Locarno 2023

The Permanent Picture

Aug 14, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023, Sarajevo 2023

An elegant, playful exploration of the consolatory but deceptive nature of image-making across generations, from Catalan director-to-watch Laura Ferres is showing in Sarajevo International Film Festival,

Locarno 2023: The Verdict

Aug 12, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023

Critics’ faves by Ali Ahmadzadeh and Radu Jude took home top prizes at a strong Locarno Film Festival.

The 76th Locarno Film Festival Awards

Aug 12, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023

Critics and public alike applauded the top 76th Locarno Film Festival Awards to Iran and Romania.

The Invisible Fight

Aug 11, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023

Estonian director Rainer Sarnet’s ‘The Invisible Fight’ is an idiosyncratic tale featuring monks, metal rock, and a manically superb performance from Ursel Tilk.

CineVerdict: Mátalos a todos

Aug 11, 2023 | Cine Verdict, Festivals, Locarno 2023, Verdict Shorts

Mátalos a todos de Sebastian Molina Ruiz combina la estética grunge en video con elementos epistolares para explorar el sentimiento adolescente de aislamiento .

Kill ‘Em All

Aug 11, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023, Verdict Shorts

A tentative friendship blossoms through video correspondence in ‘Kill ‘Em All’, a deftly observed docudrama filled with youthful uncertainty and poignant loneliness.

Excursion

Aug 11, 2023 | Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Locarno 2023, Sarajevo, Sarajevo 2023

Una Gunjak’s sensitive, richly textured Bosnian coming-of-ager about a lie’s repercussions questions sexual double standards in a society of repressed fears.

Critical Zone

Aug 10, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023

In another angry bulletin from Iran in revolt, Ali Ahmadzadeh’s ‘Critical Zone’ hits censorship out of the ballpark.

Lousy Carter

Aug 9, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023

American indie darling Bob Byington will please his fans with this minor amusing look at an underachieving English lit professor whose greatest disappointment is himself.

Kudos to István Szabó

Aug 9, 2023 | Festivals, Featured, Locarno 2023

Feted Hungarian Oscar-winner István Szabó has spent his epic career probing Central Europe’s painful, morally complex history of post-imperial trauma and totalitarian tragedy.

Awards Corner

Locarno 2023