Austrian auteur ( , , ) is attending the of the this year as the that will decide the winner of the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the competition section. For the filmmaker, it marks a return to the Swiss festival, which takes place Aug. 7-17.
After all, it was the first international festival where her work turned heads when she won the main prize in the Pardi di Domani section, which showcases short and medium-length films focused on experimentation and innovative forms, for her short in 1997. Before the 2024 edition of Locarno, Hausner talked to about how she picks themes and topics to explore based on emotion, her influences, why her films’ endings tend to cause debate and why she likes to “create a certain absurdity.” I’m looking forward to this experience very much.
Locarno is a festival that is really focused on artistic films, arthouse films, films that pursue an interesting style in filmmaking. So it’s not only about entertaining but also original films. This is something I’m looking forward to very much.
The discussion with the other jury members will, I think, be very interesting. My experience from being on juries is that every person sees a different film. So it’s always about discussing why I like this, why I don’t like that, what did I see at all, what did I make of a film? I’m looking forward to that.
I would like to put it this way: I think there is an immediate emotion in a film, which works very fast, very direct. When you see a chi.