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

Axelle Ropert • Director of Petite Solange

Interview: Axelle Ropert • Director of Petite Solange

“In my opinion, emotions are transmitted through simplicity”

A charismatic, young actress stars in the French director’s new film, dealing with divorce shown from the perspective of a child  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Neus Ballús • Director of The Odd-Job Men

Interview: Neus Ballús • Director of The Odd-Job Men

“I think the experiences we all have behind us are fascinating”

The Catalonian filmmaker talks to us about her third feature, another fiction-documentary hybrid that is toplined by non-professional actors  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Heavens Above

Review: Heavens Above

Serbian director Srdjan Dragojević's new dark comedy, screening in competition at Locarno, is probably his best film this century  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: The River

Review: The River

As far as “slow cinema” goes, the latest offering from Lebanon’s Ghassan Salhab just crawls along  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: After Blue

Review: After Blue

French director Bertrand Mandico’s second captivating feature film catapults us onto a mysterious, sensual planet where cruelty and beauty duet to the rhythm of a techno beat  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

Interview: Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

“My movies don’t just function on an intellectual level”

The young Swiss director talks to us about his second feature, which is competing in the Locarno Film Festival’s International Competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Soul of a Beast

Review: Soul of a Beast

Zurich director Lorenz Merz’s second feature film transports us into the recesses of a hallucinatory world where feelings are more important than reason  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Petite Solange

Review: Petite Solange

Axelle Ropert’s new film paints a candid, noir-tinged portrait of the inner world of an overly sentimental adolescent who is struggling to come to terms with her parents’ divorce  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Srđan Dragojević • Director of Heavens Above

Interview: Srđan Dragojević • Director of Heavens Above

“I am very proud that all six republics of the former Yugoslavia are involved in the production"

With his new film, the Serbian director presents a satire on religion mirroring the essential social themes of the Balkan countries  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: The Odd-Job Men

Review: The Odd-Job Men

Neus Ballús follows a trio of handymen as they carry out home visits, revealing a whole new wonderful, amusing and brightly coloured world just outside of our own four walls  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

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