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88 articles available in total starting from 28/03/2025. Last article published on 27/08/2025.

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

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

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