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1715 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 18/08/2025.

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Sew Torn

Review: Sew Torn

A seamstress has three choices to make in Freddy Macdonald’s quirky, genre-infused debut feature  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024

We take a closer look at five projects showcased in Locarno Pro’s co-development programme for films from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

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

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