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Locarno 2024


107 articles available in total starting from 22/01/2024. Last article published on 24/01/2025.

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

Review: A Flower of Mine

Review: A Flower of Mine

Following the success of The Eight Mountains, which was based on one of his books and honoured at Cannes 2022, Paolo Cognetti is making his directorial debut with a documentary about Monte Rosa  

07/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

EXCLUSIVE: First clip from Death Will Come, in competition at Locarno

EXCLUSIVE: First clip from Death Will Come, in competition at Locarno

In the new French-language thriller by German director Christoph Hochhäusler, a killer is hired by a gangster and finds herself at the centre of an intrigue  

02/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno Competition entry New Dawn Fades

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno Competition entry New Dawn Fades

The fiction feature by Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek chronicles episodes of psychosis in chapters over 72 hours  

01/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: First clip for Locarno entry Salve Maria

EXCLUSIVE: First clip for Locarno entry Salve Maria

The new feature by Catalan filmmaker Mar Coll explores the troubling figure of the regretful mother with undertones of psychological horror  

26/07/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Less than three weeks to go before Locarno Pro kicks off

Less than three weeks to go before Locarno Pro kicks off

As usual, the Swiss festival will offer an inspiring and thought-provoking programme of workshops, think tanks, gatherings and screenings celebrating independent filmmaking  

24/07/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Sara Fgaier’s Locarno competition entry Weightless

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Sara Fgaier’s Locarno competition entry Weightless

The Italian feature debut ponders what happens if we forget the love of our life – and, conversely, what if they forget us?  

19/07/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Aislinn Clarke’s Locarno title Fréwaka

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Aislinn Clarke’s Locarno title Fréwaka

The film, billed as “the first-ever Irish-language horror”, will be premiered out of competition at the Swiss gathering next month  

18/07/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Locarno unveils the programme of its parallel sections

Locarno unveils the programme of its parallel sections

The Piazza Grande and Cineasti del presente strands, dedicated to auteurs of the present and the cinema of tomorrow, will present a rich and varied selection  

10/07/2024 | Locarno 2024

Locarno announces its competition selection

Locarno announces its competition selection

16 of the 17 films vying for the Golden Leopard are European (co-)productions by established auteurs such as Wang Bing and Ben Rivers and emerging talents like the Zürcher brothers and Virgil Vernier  

10/07/2024 | Locarno 2024

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