Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
The 69th Festival del film Locarno was held 3–13 August 2016 in Locarno, Switzerland . Carlo Chatrian was the festival's Artistic Director .[ 1]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Godless , directed by Ralitza Petrova.
The primary Selection Committee included Mark Peranson (Head of Programming), Lorenzo Esposito, Sergio Fant, and Aurélie Godet.[ 2] The Leopards of Tomorrow section was programmed by Alessandro Marcionni (Head), Gonzalo De Pedro Amatria, Liz Harkman, and Bruno Quiblier. The Retrospective program was curated by Olaf Möller and Roberto Turigliatto.[ 3]
The following films were selected for the Piazza Grande section:[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Ceasefire
Cessez-le-feu
Emmanuel Courcol
France
The Day the Rains Came (1959)
Am Tag als der Regen kam
Gerd Oswald
West Germany
Endless Poetry
Poesía sin fin
Alejandro Jodorowsky
France, Chile
The Girl With All the Gifts
Colm McCarthy
United Kingdom, United States
Heaven Will Wait
Le ciel attendra
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
France
I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Interchange
Dain Iskandar Said
Malaysia, Indonesia
Into the Forest
Dans la forêt
Gilles Marchand
France, Sweden
Jason Bourne
Paul Greengrass
United States
Mohenjo Daro
Ashutosh Gowariker
India
Moka
Frédéric Mermoud
France, Switzerland
Paula
Christian Schwochow
Germany, France
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Vor der Morgenröte - Stefan Zweig in Amerika
Maria Schrader
Germany, France, Austria
The Train of Salt and Sugar
Comboio de Sal e Açucar
Licínio Azevedo
Portugal, Mozambique, France, South Africa, Brazil
The Tunnel
터널
Kim Seong-hun
South Korea
Vincent
Christophe Van Rompaey
France, Belgium
International Competition (Concorso internazionale )[ edit ]
The following films were selected for the Concorso internazionale section:[ 6] [ 8]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
The Apple of My Eye
La prunelle de mes yeux
Axelle Ropert
France
Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces
الماء والخضرة والوجه الحسن
Yousry Nasrallah
Egypt
Bangkok Nites
Katsuya Tomita
Japan, France, Thailand, Laos
Correspondências
Rita Azevedo Gomes
Portugal
By the Time It Gets Dark
ดาวคะนอง
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Thailand, Netherlands, France, Qatar
The Dreamed Path
Der traumhafte Weg
Angela Schanelec
Germany
Glory
Slava
Kristina Grozeva , Petar Valchanov
Bulgaria, Greece
Godless
Безбог
Ralitza Petrova
Bulgaria, Denmark, France
Hermia & Helena
Matías Piñeiro
United States, Argentina
The Idea of a Lake
La idea de un lago
Milagros Mumenthaler
Switzerland, Argentina, Qatar
The Last Family
Ostatnia rodzina
Jan P. Matuszyński
Poland
Marija
Michael Koch
Germany, Switzerland
Mister Universo
Tizza Covi , Rainer Frimmel
Austria, Italy
The Ornithologist
O Ornitólogo
João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal, France, Brazil
Scarred Hearts
Inimi cicatrizate
Radu Jude
Romania, Germany
The Young One
Jeunesse
Julien Samani
France, Portugal
Wet Woman in the Wind
風に濡れた女
Akihiko Shiota
Japan
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente )[ edit ]
Filmmakers of the Present is the festival's competition for first or second feature films.
[ 6] [ 9]
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani )[ edit ]
Leopards of Tomorrow is the festival's competitive program for short films, with separate international and Swiss sections.
