Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari's "first film, which I have never made," premieres in the Swiss festival's competition ...

Curator Ehsan Khoshbakht explains his selection, the roles of ruins and children in 1945-1960 films, and how "popular cinema ...

EXCLUSIVE: Radu Jude is a Locarno Film Festival regular, and he returns to the Swiss event this year with his latest Dracula, ...

Here’s your first trailer from Rosanne Pel’s upcoming dark comedy Donkey Days, which is premiering in competition at the ...

Switzerland's most important film festival kicks off today with a lineup designed to capture the planet's current pulse. But ...

Tamara Stepanyan's drama, which stars Camille Cottin and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, follows a woman who arrives in the country and ...

Giona A. Nazzaro also discusses Willem Dafoe's turn as a tycoon in 'The Birthday Party,' picking the new Kechiche movie for the 78th edition of the Swiss fest, Japan's return, and the role of comedy ...

The artistic director of the Swiss gathering talked to us about this year’s programme and about the importance of building an ...

Get ready for a fiery edition of Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival's Locarno Pro-organized co-production platform and ...

LOCARNO, Switzerland — Taken multiple ways, 2024’s Locarno industry days proved hot. Attendance at Locarno Pro, the festival’s industry arm, hit over 1,743 on-site participants and 141 ...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival returns this week with what is perhaps the strongest lineup festival director Giona A. Nazzaro has conjured up during his short but impactful four-year tenure.

Locarno may have a reputation for programming formally adventurous fare, but that doesn’t mean the festival is immune to the sort of lush and florid coming-of-age drama that arthouse crowds used ...