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Tag: 75th Locarno Film Festival

The Cavalry

Alina Orlov
2024

Victoria Luxford - 13-08-2024

Alina Orlov uses horses as a proxy for abuse of authority in Israel, in this courageous [Read More...]

The 75th Locarno Film Festival: dark films for dark times

 

Redmond Bacon - 14-08-2022

Dirty gem of a movie from Brazil takes home the top prize at the 75th Locarno Film Festival - a beam of optimism during an otherwise sullen programme [Read More...]

Tales of the Purple House (Hikayat elbeit elorjowani)

Abbas Fahdel
2022

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2022

An epic documentary that's both video essay and panoramic portrait of Lebanon in decline, this is a massive lost opportunity — live from Locarno! [Read More...]

Medusa Deluxe

Thomas Hardiman
2022

John Bleasdale - 08-08-2022

Blackly comic thriller about a high-level hairdressing competition is a cut above the rest - British debut of rare promise is in cinemas on Friday, June 9th [Read More...]

A Perfect Day for Caribou

Jeff Rutherford
2022

John Bleasdale - 08-08-2022

Pristine black and white feature tells the tale of fathers and sons, lost and found, failure and connection - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Declaration (Ariyippu)

Mahesh Narayanan
2022

Redmond Bacon - 05-08-2022

This Indian Covid-set immigrant factory drama shows how the coronavirus pandemic doesn't affect everyone equally — live from Locarno Film Festival. [Read More...]