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Locarno 2024 / Cineasti del Presente

26 articles available in total starting from 10/07/2024. Last article published on 24/01/2025.

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Willy Hans • Director of Skill Issue

Interview: Willy Hans • Director of Skill Issue

“I like working with actors in this age group because their approach is very intuitive”

We met with the German director whose feature film follows a group of young people drifting through a hot summer’s day  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Fario

Review: Fario

In her debut feature, Lucie Prost follows the adventures of a young man confronted with trauma that he can’t overcome, with repressed emotions that burn inside like poison  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Foul Evil Deeds

Review: Foul Evil Deeds

British director Richard Hunter’s debut feature film speaks of evil deeds carried out by random people, painting a unique portrait of human beings who are trying to fight their demons  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Hanami

Review: Hanami

Diving deep into the ocean of immigration, Denise Fernandes' feature creates its own unique realistic yet magical universe  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Iva Radivojević • Director of When the Phone Rang

Interview: Iva Radivojević • Director of When the Phone Rang

“I couldn’t imagine this film in a digital format”

The Yugoslavian-born director recalls the collapse of her native country in her newest film  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Listen to the Voices

Review: Listen to the Voices

With his debut feature, Maxime Jean-Baptiste delivers an intimate and poignant film that fills in the missing images of French Guiana, in a free form  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Review: Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Kazakh filmmaker Olga Korotko’s second feature is an escalating thriller arising from the conflict between sensitive femininity and toxic masculinity  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Bálint Szimler • Director of Lesson Learned

Interview: Bálint Szimler • Director of Lesson Learned

“We wanted to capture the essence of being a child”

The Hungarian director, who grew up in the USA but moved back to Hungary at the age of nine, can relate to the feeling of being an outsider  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Skill Issue

Review: Skill Issue

German director Willy Hans treats us to a profound and atmospheric first feature film, following a group of young adults grappling with the difficulty of connecting with one another  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: When the Phone Rang

Review: When the Phone Rang

In her third feature, Iva Radivojević goes through memories of having to emigrate as a child in the time when the war in Yugoslavia started  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

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