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54 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2026. Last article published on 19/08/2026.

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Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho • Directors of The Riverbank

Interview: Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho • Directors of The Riverbank

“We want to craft bold stories that emerge from the reality of our country, but we also want to have fun making them”

The Brazilian directors talk about the power of cinema as a weapon against conformity, the catharsis of showing bodies that are different and the importance of having fun no matter what  

17/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

You Don’t Belong Here scoops Locarno’s Golden Leopard

You Don’t Belong Here scoops Locarno’s Golden Leopard

The festival has rewarded Florin Șerban’s intense and singular film, which shared the podium with The Riverbank, Nowhere To Lay My Eyes and Monica Bellucci  

17/08 | Locarno 2026 | Awards

Review: The House on the Moon

Review: The House on the Moon

Past Locarno prizewinner Nelson Yeo shoots for the moon with this modernised wuxia spin on the Chinese myth of Chang’e  

17/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: Far from the Trees

Review: Far from the Trees

Meritxell Colell Aparicio turns a sound artist’s journey through Peru into a sensorial excavation of inherited exile and endangered languages  

17/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Sarah Leonor • Director of D’ici là

Interview: Sarah Leonor • Director of D’ici là

"I tried to adopt a minimalist approach, but I applied it to universal subjects"

The French director sheds light on her triptych film set in natural surrounds, and her desire to plunge viewers into a sensory bath  

13/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: Down the Arm of God

Review: Down the Arm of God

Austrian director Peter Brunner gives a voice to those silenced by a greedy, ruthless consumer society that has lost all trace of humanity  

13/08 | Locarno 2026 | Piazza Grande

Review: O Jacaré

Review: O Jacaré

Basil da Cunha’s fourth feature is his latest set in the Lisbon neighbourhood of Reboleira, where tensions run high as the community chases a pot of stolen money  

13/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: The Riverbank

Review: The Riverbank

In their debut feature, Brazilian directors Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho portray several highly strung, proud and fearless characters who are fighting to exist  

13/08 | Films | Reviews | Locarno 2026 – Competition

Review: Hearing

Review: Hearing

Lê Bảo’s mysterious and immersive second feature follows the estrangement of two generations of a Vietnamese family and the strange audiovisual phenomena haunting them  

12/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Salvatore Mereu • Director of Wandering Trees

Interview: Salvatore Mereu • Director of Wandering Trees

“I wanted the landscape that is portrayed in the film to potentially be everyone’s - a landscape of the soul”

The director talks about his movie, centred on three very different families who come together and clash around an impossible love story that transcends space and time  

12/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

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