78th Locarno Film Festival: 11 publications

André Vital Pardue - 21-08-2025

Light-hearted, mystical and playful ghost story from Germany examines irrational desires and the quest for imagined autonomy - from the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 17-08-2025

Sho Miyake's delicate meditation on movement and stasis masterfully depicts unspoken intimacy and dazzling Japanese landscapes - winner of the 78th Locarno Film Festival shows at the Red Sea [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 17-08-2025

Three tomboys find comfort and inspiration with an extravagant trans woman, in this lame tale of LGBT+ liberation from Slovenia - in the Official Competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival [Read More...]

André Vital Pardue - 14-08-2025

Aided by an invisible friend, a desperate man searches for his missing daughter - monumental ode to the aimless souls of Georgia shows at the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 14-08-2025

Cruising becomes a multifaceted, strange and distant activity, in this one-shot short film from Croatia - from the 78th edition of Locarno [Read More...]

Daniel Theophanous - 13-08-2025

Two unlikely Belarusian lovers bond over their otherworldly appearance and lifestyle, in this heartwarming piece of autofiction - from the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nairon Santos de Morais - 13-08-2025

Willem Dafoe holds together a mostly lifeless movie about a detestable millionaire attempting to control his beautiful daughter - from the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 12-08-2025

Construction worker doubles down as a tailor at night, in this red-tinged short movie about costumes, power and lust - French film premieres at Locarno [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 07-08-2025

David Lynch's editor takes the director's seat and creates a modern-day Western with abundant light, scorching soils and... no guns - from the 78th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 06-08-2025

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Armenian director of In the Land of Arto, the opening film at Locarno; they discuss reconstructing a sense of home, becoming a female director in a land that where "cinema is for men", carrying the weight of guilt, and much more! [Read More...]

Nataliia Serebriakova - 06-08-2025

French woman uncovers the dark secrets of her late husband and his native Armenia as she travels to the West Asian nation - deeply affecting drama opens the 78th Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]