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Locarno 2023 / Competition

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25 articles available in total starting from 05/07/2023. Last article published on 14/08/2023.

Review: The Human Surge 3

Review: The Human Surge 3

Argentinian director Eduardo Williams’ second feature, whose title is a wink at the notion of chronology, is a dazzling and curious piece of experimental filmmaking  

10/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Ena Sendijarević  • Director of Sweet Dreams

Interview: Ena Sendijarević • Director of Sweet Dreams

“It's my job to learn, to educate myself and to try to understand more about this world through cinema”

The Amsterdam-based Bosnian director gives us the low-down on how she made her idiosyncratic period film and discusses the role of the past in the present  

10/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Baan

Review: Baan

A gentle portrait of pulsating hearts, Leonor Teles’ first fiction feature is an invitation to embark on a timeless journey through the intricacies of human connections  

09/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Review: Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Sylvain George sets his gaze on a group of young migrants on the border between the African continent and Europe, shining a light on a daily existence rife with persistence, hope and painful utopias  

09/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Radu Jude  • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Interview: Radu Jude • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

“It is a very self-reflective film about what images mean and what cinema can be nowadays”

The Romanian helmer breaks down his complex new feature of two halves, which provides witty comments on the digital environment and the altered nature of cinema  

08/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Stepne

Review: Stepne

Ukrainian director Maryna Vroda’s highly anticipated first feature negotiates the ghosts of her village’s past, which might soon be lost  

08/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Patagonia

Review: Patagonia

Italian director Simone Bozzelli offers up a utopian universe inhabited by super sensitive characters who use tenderness as a means to rebel against the world  

08/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Sweet Dreams

Review: Sweet Dreams

Ena Sendijarević follows up her award-winning debut with an uncanny period tale set in the Dutch East Indies  

07/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Manga D’Terra

Review: Manga D’Terra

Swiss-Portuguese director Basil Da Cunha is back investigating the complex reality of the Reboleira neighbourhood, but this time it’s women who take centre stage  

07/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

The latest feature film by the brilliant Filipino director Lav Diaz depicts the torments of a lieutenant obsessed with a mysterious, unsolved case  

06/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

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