Two Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake (All the Long Nights, Small, Slow But Steady) is the winner of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival’s international competition, which was honored with the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the Swiss town on Saturday. The Japanese drama, based on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside […]
Dracula, the new film from Romanian provocateur Radu Jadu (Kontinental ’25, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World), world premiered in the competition program of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. Among the co-producer credits, you find the name of Romanian producer Ada Solomon (Toni Erdmann, Aferim!), known for her work through her company microFILM […]
You can find several animal-related titles in the competition lineup of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. Donkey Days and White Snail have already had their world premieres, and on Tuesday afternoon, it is time for the debut of Mosquitoes (Le Bambine). The movie, directed by sisters Valentina Bertani, who previously directed the documentary The Crown […]
Milena Canonero, the legendary Italian costume designer known for her collaborations with the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty and others, made a rare public speaking appearance in Switzerland, in which she provided insight into her career. During a talk at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, where she received […]
The Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand on Sunday unveiled the winners of its industry awards, including its First Look works-in-progress section focusing on projects on the verge of completion, the co-development program Alliance 4 Development, the Antaviana Spanish Previews Award, and the third Heritage Restoration Contest. The winners were unveiled during the Locarno Pro Award Ceremony […]
Hong Kong and global film icon Jackie Chan got a rapturous reception at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Saturday evening as he was honored with the Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard award, on the Swiss town’s Piazza Grande square. “Buona sera,” Chan said in showing off his Italian skills with a wave the second […]
Emma Thompson discussed her career, including getting a call from Donald Trump, her days doing stand-up comedy, including jokes about herpes and Margaret Thatcher, Sense and Sensibility, and the Monica Lewinsky scandal playing out during the Primary Colors shoot in Locarno, Switzerland on Saturday. She appeared in front of a huge and hugely excited crowd […]
Emma Thompson has gone from snowy landscapes to sunny pastures. The star plays a widowed fisherwoman who travels alone through snowbound northern Minnesota and interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl, portrayed by Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), in her latest film, The Dead of Winter, directed by Brian Kirk (21 Bridges, The Day of the […]
The dream world of David Lynch was back on a big outdoor screen in Switzerland, at least for a few minutes, on Wednesday evening, namely in the form of a short film entitled An Unfinished Room… The Locarno Film Festival presented the emotional, heartfelt and surprise tribute and farewell to the cinema legend on the opening night […]
The skyline looks gorgeous at dawn, but things aren’t quite as romantic as they may seem at first. After all, … well, you have to find out by watching an exclusive first look at Don’t Let the Sun! The fiction feature directorial debut by documentary filmmaker Jacqueline Zünd (Where We Belong, Almost There, Goodnight Nobody) […]
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