International Competition (Concorso internazionale )[ edit ]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
A liña política
Santos Díaz
Spain
À Noite Fazem-se Amigos
Rita Barbosa
Portugal
Fox
Alepou
Jacqueline Lentzou
Greece
An Aviation Field
Joana Pimenta
United States, Portugal, Brazil
Old Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-central, Desirable Neighborhood
Apartament interbelic, în zona superbă, ultra-centrală
Sebastian Mihăilescu
Romania
Au loin, Baltimore
Lola Quivoron
France
Cilaos
Camilo Restrepo
France
Clan
Stefanie Kolk
Netherlands
Deep Blue
Joe Nankin
United States
Till the End of the Day
Dgis bolomde
Anna Sarukhanova
Georgia
Each To Their Own
Maria Ines Manchego
New Zealand
Estilhaços
José Miguel Ribeiro
Portugal
Etage X
Francy Fabritz
Germany
Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)
Renee Zhan
United States
The Committee
Kommittén
Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi
Sweden, Norway , Finland
L'immense retour (Romance)
Manon Coubia
Belgium, France
Las vísceras
Elena López Riera
Spain, France
Manodopera
Loukianos Moshonas
France, Greece
Non Castus
Andrea Castillo
Chile
Our Friend the Moon
Nuestra amiga la luna
Velasco Broca
Spain
On The Ropes
Manon Nammour
Lebanon
Long Live the Emperor
Que vive l'Empereur
Aude Léa Rapin
France
Rhapsody
Constance Meyer
France
Setembro
Leonor Noivo
Portugal, Bulgaria
Among the Black Waves
Sredi cheornyh voln
Anna Budanova
Russia
Transition
Tranzicija
Milica Tomovic
Serbia
Umpire
Leonardo Van Dijl
Belgium
Valparaiso
Carlo Sironi
Italy
Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale )[ edit ]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Cabane
Simon Guélat
France
Côté cour
Lora Mure-Ravaud
Switzerland
The Bridge Over the River
Die Brücke über den Fluss
Jadwiga Kowalska
Switzerland
Digital Immigrants
Norbert Kottmann, Dennis Stauffer
Switzerland
Dormiente
Tommaso Donati
Switzerland
Genesis
Lucien Monot
Switzerland
Iceberg
Mathieu Z’Graggen
France
La femme et le TGV
Timo von Gunten
Switzerland
La Leçon
Tristan Aymon
Switzerland
La sève
Manon Goupil
Switzerland
Les dauphines
Juliette Klinke
Belgium
Lost Exile
Fisnik Maxhuni
Switzerland
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English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
300 Miles
Orwa Al Mokdad
Syria, Lebanon
People That Are Not Me
Anashim shehem lo ani
Hadas Ben Aroya
Israel
Ascent
Fiona Tan
Netherlands, Japan
Beduino
Júlio Bressane
Brazil
Pow Wow
Robinson Devor
United States
All the Cities of the North
Svi severni gradovi
Dane Komljen
Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro
Rat Film
Theo Anthony
United States
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me
Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
Poland, Switzerland
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Out of Competition (Fuori concorso )[ edit ]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower
Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté
Nicolas Wadimoff
Switzerland
L'amatore
Maria Mauti
Italy
The Nature of Things
La natura delle cose
Laura Viezzoli
Italy
False Confessions
Les fausses confidences
Luc Bondy
France
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me
O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu
João Botelho
Portugal
Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late
Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte...
