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1751 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 12/11/2025.

The Zurich Film Festival unveils its rich and varied line-up

The Zurich Film Festival unveils its rich and varied line-up

For its 15th edition, the festival running 26 September to 6 October will place focus on ecology and on women, with the latter directing or playing lead roles in many of this year’s works  

13/09/2019 | Zurich 2019

Karim Sayad  • Director of My English Cousin

Interview: Karim Sayad • Director of My English Cousin

"There’s clearly something personal about my films"

Swiss and Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad talks to us about his latest work My English Cousin, which is screening in Toronto's TIFF Docs section  

10/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | TIFF Docs

Review: My English Cousin

Review: My English Cousin

With style and great attention to detail, the Swiss-Algerian director Karim Sayad observes the day-to-day of a man wrestling with the dilemmas of his life  

06/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | TIFF Docs

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul filming Memoria in Colombia

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul filming Memoria in Colombia

Filming of the critically acclaimed, Bangkok-born helmer's new drama kicked off on 19 August  

28/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Thailand/Colombia/UK/France/Germany/ Mexico/China/Switzerland

The Locarno Pro team sums up this year’s edition

The Locarno Pro team sums up this year’s edition

Project managers of each section of Locarno Pro, the industry side of the Locarno Film Festival, gave us their verdict on the 2019 edition  

20/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Locarno Pro

Basil Da Cunha  • Director of O fim do mundo

Interview: Basil Da Cunha • Director of O fim do mundo

"I didn’t arrive in Reboleira thinking ‘I’m a director’. I was first accepted and respected as a person"

Swiss and Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha tells us about his latest film O fim do mundo, screened in competition at Locarno  

19/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Vitalina Varela comes out of the darkness to win the prestigious Golden Leopard at Locarno

Vitalina Varela comes out of the darkness to win the prestigious Golden Leopard at Locarno

Perhaps not so unexpectedly, the rigour and tenacity of Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa seduced the jury of the International Competition  

19/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition/Filmmakers of the Present/Signs of Life/Piazza Grande/Moving Ahead/Awards

Review: Echo

Review: Echo

Rúnar Rúnarsson’s film is not another Christmas movie  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

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 commenced its three-year cycle of focus on South-East Asia and Mongolia  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Locarno Pro

REPORT: Alliance for Development, Locarno Pro 2019

REPORT: Alliance for Development, Locarno Pro 2019

Seven projects from Switzerland, Italy and Germany attended the Locarno Pro initiative focused on strengthening partnerships between film funds in neighbouring countries  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Locarno Pro

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