“Mutrion,” a short film set in the Venice lagoon by 26-year-old Italian director Marco Cavazzin, has scooped the best director award at the Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di Domani (Leopards of Tomorrow) section. “Mutrion,” which is the only Italian entry in the section, stars Manfredi Marini, who previously starred in Giovanni Tortorici’s “Nineteen,” and Giulio Maroncelli and is produced
Less than one year after the producers met at the Locarno Film Festival‘s Alliance 4 Development co-development platform, “Primo Viaggio,” produced by Italy’s Sacher Film and France’s Halley Production, has wrapped after shooting on location in Naples, Málaga and Marseille between June and July of this year. Written and directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey
Düsseldorf, Germany-based Patra Spanou Film has picked up world sales rights to “The Newcomers” (“Los nuevos”), the latest film from Mexico’s Rodrigo Plá (“The Other Tom”) in his first venture into kid-targeted films. According to Patra Spanou, she acquired it soon after its world premiere at Locarno’s Kids Screenings. “I have been following Rodrigo Plá´s
Luxbox Films has acquired the worldwide sales rights to Mariano Llinás’ epic five-and-a-half-hour documentary “The Life of Jorge Luis Borges,” which will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Open – Non-Fiction section. The film is a biography of the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, based on an exhaustive
The Venice Film Festival is about to reveal its 2026 line-up, promising a host of exciting titles from international directors. Like Cannes this year, Venice is expected to have a lighter presence in Hollywood than in previous editions. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a strong list of awards contenders. As previously announced, the
London-based Chilean-Indian director Shalini Adnani’s debut feature, “Our Share of Sand,” about a 12-year-old girl named Maya who returns to rural India to reconnect with her estranged father, is among the featured entries in the upcoming Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week. The section, dedicated to debut films from around the world, also includes two titles