According to Pamela Biénzoba, who shares curating duties with Juan Crespo and Eva Morsch Kihn, new voices from the Caribbean, Ecuador, Uruguay and Peru participate this year. “For instance, there’s a film from Puerto Rico, possibly the first in years – ‘Braided’ (“Trenzadas”) that is highly anticipated,” said Biénzoba, a Chilean-French consultant, programmer and film critic who has been a member of the Locarno Film Festival film selection committee since 2021.
The curating team also observed several coming-of-age proposals from both first-time and experienced filmmakers. “There were also more comedy projects this year – stronger ones than usual as it’s sometimes hard to find truly well-executed comedies,” Biénzoba noted.
“We’ve found quite a few hybrid projects and films with unconventional narratives,…
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