This year's Locarno Film Festival features an eclectic mix of exciting titles from around the world, right in the heart of Europe. It's a chance for fans to see some of the year's most exciting premières, along with much-loved classics, outside underneath the stars.

The festival runs from 7 to 17 August.

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Locarno Latest Reviews

Toxic
Toxic
Two teenage girls, eager to escape from the bleakness of their industrial town, form an unexpected bond at a local modelling school that pushes their bodies to the limit.
Holy Electricity
Holy Electricity
When young Gonga and his uncle Bart stumble upon a case of rusty crosses in a scrapyard, they repurpose them into neon crucifixes and start selling them in their neighbourhood.
Hymn Of The Plague
Hymn Of The Plague
Strange things happen at a recording studio.
Bogancloch
Bogancloch
Documentary sequel about a former sailor and his off-the-grid life.
The Sparrow In The Chimney
The Sparrow In The Chimney
A family gathering is triggering for everyone.
Mexico 86
Mexico 86
A woman tries to juggle being a revolutionary with motherhood.
Fréwaka
Fréwaka
A troubled home carer finds her grip on reality starts to slip after she goes to help an elderly agoraphobic.
B(l)ind The Sacrifice
B(l)ind The Sacrifice
A father's faith could fracture his nomadic family.
Reinas
Reinas
Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave Lima in 1992 and seek opportunities in the US. Their farewell involves reconnecting with the kids' estranged father, adding to the emotional turbulence of their departure.
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
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Locarno Film Festival Features

Leaning to darkness
Aislinn Clarke on the Na Sidhe, Ireland's troubled history, and Fréwaka
Growing pains and gains
Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic
'I think a country without movies is a country without memory'
César Díaz on bringing Mexico 86 to the screen
'I was imagining my mother in a similar situation'
Bérénice Bejo on why Mexico 86 reminded her of her own family
Movie metamorphoses
Ramon and Silvan Zürcher on change in The Sparrow In The Chimney and their filmmaking evolution
Family ties
Klaudia Reynicke on crazy casting and bringing her own emotions to Reinas
Always within her
Elene Naveriani on the recognition of beauty and Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
A winning recipe with Courgette
Claude Barras on Aardman, Oscar nod, and an enduring passion for animation.
Keitel - a man for all seasons
Youth star Harvey on Sorrentino, Campion and Scorsese.
Unchained memories
DiCaprio and Tarantino explain their motivations for Django Unchained, a portrait of shackled skeletons in the American closet.
Django Unchained Djunket: Part Two
Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Kerry Washington, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Jonah Hill on Tarantino's latest.
Django Unchained Djunket: Part One
How Leonardo DiCaprio's barbarous Calvin Candie came alive in Quentin Tarantino's movie.
Clive Owen speaks
The Oscar-nominated actor looks back on his amazing career

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