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Locarno 2021


64 articles available in total starting from 05/11/2020. Last article published on 24/08/2021.

Review: She Will

Review: She Will

Charlotte Colbert blends film history, art and gothic horror in a genre-defying look at the politics surrounding #MeToo  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Out of Competition

Review: Holy Emy

Review: Holy Emy

This magnificent debut feature film by Greek director Araceli Lemos is a troubling yet impassioned journey into the heart of an ancestral mysticism forced to make its peace with modernity  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del presente

Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

Interview: Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

“My movies don’t just function on an intellectual level”

The young Swiss director talks to us about his second feature, which is competing in the Locarno Film Festival’s International Competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Soul of a Beast

Review: Soul of a Beast

Zurich director Lorenz Merz’s second feature film transports us into the recesses of a hallucinatory world where feelings are more important than reason  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Locarno Pro chooses WYTH as the “virtual square” dedicated to professionals visiting the festival’s 74th edition

Locarno Pro chooses WYTH as the “virtual square” dedicated to professionals visiting the festival’s 74th edition

As the Swiss gathering celebrates its return, industry professionals are invited to the WYTH Plaza  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

Review: Petite Solange

Review: Petite Solange

Axelle Ropert’s new film paints a candid, noir-tinged portrait of the inner world of an overly sentimental adolescent who is struggling to come to terms with her parents’ divorce  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Beckett

Review: Beckett

The Locarno Film Festival’s opening film, by Italian director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, transforms a simple holiday into a ruthless and surreal manhunt  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

Interview: Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

“My protagonist feels the world is twisted and distorted; German Expressionists wanted to communicate the same thing”

Selected for the Piazza Grande section of Locarno, the Austrian helmer’s new film shows the landscape after World War I  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Srđan Dragojević • Director of Heavens Above

Interview: Srđan Dragojević • Director of Heavens Above

“I am very proud that all six republics of the former Yugoslavia are involved in the production"

With his new film, the Serbian director presents a satire on religion mirroring the essential social themes of the Balkan countries  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: The Legionnaire

Review: The Legionnaire

The Belorussian-born but Italian by adoption director Hleb Papou presents his first powerful and honest feature film in the Locarno Film Festival’s Cineasti del presente competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del presente

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