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264 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2006. Last article published on 04/09/2025.

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

Jean-Gabriel Périot  • Director of Facing Darkness

Interview: Jean-Gabriel Périot • Director of Facing Darkness

"I needed to understand how, in certain situations, film can save lives"

The director’s latest documentary speaks of those who were brave enough to use their cameras to document the horrors of war  

05/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

Review: Facing Darkness

Review: Facing Darkness

Jean Gabriel Périot explores the siege of Sarajevo through the eyes of those carefree youngsters who used cameras as weapons and as a means to survive  

03/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

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