Maria Bäck's 'Brave New Love' to World-Premiere in Locarno Competition on August 9

Swedish-Danish writer-director Maria Bäck's feature "Brave New Love" world-premieres on August 9 in the Concorso Internazionale — Locarno's Golden Leopard competition. The love-triangle drama stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Simon Sears, and Kathrine Thorborg Johansen. Reinvent Yellow handles international sales. Bäck's first feature since 2020's "Psychosis in Stockholm" draws on 30 years of her own relationships, she told The Hollywood Reporter.