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Dane Komljen on His Freewheeling, Utopian ‘Desire Lines’ and ‘Slipping Into a Different Mold’ in the Locarno Main Competition Title

By John Hopewell Aug 13, 2025 | 3:46 AM

A man dissolves into a shimmering silhouette before passing through a wall into the afterlife in Dane Komljen’s ghostly “Desire Lines,” which held its world premiere Aug. 11 in Locarno’s main International Competition.  A Berlin-based, Serbian filmmaker and visual artist known for his sharp, pensive slow cinema, Komljen was first recognized for his 2010 debut […]