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Locarno 2025


87 articles available in total starting from 28/03/2025. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

Review: Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream

Review: Irkalla – Gilgamesh’s Dream

Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji takes us onto the streets of Baghdad, where children have to fend for themselves if they want to survive the constant turmoil  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Review: Sorella di Clausura

Review: Sorella di Clausura

A thirty-something “forever failure” tries to navigate life, love, money and sex in Ivana Mladenović’s newest feature  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Le Chantier

Review: Le Chantier

In his latest documentary, Jean-Stéphane Bron shows us the (re-)construction of Pathé Palace cinema and the company headquarters  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Dracula

Review: Dracula

Romanian auteur Radu Jude riffs on the vampire myth in an episodic, irreverent, AI-driven satire on adaptation, filmmaking and national identity  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Ion de Sosa • Director of Balearic

Interview: Ion de Sosa • Director of Balearic

“When I work I feel at home, with no restrictions on creativity or form"

The Basque director talks about his psychedelic tale that sits halfway between comedy and terror  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Jacqueline Zünd • Director of Don’t Let the Sun

Interview: Jacqueline Zünd • Director of Don’t Let the Sun

“In this film, I discovered what it really means to work with actors, and I found it liberating”

The Swiss director discusses her debut fiction feature, a fusion of climate dystopia and human connection, influenced by her documentary background  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Dane Komljen • Director of Desire Lines

Interview: Dane Komljen • Director of Desire Lines

“Branko’s character embodies a disobedient part of the human experience that resists being boxed in”

The Yugoslavia-born and Berlin-based director breaks down his third feature, which navigates between genres, identities, and both urban and natural spaces  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: A Balcony in Limoges

Review: A Balcony in Limoges

Jérôme Reybaud’s sophomore feature, about an older woman who goes out of her way to “help” someone she knew in her childhood, is short, sweet and unexpected  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Don’t Let Me Die

Review: Don’t Let Me Die

Andrei Epure’s eerie first feature cheekily asks us whether we are a little bit dead inside  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

Interview: Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

"The political is already in the poetry"

The Portuguese filmmaker discusses blending archaeology, oral history and local myth into a docu-fiction, and how her approach reflects the layered landscapes of Alentejo  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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