All Festivals articles – Page 3
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Reviews‘Nobody’s Violence’ review: Denis Côté’s twisting thriller confronts profound questions of mortality
The filmmaker’s regular collaborator Larissa Corriveau stars in the gripping Locarno competition title
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News‘Back To Buenos Aires’: first trailer for Marco Bechis’ Venice Competition title
EXCLUSIVE: Historical thriller touches on personal subject of kidnap and imprisonment for Bechis.
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NewsLocarno Pro unveils First Look, Alliance 4 Development and Heritage Restoration winners
Prizes for Locarno Pro’s flagship works-in-progress, development and restoration winners were handed out on Sunday night.
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NewsLocarno film festival protest sees huge shroud unfurled with names of 60,000 killed in Gaza
Peaceful protest took place shortly before a sold-out Piazza Grande screening of Olivia Wilde’s ’The Invite’, which is being attended by over 8,000 people.
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Reviews‘At Night’ review: Experimental, allusive UK debut explores women’s shared experiences
Beatrice Gibson’s Paris-set Locarno premiere features cinematography from filmmaker Ben Rivers
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FeaturesOlivia Wilde explains why she fought for cinema release over a streaming deal ‘bribe’ for ‘The Invite’
Speaking at Locarno Film Festival, Wilde said the industry has been mistaken in believing that comedies now only work on the small screen and not in cinemas.
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NewsSplit Screen boards Georgian protest drama ‘Tear Gas’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Fiction film about family drawn into mass protests in Tblisi was shot inside real demonstrations in Georgia.
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NewsSundance selection ‘The Gallerist’ starring Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega, Charli XCX lands US deal
Cathy Yan directed for MRC.
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FeaturesLegendary producer Joni Sighvatsson on working with David Lynch: “He was very single-minded”
Sighvatsson was honoured at the Locarno Film Festival ahead of a Piazza Grande screening of Lynch’s 1990 Palme d’Or winner ’Wild At Heart’.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino to receive Venice’s Glory to the Filmmaker Award for 2026
Guadagnino will present 435-minute Bertolucci documentary ‘Joie De Vivre’ at the festival.
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NewsWerner Herzog to receive San Sebastian’s Donostia Award
The festival will screen his latest film, ‘Bucking Fastard’.
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Features“Evil is part of our life”: director Felix Randau on ‘I Is Another’ about Himmler's masseur
Film stars Claes Bang as the former massage therapist to SS leader Heinrich Himmler, who claims to have saved thousands of lives.
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FeaturesEdinburgh director Paul Ridd on why he would love to create a film market at the festival
”It starts with building the confidence of the market, of sales reps, producers, filmmakers.”
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Reviews‘Manhunt’ review: Intense psychological thriller follows two troubled boys across the Canadian wilderness
Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Locarno competition title is inspired by real life events
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NewsLocarno Pro talks nepo babies and white male filmmakers: “Privilege is very present in the industry”
Most of this century’s top grossing films were made by ‘nepo baby creatives’ according to research presented at the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn industry conference.
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NewsAnna Biller’s ‘The Face Of Horror’, Duncan Jones’s ‘Rogue Trooper’ among TIFF Midnight Madness lineup
Bonus presentation of ‘Obsession’ one year after Focus acquired the festival breakout.
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NewsZurich Film Festival to honour Martin McDonagh
Writer and director will receive festival’s A Tribute To … Award during a gala premiere of his latest film ;Wild Horse Nine’.
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NewsLocarno pays tribute to Isabella Rossellini as festival kicks off with ‘The Green Eyes’ premiere
Artistic director Giona A Nazzaro led round of applause for two of his Locarno predecessors who died this year, Moritz de Hadeln and Lili Hinstin
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NewsMichelle Yeoh named Busan’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year
The actress will attend BIFF with ‘It’s My Time’, her first Chinese-language film in almost a decade
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Reviews‘The Green Eyes’ review: Locarno opener is visually striking, tonally uneven French asylum drama
Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s magical realist film takes inspiration from the rare condition of resignation syndrome