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

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Irene Bartolomé’s Dream of Another Summer, Victor Diago’s Downriver, A Tiger and Lukas Nathrath’s Burgeois Paranoia are among this year’s victors  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro/Awards

Review: The Sparrow in the Chimney

Review: The Sparrow in the Chimney

This time directing solo, Ramon Zürcher enchants us with his unmistakeable style, treating us to a dark film that questions ideas about heteronormative families  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

Interview: Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

“I don't fear the end of the world, but the consequences for our society will surely be dire if power is distributed unequally”

In his third feature, the Swiss director dives into the abyss of an AI-generated world  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: A Sisters’ Tale

Review: A Sisters’ Tale

Iranian director Leila Amini films her sister, an aspiring singer, across seven years, in a country where public singing by women is banned  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Semaine de la Critique

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: First Look @ Locarno Pro 2024

We take a closer look at four of the six Spanish projects in post-production taking part in the industry initiative organised by the Swiss festival  

08/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

Locarno kicks off its programme of shorts

Locarno kicks off its programme of shorts

The impossibility of escaping the past and predicting the future is explored in some of the European offerings that will screen as part of the Swiss gathering’s international shorts competition  

08/08/2024 | Locarno 2024

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

Rusudan Glurjidze’s The Antique to premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori

Rusudan Glurjidze’s The Antique to premiere in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori

The Georgian helmer’s sophomore feature, produced by Cinetech and Cinetrain, promises to be a heart-warming parable about the hopes and aspirations of migrants in an uncertain world  

05/08/2024 | Production | Funding | Georgia/Switzerland/Finland/Germany

Jan-Willem van Ewijk's Alpha. to world-premiere at Venice's Giornate degli Autori

Jan-Willem van Ewijk's Alpha. to world-premiere at Venice's Giornate degli Autori

Produced by BALDR, Lomotion and Staragara, the Dutch filmmaker's fourth feature explores the “changing nature of masculinity in our society”  

29/07/2024 | Production | Funding | Netherlands/Slovenia/Switzerland

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

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