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11036 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 18/09/2025.

Loco Films pinning its hopes on Memory at Venice

Loco Films pinning its hopes on Memory at Venice

The French sales agent is selling Vladlena Sandu’s feature debut, which will be unveiled as the opening film of the Giornate degli Autori  

20/08 | Venice 2025 | Venice Production Bridge

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

Filming under way for Mikhaël Hers’ Une autre histoire

Filming under way for Mikhaël Hers’ Une autre histoire

Alba Rohrwacher and Bastien Bouillon headline this Nord-Ouest Films production, which will be sold by Charades  

19/08 | Production | Funding | France

Review: Elder Son

Review: Elder Son

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

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Venezia Spotlight title Silent Rebellion

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Venezia Spotlight title Silent Rebellion

Marie-Elsa Sgualdo’s first feature tells the story of a 15-year-old girl who becomes pregnant after she is raped and defies her oppressive Protestant community  

18/08 | Venice 2025 | Venezia Spotlight

Naomi Kawase • Director of Yakushima’s Illusion

Interview: Naomi Kawase • Director of Yakushima’s Illusion

“I think the sensitivity and emotions that are part of our work go beyond spoken language”

The Japanese director explains the reasons which prompted her to tell us the story of a French paediatric doctor working in Kobe, and why she chose Vicky Krieps for the role  

18/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Yakushima’s Illusion

Review: Yakushima’s Illusion

Naomi Kawase brings together two thorny questions for Japanese society: organ transplants and the tens of thousands of people who mysteriously disappear every year  

15/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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

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