Tag: Locarno
Power & carbon parts – VW ID.X: Now they’re going all out with the ID.7!
The VW ID.7 isn’t quite on the market yet, but Volkswagen is already putting it in the magic potion, so to speak. The well-behaved electric family sedan gets a power…
Locarno 2023: an Iranian film shot clandestinely receives the Golden Leopard
For its 76th edition, the Locarno Festival awarded its highest honor to “Mantagheye bohrani” by Ali Ahmadzadeh, a film shot clandestinely in the streets of Tehran to escape the country’s…
In Locarno, the Golden Leopard is awarded to “Critical Zone”, by Iranian Ali Ahmadzadeh
Sina Ataeian Dena, producer of the film “Critical Zone”, receives the Golden Leopard at the 76th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), August 12, 2023. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT /…
Locarno Festival: Eduardo Williams, the camera man
Argentinian director Eduardo Williams, during the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, in Switzerland, on August 9, 2023. MATTIA MARTEGANI In the cinema, there are what are called –…
Locarno celebrates the aesthetic audacity of filmmakers
Shirin Abedinirad in “Critical Zone”, by Ali Ahmadzadeh. COUNTERINTUITIVE FILM If the war is absurd and if history repeats itself, cinema renews itself aesthetically, as a way of fighting against…
At the Locarno Film Festival, Ukrainian Maryna Vroda’s combat cinema
Maryna Vroda in kyiv, in June 2023. IGOR MAKEDON We are on May 22, 2011, the Cannes Film Festival is coming to an end. Maryna Vroda has just received the…
Locarno 2023: La Bite, a strange teen movie tinged with fantasy
For his first feature film, “La Morsure”, presented at the Locarno Festival, director Romain de Saint-Blanquat has already imposed his identity. Easy Tiger “Will I ever be normal?“Françoise is like…
Locarno 2023: La Bella estate, first role for Deva Cassel, the daughter of Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel
Presented in the Piazza Grande section of the Locarno Festival, Laura Luchetti’s “La Bella estate” marks Deva Cassel’s first steps in front of the camera. A sensitive and elegant drama.…
In Locarno, “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World”, by Radu Jude, hypnotizes festival-goers
Actress Ilinca Manolache in the film “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World”, by Radu Jude. LES FILMS D’ICI/4 PROOF FILM The Locarno festival (Switzerland) is…
For Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno Festival, “programming is an act that is a matter of pleasure”
Artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro, on the Piazza Grande stage during the Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), August 3, 2022. ALESSANDRO CRINARI/LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL/TI-PRESS The Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland),…
Locarno 2023: the French Palme d’or and Quentin Dupieux in selection, Isabelle Adjani exceptional guest
From August 2, 2023, the 76th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival kicks off. For 10 days, artists from all over the world will come to punctuate this somewhat…
Locarno Film Festival – Solari: “Ticino has developed a new self-confidence” – Culture
This year the last Locarno Film Festival will take place under the direction of Marco Solari. The 79-year-old with Ticino roots explains why Ticino is more self-confident today and what…