All Locarno articles – Page 4
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News
Locarno appoints head of Open Doors programme
Zsuzsi Bánkuti was interim head of this year’s Open Doors event.
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Reviews
‘Matter Out Of Place’: Locarno Review
Nikolaus Geyrhalter returns with a sober, engrossing study of the waste society creates
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First trailer for Alessandro Comodin’s Locarno title ‘Gigi La Legge’ (exclusive)
The docufiction follows a policeman investigating a string of local suicides
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Jason Blum says ‘Get Out’ would win the best picture Oscar today
Blumhouse producer discusses Warner Discovery move and the value of a festival launch to his films.
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Reviews
‘Astrakan’: Locarno Review
David Depesseville’s accomplished debut follows a wayward teen navigating the world of foster care
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News
Projects from Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela triumph at Locarno’s Open Doors
Filmmakers Marcel Beltrán, Yashira Jordán and Michael Labarca among prize-winners at Latin American and Caribbean focused event.
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Locarno briefs: Pitching Day projects; Swiss festivals collaborate; co-development fund launched
A round up of stories from Locarno Film Festival.
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Square Eyes boards Sorayos Prapapan’s Locarno title ‘Arnold Is A Model Student’ (exclusive)
Thai-language feature received its world premiere at the film festival in Switzerland.
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Neon’s Elissa Federoff on picking films with “social currency”, moving into production and development
Neon’s head of distribution discusses trends in theatrical at Locarno Pro.
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‘Normal People’ star Daisy Edgar-Jones talks directing, producing ambitions
Speaking in Locarno, Edgar-Jones also expressed desire to work in UK indie film again.
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Locarno Pro names winners of First Look works in progress section
Three German features in post win awards.
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Reviews
‘Human Flowers Of Flesh’: Locarno Review
Writer-director Helena Wittmann returns with an elliptical study of a yachting trip around the Mediterranean
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News
Valais becomes first Swiss region to launch cash rebate scheme
Inaugural regional cash rebate has 100,000 CHF cap.
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Reviews
‘Fairytale’: Locarno Review
The 20th century’s most notorious leaders reunite in Alexander Sokurov’s experimental deepfake feature
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‘Medusa Deluxe’: Locarno Review
This experimental one-take drama is a darkly comic meta-whodunnit set at a hairdressing competition
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‘My Neighbor Adolf’: Locarno Review
Udo Kier steals the show in this bittersweet comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his enigmatic new neighbour
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‘Tommy Guns’: Locarno Review
Carlos Conceicao’s confident, slyly deceptive second feature looks at young soldiers during wartime
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‘LOLA’: Locarno Review
A machine is able to hear broadcasts from the future in Andrew Legge’s imaginative found-footage feature debut
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Features
Russian director Alexander Sokurov on dictators and politicians, being ‘disliked’ by Cannes and festival boycotts
Director’s latest film ’Fairytale’ world premieres at Locarno Film Festival this weekend.
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“Audience development is the biggest challenge”: Experts debate future of post-pandemic film industry at Locarno
50 international film industry execs attended think tank this week.