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25 articles available in total starting from 20/07/2021. Last article published on 17/08/2021.

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: The Giants

Review: The Giants

Bonifacio Angius returns to the Locarno Film Festival to present his latest, quirky feature film, painting a comical and decadent portrait of masculinity which is on the verge of implosion  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: The Sacred Spirit

Review: The Sacred Spirit

With his debut feature, Chema García Ibarra proves that he is excellent at crafting unique atmospheres, stories and sensations, taking daily life as his starting point  

10/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Secret Name

Review: Secret Name

Presented in Locarno’s International Competition, Aurélia Georges’ third feature film is a poetic work of unsettling classicism tackling the subject of otherness  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Axelle Ropert • Director of Petite Solange

Interview: Axelle Ropert • Director of Petite Solange

“In my opinion, emotions are transmitted through simplicity”

A charismatic, young actress stars in the French director’s new film, dealing with divorce shown from the perspective of a child  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Neus Ballús • Director of The Odd-Job Men

Interview: Neus Ballús • Director of The Odd-Job Men

“I think the experiences we all have behind us are fascinating”

The Catalonian filmmaker talks to us about her third feature, another fiction-documentary hybrid that is toplined by non-professional actors  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Heavens Above

Review: Heavens Above

Serbian director Srdjan Dragojević's new dark comedy, screening in competition at Locarno, is probably his best film this century  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: The River

Review: The River

As far as “slow cinema” goes, the latest offering from Lebanon’s Ghassan Salhab just crawls along  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: After Blue

Review: After Blue

French director Bertrand Mandico’s second captivating feature film catapults us onto a mysterious, sensual planet where cruelty and beauty duet to the rhythm of a techno beat  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

Interview: Lorenz Merz • Director of Soul of a Beast

“My movies don’t just function on an intellectual level”

The young Swiss director talks to us about his second feature, which is competing in the Locarno Film Festival’s International Competition  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

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