Corinna Belz
Germany
Journey of Hope [1991]
Reise der Hoffnung
Xavier Koller
Switzerland, Italy, Germany
A Jew Must Die
Un Juif pour l'example
Jacob Berger
Switzerland
A Young Girl In Her Nineties
Une jeune fille de 90 ans
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
France
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Zaineb takrahou ethelj
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia , France, Qatar, Lebanon , United Arab Emirates
Where Is Rocky II? [Art Basel selection]
Pierre Bismuth
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
English Title
Director(s)
Production Country
A Brief History of Princess X
Gabriel Abrantes
Portugal, France, United Kingdom
A Train Arrives at the Station
Thom Andersen
United States
Animals Under Anaesthesia: Speculations on the Dreamlife of Beasts
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy
Canada
Festa
Franco Piavoli
Italy
Indefinite Pitch
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
United States
Longe
José Oliveira
Portugal
The Hedonists
Jia Zhang-ke
China
The Hunchback
Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes
Portugal, France
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Histoire(s) du cinéma[ edit ]
Program
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Year
Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Dance of Reality
La danza de la realidad
Alejandro Jodorowsky
France, Chile
2013
Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain
La montaña sagrada
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Mexico , United States
1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Endless Poetry
Poesía sin fin
Alejandro Jodorowsky
France, Chile
2016
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Santa Sangre
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Italy, Mexico
1989
Bill Pullman
Lost Highway
David Lynch
France, United States
1996
Bill Pullman
Zero Effect
Jake Kasdan
USA
1998
David Linde
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee
Taiwan , Hong Kong , United States, China
2000
David Linde
Y Tu Mamá También
Alfonso Cuarón
Mexico
2001
Howard Shore
Ed Wood
Tim Burton
USA
1994
Howard Shore
Hugo
Martin Scorsese
USA
2011
Howard Shore
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
USA
1991
Howard Shore
Videodrome
David Cronenberg
Canada
1983
Mario Adorf
A cavallo della tigre
Luigi Comencini
Italy
1961
Mario Adorf
The Day the Rains Came
Am Tag als der Regen kam
Gerd Oswald
West Germany
1959
Mario Adorf
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Der Arzt von Stalingrad
Géza von Radványi
West Germany
1958
Mario Adorf
La mala ordina
Fernando Di Leo
Italy, West Germany
1972
Mario Adorf
The Devil Strikes at Night
Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
Robert Siodmak
West Germany
1957
Roger Corman
The Intruder
Roger Corman
United States
1962
Roger Corman
The Masque of the Red Death
Roger Corman
United States, United Kingdom
1964
Jonas Mekas
Walden
Jonas Mekas
United States
1969
Abbas Kiarostami
Filmando en Cuba con Abbas Kiarostami
Ramiro Pedraza, Martin Snyder, Fatema Abdoolcarim, Kai Tillman, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Briones, Alessandro Focareta, Pedro Freire
various
2016
Abbas Kiarostami
Where is the Friend's Home?
Khane-ye doust kodjast?
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
1988
Clemens Klopfenstein
Geschichte der Nacht
Clemens Klopfenstein
Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, France
1979
Clemens Klopfenstein
Whoafraidwolf
WerAngstWolf
Clemens Klopfenstein
Italy, Switzerland
2000
Jean-Louis Roy
L'inconnu de Shandigor
Jean-Louis Roy
Switzerland
1967
Histoire(s) du cinéma: Special Program
Lovers Are Wet
Koibito-tachi wa nureta
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Japan
1973
Histoire(s) du cinéma
A Destruição de Bernardet
Claudia Priscilla, Pedro Marques
Brazil
2016
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Compêndio da Vida de um Homem Gasto e o Seu Último Desejo Perante Ela
Eugenio Puppo, Ricardo Carioba
Brazil
2014
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film
Dominik Graf, Johannes Sievert
Germany
2016
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Louise Osmond
United Kingdom
2016
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Retrospective (Retrospettiva )[ edit ]
The 2016 retrospective section, Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963 , was centered around filmmaking in early West Germany .
