Locarno 2023 - The Film Verdict

The Invisible Fight

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | 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.

Touched

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 7, 2023 | Locarno 2023, Festivals |

Claudia Roranius’s ‘Touched’ competently telegraphs a complex intimate relationship with unusual frankness and gorgeous visuals, and yet, it falls short of its own material in true emotional terms.

Night Shift

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 6, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023, Verdict Shorts |

The beguiling Night Shift follows two individuals as they meander around venerated institutions after dark, crafting an entrancing portrait of liminal existences.

A Tortoise’s Year of Fate

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 5, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023, Verdict Shorts |

A factory worker wrestles with a dispiriting future in this short about a fortune-telling tortoise and a desire for self-determination.

Kudos to Marianne Slot

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 5, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023 |

Locarno’s 2023 Raimondo Rezzonico Award goes to producer Marianne Slot, who has brought the best of auteur cinema to discerning audiences around the world.

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The Invisible Fight

Touched

Night Shift

A Tortoise’s Year of Fate

Kudos to Marianne Slot