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10940 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 15/08/2025.

Hugues Hariche  • Director of Rivière

Interview: Hugues Hariche • Director of Rivière

“The idea was to start with this damaged character and see how she could escape from her situation through her encounters”

The Swiss-French director breaks down the inspiration for his intimate coming-of-age film, his approach to the aesthetics and what ice hockey means to him personally  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Review: First Case

Review: First Case

The film by French director Victoria Musiedlak shows the complicated daily life of a young lawyer at grips with her first homicide case  

16/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Bonjour la langue

Review: Bonjour la langue

Exploring familial ties and challenging industry conventions, Paul Vecchiali's last film is a testament to the unwavering spirit of auteur cinema at its barest essentials  

16/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: Ricardo and Painting

Review: Ricardo and Painting

After bringing his ‘Trilogy of Evil’ to a close, Barbet Schroeder chooses to zoom in on the life of a gentle soul, a talented painter and one of his closest friends  

16/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of Competition

Patric Chiha  • Director of The Beast in the Jungle

Interview: Patric Chiha • Director of The Beast in the Jungle

“The novel really talks about all of us, about what we dream of living and what we’re really living”

The Austrian filmmaker of Hungarian and Lebanese descent tells us about his free and very original adaptation of Henry James’ novel  

16/08/2023 | /France/Belgium/Austria

Review: Rossosperanza

Review: Rossosperanza

The latest powerful film from Annarita Zambrano is a cruel and violent satire of respectability in a society kept captive by its small and petty privileges  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Éléonore Saintagnan  • Director of Camping du Lac

Interview: Éléonore Saintagnan • Director of Camping du Lac

“In my work, there is always something strange going on”

The absurd meets the serious in the French director’s new film, in which she also plays the lead role  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Laura Ferrés  • Director of The Permanent Picture

Interview: Laura Ferrés • Director of The Permanent Picture

“I am not interested in making autobiographical films; I already spend enough time with myself”

The Catalonian director has crafted an experimental and genre-blending portrait of women from different generations  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sylvain George  • Director of Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Interview: Sylvain George • Director of Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere

“At night, the rules don’t apply”

The French director dives into darkness in his film about a group of kids from Morocco, dreaming of escaping to Europe yet still stuck in Melilla  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Radu Jude’s eighth fiction feature seems to imply that the apocalypse might not arrive as a spectacular big bang, but rather as a flood of stupidity – and it’s actually already here  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

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