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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.

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Basil Da Cunha • Director of Manga D’Terra

Interview: Basil Da Cunha • Director of Manga D’Terra

"I made a musical that pays homage to a type of music which does not get the recognition it deserves"

The Swiss-Portuguese director, whose film pays homage to the women of the Reboleira neighbourhood, talks to us with passion about the tight connection between life and cinema  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Rossosperanza

Review: Rossosperanza

The latest powerful film from Annarita Zambrano is a cruel and violent satire of respectability in a society kept captive by its small and petty privileges  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Critical Zone wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Critical Zone wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The biggest awards of the festival went to three courageous and radical directors: the Iranian Ali Ahmadzadeh, the Ukrainian Maryna Vroda and the Romanian Radu Jude  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Awards

Laura Ferrés • Director of The Permanent Picture

Interview: Laura Ferrés • Director of The Permanent Picture

“I am not interested in making autobiographical films; I already spend enough time with myself”

The Catalonian director has crafted an experimental and genre-blending portrait of women from different generations  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sylvain George • Director of Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere

Interview: Sylvain George • Director of Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere

“At night, the rules don’t apply”

The French director dives into darkness in his film about a group of kids from Morocco, dreaming of escaping to Europe yet still stuck in Melilla  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Radu Jude’s eighth fiction feature seems to imply that the apocalypse might not arrive as a spectacular big bang, but rather as a flood of stupidity – and it’s actually already here  

11/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Invisible Fight

Review: The Invisible Fight

Rainer Sarnet’s hilarious third fiction feature goes back to Soviet times and fantasises about the peculiar parallel universes that might have co-existed with the official state narrative  

11/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Leonor Teles • Director of Baan

Interview: Leonor Teles • Director of Baan

“This whole film is trying to portray a state of mind”

With her new feature, the cinematographer-turned-director embarks on a bittersweet search for the place where one belongs  

11/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Critical Zone

Review: Critical Zone

Ali Ahmadzadeh’s third film defies Iran’s authoritarian regime, painting the portrait of a tired and unpredictable society which now believes in nothing but artificial paradises  

10/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

Interview: Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

“I like to start with reality, but then I want to create my own universe, one that will serve my story”

The Greek director, whose film plunges into the rarely seen universe of hotel and resort animators, discusses her approach, her research and her cast  

10/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

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