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2351 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 19/08/2025.

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Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Drowning Dry

Interview: Laurynas Bareiša • Director of Drowning Dry

“I’m not preaching, because I’m aware of my own limitations, but I want to show what the reality is”

We met up with the Lithuanian director, whose second feature tells the story of two sisters trying to rebuild their lives after a terrible accident  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Gürcan Keltek • Director of New Dawn Fades

Interview: Gürcan Keltek • Director of New Dawn Fades

“There is an element of psychogeography in all of my films”

The Turkish director discusses the creative evolution of his new movie, addressing the shift from documentary to fiction and the interplay of esoteric influences  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Green Line

Review: Green Line

French director Sylvie Ballyot presents a debut feature that revisits the Lebanese Civil War period through the eyes of a young girl  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: New Dawn Fades

Review: New Dawn Fades

Gürcan Keltek follows a descent into madness against the backdrop of Istanbul's rich topography in his first foray into fiction filmmaking  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Agora

Review: Agora

Ala Eddine Slim’s film merges auteur thriller with fable to explore socio-political unrest in Tunisia through the mysterious return of the dead  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Toxic

Review: Toxic

Saulė Bliuvaitė’s coming-of-age tale and debut feature navigates teenage insecurities about body image amidst dreams and realities in a dilapidated Lithuanian mining town  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Interview: Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

“My collaborators are the victims of a slow form of torture”

The Iranian director fills us in on the background to his Cannes-awarded film as well as on the current political situation in Iran  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

Interview: Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

“I like female characters who, a bit like Hitchcock’s, are hiding something underneath”

The South African-born director tells us about how she grappled with the paradoxes of the Amazon rainforest and her love for ambiguous female characters  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Fire of Wind

Review: Fire of Wind

The first feature by Marta Mateus, a wonderful form of cinematic reminiscence, shines bright in the race for the Golden Leopard  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Ramon and Silvan Zürcher • Director and producer of The Sparrow in the Chimney

Interview: Ramon and Silvan Zürcher • Director and producer of The Sparrow in the Chimney

"We often associate destruction with something negative, but sometimes it’s necessary for something healthy to take root"

The Swiss duo expand on their artistic universe, their passion for still-life, and cinema as a means for experimenting with alternative family ties  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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