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93 articles available in total starting from 28/03/2025. Last article published on 19/11/2025.

Review: The Seasons

Review: The Seasons

Maureen Fazendeiro’s hybrid film whisks us off to the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, and unearths artefacts, stories and songs  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Abdellatif Kechiche’s third instalment in his saga continues his long-form exploration of youth and desire, focusing more on female agency and less on objectification  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Mare’s Nest

Review: Mare’s Nest

Ben Rivers delivers an ode to the reckless and carefree nature of childhood in this poetic and enigmatic portrait of an array of characters dancing towards an unknown destination  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Bobò

Review: Bobò

Pippo Delbono treats us to a simple and highly poetic portrait of the person who, in his own words, saved his life and gave new meaning to his work  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

Review: Blue Heron

Review: Blue Heron

Familial bonds and fragments of memory shape Canadian-Hungarian director Sophy Romvari’s stunning, emotionally eloquent feature debut  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

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

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