The films of emerging talents and established authors, notably Neo Sora, Marta Popivoda, Abdellah Taïa, Salvatore Mereu and Radu Muntean, are part of the 2025 edition of the Pardi dumani program of the Locarno Film, its short and medium selection, which was unveiled on Tuesday.
Locarno calls for its Pardi dumani section “a vital space for expressive experimentation and innovative forms of cinematographic poetry” and “an angular stone” of its mission “to promote dialogue between generations and traditions and support filmmakers who will define the future of cinematographic expression”.
The edition of the 78th edition of Locarno of this year offers 40 first world in three competitions and 25 countries, “offering the public an overview of the possible ways that the cinema of the future could take.”
In the Concorso Internazionale and the Nazional Concorso, Fresh Voices find their first international, international and Swiss expression, respectively, while the Concorso Corti d’Autore highlights “How Filmmakers, well versed in the narration of feature films, draws the creative force and the inspiration of the short form”, underlined the festival.
This last this year includes tastes of the Mongolian filmmaker Lkhagvadulam Purev-Hochir, the Italian director Salvatore Mereu, the Japanese filmmaker acclaimed Neo Sora, the award-winning Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa, the Serbo-Croatien duo Matija Gluščević and Dušan Zorić, the Laotian director Radu Katharina Huber, the German director who won the prize for the best emerging director in Locarno in 2023 for her feature film A beautiful place.
Said Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival: “The Pardi di Domani program has not only won an ever -increasing audience over the years, but has also established itself as one of the essential events for short cinema enthusiasts.
Eddie Bertozzi, head of the Pardi di Domani selection committee, praised “a selection of daring films that immerse us in the heart of the most pressing tensions of today”. He added: “With both established voices and a new discovery, this program triggers a dialogue between various cinematographic experiences and offers a radical invitation to rethink identity, bodies and conflicts under fresh and provocative perspectives.”
The DIMANI crop films will be eligible for a price range. The full range follows.
Autore Corti competition
A very straight neck by Neo Mal – Japan, China – 2025
World premiere
Streets of Cairo by Abdellah -rata – France – 2025
World premiere
Histeriöni Napad Smeha (Laughter Hyster) by the Duöan Zorie, Matija Gluöevié – Serbia, Croatia – 2025
World premiere
Index of Radu MUNTEAN – Romania – 2025
World premiere
Nang Norm (The Sleeping Beauty) by Mattie Do – USA, Laos, Thailand -2025
World premiere
Slet 1988 by Marta Popivoda – Germany, France, Serbia – 2025
World premiere
Ryan McKenna’s solitudes – Canada – 2025
World premiere
Late (late harvest) by Katharine Huber – Germany – 2025
World premiere
Su Cane is known (the dog is my dog) by Salvatore Mereu – Italy -2025
A South Pi-Ein Fenetre (A South Facing Window) by LKHAGVADULAM PURVOCHIR-France, Mongolia-2025
World premiere
International competition
Baisanos by Andrés Khamis Giacoman, Francisca Khamis Giacoman – Chile, Spain,
Palestine – 2025
World premiere
Bleifrei 95 (unleaded 95) by Emma Hütt, Tina Emy Minfler -Austria, Germany –
2025
World premiere
Blind, Ins Auge (blind, in the eyes) by Atefeh Kheirabadi, Mehrad Zepahnia Germany, Iran
Boa by Alexandre Dostie – Canada, France – 2025
World premiere
What we leave behind (What We Leave Behind) by Alexandra Myotte, Jeansébastien Hamel – Canada – 2025
World premiere
Uniform (uniform) by Timon ott -Germany -2025
World premiere
Eldorado by Anton Bialas – France – 2025
World premiere
Moving time by Angel Wu -Taiwan – 2025
World premiere
Darling, my love, so sweet by UT Trinidad – Philippines – 2025
World premiere
Hyena by Altay Ulan Yang – USA – 2025
World premiere
Pretty little story (Happily Every After) by Elodie Beaumont -Rarillon France -2025
Console! (Goats!) By -rone Gaea – Croatia, France – 2025
World premiere
Pi -äncton (plankton) by Irene Moray-Spain, France-2025
World premiere
Po -Uotok (Peninsula) by David Gaöo – Croatia – 2025
World premiere
First teaching
World premiere
Randaghi by Enrico Motti, Emanuele Motti – Italy – 2025
World premiere
Always play by Mohamed Mesbah – France – 2025
World premiere
A Cie ‘Bas (a sky so low) by Joachim Michaux – Belgium, France – 2025
World premiere
Once in a body (eleven in a body) by Maria Cristina Pérez Gonzélez Colombia, United States – 2025
World premiere
Yoyo by Mohammadreza Mayghani – Iran, France -2025
World premiere
National competition
Air Horse One by tire Linder – Switzerland, Belgium -2025
World premiere
I’m not sure (I’m not Sura) – Luisa Zürcher – Switzerland – 2025
World premiere
I-Avant-Post 21 by Camille Surdez-Switzerland-2025
World premiere
The gods (The Gods) by Anas Sareen – Switzerland – 2025
Touch lost by Justine Klaiber – Switzerland – 2025
World premiere
Nest by Stefania Burla – Switzerland – 2025
World premiere
Black morning (black mornings) by David Gonseth – Switzerland – 2025
World premiere
Rio de Janeiro continues i-Indo (Rio remains beautiful) by Felipe Casanova-Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland-2025
World premiere
A thousand tones by Francesco Poloni – Switzerland – 2025
World premiere
Yonne by Julietta Korbel, Yan Ciszewski -Switzerland, France -2025
World premiere
