Locarno Film Festival Prizes, 2021
Given that, after its shuttered 2020 edition, the 74th Locarno Film Festival’s ident features a prowling, growling, resurgent leopard and the distinctly tumescent tagline “Cinema […]
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Elene Naveriani on Maximage’s ‘Wet Sand, at Locarno
Directed by Elene Naveriani and written alongside brother Sandro Naveriani, “Wet Sand” world premieres today in the Cineasti del Presente competition at Switzerland’s Locarno Festival. […]
Srdjan Dragojevic on Locarno Awards Contender ‘Heavens Above’
Serbian director Srdjan Dragojevic, best known for Thessaloniki awarded “Pretty Village, Pretty Flame” and Berlin prize-winner “The Parade,” is at the Locarno Film Festival with […]
Neus Ballús on Locarno Competition Title ‘The Odd-Job Men’
Few phenomena in Spanish film have proved so striking in recent years as the emergence last decade of a new generation of Catalan filmmakers, very […]
Vietnamese Director Le Binh Giang on His Locarno Horror Project
Vietnamese filmmaker Le Binh Giang once punched Joel Edgerton, and he’s very proud of it. Giang played a gangster who brawled with Edgerton’s main character […]
Match Me, Locarno 2021: Players, Highlights
24 companies, all but five launched last decade, descend on Locarno from Aug. 6, mostly in person, to present their production slates. Every market in […]
Meikincine Swoops on Locarno Premiere ‘My Brothers Dream Awake’
Fast emerging as a go-to company for high-profile Chilean and women director titles, Buenos Aires boutique agency Meikincine has swooped on “My Brothers Dream Awake,” […]
Locarno Competition Title ‘Cop Secret’ Gets First Trailer
Iceland’s Pegasus Pictures and sales agent Alief have just dropped a first trailer for “Cop Secret,” a full-on pulse pounding cop actioner that world premieres […]