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Locarno 2025


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

Hana Jušić • Director of God Will Not Help

Interview: Hana Jušić • Director of God Will Not Help

“When people want to possess – whether a person, a status, or a sense of belonging – it often kills the possibility for real solidarity”

The Croatian filmmaker breaks down her second feature, which is set in a historical context but which refers to contemporary, local realities  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Balearic

Review: Balearic

Ion de Sosa’s second fiction feature allows the transcendental to seep through the cracks in what’s neither a fever-dream nor a fable, but a secret, third storytelling form  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: The Fin

Review: The Fin

Syeyoung Park takes us on an emotional journey set in a unified but devastated post-apocalyptic Korea  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Julian Radlmaier • Director of Phantoms of July

Interview: Julian Radlmaier • Director of Phantoms of July

“Themes like immigration, loneliness, class and economic struggles are universal, and I hope the film resonates that way”

The French-German director tells us more about the starting point for his new fiction feature as well as the main influences underpinning it  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Donkey Days

Review: Donkey Days

Rosanne Pel’s sophomore feature tells the story of two sisters’ rivalry as they strive to earn their quirky mother’s love and attention  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: The Dead of Winter

Review: The Dead of Winter

Brian Kirk transports the audience to the snowy plains of Minnesota where the uncontaminated countryside forming the backdrop to his characters’ lives hides unanticipated dangers  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Birthday Party

Review: The Birthday Party

Spanish helmer Miguel Ángel Jiménez stages a birthday extravaganza led by Willem Dafoe and based on Greek writer Panos Karnezis’s eponymous novel  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Review: Nova ’78

Review: Nova ’78

Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Spanish Previews and Alliance 4 Development winners

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Spanish Previews and Alliance 4 Development winners

Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ Nina Roza, Adrià Guxens’ Lóngquán: The Dragon Spring and Valentin Merz’s Dark Chocolate are among this year’s victors  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Locarno Pro/Awards

Review: E

Review: E

With her third feature film, provocative Finnish director Anna Eriksson takes us to the Desert of the Real, a kind of frenzied metaverse populated by lost souls  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

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