Locarno - The Film Verdict

Desire Lines

Posted by Carmen Gray | Aug 15, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025 |

Dane Komljen’s spectral and shape-lifting landscape of bodies and the paranoia of uncertain identity is a mesmerising, unsettling gem.

Hanami

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 15, 2024 | Locarno 2024, Festivals |

Although ‘Hanami’ leans a bit too hard on its magical realism elements, talented director Denise Fernandes makes up for it with an affecting coda.

Excursion

Posted by Carmen Gray | 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.

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.

Animal

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 3, 2023 | Locarno 2023, Festivals, Spotlight |

Dimitra Vlagopoulou shines in ‘Animal’, Sofia Exarchou’s sometimes sexy, sometimes poignant second feature film.

Tag: Locarno

Desire Lines

Hanami

Excursion

Kudos to Marianne Slot

Animal