Latest news – Page 3
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NewsCoproduction Office closes early sales on Syeyoung Park’s ‘The Fin’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Korean director’s latest blends dystopian sci-fi with psychological and political undercurrents.
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NewsCinefrance launches sales on Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’
EXCLUSIVE: Ad Vitam will release the film in France.
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NewsLocarno adds Naomi Kawase’s ‘Yakushima’s Illusion’ to international competition
Japanese director’s latest stars Vicky Krieps.
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NewsCAT&Docs takes on sales for Parsifal Reparato’s Locarno Critics Week title ‘She’
EXCLUSIVE: Documentary focuses on female workers in one of the largest electronic industrial plants based in Vietnam.
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NewsSquare Eyes acquires sales rights to Balkan drama ‘Desire Lines’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The flm is Bosnian director Dane Komljen’s third feature.
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NewsLocarno Pro First Look Canadian selection includes horror ‘Veins’
Presentation of six work-in-progress titles on verge of completion.
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NewsCarlos Reygadas, Joslyn Barnes join Locarno jury
Other competition jurors are Swiss actress Ursina Lardi and the Netherlands’ Renée Soutendijk.
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NewsLemohang Mosese’s documentary among Locarno Open Doors feature screenings
This year’s programme is dedicated to emerging voices from Africa.
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NewsBuyers bite into Radu Jude’s Locarno competition title ‘Dracula’
Jude’s unique take on vampire story heading to France, Italy, Scandinavia and more.
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NewsTotem Films takes on Rosanne Pel’s Locarno competition title ‘Donkey Days’
Donkey Days is produced by Floor Onrust for The Netherlands’ Family Affair Films.
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NewsRadu Jude’s Locarno selection ‘Dracula’ lands North American deal
Ambitious fledgling New York distributor 1-2 Special in business with Jude again.
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NewsCoproduction Office boards Syeyoung Park’s Korean sci-fi ‘The Fin’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Park’s second feature is set in a post-war, ecologically devasted Korea.
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NewsBen Rivers’ Locarno competitor ‘Mare’s Nest’ boarded by Rediance
EXCLUSIVE: The UK filmmaker is returning to the main competition at Locarno for the third time.
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NewsLocarno unveils 2025 line-up including premiere of Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’
Seventeen world premieres will compete at the Swiss festival, running from August 6-16.
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NewsBe For Films boards Locarno opener ‘In The Land of Arto’
EXCLUSIVE: Camille Cottin and Zar Amir star in the French-language film directed by Tamara Stepanyan.
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NewsLebanon’s Abbout Productions to be honoured at Locarno Film Festival
Beirut-based independent producer, led by Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine, to receive Locarno’s producing award.
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NewsAlexander Payne to be honoured by Locarno Film Festival
The Holdovers and Sideways director will receive festival’s honorary Pardo d’Onore award.
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NewsLocarno unveils producers and projects for Africa-focused Open Doors programme
Festival’s co-production platform and talent development programme is focused on the African continent this year.
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NewsEmma Thompson to receive Locarno’s Leopard Club Award
Star will be at festival for the premiere of thriller The Dead of Winter
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NewsRithy Panh to chair international competition jury of 2025 Locarno Film Festival
Cambodian filmmaker to chair jury that will award festival’s Golden Leopard.