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5826 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 11/09/2025.

Giovanni Cioni  • Director of From the Planet of the Humans

Interview: Giovanni Cioni • Director of From the Planet of the Humans

“What you can't tell with words, you can tell with the form”

The Italian filmmaker presented a suggestive essayistic documentary dealing with a colourful character  

18/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Out of Competition

Francesco Montagner  • Director of Brotherhood

Interview: Francesco Montagner • Director of Brotherhood

“I wanted to have something that came close to what we would call magical realism”

The Italian filmmaker’s documentary tells the story of three brothers and their relationship with their severe father  

18/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Bonifacio Angius • Director of The Giants

Interview: Bonifacio Angius • Director of The Giants

The Giants is a declaration of love”

The Italian helmer’s thriller with western elements is taking part in Locarno’s international competition  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: From the Planet of the Humans

Review: From the Planet of the Humans

Director Giovanni Cioni uses the tale of a famous but controversial 1920s scientist to take an askance look at the history of migration on the French and Italian border  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Out of Competition

Review: Brotherhood

Review: Brotherhood

This fascinating documentary by young Italian director Francesco Montagner tells the tale of three brothers on the threshold of adulthood, grappling with their unsettling father-master  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

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

Hleb Papou  • Director of The Legionnaire

Interview: Hleb Papou • Director of The Legionnaire

"The objective was to show our point of view on modern Italy"

The director's first feature is a social drama about two brothers fighting on opposite sides  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

The premium streaming service will be available in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2022  

10/08/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | UK/Ireland/Italy/Germany/Switzerland/Austria

Review: Beckett

Review: Beckett

The Locarno Film Festival’s opening film, by Italian director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, transforms a simple holiday into a ruthless and surreal manhunt  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Legionnaire

Review: The Legionnaire

The Belorussian-born but Italian by adoption director Hleb Papou presents his first powerful and honest feature film in the Locarno Film Festival’s Cineasti del presente competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del presente

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