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

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

Review: White Snail

Review: White Snail

Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter merge a tale of intimacy with strikingly atmospheric visuals as a model and a morgue worker forge an unexpected bond in Belarus  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: With Hasan in Gaza

Review: With Hasan in Gaza

Kamal Aljafari’s documentary offers an unvarnished meditation on the cyclical nature of loss, the persistence of erasure, and the fragile yet enduring traces of humanity that linger in between  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: God Will Not Help

Review: God Will Not Help

Hana Jušić's second feature is a striking, rich work that tells a period family story containing surprising elements, and with some original and accomplished technical contributions  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Phantoms of July

Review: Phantoms of July

Julian Radlmaier portrays life in small-town Germany, mixing fantasy with reality to confront themes of identity, migration and the quest for meaning  

08/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

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