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2280 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 26/06/2025.

Review: The Invisible Fight

Review: The Invisible Fight

Rainer Sarnet’s hilarious third fiction feature goes back to Soviet times and fantasises about the peculiar parallel universes that might have co-existed with the official state narrative  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Leonor Teles  • Director of Baan

Interview: Leonor Teles • Director of Baan

“This whole film is trying to portray a state of mind”

With her new feature, the cinematographer-turned-director embarks on a bittersweet search for the place where one belongs  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Critical Zone

Review: Critical Zone

Ali Ahmadzadeh’s third film defies Iran’s authoritarian regime, painting the portrait of a tired and unpredictable society which now believes in nothing but artificial paradises  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sofia Exarchou  • Director of Animal

Interview: Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

“I like to start with reality, but then I want to create my own universe, one that will serve my story”

The Greek director, whose film plunges into the rarely seen universe of hotel and resort animators, discusses her approach, her research and her cast  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Human Surge 3

Review: The Human Surge 3

Argentinian director Eduardo Williams’ second feature, whose title is a wink at the notion of chronology, is a dazzling and curious piece of experimental filmmaking  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Ena Sendijarević  • Director of Sweet Dreams

Interview: Ena Sendijarević • Director of Sweet Dreams

“It's my job to learn, to educate myself and to try to understand more about this world through cinema”

The Amsterdam-based Bosnian director gives us the low-down on how she made her idiosyncratic period film and discusses the role of the past in the present  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Baan

Review: Baan

A gentle portrait of pulsating hearts, Leonor Teles’ first fiction feature is an invitation to embark on a timeless journey through the intricacies of human connections  

09/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Review: Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Sylvain George sets his gaze on a group of young migrants on the border between the African continent and Europe, shining a light on a daily existence rife with persistence, hope and painful utopias  

09/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Radu Jude  • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Interview: Radu Jude • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

“It is a very self-reflective film about what images mean and what cinema can be nowadays”

The Romanian helmer breaks down his complex new feature of two halves, which provides witty comments on the digital environment and the altered nature of cinema  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Stepne

Review: Stepne

Ukrainian director Maryna Vroda’s highly anticipated first feature negotiates the ghosts of her village’s past, which might soon be lost  

08/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

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