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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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Review: D’ici là

Review: D’ici là

Sarah Leonor captures the imperceptible while seeking out the essence of nature and human beings in a varied, singular and mesmerising triptych  

12/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña • Directors of Donkey Princess

Interview: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña • Directors of Donkey Princess

“Donkey Princess springs from that exact encounter between the strange, the distorted, and the profoundly pop and recognisable”

The directing duo talk about venturing into the realm of fairy tales, myths and the unconscious, blending live action, animation and an imagination rooted in Chilean popular culture  

12/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Isabelle Stever, Anna Melikova • Director and screenwriter of I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

Interview: Isabelle Stever, Anna Melikova • Director and screenwriter of I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

“We wanted the war to exist on a linguistic and emotional level, rather than simply through images of destruction”

The director and screenwriter discuss their film about a Ukrainian couple simultaneously navigating one partner’s gender transition and the devastating consequences of the Russian invasion  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Giovanni Tortorici • Director of Ketticè

Interview: Giovanni Tortorici • Director of Ketticè

“The film offered me the chance to explore power dynamics between the individual and the family, and between the individual and institutions - in particular, with school”

The director discusses his ironic and powerful film about an age suspended between the desire for freedom, violence, drugs and the need to belong  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: Objet a

Review: Objet a

Ann Oren’s second feature explores love and unconventional desire through visionary hand surgeons confronting an enigmatic outsider  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: Wandering Trees

Review: Wandering Trees

The new film by Salvatore Mereu, inspired by an Alberto Capitta novel, whisks us away into a fantastical world where wounded creatures take refuge while seeking freedom  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Dario Albertini • Director of Armony

Interview: Dario Albertini • Director of Armony

“Armony is precisely someone who has found their own place and who, in some way, feels at ease in their in-between space”

The Italian director talks about a film rooted in the everyday lives of people who have chosen to live differently, a communal existence based on tenderness and mutual respect  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Piazza Grande

Review: You Don’t Belong Here

Review: You Don’t Belong Here

Romanian director Florin Serban explores social and family conflicts sparked by a weakening patriarchal model that feeds off its own anger  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Review: Rehmat

Review: Rehmat

Gurvinder Singh’s drama weaves together three solemn, yet engaging, tales about present-day Punjab, reckoning with its history before and after the 1947 Partition  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

Maria Bäck • Director of Brave New Love

Interview: Maria Bäck • Director of Brave New Love

“I hope we are heading towards something new together, something a bit more open”

The Swedish director talks about how she delivers a surprising take on a ménage à trois in her new film  

11/08 | Locarno 2026 | Competition

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