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The first trailer has been unveiled for Berlinale-bound Indonesian horror feature “Sleep No More,” marking the latest international outing for filmmaker Edwin. Produced by Palari Films…
Indian filmmaker Raam Reddy is moving ahead with his third feature, “Lavender Fire”, a pared-down coming-of-age drama set in Mumbai’s modelling and influencer scene. The project follows…
Carlo Chatrian will preside over the international competition jury at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. The Italian film executive previously ran two of Europe’s most…
Like a child chasing a firefly on impulse, “Hair, Paper, Water” directors Trương Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux follow Cao Thị Hậu’s words and gestures on a journey back to the cave of her…
LOCARNO, Switzerland — AGC International is closing a slew of major distribution deals in key markets worldwide on ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and…
A man dissolves into a shimmering silhouette before passing through a wall into the afterlife in Dane Komljen’s ghostly “Desire Lines,” which held its world premiere Aug. 11 in Locarno’s…
Expanding on the world built in his 2021 short “Intercom 15,” Andrei Epure’s debut feature “Don’t Let Me Die” is an evocative exercise in “sabotaging realism.” Shot across Bucharest and…
Dika Ofama’s “Kachifo (Till the Morning Comes),” Naishe Nyamubaya’s “Black Snake” and Azata Soro’s “Diary of a Goat Woman” won big at a vibrant Open Doors forum at this week’s Locarno Film…
Locarno Pro, the industry platform of the Locarno Film Festival, has announced this year’s winning projects. In the work-in-progress section First Look, this year focusing on Canadian…
Emma Thompson might have been making headlines this week due to her surprise revelation about Donald Trump “stalking” her and trying to ask her out on a date when she was making “Primary…
Jackie Chan reenacted his role in Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon” at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival. Chan played a small part in the iconic film. In the past, he admitted Lee…
Abdellatif Kechiche hasn’t made it to Locarno despite the premiere of “Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due,” the third installment of his controversial trilogy, reportedly due to health reasons…
International film sales agency MoreThan Films has picked up sales rights to Ion de Sosa’s “Balearic” ahead of its world premiere as part of the Filmmakers of the Present section at the…
Sunrise Films has acquired North American distribution rights to “Bang Bang,” the emotionally charged boxing drama starring Tim Blake Nelson. Vincent Grashaw directed, wrote and produced…
Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari’s “With Hasan in Gaza” will be for many a hauntingly poignant visual journey through Gaza as it existed in 2001. Based on recently rediscovered video…
Though long celebrated as one of our most versatile screen stars, four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe might not seem like the obvious choice to portray a swaggering, playboy…
Adding to the run-up of pre-Locarno business, in one key distribution deal, Zurich-based Frenetic Films, one of Switzerland’s most highly-regarded arthouse/crossover distribution houses,…
International film sales agency MoreThan Films has picked up rights to Sophy Romvari’s feature debut “Blue Heron” ahead of its world premiere as part of the Filmmakers of the Present…
Japanese director Kawase Naomi’s drama “Yakushima’s Illusion” (“L’Illusion de Yakushima”), starring Vicky Krieps, will world premiere at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival as a late…
Paris-based sales-production house Totem – whose sales slate has included “Compartment No. 6,” My Favourite Cake” and “The Hypnosis” – has boarded worldwide sales on “Follies,” a sexually…
Heretic has acquired world sales rights to Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze’s “Dry Leaf” ahead of its world premiere in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival.…
Intramovies has picked up interational sales rights for Italian drama “Mosquitos” (“Le Bambine”). Directed by Valentina and Nicole Bertani, it will premiere at Locarno Film Festival’s…
Rome-based Intramovies has taken global sales rights to “White Snail,” the first fiction feature by Austrian-German artistic duo Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter which world premieres in main…
Locarno main competition title “Phantoms of July,” the latest from fast-rising German director Julian Radlmaier, has been picked up for international by Bendita Film Sales. The full…
