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Locarno 2025 / Competition

41 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2025. Last article published on 19/08/2025.

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Review: Phantoms of July

Review: Phantoms of July

Julian Radlmaier portrays life in small-town Germany, mixing fantasy with reality to confront themes of identity, migration and the quest for meaning  

08/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Fantasy

Review: Fantasy

With her feature debut, Kukla delves into the big questions of coming of age, exploring sexuality and friendships among women in a patriarchal environment  

08/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

Interview: Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

“As strange as it might sound, I still don’t remember having shot all this material”

The Palestinian director explains the peculiar circumstances which led to him turning some lost tapes of life in Gaza in the early 2000s into a film  

07/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno competition entry Solomamma

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno competition entry Solomamma

Janicke Askevold’s drama explores the emotional terrain of single motherhood, looking at questions of identity and human connection  

06/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry Sorella di Clausura

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry Sorella di Clausura

The new film by Ivana Mladenović is an empathetic parody of romantic melodramas set on the outskirts of the Balkans during the 2008 crisis  

05/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Locarno completes the selection of its competition

Locarno completes the selection of its competition

Many European films are competing for the Golden Leopard, with debut features cohabitating with works by established directors such as Radu Jude, Abdellatif Kechiche and Naomi Kawase  

29/07 | Locarno 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry God Will Not Help

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry God Will Not Help

Hana Jušić's follow-up to Quit Staring at My Plate follows a Chilean woman who comes into an isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century  

28/07 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

Interview: Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

“I’m 50 and have two small kids, and the world is in turmoil and unrest – it just feels like we’re ready for some tenderness”

CANNES 2025: The Norwegian director discusses his latest film and the fact he has reached a “lucky” point in his career  

05/06 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: Sentimental Value

Review: Sentimental Value

CANNES 2025: Joachim Trier comes close to going full Bergman in this touching family psychodrama but amps up the gentle humour  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: It Was Just an Accident

Review: It Was Just an Accident

CANNES 2025: A gripping tale of revenge and reckoning, Jafar Panahi’s latest drama lays bare the vicious cycle of violence under repression  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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