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Year
An Alibi for Death
Ein Alibi zerbricht
Alfred Vohrer
Austria
1963
All Clues Lead to Berlin
Die Spur führt nach Berlin
František Čáp
West Germany
1952
Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face
Alvorada - Aufbruch in Brasilien
Hugo Niebeling
West Germany
1962
Autobahn
Herbert Vesely
West Germany
1957
Banktresor 713
Werner Klingler
West Germany
1957
Bau 60
Dieter Lemmel
West Germany
1960
Black Gravel
Schwarzer Kies
Helmut Käutner
West Germany
1961
By the Dike Sluice
Am Siel
Peter Nestler
West Germany
1962
The Captain from Cologne
Der Hauptmann von Köln
Slatan Dudow
East Germany
1956
Chased by the Devil
Vom Teufel gejagt
Victor Tourjansky
West Germany
1950
The Condemned Village
Das verurteilte Dorf
Martin Hellberg
East Germany
1952
The Confession of Ina Kahr
Das Bekenntnis der Ina Kahr
G. W. Pabst
West Germany
1954
The Cornet
Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod
Walter Reisch
West Germany
1955
The Day the Rains Came
Am Tag als der Regen kam
Gerd Oswald
West Germany
1959
Den Einsamen allen
Franz Schömbs
West Germany
1962
The Devil Strikes at Night
Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
Robert Siodmak
West Germany
1957
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Der Arzt von Stalingrad
Géza von Radványi
West Germany
1958
The Dress
Das Kleid
Konrad Petzold
East Germany
1961/1991
Durch Nacht zum Licht
Hans Fischerkoesen
West Germany
1955
The Eighth Day of the Week
Ósmy dzień tygodnia
Aleksander Ford
Polish People's Republic , West Germany
1958
Encounters In The Dark
Spotkania w mroku
Wanda Jakubowska
Polish People's Republic, East Germany
1960
Es muss ein Stück vom Hitler sein
Walter Krüttner
West Germany
1963
Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland
Michael Grzimek , Bernhard Grzimek
West Germany
1954
Faces in the Shadow
Ansikten i skugga
Peter Weiss , Christer Strömholm
Sweden
1956
The Fair
Kirmes
Wolfgang Staudte
West Germany
1960
Faust
Peter Gorski
West Germany
1960
Fussball Weltmeisterschaft 1954
Gerhard Grindel, Horst Wigankow, Sammy Drechsel
West Germany
1954
The Glass Tower
Der gläserne Turm
Harald Braun
West Germany
1957
The Haunted Castle
Das Spukschloss im Spessart
Kurt Hoffmann
West Germany
1960
Holiday on Sylt
Urlaub auf Sylt
Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike
East Germany
1957
The Indian Tomb
Das indische Grabmal
Fritz Lang
West Germany, France, Italy
1959
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Es geschah am hellichten Tag
Ladislao Vajda
Switzerland, West Germany
1958
Jonas
Ottomar Domnick
West Germany
1957
Jungens in den Flegeljahren
Rudolf Werner Kipp
West Germany
1956
Kahl
Haro Senft
West Germany
1961
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
Edgar Reitz
West Germany
1962
Labyrinth
Rolf Thiele
West Germany
1959
Last Stop Love
Endstation Liebe
Georg Tressler
West Germany
1958
Leuchtfeuer
Wolfgang Staudte
East Germany, Sweden
1954
Look at This City
Schaut auf diese Stadt
Karl Gass
East Germany
1962
The Lost One
Der Verlorene
Peter Lorre
West Germany
1951
Machorka-Muff
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
West Germany
1963
Mädchen in Uniform
Géza von Radványi
West Germany, France
1958
Das magische Band
Ferdinand Khittl
West Germany
1959
Many Passed By
Viele kamen vorbei
Peter Pewas
West Germany
1956
Menschen im Werk
Gerhard Lamprecht
West Germany
1957
The Miracle of Father Malachia
Das Wunder des Malachias
Bernhard Wicki
West Germany
1961
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
Manfred Wekwerth , Peter Palitzsch
East Germany
1961
Neue Kunst - neues Sehen
Ottomar Domnick
West Germany
1950
No Way Back
Weg ohne Umkehr
Victor Vicas
West Germany
1953
People in the Net
Menschen im Netz
Franz Peter Wirth
West Germany
1959
Die Purpurlinie
Flo Nordhoff
West Germany
1959
Puschkin – Wodka für harte Männer. Elch
Charles Paul Wilp
West Germany
1962
Redhead
Die Rote
Helmut Käutner
West Germany, Italy
1962
The Return of Doctor Mabuse
Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse
Harald Reinl
West Germany, France, Italy
1961
Roses Bloom on the Moorland
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
Hans H. König
West Germany
1952
Schichten unter der Dunstglocke
Herbert Viktor
West Germany
1959
Sky Without Stars
Himmel ohne Sterne
Helmut Käutner
West Germany
1955
Speed
Geschwindigkeit
Edgar Reitz
West Germany
1963
Spielbank-Affäre
Arthur Pohl
East Germany
1957
Das Stacheltier: Freie Marktwirtschaft
Richard Groschopp
East Germany
1954
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben
Frank Wisbar
West Germany
1959
Süden im Schatten
Franz-Josef Spieker
West Germany
1962
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Der Tiger von Eschnapur
Fritz Lang
West Germany, France, Italy
1959
The Trapp Family in America
Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
West Germany
1958
Traum in Tusche
Rolf Engler
West Germany
1952
Das Unkraut
Wolfgang Urchs
West Germany
1962
Verstummte Stimmen
Roger Fritz
West Germany
1962
Ein Wagen und sein Werk
Curt A. Engel
West Germany
1953
Weißes Blut
Gottfried Kolditz
East Germany
1959
Werftarbeiter
Wolf Hart
West Germany
1951
Der Wundertisch
Herbert Seggelke
West Germany
1954
You Must Choose Life
Wähle das Leben
Erwin Leiser
Switzerland, Sweden, Austria
1963
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Beginning in 2016, the Open Doors screening and development section initiated a three-year focus on eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Maldives , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka .
