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Welcome to Locarno Meets, an original Locarno Film Festival podcast brought to you by UBS. Established legends of cinema and exciting new talent chat about art, life, movies, and everything in between. Locarno Meets has featured memorable discussions with veritable legends of cinema like Alfonso Cuarón, Ken Loach, Shah Rukh Khan, Emma Thompson, WillemDafoe, Isabella Rossellini and many more.

  1. 2h ago

    Isabelle Huppert on “All About Corinne” and the Art of Successful Collaboration

    This week on #LocarnoMeets, Isabelle Huppert joins us to talk Marc Fitoussi’s tender comedy “All About Corinne” (“Ni vue, ni connue”), the closing film of #Locarno79. Alongside Sandrine Kiberlain, Huppert plays the lead in a story that reunites her with Fitoussi, a director she has long trusted and often collaborated with. We talk about how she adapts to such different filmmakers, what keeps her artistic partnership with Fitoussi fresh, and her memories from collaborating with visionary filmmakers Claude Chabrol and Michael Haneke.

    Isabelle Huppert on “All About Corinne” and the Art of Successful Collaboration

  2. Sep 28

    Isabella Rossellini on Animal Mating Rituals, "Conclave", and the Reaction to "Blue Velvet"

    Isabella Rossellini has never settled on a single job title: actress, supermodel, fashion designer, farmer, holder of a master's degree in animal behaviour. Upon receiving the Excellence Award in Locarno, she joined us to talk the silence of "Conclave", how her fascination with animal courtship rituals turned into her cult series "Green Porno," the "nightmare" reputation that followed her after David Lynch's "Blue Velvet", and how director Robert Zemeckis proved just as experimental on set as her father, Roberto Rossellini.

    Isabella Rossellini on Animal Mating Rituals, "Conclave", and the Reaction to "Blue Velvet"

  3. Mar 31

    Alexander Payne on the Art of Casting and Keeping Budgets Low | Locarno Meets

    This week on #LocarnoMeets, we sat down with Alexander Payne, the comedic genius behind some of the best films of the past three decades, including “The Holdovers”, “Election”, and “Sideways”. He joined us to discuss his career, working with George Clooney on “The Descendants”, and his low, low budgets.

    Alexander Payne on the Art of Casting and Keeping Budgets Low | Locarno Meets

  4. Mar 24

    “We Are the New Voice, We Are the New Dreams”: Iraqi Filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji Speaks About ‘Irkalla: Gilgamesh's Dream’

    Iraqi filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji’s latest film (“Irkalla: Gilgamesh's Dream”), which premiered on the Piazza Grande during Locarno78, was hailed as a major achievement, both in terms of its artistry and the circumstances of its production. He joined us to discuss the myth of Gilgamesh, shooting a movie in Baghdad, and being shot at in Baghdad.

    “We Are the New Voice, We Are the New Dreams”: Iraqi Filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji Speaks About ‘Irkalla: Gilgamesh's Dream’

  5. Mar 17

    A Conversation with Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine on the Resilience of Lebanese Cinema

    When, in August 2025, we had the honour of awarding the Raimondo Rezzonico Award to the Lebanese independent company Abbout Productions – founded by Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine – we could never have imagined that, just a few months later, we would find ourselves facing the current dramatic international situation and that war would be raging harsher than ever in Lebanon. At the time, in Locarno, these two outstanding producers joined our podcast to discuss their careers and the future of Lebanese cinema. We spoke about the trauma of the Beirut explosion in 2020, the work of creative producing and the Arab film community, as well as their films “Costa Brava, Lebanon” and “Memory Box”.

    A Conversation with Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine on the Resilience of Lebanese Cinema

  6. Mar 10

    Rithy Panh on Social Media, Digital Isolation, and Making Movies Cheaply

    Serving as head of the Locarno78 jury last year, Rithy Panh is a legend of Cambodian cinema. Over his thirty year career, he has tirelessly interrogated the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge with creativity and originality. He joined us on the latest episode of #LocarnoMeets to talk about movies, TikTok, and the demagogues of the tech world.

    Rithy Panh on Social Media, Digital Isolation, and Making Movies Cheaply

  7. Mar 3

    Vicky Krieps Talks Filming in Japan with Naomi Kawase and “Yakushima's Illusion”

    Vicky Krieps is one of the definitive European actors of her generation. But her new film, the astonishing “Yakushima's Illusion”, which world premiered at Locarno78, dropped her deep into an ancient forest on the eponymous Japanese island, the mystical place that once served as, among other things, the inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's “Princess Mononoke”. We talked about preparing for a role as a pediatric heart surgeon, adapting to the sounds of the forest, and the challenge of accommodating the Japanese way of doing things.

    Vicky Krieps Talks Filming in Japan with Naomi Kawase and “Yakushima's Illusion”

  8. Feb 24

    “She Took Me On a Journey I Couldn’t Make Myself”: Director Brian Kirk on Shooting in Snow and Working with Emma Thompson

    Best known for “21 Bridges” and his work on television shows like “Game of Thrones”, director Brian Kirk’s much anticipated new film is the icy thriller “The Dead of Winter” starring Emma Thompson in a bravura role as a steely Minnesotan widow named Barb. As the film premiered to acclaim on the Piazza Grande at Locarno78, we sat down with Kirk to dig into the mechanics of shooting in snow and collaborating with a living legend.

    “She Took Me On a Journey I Couldn’t Make Myself”: Director Brian Kirk on Shooting in Snow and Working with Emma Thompson
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Welcome to Locarno Meets, an original Locarno Film Festival podcast brought to you by UBS. Established legends of cinema and exciting new talent chat about art, life, movies, and everything in between. Locarno Meets has featured memorable discussions with veritable legends of cinema like Alfonso Cuarón, Ken Loach, Shah Rukh Khan, Emma Thompson, WillemDafoe, Isabella Rossellini and many more.

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