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2286 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 07/07/2025.

A Blast: controlled and meticulously planned fire

A Blast: controlled and meticulously planned fire

The second film by Greek director Syllas Tzoumerkas is a story of a woman who is no longer able to stand frustration brought on by personal and social problems  

13/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

Cure-The Life of Another, the brutal and captivating portrait of a tormented city

Cure-The Life of Another, the brutal and captivating portrait of a tormented city

Andrea Staka’s movie, in competition in Locarno, is a risky but seductive journey through a city, Dubrovnik, where the sound of bombs still echoes in the air  

12/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

The Shelter, the final film in a chance trilogy

The Shelter, the final film in a chance trilogy

The Shelter, the latest documentary from Swiss Fernand Melgar, in competition in Locarno, shows that the will to make a movie must come from the heart and that true sensitivity can’t be invented  

12/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

Durak, uncompromising portrait of a modern day hero

Durak, uncompromising portrait of a modern day hero

The third feature film from the young Russian director Yury Bykov amazes thanks to a moving story with bright tones  

11/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

Fidelio: Alice’s Journey offers a journey through rough waters

Fidelio: Alice’s Journey offers a journey through rough waters

With her first film, in the running for the Golden Leopard in Locarno, French director Lucie Borleteau takes a shot at a skipper of a freighter inhabited by old and new ghosts  

11/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

La Sapienza, a mysterious journey towards the light

La Sapienza, a mysterious journey towards the light

With his latest film La Sapienza, in competition in Locarno, Eugène Green once again focuses on light, as the sole antidote to the crisis that plagues us  

11/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

Perfidia: The pain of living

Bonifacio Angius’ film in competition is a journey into the void of lives unlived  

11/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Competition

Jacquot, Beauvois, Delaporte and Oelhoffen to duke it out for the Golden Lion

Jacquot, Beauvois, Delaporte and Oelhoffen to duke it out for the Golden Lion

Trois coeurs, La rançon de la gloire, Le dernier coup de marteau and Loin des hommes will do battle on the Lido  

25/07/2014 | Venice 2014 | Competition/France

The Venice Film Festival bets on the future

The Venice Film Festival bets on the future

Host Alberto Barbera promises great artists, long-awaited movies, emerging directors and cinema from countries yet to be discovered  

24/07/2014 | Venice 2014 | Competition

Paris of the North: Strong performances and biting humour from Iceland

Paris of the North: Strong performances and biting humour from Iceland

Premiering in Karlovy Vary’s International Competition, Paris of the North is a melancholic Icelandic comedy from the director of Either Way  

11/07/2014 | Karlovy Vary 2014 | Competition

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