Protest at the Locarno Film Festival Remembers 60,000 Names of the Dead of Gaza

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Locarno became the latest film festival to see protests at the continuing situation in Gaza and Palestine’s Occupied Territories.

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Locarno Sufi Trance Doc ‘As Light as Air’ Director Umair Bilal on Surrendering to a Pakistani Shrine Town: ‘I Became Part of Its Rhythm’

Umair Bilal spent months in Sehwan, Pakistan, trying to direct a documentary. Then he gave up.

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James Gray Talks Dream Quality Of Cinema & Approach With Cast: “I’m Not A Good Director Of Actors” – Locarno

James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film’s Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande.

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Naseeruddin Shah, Gurvinder Singh Turn a Village’s Real Grief Into Locarno Competition Title ‘Rehmat’: ‘It’s Important That These Films Get Made’

The family living in the house that “Rehmat” uses as Rashid Ali’s ancestral home lost a son to a drug overdose shortly after Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh and his crew first met them.

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Who's next for Canton? Ranking the biggest names eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2027

Rob Gronkowski, Adrian Peterson and Ben Roethlisberger headline a star-studded group of first-time eligible players for the 2027 Pro Football Hall of Fame class…

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