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Locarno 2025


87 articles available in total starting from 28/03/2025. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

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

Review: The Seasons

Review: The Seasons

Maureen Fazendeiro’s hybrid film whisks us off to the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, and unearths artefacts, stories and songs  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Abdellatif Kechiche’s third instalment in his saga continues his long-form exploration of youth and desire, focusing more on female agency and less on objectification  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Mare’s Nest

Review: Mare’s Nest

Ben Rivers delivers an ode to the reckless and carefree nature of childhood in this poetic and enigmatic portrait of an array of characters dancing towards an unknown destination  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Bobò

Review: Bobò

Pippo Delbono treats us to a simple and highly poetic portrait of the person who, in his own words, saved his life and gave new meaning to his work  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Blue Heron

Review: Blue Heron

Familial bonds and fragments of memory shape Canadian-Hungarian director Sophy Romvari’s stunning, emotionally eloquent feature debut  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter • Directors of White Snail

Interview: Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter • Directors of White Snail

“These two people never had the privilege of being truly understood, and that’s the reason they need to meet”

The Austrian directors discuss their film dealing with urban isolation and poor mental health and starring the real-life protagonists of the true stores it’s based on  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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