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10976 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 31/08/2025.

Review: Listen to the Voices

Review: Listen to the Voices

With his debut feature, Maxime Jean-Baptiste delivers an intimate and poignant film that fills in the missing images of French Guiana, in a free form  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Review: Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Kazakh filmmaker Olga Korotko’s second feature is an escalating thriller arising from the conflict between sensitive femininity and toxic masculinity  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Youth (Hard Times)

Review: Youth (Hard Times)

Wang Bing immerses viewers in the unrelenting world of China's migrant labourers, offering an intimate and unvarnished portrayal of a generation's struggle for survival  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Virgil Vernier • Director of 100,000,000,000,000

Interview: Virgil Vernier • Director of 100,000,000,000,000

"I think it’s invaluable that films can open a window onto something unknown"

The French filmmaker explains his fascinating work which is anchored in the timeless modernity of Monaco, and clarifies his rather unique approach to fiction  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Red Path

Review: Red Path

Lotfi Achour portrays the psychological impact of trauma within a politically charged landscape after a jihadist attack shatters a young boy’s life  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: 100,000,000,000,000

Review: 100,000,000,000,000

In his personal style straddling different genres, Virgil Vernier draws out subtle concentric circles, following in the wake of a young escort as he criss-crosses the rugged city-state of Monaco  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Real

Review: Real

In her second feature, Italian director Adele Tulli explores the frightening implications and astonishing potential of the digital world in which we’re immersed on an everyday basis  

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

Review: My Darling Family

Review: My Darling Family

With her newest film, Isild Le Besco reminds us that family relations can be messy and hard to navigate  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of 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

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