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93 articles available in total starting from 28/03/2025. Last article published on 19/11/2025.

Review: Desire Lines

Review: Desire Lines

The latest enigmatic film by Dane Komljen sees him tackling topics such as trauma, the uncertainty of identity and the unreliability of memory  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Becoming

Review: Becoming

Zhannat Alshanova tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl grappling with an absent mother which heightens her desire to join a mysterious community of female swimmers  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Solomamma

Review: Solomamma

Janicke Askevold’s second feature speaks of an alternative kind of motherhood which breaks the rules set by a patriarchal society intent on controlling everything  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Sweetheart

Review: Sweetheart

For her debut feature, Margherita Spampinato uses the template of the generational gap, but examines more layers of it  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Judas’ Gospel

Review: Judas’ Gospel

With his newest feature, Giulio Base tries to tell the story of Christ from Judas’ point of view, in a compelling way  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Geneva and Neuchâtel to roll out cash-rebate schemes to lure filmmakers

Geneva and Neuchâtel to roll out cash-rebate schemes to lure filmmakers

Geneva has launched a film commission and will instigate a 30% rebate in 2026, whilst Neuchâtel is testing a pilot scheme offering up to 15% back on local spend  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro

Review: Don't Let the Sun

Review: Don't Let the Sun

Jacqueline Zünd’s debut feature explores isolation and hope in a dystopian, sun-scorched future, using silence and visuals to tell a haunting story  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Dika Ofoma’s Till the Morning Comes snags three prizes at Locarno’s Open Doors

Dika Ofoma’s Till the Morning Comes snags three prizes at Locarno’s Open Doors

Other prominent victors included Azata Soro’s Diary of a Goat Woman and Naishe Nyamubaya’s Black Snake as well as Rwandan filmmaker Yannick Mizero Kaba  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro/Awards

Locarno showcases its selection of short films

Locarno showcases its selection of short films

The European shorts that have begun unspooling in competition as part of the festival’s Pardi di Domani section offer a more personal view of the world  

12/08 | Locarno 2025

Series review: Silence

Series review: Silence

Eduardo Casanova's extreme universe continues to expand with a queer and political tragicomedy about extraordinary beings living in oppressive situations caused by very ordinary humans  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

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