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2628 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 25/09/2026.

Virgil Vernier • Director of 100,000,000,000,000

Interview: Virgil Vernier • Director of 100,000,000,000,000

"I think it’s invaluable that films can open a window onto something unknown"

The French filmmaker explains his fascinating work which is anchored in the timeless modernity of Monaco, and clarifies his rather unique approach to fiction  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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

Tato Kotetishvili • Director of Holy Electricity

Interview: Tato Kotetishvili • Director of Holy Electricity

"As my background is in cinematography, it was hard to let someone else shoot it"

The Georgian cinematographer-turned-director talks about his feature directorial debut, a production for which he wears multiple hats, serving as director, screenwriter, producer and DoP  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Mar Coll • Director of Salve Maria

Interview: Mar Coll • Director of Salve Maria

"We wanted to make a moving film, instead of being critical or distant"

The Catalan filmmaker discusses her newest film, a genre-bending look at postpartum depression and the irrational aspects of motherhood  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Weightless

Review: Weightless

Italian director Sara Fgaier’s debut is a haunting, poetic and emotional film about love, memory and death  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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

Review: 100,000,000,000,000

Review: 100,000,000,000,000

In his personal style straddling different genres, Virgil Vernier draws out subtle concentric circles, following in the wake of a young escort as he criss-crosses the rugged city-state of Monaco  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino • Directors of Luce

Interview: Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino • Directors of Luce

“Marianna Fontana's face is the film's landscape”

The directing duo talks to Cineuropa about the film's spectacular lead and the archetypal figure she plays  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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