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Locarno 2024


107 articles available in total starting from 22/01/2024. Last article published on 24/01/2025.

Review: Luce

Review: Luce

The second film by directing duo Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino stars a wondrous Marianna Fontana as a young woman sublimating the loss of her father  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2024

We take a closer look at five projects showcased in Locarno Pro’s co-development programme for films from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Locarno Pro announces its First Look, Alliance 4 Development winners

Irene Bartolomé’s Dream of Another Summer, Victor Diago’s Downriver, A Tiger and Lukas Nathrath’s Burgeois Paranoia are among this year’s victors  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro/Awards

Review: Holy Electricity

Review: Holy Electricity

Tato Kotetishvili’s feature debut is an urban road movie starring two solitary men who shine neon light around the outskirts of Tbilisi in exchange for closeness  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Moon

Review: Moon

Kurdwin Ayub’s second feature brings clashing worlds together, attempting to facilitate their collision through the complex constellations of sisterhood  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Mexico 86

Review: Mexico 86

After Our Mothers, which won Cannes’ Golden Camera in 2019, César Díaz is changing tone to deliver a personal and high-tension spy film questioning parenthood and social engagement  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: Drowning Dry

Review: Drowning Dry

Lithuanian director Laurynas Bareiša’s second feature thrusts us into the intimacy of fragile characters who are trying to piece themselves back together following a terrible tragedy  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: The Deposition

Review: The Deposition

Claudia Marschal delivers an incredibly powerful and subtly directed film on the poignant subject of a sexual assault carried out by a priest on a young teenage boy  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Semaine de la Critique

César Díaz • Director of Mexico 86

Interview: César Díaz • Director of Mexico 86

"In the collective imaginary, a father who leaves home to fight is a hero, whereas a mother who does the same is irresponsible"

We met with the Belgian-Guatemalan director who’s making his return with an spy film exploring the origins of the civil war which devastated his homeland for over 10 years  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

Review: The Sparrow in the Chimney

Review: The Sparrow in the Chimney

This time directing solo, Ramon Zürcher enchants us with his unmistakeable style, treating us to a dark film that questions ideas about heteronormative families  

10/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

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