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2630 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 28/09/2026.

Hannes Þór Halldòrsson • Director of Cop Secret

Interview: Hannes Þór Halldòrsson • Director of Cop Secret

“It's the kind of film I like to watch myself, so it's the genre I felt the most comfortable with”

This clever satire of an action film offers several layers of complexity and an intelligent way of dealing with important social issues  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Cop Secret

Review: Cop Secret

You have the right to enjoy Hannes Þór Halldórsson’s Icelandic buddy cop action-comedy. And to remain silent, obviously  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Zeros and Ones

Review: Zeros and Ones

Co-produced by Germany, the UK and the USA, Abel Ferrara’s latest work turns out to be a chaotic and difficult film to decipher, held aloft by an omnipresent score  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

Interview: Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

“As women, we have gained some space and some freedom, but corsets take different shapes”

In her Locarno competition entry, the Paris-born filmmaker focuses on women, and women only  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Director Edwin explains everything you always wanted to know about erectile dysfunction but were afraid to ask  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Chema García Ibarra • Director of The Sacred Spirit

Interview: Chema García Ibarra • Director of The Sacred Spirit

“I like to shoot in places where nobody has taken a camera before”

The award-winning short filmmaker presents his long-awaited feature debut, shot with non-professional actors in his hometown of Elche, which is dripping with his peculiar sense of humour  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Karlovy Vary title As Far as I Can Walk

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Karlovy Vary title As Far as I Can Walk

A reimagining of the Serbian epic poem Banovich Strahinya, Stefan Arsenijević’s second feature centres on a young couple of Ghanaian migrants  

11/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Review: The Giants

Review: The Giants

Bonifacio Angius returns to the Locarno Film Festival to present his latest, quirky feature film, painting a comical and decadent portrait of masculinity which is on the verge of implosion  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: The Sacred Spirit

Review: The Sacred Spirit

With his debut feature, Chema García Ibarra proves that he is excellent at crafting unique atmospheres, stories and sensations, taking daily life as his starting point  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Secret Name

Review: Secret Name

Presented in Locarno’s International Competition, Aurélia Georges’ third feature film is a poetic work of unsettling classicism tackling the subject of otherness  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

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