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559 articles available in total starting from 06/03/2003. Last article published on 20/08/2025.

Paweł Pawlikowski begins shooting 1949

Paweł Pawlikowski begins shooting 1949

The Academy Award-winning director’s new feature explores Thomas Mann’s post-war journey across a divided Germany  

20/08 | Production | Funding | Germany/Poland/Italy/France

EXCLUSIVE: Stéphane Demoustier shooting La Chaleur

EXCLUSIVE: Stéphane Demoustier shooting La Chaleur

The director’s new film, which is being produced by Petit Film and co-produced by Wildside, Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique, will be sold internationally by Charades  

19/08 | Production | Funding | France/Italy/Belgium

Valentina and Nicole Bertani • Directors of Mosquitoes

Interview: Valentina and Nicole Bertani • Directors of Mosquitoes

“A sisterly relationship developed between us and our screenwriter, feeding into a screenplay which we see as feminist rather than feminine”

The two Italian directors spoke to us with infectious joy about what drove them to tell a story both personal – based on their childhood - and universal  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2025

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2025

We take a closer look at nine projects showcased in Locarno Pro’s co-development programme for films from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro

Review: Mosquitoes

Review: Mosquitoes

Valentina and Nicole Bertani’s first film is a punk and queer ode to the 1990s and a portrait of a group of girls who’ve decided to tell their own story and dictate their own rules  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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

Shooting wraps on Paolo Strippoli’s The Spiral, starring Jasmine Trinca and Adriano Giannini

Shooting wraps on Paolo Strippoli’s The Spiral, starring Jasmine Trinca and Adriano Giannini

The new thriller from the director behind A Classic Horror Story is being produced by Propaganda Italia and also stars Romana Maggiora Vergano and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in its cast  

30/07 | Production | Funding | Italy/France/Belgium

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry God Will Not Help

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry God Will Not Help

Hana Jušić's follow-up to Quit Staring at My Plate follows a Chilean woman who comes into an isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century  

28/07 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Gianfranco Rosi once again competing in Venice via Below the Clouds

Gianfranco Rosi once again competing in Venice via Below the Clouds

The documentary dedicated to the “colossal time machine” that is Naples will compete for the Golden Lion, a prize the director already received in 2013 for Sacro GRA  

25/07 | Production | Funding | Italy/France

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