Moviebreak Interviews und Festivals Archiv
142 Episoden
12 Minuten
Locarno is already familiar ground for Vincent Grashaw. His indigenous drama Keep Quiet debuted in 2025 Out of Competition at the Swiss Film Festival, after presenting in 2024 his fictional boxer biopic Bang Bang in the same section. Now he returns with Bruton, combining comedy, crime and drama in a story closely based on real events. After celebrating the international premiere at Piazza Grande, the US director found some time for an interview with Lidanoir about meeting the real Brian Bruton, navigating the film shoot in three active prisons, and finding humanity in outcast characters.
12 Minuten
His roles in Sons of Anarchy and Luke Cage made Theo Rossi a standout presence on the TV screen. After bagging an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Emily the Criminal, the American actor continues his rise by impersonating notorious prison breakout Brian Bruton in Vincent Grashaw’s tragicomic crime drama. After Bruton’s premiere the previous night at Locarno’s Piazza Grande, Theo Rossi talks in an interview with Lidanoir about shooting in three actual prisons, meeting the real-life character his role is based on, and the many issues with the US prison system.
14 Minuten
With his broad spectrum of films, ranging from experimental to anthologie and genre, Denis Côté i a regular at the most renowened international film festivals. So it comes at no surprise that hi newest work - the first after a life-saving kidney transplant - runs in Locarno' prestigious Concorso Internazionale. On site at the Festival, the Canadian filmmaker spoke with Lidanoir about Nobody's Violence and its controversial themes of assistant dying and end-of-live, finding a new perspective after his transplant, and being even less occupied with cinematic convention.
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Since his debut feature If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle earned him a nomination for best foreign film at the Oscars, Florin Serban has made a name for his intimate perspective on social, political and family issues. All of them intersect in You Don’t Belong Here, which premiered earlier this week at Locarno’s Concorso Internazionale. On site at the festival, the Romanian director sat down with Lidanoir to talk about the real-life elements of his harsh father-son story, the rift between Romania’s young and older generations, and outdated ideas of masculinity in neo-conservative times.
16 Minuten
Das schwierige Gleichgewicht persönlicher Bedürfnisse und der moralischen Erwartungen des äußeren Umfelds ist ein konstantes Thema Isabelle Stevers filmischen Schaffens, das auch ihren Beitrag zum Wettbewerb prägte. I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming begleitet ein queeres unkrainisches Paar in der sensiblen Zeit der Transition, als unvermittelt die russische Invasion beginnt. In Locarno, wo das intime Drama im Wettbewerb Premiere feiert, sprachen die Regisseurin und ihre Frau und Drehbuchautorin Anna Melikova im Interview mit Lidanoir über die persönliche Inspiration der Handlung, den Dreh in Kiev, und den diffizielen dramaturgischen Umgang mit Gender Rollen.
13 Minuten
Since the lead in Ruben Östlunds social satire The Square brought him international sucess in 2017, Claes Bang established himself as one of the most prominent actors of the European film scene. In Felix Randau's biographically inspired meditation on subjective and historical truths, Ich ist ein Anderer, the Danish actor shows once again his faible for murky characters. Premiering at Locarno's Piazza Grande, the historical investigation piece sees him in the role of the real-life impostor Felix Kersten, the massage therapist of Heinrich Himmler, who falsly claimed to have saved hundreds of thousands of people during the Nazi era. In an interview with Lidanoir, Bang talks about approaching the opaque character, the story's relevance in times of fake news and opinions, and the unexpected difficulties around the film's take on its notorious supporting character.
13 Minuten
Fast zehn Jahre ist es her, dass Felix Randau sein Steinzeit-Drama Iceman auf Locarnos Piazza Grande de Pubiku präsentierte. Nun ist er zurück in der populärsten Sektion des internationalen Film Festivals mit seiner historischen Hochstapler-Story Ich ist ein Anderer. Am Tah nach der Premiere fand der deutsche Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Zeit für ein Gespräch mit Lidanoir über die Entwicklung seines Projekts, die kontroverse Recherche und die Zusammenarbeit mit Hauptdarsteller Claes Bang.
15 Minuten
For the European premiere of her touching portrait of dementia and car in a US prison, Petra Volpe carefully chose the one most renowened for the quality of its independent and arthouse productions. After it's celebrated premiere at Sundance earlier this year, Frank & Louis screens now at Locarno's Piazza Grande. Rob Morgan, playing on screen a convict with early-onset Alzheimer's, Johns the Swiss director for a conversation with Lidanoir about the political issues ingrained in the story, the meticulous research of characters and story and the challenges of finding US distribution.
