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256 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2006. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

Review: Sidonie in Japan

Review: Sidonie in Japan

VENICE 2023: Following in the wake of Isabelle Huppert, Élise Girard imposes her own trademark aerial cinematography, travelling in Japan and exploring the contours and the echoes of reality  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Andrés Peyrot  • Director of God Is A Woman

Interview: Andrés Peyrot • Director of God Is A Woman

"This combination of time periods and viewpoints would lead to a combination of different materials"

VENICE 2023: The Swiss filmmaker of Panamanian origin spoke to us about the adventure involved in making his documentary about the Kuna community and following in the tracks of a lost movie  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: God Is a Woman

Review: God Is a Woman

VENICE 2023: Andrés Peyrot dives into the wake of a lost film shot in the heart of a Panamanian community by the Oscar-winning French documentary-maker Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau in the 1970s  

31/08/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Film Critics’ Week

Hugues Hariche  • Director of Rivière

Interview: Hugues Hariche • Director of Rivière

“The idea was to start with this damaged character and see how she could escape from her situation through her encounters”

The Swiss-French director breaks down the inspiration for his intimate coming-of-age film, his approach to the aesthetics and what ice hockey means to him personally  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Ricardo and Painting

Review: Ricardo and Painting

After bringing his ‘Trilogy of Evil’ to a close, Barbet Schroeder chooses to zoom in on the life of a gentle soul, a talented painter and one of his closest friends  

16/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Out of 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: Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Review: Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Sylvain George sets his gaze on a group of young migrants on the border between the African continent and Europe, shining a light on a daily existence rife with persistence, hope and painful utopias  

09/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Rivière

Review: Rivière

Hugues Hariche’s debut feature depicts the monotonous yet turbulent lives of a group of teens trying to emancipate themselves from adults who no longer understand them  

07/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

The latest feature film by the brilliant Filipino director Lav Diaz depicts the torments of a lieutenant obsessed with a mysterious, unsolved case  

06/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Path of Excellence

Review: The Path of Excellence

Frédéric Mermoud’s third feature film takes us behind the scenes at an elite school where rigour fast becomes an obsession  

04/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

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