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Lili Hinstin Locarno film festival

Lili Hinstin, former artistic director of Locarno, dies aged 48

“She was a passionate cinephile, scholar, and curator,” said the festival.

The Hollywood blacklist

Locarno to focus 2026 retrospective programme on infamous Hollywood blacklist

”It is the timeliest one I have worked on in my life,” said curator Ehsan Khoshbakht.

Yakushima’s Illusion

’Yakushima’s Illusion’ review: Vicky Krieps stars in Naomi Kawase’s humanistic Japanese hospital drama

Writer/director Kawase presents a delicately-handled study of the country’s challenging organ donation landscape

The Dead Of Winter

‘The Dead Of Winter’ review: Emma Thompson saves the day in this formulaic thriller

Locarno premiere finds the beloved star playing a grieving widow who must rescue a kidnapped young woman

Legend Of The Happy Worker

‘The Legend Of The Happy Worker’ review: Thomas Haden Church and Josh Whitehouse star in uneven Lynchian fable

Adaptation of S.E. Feinberg’s play is directed by Duwayne Dunham, longtime David Lynch editor