18 Minuten
In seiner gewitzten Groteske Der Bunker, der auf der Berlinale 2015 in der Swektion Perspektive Deutsches Kino Premiere feierte, zeigte Nikias Chryssos bereits sein Gespür für bitterböse-bizarre Szenarien und eigenwillige Familienkonstellationen. Die Charakteristika wiederholten sich in seiner symbolreichen Sekten-StoryA Pure Place und durchdringen auch seine jüngste Kinoarbeit. Bloody Tennis folgt seiner ehrgeizigen Heldin auf eine isolierte Tennis-Akademie, wo die prädestinierte Sport-Elite für den Sieg trainiert - mit mörderischen Mitteln. In Locarno, wo ddie rabenschwarze Horrorkomödie in der Sektion Fuori Concorso premiert, sprach der deutsch-griechische Regisseur mit Lidanoir über seine Neigung zum Genre-Kino, Tennis als soziale Metapher, unersättliche Eliten und die praktische Umsetzung der titelgebenden Effekte.
17 Minuten
Das Locarno Filmfestival sieht einer neuen spannende Runde entgegen mit einem Programm, das erneut Giona A. Nazarros Engagement für aufstrebende Kino-Talente und den Dialog über zeitaktuelle Themen spiegelt. In seinen sechs Jahren als künstlerischer Leiter hat der erfahrene Filmexperte und Festival Programmleiter Locarnos Ruf als führendes Forum für Autorenfilm und Arthouse, experimentelle Formate und cineastische Entdeckungen geprägt. Am Eröffnungstag der 79. Ausgabe reflektiert Giona A. Nazarro im Gespräch mit Lidanoir über die Formativen Themen des der Filmauswahl , die wachsenden finanziellen Herausforderungen Internationaler Film Festivals und die Bedeutung von Film Festivals in einer zunehmend reaktionären Welt.
13 Minuten
An actor in his own right, Noah Segan seems to have a knack for assembling a great cast. His second feature film as a director stars John Turturro as the titular small-time crook, surrounded by iconic names such as his personal buddy Steve Buscemi, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Giancarlo Esposito. The rising star among them is Will Price, who recently worked with Luca Guadagnino and in Scarlett Johansson's directing debut. After debuting The Only Living Pickpocket in New York at Sundance, Segan and Price are now at Karlovy Vary, where their old-school crime drama is screening in the Horizons section. At the spa resort's most classic hotel, the two spoke with Lidanoir about making a classic New York film, director-actors and actor films, and being pickpocketed by John Turturro.
17 Minuten
The big double anniversary of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, celebrating 60 editions and 80 years, is also a jubilee for its longtime artistic director Karel Och. Starting out in 2001 as a programmer, he has been with the festival for 25 years, boosting its star power and prestige while aiming to stay true to its traditions. Halfway through the 10-day event, Karel Och found some time for an interview with Lidanoir, talking about the festival's historic consciousness, why there are no initiatives to increase diversity, inviting controversial personalities, and his hopes for the future.
16 Minuten
In The Story of Film, Mark Cousins already undertook the mammoth project of capturing over a century of film history in a documentary collage spanning more than 18 hours. Some 15 years later, the Irish filmmaker is ready to deliver the next chapter. Premiering earlier this year at Sundance, The Story of Documentary Film undertakes the equally immense feat of encompassing decades of non-fiction film in one 16-hours-long chronicle. The latter is now screening at Karlovy Vary where Mark Cousins sat down for an interview with Lidanoir, talking his passion for cinema, tackling a project of such scale, and which works changed his own perspective.
13 Minuten
First, Visar Morina's harsh drama of a family's social decline and the false promises of economic advancement won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, where it premiered in February in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Then, as a little add-on just a few weeks ago, Shame and Money won Best International Feature in Munich's CineMasters Competition. Now his third feature is screening at Karlovy Vary's Horizons section. On site at the busy festival hub, the Kosovan director talks with Lidanoir about how his biographical background is connected to the story, why the festival has a special place in his heart, and how his class experiences changed with fame.
14 Minuten
With his first feature film, Ramzi Bashour landed a spot right in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance's final Park City edition. In Hot Water, the director, screenwriter, and musician born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Lebanon and the US explores the complicated relationship between a young adult son from Indiana and his Lebanese mother. On site at Karlovy Vary where his humorous drama screens in the Horizons section for international festival highlights, Ramzi Bashour spoke with Lidanoir about his personal connection to the story, his own mother's reaction to it, and creating a soundtrack like a mixtape made for long car trips.
