracula

Romanian auteur Radu Jude riffs on the vampire myth in an episodic, irreverent, AI-driven satire on adaptation, filmmaking and national identity  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Don’t Let Me Die

Review: Don’t Let Me Die

Andrei Epure’s eerie first feature cheekily asks us whether we are a little bit dead inside  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Hana Jušić • Director of God Will Not Help

Interview: Hana Jušić • Director of God Will Not Help

“When people want to possess – whether a person, a status, or a sense of belonging – it often kills the possibility for real solidarity”

The Croatian filmmaker breaks down her second feature, which is set in a historical context but which refers to contemporary, local realities  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: God Will Not Help

Review: God Will Not Help

Hana Jušić's second feature is a striking, rich work that tells a period family story containing surprising elements, and with some original and accomplished technical contributions  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry Sorella di Clausura

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry Sorella di Clausura

The new film by Ivana Mladenović is an empathetic parody of romantic melodramas set on the outskirts of the Balkans during the 2008 crisis  

05/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Dan Radu Mihai starts post-production on Monarch, a rare Romanian sci-fi flick

Dan Radu Mihai starts post-production on Monarch, a rare Romanian sci-fi flick

The film, set in the near future, centres on a man who has the ability to control electricity  

04/08 | Production | Funding | Romania/Czech Republic

Teodor Mirea explores “futile daily existence” in his first feature F.E.Z.Z.

Teodor Mirea explores “futile daily existence” in his first feature F.E.Z.Z.

The film follows several characters whose lives delve into chaos following a mysterious death  

31/07 | Production | Funding | Romania

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