Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
75th Locarno Film Festival Festival poster
Opening film Bullet Train by David Leitch Closing film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André SchäferLocation Locarno , Switzerland Founded 1946 Awards Hosted by Associazione Festival del film Locarno Artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro No. of films226 Festival date Opening: 3 August 2022 (2022-08-03 ) Closing: 13 August 2022 (2022-08-13 ) Website 75 Locarno Film Festival
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]
Rotonda by la Mobiliare - Come together! [ edit ] 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 Exhibition SocialSim by Hito Steyerl [ edit ] VR Experience [ edit ] In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
Film Festival Tour by Ascona-Locarno [ edit ] Exhibition René Burri [ edit ] Skies by Kollektiv Beton @ BaseCamp [ edit ] A 24h long talk on the Future of Attention [ edit ] International Competition [ edit ] Filmmakers of the Present [ edit ] Leopards of Tomorrow [ edit ] First Feature [ edit ] Green Pardo WWF [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Sources:[6] [7]
Pre-Festival [ edit ] English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country No Dogs or Italians Allowed Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens Alain Ughetto France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland
Piazza Grande [ edit ] International competition (Concorso internazionale ) [ edit ] 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
Filmmakers of the present competition (Concorso Cineasti del presente ) [ edit ] 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
Leopards of tomorrow (Pardi di domani) [ edit ] International competition (Concorso internazionale ) [ edit ] 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
National Competition (Concorso nazionale) [ edit ] 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
Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d'autore) [ edit ] 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
Pardi do domani: Evento speciale [ edit ] Original Title Director(s) Production Country Let's make something ('Mano destra, Mano sinistra', 'Limes', 'Ci andavo in bicicletta', 'Lorem Ipsum', 'Buio', 'Virilio|Brecht', 'Nido di Pietra', 'La visita', 'Happy Homes', 'Sonnenstube', 'The Fortunates', 'Please make it work') Younes Ben Slimane, Caterina Biasiucci, Matilde Casari, Ben Donateo, María Silvia Esteve, Antonio Valerio Frascella, Reto Gelshorn, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Agnese Làposi, Davide Palella, Moona Pennanen, Daniel Soares Switzerland
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) [ edit ] 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
Open Doors Screenings [ edit ] 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
Open Doors Short Films Screenings [ edit ] 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
History(s) of Cinema (Histoire(s) du Cinéma) [ edit ] Retrospective (Retrospettiva) [ edit ] Homages [ edit ] Locarno Kids [ edit ] 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
International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique) [ edit ] 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
Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse) [ edit ] Official Awards [ edit ] Sources: [8] [9]
International Competition [ edit ] Filmmakers of the Present [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] International Competition (Concorso Internazionale) [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] Pardino d'oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film: Big Bang by Carlos Segundo First Feature [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Pardo Verde WWF : Matter Out of Time by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Special Mentions: Sermon to the Fish by Hilal Baydarov It Is Night in America by Ana Vaz Piazza Grande [ edit ] Audience award (Prix du Public UBS): Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey Variety Piazza Grande Award: Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir Independent jury awards [ edit ] Ecumenical Jury Award [ edit ] Stone Turtle by Ming Jin Woo European Cinemas Label Award [ edit ] Tommy Guns by Carlos Conceição International Critics' Week [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Matt Dillon winner of Leopard of Honour lifetime achievement award Costa-Gavras winner of Leopard Career Award Kelly Reichardt winner of Leopard of Honour Sources: [11] [12]
Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare) [ edit ] Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award) [ edit ] Vision Award Ticinomoda [ edit ] Premio Raimondo Rezzonico [ edit ] Excellence Award Davide Campari [ edit ] Leopard Club Award [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Ntim, Zac (3 August 2022). "Locarno Opens With 'Bullet Train', Surprise Brad Pitt Virtual Appearance & Aaron Taylor-Johnson Tribute" . Deadline . Retrieved 10 August 2022 . ^ Del Don, Giorgia (6 July 2022). "The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning" " . Cineuropa . Retrieved 10 August 2022 . ^ Stjepan Hundic (18 July 2022). "The Locarno Film Festival Returns to Pre-Pandemic Glory for Its Diamond Anniversary" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 10 August 2022 . ^ "Locarno75 Pardo d'oro goes to Regra 34" . Locarno Film Festival. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022 . ^ "The Locarno Film Festival rounds off its 75th edition in a packed Piazza Grande" . Locarno Film Festival. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022 . ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (28 July 2022). " "Every film has been picked out of love": Locarno artistic director talks 75th edition, standout titles" . Screen Daily . Retrieved 10 August 2022 . ^ Jordan Raup (6 July 2022). "Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2022 Lineup" . The Film Stage . Retrieved 10 August 2022 . ^ Ntim, Zac (13 August 2022). "Locarno Film Festival Winners: 'Rule 34' Takes Golden Leopard" . Deadline . Retrieved 13 August 2022 . ^ Blaney, Martin (13 August 2022). "Brazil's 'Rule 34' wins top prize at Locarno Film Festival" . Screen Daily . Retrieved 13 August 2022 . ^ Lodge, Guy (13 August 2022). "Provocative Brazilian Film 'Rule 34' Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival" . Variety . Retrieved 13 August 2022 . ^ Desroches, Thomas (1 August 2022). "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]. Allocine (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ "Pardo alla carriera Ascona-Locarno" . Locarno Festival. Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Scott Roxborough (21 June 2022). "Matt Dillon to Receive 2022 Locarno Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Ramachandran, Naman (31 May 2022). "India's Gitanjali Rao to be Honored With Locarno Kids Award" . Variety . Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Scott Roxborough (8 June 2022). "Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Honor From Locarno Film Festival" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Francesca Pierleoni (10 August 2022). "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]. Ansa (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Ntim, Zac (6 August 2022). "Jason Blum On His 'Exorcist' Remake, The Evolution Of Blumhouse & His Desire To Win An Oscar" . Deadline . Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Vivarelli, Nick (8 July 2022). "Aaron Taylor-Johnson to be Honored With Locarno Film Festival Excellence Award" . Variety . Retrieved 11 August 2022 . ^ Bałaga, Marta (7 August 2022). " 'Normal People' Star Daisy Edgar-Jones on 'Where the Crawdads Sing' and the 'Strangeness' of Stardom" . Variety . Retrieved 11 August 2022 . External links [ edit ]