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1764 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 14/01/2026.

Indonesia’s Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash walks away with Locarno’s Golden Leopard

Indonesia’s Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash walks away with Locarno’s Golden Leopard

The Swiss festival’s leopard roars back to life with a welcome dose of irony, awarding its main award to Edwin’s new work  

17/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Awards

Review: Wet Sand

Review: Wet Sand

Elene Naveriani presents her poignant second feature film, an invigorating yet melancholy hymn to diversity revolving around a cathartic investigation into a refused identity  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Marí Alessandrini • Director of Zahorí

Interview: Marí Alessandrini • Director of Zahorí

“The steppe is right on our doorstep but it’s as if it creates some sort of abyss”

The Argentine director and HEAD graduate speaks to us about her first feature film, which was shot in the Argentine desert and revolves around an extraordinary child  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Locarno Pro’s Open Doors Hub and Lab hand out their awards

Locarno Pro’s Open Doors Hub and Lab hand out their awards

The established Locarno Pro initiative has wrapped its three-year cycle of focusing on South-East Asia and Mongolia  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Locarno Pro

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

The premium streaming service will be available in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2022  

10/08/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | UK/Ireland/Italy/Germany/Switzerland/Austria

Review: Monte Verità

Review: Monte Verità

Stefan Jäger’s latest long-awaited film, shot in Ticino in 2020 with the support of the Ticino Film Commission, takes a bow on Locarno’s Piazza Grande  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

Review: A Thousand Fires

Review: A Thousand Fires

Saeed Taji Farouky's documentary tells the intimate story of a Myanma family, set against the epic background of manual oil extraction  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Semaine de la Critique

Review: Zahorí

Review: Zahorí

Marí Alessandrini’s debut feature takes us on a magical journey to the ends of the earth where the noise of the city gives way to introspection in a setting where anything still seems possible  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

Interview: Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

“My movies don’t just function on an intellectual level”

The young Swiss director talks to us about his second feature, which is competing in the Locarno Film Festival’s International Competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Soul of a Beast

Review: Soul of a Beast

Zurich director Lorenz Merz’s second feature film transports us into the recesses of a hallucinatory world where feelings are more important than reason  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

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