Locarno First Look Showcase: Sabine Gisiger, Steven Vit, Caterina Mona Projects Among Selected Titles
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSabine Gisiger’s “The Mies van der Rohes,” Steven Vit’s “My Old Man” and Caterina Mona’s “Semret” feature in this year’s pix-in-post showcase First Look, one of the industry highlights of the Locarno Film Festival, which focuses for the first time on movies from Switzerland.The films are joined in First Look by Valentin Merz’s “De Noche los Gatos Son Pardos,” Leon Schwitter’s “Reduit” and Jackie Brutsche’s “Las Toreras” in a six-title spread which works as a predominantly new Swiss talent showcase.Four of the six movies are first features, another a second; only Gisiger has a directorial career that stretches back several decades.Presented by established production houses or producers such as