3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (214+ words) MOTELX AWARD – Best Portuguese Horror Short Film 2026 The same jury awarded the Méliès d’argent Award – Best European Short Film 2026 to “Mancave” (Norway), directed by Fredrik S. Hana. Among the 19 films in competition, the jury singled out “a film that depicts…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (988+ words) When Asia Argento received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, the honor arrived at a moment when she had begun to question whether her career still had a future. Presenting two markedly different new films, she spoke…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (208+ words) Before we dive into one of Canada's other great film festivals -- yes, Toronto -- which will kick off on September 10, we wanted to look back at the mighty and mammoth Fantasia International Film Festival, held every year in Montreal, Quebec. Kurt…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (613+ words) Brazilian filmmakers Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias make an atmospheric feature debut with a slow-burning queer neo-noir that pits intimacy and solidarity against the murderous politics of the militarized religious right. Premiering in the Locarno Film Festival’s main competition, The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (581+ words) Erin Vassilopoulos' sophomore feature is a retro-styled skate odyssey whose authentic subcultural energy invigorates a familiar story. Erin Vassilopoulos’ freewheeling second feature Destroy All Girls premiered in Locarno’s Concorso Cineasti del Presente. The film follows Alex Martínez (Ani Mesa-Perez), who…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (320+ words) Marion Cotillard stars in Bertrand Mandico's a surrealistic tribute to golden age actresses, celluloid cinema and Italian culture. The Locarno Film Festival has become a home for Bertrand Mandico’s projects, and his latest, Roma Elastica, which premiered in Cannes’ Midnight…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (915+ words) During a conversation in Locarno, Luca Guadagnino reached for an image that seemed to contain both his pessimism about the film business and his reason for producing Giovanni Tortorici. The Italian industry, Guadagnino argued, has become a desert. Yet even…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1650+ words) Basically, it's the Midnight movie selection of Fantasia, condensed into a shorter time frame, curated by programmers with a different sensibility. The 21st edition will feature "35 World Premieres, 21 International and North American Premieres, and 14 U.S. Premieres," per the official verbiage. "Fantastic Fest's…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (36+ words) ScreenAnarchy Toronto 2026: Frontières And TIFF: The Genre Co-production Market Announces Seven Projects For Inaugural Showcase Leading Voices in Global Cinema...