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1682 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

Review: The Antique

Review: The Antique

VENICE 2024: The second feature by Rusudan Glurijdze portrays the encounter between two generations and two people, against the backdrop of the mass deportations of Georgians from Russia in 2006  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Why War

Review: Why War

VENICE 2024: In his philosophical film essay, Israeli director Amos Gitai tries to explore the root of mankind’s lust for war and destruction  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry The Antique

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry The Antique

The new film by Rusudan Glurjidze recounts the tragic measures taken against the Georgian people in St Petersburg in 2006  

29/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Mother Mara

Review: Mother Mara

A romance blossoms between a grieving middle-aged woman and her son’s friend in Mirjana Karanović’s second directorial effort  

22/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Out of Competition

Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

Interview: Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

“The location was like a canvas that allowed me to explore creativity unhindered”

The Swiss-Cape Verdean director unpicks her coming-of-age story set on the shores of Cape Verde and explains how the landscape inspired her  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The festival has elevated two courageous Lithuanian directors, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Laurynas Bareiša, to the highest podium, along with the equally radical Kurdish-Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Awards

REPORT: Swiss Films Previews @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: Swiss Films Previews @ Locarno Pro 2024

Swiss Films presents five previews of feature films expected between the end of 2024 and early 2025  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

Interview: Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

“I like female characters who, a bit like Hitchcock’s, are hiding something underneath”

The South African-born director tells us about how she grappled with the paradoxes of the Amazon rainforest and her love for ambiguous female characters  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Samir • Director of The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners

Interview: Samir • Director of The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners

“A film can create playful and emotional connections to bring people's stories closer to others”

The Swiss director reveals his sources, and his visual and thematic approach to his film addressing the history of Italian migrants in Switzerland  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Fire of Wind

Review: Fire of Wind

The first feature by Marta Mateus, a wonderful form of cinematic reminiscence, shines bright in the race for the Golden Leopard  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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