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Year
Are You Listening!
Shunte Ki Pao!
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Bangladesh
2012
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
Khyentse Norbu
Bhutan, Hong Kong
2016
Highway
Deepak Rauniyar
Nepal, United States
2012
The Emerald Jungle
Mya ga naing
Maung Tin Maung
Myanmar
1934
Return to Burma
Midi Z
Taiwan, Myanmar
2011
Television
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Bangladesh
2012
The Black Hen
Kalo Pothi
Min Bahadur Bham
Nepal
2015
The Monk
The Maw Naing
Myanmar, Czech Republic
2014
Under Construction
Rubaiyat Hossain
Bangladesh
2015
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Year
3 Year 3 Month Retreat
Lo Sum Choe Sum
Dechen Roder
Bhutan
2015
720 Degrees
Ishtiaque Zico
Bangladesh
2010
A Forgotten Story
Tashi Gyeltshen
Bhutan
2010
Chandra
Asmita Shrish, Fateme Ahmadi
Nepal, United Kingdom, China
2015
I am Time
Mahde Hasan
Bangladesh
2013
Insein Rhythm
Soe Moe Aung
Myanmar, Germany
2013
Side Glances of Dragon
We Ra Aung
Myanmar
2014
Sweetie Pie
Sai Kong Kham
Myanmar, Germany
2011
The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite
Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
Nepal
2013
The Container
Abu Shahed Emon
Bangladesh, South Korea
2012
The Monk in the Forest
Karma Wangchuk
Bhutan
2015
The Shame
Laaz
Sushan Prajapati
Nepal
2015
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The festival presents films associated with jurors for the various competitive sections.
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Year
Bleak Street
La calle de la amargura
Arturo Ripstein
Mexico, Spain
2015
You and the Night
Les rencontres d'après minuit
Yann Gonzalez
France, Switzerland
2013
Soy Nero
Rafi Pitts
Germany, France, Mexico
2016
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach
United States
2012
Ta’ang
Wang Bing
Hong Kong, France
2016
Suspiria
Dario Argento
Italy
1977
The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos
Greece, Ireland , Netherlands, United Kingdom, France
2015
Struggle for Life
La loi de la jungle
Antonin Peretjako
France
2016
Köpek
Esen Isik
Switzerland
2015
Eyes Find Eyes
Sean Price Williams, Jean-Manuel Fernandez
France, United States
2011
Speed
Geschwindigkeit
Edgar Reitz
West Germany
1963
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
Edgar Reitz
West Germany
1962
La herida
Fernando Franco
Spain
2013
Boxcar Bertha
Martin Scorsese
United States
1972
Wolf and Sheep
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Denmark, France, Sweden, Afghanistan
2016
Battle of the Queens
Kampf der Königinnen
Nicolas Steiner
Germany, Switzerland
2011
Awards
Main competition Retired categories
By year