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4544 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

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

Willy Hans • Director of Skill Issue

Interview: Willy Hans • Director of Skill Issue

“I like working with actors in this age group because their approach is very intuitive”

We met with the German director whose feature film follows a group of young people drifting through a hot summer’s day  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Skill Issue

Review: Skill Issue

German director Willy Hans treats us to a profound and atmospheric first feature film, following a group of young adults grappling with the difficulty of connecting with one another  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Ben Rivers • Director of Bogancloch

Interview: Ben Rivers • Director of Bogancloch

"Oftentimes, you look at cinema and it's all about content, or all about the form, but I want them to work together in order to create a universe"

The British filmmaker tells us about his interest in repetition, as evidenced in his latest film, and his editing process  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Electric Child

Review: Electric Child

Swiss director Simon Jaquemet explores the highly topical theme of AI and its seductive potential, whilst placing particular focus on the fears it incites  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: Death Will Come

Review: Death Will Come

Christoph Hochhäusler crafts a gritty crime-thriller set in Brussels' underbelly, pitting an old-school crime boss against a modern rival  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Bogancloch

Review: Bogancloch

Ben Rivers’ magnificent feature film invites us to observe the daily life of a character outside of time, a modern-day mystic who lives in accordance with nature’s rhythms  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

Interview: Simon Jaquemet • Director of Electric Child

“I don't fear the end of the world, but the consequences for our society will surely be dire if power is distributed unequally”

In his third feature, the Swiss director dives into the abyss of an AI-generated world  

09/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

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