75th Locarno Film Festival explained
The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film Bullet Train by David Leitch.[1] The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk's films in its Retrospettiva section.[2] [3]
The festival closed on 13 August with the Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit.) by André Schäfer. Rule 34 by Julia Murat was awarded the Golden Leopard and The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro Comodin Special Jury Prize.[4]
On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS, to Swiss-Belgian film Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven days of the festival, along with the film professionals.[5]
Events
Rotonda by la Mobiliare - Come together!
This event was held from July 29 to August 14. It is Locarno Film Festival's communal space, featuring a wide range of entertainment and discoveries, open and accessible to all. It constituted following platforms:
- Music
- Art
- Food and beverage
VR Experience
In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
A 24h long talk on the Future of Attention
Juries
International Competition
Filmmakers of the Present
- Annick Mahnert, film festival curator, film producer and director of programming at Fantastic Fest, programs the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
- Gitanjali Rao, Indian theatre actress, animator and filmmaker
- Katriel Schory, producer, senior consultant international co-productions
Leopards of Tomorrow
First Feature
Green Pardo WWF
- Thierry Hugot, responsible for the Sustainability Study Group at Eurimages
- Sonia I. Seneviratne, Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich
- Alessandro Rak, Italian cartoonist, animator and director
Sections
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Piazza Grande
International competition (Concorso internazionale)
Highlighted title indicates
Golden Leopard winner
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| The Adventures of Gigi the Law | Gigi la legge | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium |
| At Night the Cats Are Brown | De noche los gatos son pardos | Valentin Merz | Switzerland |
| Declaration | Ariyippu | Mahesh Narayanan | India |
| Fairytale | Skazka | Alexander Sokurov | Belgium, Russia |
| Human Flowers of Flesh | Helena Wittmann | Germany, France |
| I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica |
| Il Pataffio | Francesco Lagi | Italy |
| Matter Out of Place | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
| Piaffe | Ann Oren | Germany |
| Rule 34 | Regra 34 | Julia Murat | Brazil |
| Sermon to the Fish | Balıqlara xütbə | Hilal Baydarov | Azerbaijan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Saturn Bowling | Bowling Saturne | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium |
| Serviam – I Will Serve | Serviam – Ich will dienen | Ruth Mader | Austria |
| Stella in Love | Stella est amoureuse | Sylvie Verheyde | France |
| Stone Turtle | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia, Indonesia |
| Tales of the Purple House | Hikayat elbeit elorjowani | Abbas Fahdel | Lebanon, Iraq, France |
| Tommy Guns | Nação Valente | Carlos Conceição | Portugal, France, Angola |
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Filmmakers of the present competition (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| A Perfect Day for Caribou | Jeff Rutherford | United States |
| Arnold Is a Model Student | Arnon pen nakrian tuayang | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Philippines |
| Astrakan | David Depesseville | France |
| Before I Change My Mind | Trevor Anderson | Canada |
| Fragments From Heaven | Adnane Baraka | Morocco, France |
| How Is Katia? | Yak Tam Katia? | Christina Tynkevych | Ukraine |
| It Is Night in America | É Noite na América | Ana Vaz | Italy, France, Brazil |
| Little Ones | Petites | Julie Lerat-Gersant | France |
| Love Dog | Bianca Lucas | Poland, Mexico, United States |
| Matadero | Santiago Fillol | Argentina, Spain, France |
| Nightsiren | Svetlonoc | Tereza Nvotová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Our Lady of the Chinese Shop | Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês | Ery Claver | Angola |
| Petrol | Alena Lodkina | Australia |
| Safe Place | Sigurno mjesto | Juraj Lerotić | Croatia |
| Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? | Den siste våren | Franciska Eliassen | Norway |
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Leopards of tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
International competition (Concorso internazionale)
Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| AirHostess-737 | Thanasis Neofotistos | Greece |
| At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago | Andrew Stephen Lee | United States |
| Neighbour Abdi | Buurman Abdi | Douwe Dijkstra | Netherlands |
| Castells | Blanca Camell Galí | France, Spain |
| Dancing Colors | M. Reza Fahriyansyah | Indonesia |
| Daron, Daron Colbert | Kevin Steen | United States |
| Pillow Face | Faccia di cuscino | Saverio Cappiello | Italy |
| Hardly Working | Total Refusal | Austria |
| Diamond Kid | L'Enfant au diamant | Pierre Edouard Dumora | France |
