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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Laura Ferrés  • Director of The Permanent Picture

Interview: Laura Ferrés • Director of The Permanent Picture

“I am not interested in making autobiographical films; I already spend enough time with myself”

The Catalonian director has crafted an experimental and genre-blending portrait of women from different generations  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sylvain George  • Director of Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Interview: Sylvain George • Director of Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere

“At night, the rules don’t apply”

The French director dives into darkness in his film about a group of kids from Morocco, dreaming of escaping to Europe yet still stuck in Melilla  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Radu Jude’s eighth fiction feature seems to imply that the apocalypse might not arrive as a spectacular big bang, but rather as a flood of stupidity – and it’s actually already here  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Invisible Fight

Review: The Invisible Fight

Rainer Sarnet’s hilarious third fiction feature goes back to Soviet times and fantasises about the peculiar parallel universes that might have co-existed with the official state narrative  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Leonor Teles  • Director of Baan

Interview: Leonor Teles • Director of Baan

“This whole film is trying to portray a state of mind”

With her new feature, the cinematographer-turned-director embarks on a bittersweet search for the place where one belongs  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Critical Zone

Review: Critical Zone

Ali Ahmadzadeh’s third film defies Iran’s authoritarian regime, painting the portrait of a tired and unpredictable society which now believes in nothing but artificial paradises  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sofia Exarchou  • Director of Animal

Interview: Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

“I like to start with reality, but then I want to create my own universe, one that will serve my story”

The Greek director, whose film plunges into the rarely seen universe of hotel and resort animators, discusses her approach, her research and her cast  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Human Surge 3

Review: The Human Surge 3

Argentinian director Eduardo Williams’ second feature, whose title is a wink at the notion of chronology, is a dazzling and curious piece of experimental filmmaking  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Ena Sendijarević  • Director of Sweet Dreams

Interview: Ena Sendijarević • Director of Sweet Dreams

“It's my job to learn, to educate myself and to try to understand more about this world through cinema”

The Amsterdam-based Bosnian director gives us the low-down on how she made her idiosyncratic period film and discusses the role of the past in the present  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Baan

Review: Baan

A gentle portrait of pulsating hearts, Leonor Teles’ first fiction feature is an invitation to embark on a timeless journey through the intricacies of human connections  

09/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

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