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64 articles available in total starting from 05/11/2020. Last article published on 24/08/2021.

Review: Cop Secret

Review: Cop Secret

You have the right to enjoy Hannes Þór Halldórsson’s Icelandic buddy cop action-comedy. And to remain silent, obviously  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Wet Sand

Review: Wet Sand

Elene Naveriani presents her poignant second feature film, an invigorating yet melancholy hymn to diversity revolving around a cathartic investigation into a refused identity  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Zeros and Ones

Review: Zeros and Ones

Co-produced by Germany, the UK and the USA, Abel Ferrara’s latest work turns out to be a chaotic and difficult film to decipher, held aloft by an omnipresent score  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

Interview: Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

“As women, we have gained some space and some freedom, but corsets take different shapes”

In her Locarno competition entry, the Paris-born filmmaker focuses on women, and women only  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: From the Planet of the Humans

Review: From the Planet of the Humans

Director Giovanni Cioni uses the tale of a famous but controversial 1920s scientist to take an askance look at the history of migration on the French and Italian border  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Out of Competition

Émilie Aussel • Director of Our Eternal Summer

Interview: Émilie Aussel • Director of Our Eternal Summer

“In all of my films, I like to tell myself that the landscapes feel the same things as the characters”

The French director speaks to us about her first feature film, a poetic hymn to adolescence which follows a strong yet tortured, hypersensitive youngster  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Marí Alessandrini • Director of Zahorí

Interview: Marí Alessandrini • Director of Zahorí

“The steppe is right on our doorstep but it’s as if it creates some sort of abyss”

The Argentine director and HEAD graduate speaks to us about her first feature film, which was shot in the Argentine desert and revolves around an extraordinary child  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Director Edwin explains everything you always wanted to know about erectile dysfunction but were afraid to ask  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Chema García Ibarra • Director of The Sacred Spirit

Interview: Chema García Ibarra • Director of The Sacred Spirit

“I like to shoot in places where nobody has taken a camera before”

The award-winning short filmmaker presents his long-awaited feature debut, shot with non-professional actors in his hometown of Elche, which is dripping with his peculiar sense of humour  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Rose

Review: Rose

Aurélie Saada’s first fiction feature is a personal and sensitive portrait of a woman rebelling against the stereotypes created by a society which has chosen to cast her aside  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

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