| Shadow of the Butterflies | L'Ombre des papillons | Sofia El Khyari | France, Portugal, Qatar, Morocco |
| Lake of Fire | NEOZOON | Germany |
| Balls | Lopte | Gorana Jovanović | Serbia, Slovenia |
| Moon That Cracks Over the Darkness of My Loneliness | Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad | Lucila Mariani | Argentina |
| Mother Prays All Day Long | Madar tamame rooz doa mikhanad | Hoda Taheri | Germany |
| In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket | Mini-mini-pokke no okina niwa de | YUKI Yoko | Japan |
| Misaligned | Marta Magnuska | Poland, Latvia |
| Money and Happiness | Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr | Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia |
| Mulika | Maisha Maene | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Sovereign | Soberane | Wara | Cuba |
| Tiger Stabs Tiger | SHEN Jie | China |
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National Competition (Concorso nazionale)
Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| Brandon Roi | Romain Jaccoud | Switzerland |
| The Newt Congress | Der Molchkongress | Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser |
| Euridice, Euridice | Lora Mure-Ravaud |
| Fairplay | Zoel Aeschbacher |
| Heart Fruit | Kim Allamand |
| Heartbeat | Michèle Flury |
| I'm the Only One I Wanna See | Lucia Martinez Garcia |
| Gods of the Supermarket | Les Dieux du supermarché | Alberto Gonzalez Morales |
| Limits | Limites | Simon de Diesbach |
| Serafina | Noa Epars, Anna Simonetti |
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Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d'autore)
Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| Asterión | Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| At Dusk | Au crépuscule | Miryam Charles | Canada |
| Big Bang | Carlos Segundo | France, Brazil |
| Song for the Buried City | Chant pour la ville enfouie | Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval | France |
| Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It | Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Paradiso, XXXI, 108 | Kamal Aljafari | Palestine, Germany |
| Poitiers | Jérôme Reybaud | France |
| Nothing Will Be the Same Again | Rien ne sera plus comme avant | Elina Löwensohn | France |
| Last Screening | Songy Seans | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| That's How the Summer Ended | Tako se je končalo poletje | Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia, Hungary, Italy |
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Pardi do domani: Evento speciale
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| Candy Land | John Swab | United States |
| ERICA JONG - breaking the wall | Kaspar Kasics | Switzerland |
| Continental Drift (South) | La dérive des continents (au sud) | Lionel Baier | Switzerland, France |
| Lola | Andrew Legge | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Obscure night - Wild leaves (The burning ones, the obstinate) | Nuit obscure - Feuillets sauvages (Les brûlants, les obstinés) | Sylvain George | France, Switzerland |
| Love Lights | Objectos de Luz | Acácio de Almeida, Marie Carré | Portugal |
| Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After | Onde Fica Esta Rua? ou Sem Antes Nem Depois | João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata | Portugal, France |
| Prisma | Ludovico Bessegato | Italy |
| Prologos | Mantas Kvedaravičius | Lithuania, Greece |
| W | Anna Eriksson | Finland |
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Open Doors Screenings
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| 90 Minutes | 90 minutos | Aeden O'Connor Agurcia | Honduras |
| Ayiti mon amour | Guetty Felin | Haiti, United States |
| Option Zero | La opción cero | Marcel Beltrán | Brazil, Cuba, Colombia |
| Medea | Alexandra Latishev Salazar | Costa Rica, Chile |
| Right Near the Beach | Gibrey Allen | United States, Jamaica |
| Roza | Andres Rodríguez | Guatemala, Mexico |
| The Fishes Within | Todos los peces | Brenda Vanegas | El Salvador |
| A Film About Couples | Una película sobre parejas | Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada | Dominican Republic |
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Open Doors Short Films Screenings
| Original Title | Director | Production Country |
|---|
| Agwe | Samuel Frantz Suffren | Haiti |
| Black Doll | Akley Olton | Saint Vincent, Grenadines |
| Hojas de K. | Gloria Carrión | Nicaragua, Costa Rica |
| Liremu Barana | Elvis Caj Cojoc | Guatemala, Norway |
| Negra soy | Laura Bermúdez | Honduras |
| Out of many | Rebecca Williams | Jamaica |
| Scars of Our Mothers' Dreams | Meschida Philip | Grenada |
| Techos Rotos | Yanillys Pérez | Dominican Republic |
| Tundra | José Luis Aparicio Ferrera | Cuba |
| Umbra | Daniela Muñoz Barroso | Cuba |
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History(s) of Cinema (Histoire(s) du Cinéma)
Retrospective (Retrospettiva)
Homages
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| Angst essen Seele auf | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany |
| Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair | Roman Hüben | Switzerland, Germany, France |
| Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Mirage of Life: Portrait of Douglas Sirk | Mirage de la vie | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland |
| The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk | Mark Rappaport | United States, France |
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Locarno Kids
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| Bombay Rose | Gitanjali Rao | India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar |
| I Don't Wanna Dance | Flynn Von Kleist | Netherlands |
| La freccia azzurra | Enzo D'Alò | Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg |
| The Red Balloon | Le Ballon rouge | Albert Lamorisse | France |
| How I Learned to Fly | Leto kada sam naučila da letim | Radivoje Andrić | Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia |
| Omar & Pincette | Julien Sulser | Switzerland |
| Princesse Dragon | Jean-Jacques Denis, Anthony Roux | France |
| Sihja, The Rebel Fairy | Sihja - kapinaa ilmassa | Marja Pyykkö | Finland, Netherlands, Norway |
| Yuku et la fleur d'Himalaya | Arnaud Demuynck, Rémi Durin | Belgium, France, Switzerland |
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International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|
| Ruthless Times - Songs of Care | Armotonta menoa - Hoivatyön lauluja | Susanna Helke | Finland |
| Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain | Susanna della Sala | Italy |
| The River is not a Border | Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière) | Alassane Diago | France, Senegal, Germany |
| The Visitors | Veronika Lišková | Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia |
| Fledglings | Pisklaki | Lidia Duda | Poland |
| The DNA of Dignity | Jan Baumgartner | Switzerland |
| The Hamlet Syndrome | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski | Poland, Germany |
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Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse)
Official Awards
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International Competition
Filmmakers of the Present
- Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: Nightsiren by Tereza Nvotová
- Special Jury Prize: How Is Katia? by Christina Tynkevych
- Best Emerging Director: Juraj Lerotić for Safe Place
- Leopard for the Best Actress: Anastasia Karpenko for How Is Katia?
- Leopard for the Best Actor: Goran Marković for Safe Place
- Special Mention: Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? by Franciska Eliassen
Leopards of Tomorrow
International Competition (Concorso Internazionale)
- Pardino d'oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film:
- Pardino d'argento SRG SSR for the International Competition:
- Neighbour Abdi by Douwe Dijkstra
- Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering:
- Hardly Working by Total Refusal
- Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award:
- Special Mentions:
- Mother Prays All Day Long by Hoda Taheri
National Competition (Concorso Nazionale)
- Pardino d'oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film:
- Euridice, Euridice by Lora Mure-Ravaud
- Pardino d'argento Swiss Life for the National Competition:
- The Newt Congress by Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser
- Best Swiss Newcomer Award:
- Michèle Flury for Heartbeat
Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d'autore)
- Pardino d'oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film:
- Big Bang by Carlos Segundo
First Feature
- Swatch First Feature Award: Safe Place by Juraj Lerotić
- Special Mention:
- Love Dog by Bianca Lucas
- At Night the Cats Are Brown by Valentin Merz
Green Pardo WWF
- Pardo Verde WWF:
- Matter Out of Place by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Special Mentions:
- Sermon to the Fish by Hilal Baydarov
- It Is Night in America by Ana Vaz
Piazza Grande
- Audience award (Prix du Public UBS):
- Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey
- Variety Piazza Grande Award:
- Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir
Independent jury awards
Ecumenical Jury Award
- Stone Turtle by Ming Jin Woo
European Cinemas Label Award
- Tommy Guns by Carlos Conceição
International Critics' Week
- Grand Prix:
- The Hamlet Syndrome by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowsk
- Premio Zonta Club Locarno:
- Ruthless Times – Songs of Care by Susanna Helke
- Marco Zucchi Award:
Junior Jury Awards
- Junior Jury Award: Piaffe by Ann Oren
- Runner-up: Tommy Guns by Carlos Conceição
- Second runner-up: Serviam – Ich Will Dienen by Ruth Mader
- Environment Award: Sermon to the Fish by Hilal Baydarov
- Cineasti del Presente Award: Sister, What Grows Where Land is Sick?, by Franciska Eliassen
- Special Mention: Petites by Julie Lerat-Gersant
- Best International Short Film: Hardly Working by Total Refusal
- Best Swiss Short Film: Fairplay by Zoel Aeschbacher
- Special Mention: Les Dieux du Supermarché by Alberto Gonzalez Morales
- Open Doors Short Award: Techos Rotos by Yanillys Pérez
Special Awards
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Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare)
Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award)
Vision Award Ticinomoda
See main article: article and Vision Award (Locarno Film Festival).
Premio Raimondo Rezzonico
Excellence Award Davide Campari
Leopard Club Award
Notes and References
- Web site: Locarno Opens With 'Bullet Train', Surprise Brad Pitt Virtual Appearance & Aaron Taylor-Johnson Tribute. Ntim . Zac. 3 August 2022. 10 August 2022. Deadline . en.
- Web site: The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning". Giorgia . Del Don . Cineuropa . 6 July 2022 . 10 August 2022.
- Web site: The Locarno Film Festival Returns to Pre-Pandemic Glory for Its Diamond Anniversary . Stjepan Hundic . Hollywood Reporter . 18 July 2022 . 10 August 2022. en.
- Web site: Locarno75 Pardo d'oro goes to Regra 34. Locarno Film Festival . 13 August 2022. 14 August 2022.
- Web site: The Locarno Film Festival rounds off its 75th edition in a packed Piazza Grande. Locarno Film Festival . 14 August 2022. 15 August 2022.
- Web site: "Every film has been picked out of love": Locarno artistic director talks 75th edition, standout titles. Geoffrey . Macnab . Screen Daily . 28 July 2022 . 10 August 2022 . en.
- Web site: Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2022 Lineup . Jordan Raup. The Film Stage . 6 July 2022 . 10 August 2022.
- Web site: Locarno Film Festival Winners: 'Rule 34' Takes Golden Leopard. Ntim . Zac. 13 August 2022. 13 August 2022. Deadline . en.
- Web site: Brazil's 'Rule 34' wins top prize at Locarno Film Festival. Martin . Blaney . Screen Daily . 13 August 2022 . 13 August 2022 . en.
- Web site: Lodge . Guy . 13 August 2022 . Provocative Brazilian Film 'Rule 34' Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival . 13 August 2022 . Variety . en-US.
- Web site: Locarno 2022 : Brad Pitt et Sophie Marceau en sélection, Matt Dillon honoré par le Festival . Locarno 2022: Brad Pitt and Sophie Marceau in selection, Matt Dillon honored by the Festival titles. Thomas. Desroches . Allocine . 1 August 2022 . 11 August 2022 . fr.
- Web site: Pardo alla carriera Ascona-Locarno. Locarno Festival . 11 August 2022.
- Web site: Matt Dillon to Receive 2022 Locarno Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award . Scott Roxborough . Hollywood Reporter . 21 June 2022 . 11 August 2022. en.
- Web site: India's Gitanjali Rao to be Honored With Locarno Kids Award . Ramachandran . Naman. 31 May 2022. 11 August 2022. Variety . en-US.
- Web site: Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Honor From Locarno Film Festival. Scott Roxborough . The Hollywood Reporter . 11 August 2022 . 8 June 2022.
- Web site: Laurie Anderson, troppe armi in Usa, temo sorta di guerra civile: All'Artista il Vision Award Ticinomoda. Laurie Anderson, too many weapons in the US, I fear a kind of civil war: The Ticinomoda Vision Award to the Artist . Francesca Pierleoni . Ansa . August 10, 2022. 11 August 2022 . it.
- Web site: Jason Blum On His 'Exorcist' Remake, The Evolution Of Blumhouse & His Desire To Win An Oscar. Ntim . Zac. 6 August 2022. 11 August 2022. Deadline . en.
- Web site: Aaron Taylor-Johnson to be Honored With Locarno Film Festival Excellence Award . Vivarelli . Nick. 8 July 2022. 11 August 2022. Variety . en-US.
- Web site: 'Normal People' Star Daisy Edgar-Jones on 'Where the Crawdads Sing' and the 'Strangeness' of Stardom. Bałaga . Marta. 7 August 2022. 11 August 2022. Variety . en-US.
