Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
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The 72nd annual Locarno Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2019.[1] The debut feature by Italian director-producer Ginevra Elkann's opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth was screened as closing film.[2]
Juries[]
International Competition[]
Filmmakers of the Present[]
- Jake Perlin, Producer (USA)
- Shengze Zhu, Filmmaker & Producer (China)
- Yolande Zauberman, Filmmaker (France)
Leopards of Tomorrow[]
- Bi Gan, Filmmaker (China)
- Alice Diop, Filmmaker (France)
- Mike Plante, Short films programmer at Sundance (USA)
Moving Ahead[]
- Michael Boyce Gillespie, Film theorist and historian (USA)
- Aline Schmid, Producer (Switzerland)
- Eduardo Williams, Filmmaker (Argentina)
Best First Feature Prizes[]
- Margherita Chiti, Distributor (Italy)
- Frédéric Jaeger, Artistic Director of Berlin Critics’ Week (Germany)
- Jacqueline Lyanga, Festival Director (USA)
Sections[]
Piazza Grande[]
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)[]
| Title
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Original title
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Country
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Director
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| The Fever
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A Febre
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Brazil, France, Germany
|
Maya Da-Rin
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| Echo
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Bergmål
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Iceland, France, Switzerland
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Rúnar Rúnarsson
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| Cat in the Wall
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Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France
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Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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| A Voluntary Year
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Das freiwillige Jahr
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Germany
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[de], Henner Winckler
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| Douze Mille
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France
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Nadège Trebal
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| During Revolution
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Fi Al-Thawra
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Syria, Sweden
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Maya Khoury
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| The Science of Fictions
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Hiruk-pikuk si al-kisah
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Indonesia, Malaysia, France
|
Yosep Anggi Noen
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| Maternal
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Hogar
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Italy, Argentina
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Maura Delpero
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| Isadora's Children
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Les Enfants d'Isadora
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France, South Korea
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Damien Manivel
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| Endless Night
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Longa noite
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Spain
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Eloy Enciso
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| O Fim do Mundo
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Switzerland
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Basil Da Cunha
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| Height of the Wave
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파고
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South Korea
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Park Jung-bum
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| Technoboss
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Portugal, France
|
João Nicolau
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| South Terminal
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Terminal Sud
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France
|
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
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| The Last Black Man in San Francisco
|
|
USA
|
Joe Talbot
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| Vitalina Varela
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Portugal
|
Pedro Costa
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| A Girl Missing
|
よこがお
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Japan, France
|
Koji Fukada
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Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)[]
| Title
|
Original title
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Country
|
Director
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| 143 sahara street
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143 rue du désert
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Algeria, France, Qatar
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Hassen Ferhani
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| Nafi's Father
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Baamum Nafi
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Senegal
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Mamadou Dia
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| Ham on Rye
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USA
|
Tyler Taormina
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| Here for Life
|
|
UK
|
Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson
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| Ivana the Terrible
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Ivana cea Groaznica
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Romania, Serbia
|
Ivana Mladenović
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| The Young Observant
|
L'apprendistato
|
Italy
|
Davide Maldi
|
| Bird Island
|
L'Île aux oiseaux
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Switzerland
|
Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa
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| The Dove and the Wolf
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La Paloma y el Lobo
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Mexico
|
Carlos Lenin
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| The Cold Raising The Cold
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Lengmo weiyang lengmo
|
Italy
|
Rong Guang Rong
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| Love Me Tender
|
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Switzerland
|
Klaudia Reynicke
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| Mariam
|
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Kazakhstan
|
Sharipa Urazbayeva
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| Wonders in the Suburbs
|
Merveilles à Montfermeil
|
France
|
Jeanne Balibar
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| The Tree House
|
Nhà Cây
|
Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, France, China
|
Minh Quý Trương
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| Oroslan
|
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Slovenia, Czech Republic
|
Matjaž Ivanišin
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| Overseas
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|
Belgique, France
|
Yoon Sung-a
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| Space Dogs
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Austria, Germany
|
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
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Moving Ahead[]
| Title
|
Original title
|
Country
|
Director
|
| (tourism studies)
|
|
USA
|
Joshua Gen Solondz
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| A Topography of Memory
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Turkey, Canada
|
Burak Çevik
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| Black Hole
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France
|
Emmanuel Grimaud, Arnaud Deshayes
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| Color-blind
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France, Germany
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Ben Russell
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| Distancing
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USA
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Miko Revereza
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| In Memoriam
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France
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Jean-Claude Rousseau
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| Kasiterit
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Indonesia
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Riar Rizaldi
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| Krabi, 2562
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UK, Thailand
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Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong
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| Lore
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USA
|
Sky Hopinka
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| The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me
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Poland, Switzerland
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Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
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| Ralf's Colors
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Ralfs Farben
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Austria, Germany, Spain, France
|
Lukas Marxt
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| Osmosis
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Shān Zhī Běi
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China
|
Zhou Tao
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| Swinguerra
|
|
Brazil
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Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
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| The Giverny Document (Single Channel)
|
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USA, France
|
Ja'Tovia M. Gary
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| The Invisible Hand
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China, Germany
|
Omer Fast
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| Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another
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UK, Argentina, Spain
|
Jessica Sarah Rinland
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| Un film dramatique
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France
|
Éric Baudelaire
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Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)[]
Leopards of Tomorrow is the festival's competitive program for short films, with separate international and Swiss sections.
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)[]
| Title
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Original title
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Country
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Director
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| 16 December
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16 de decembro
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Spain
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Alvaro Gago
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| Companions of the Cave
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Ahlou al kahef
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Tunisia
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Fakhri El Ghezal
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| All Come From Dust
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Tunisia
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Younes Ben Slimane
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| All the Fires the Fire
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Greece
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Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis
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| Flesh
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Carne
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Brazil, Spain
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Camila Kater
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| A Street Under
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Chão de Rua
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Brazil
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Tomas von der Osten
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| Dossier of the Dossier
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Thailand
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Sorayos Prapapan
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| Douma Underground
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Douma that al ard
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Lebanon, Syria
|
Tim Alsiofi
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| The Furniture Maker
|
El hacedor de muebles
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Cuba
|
David Aviles
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| Eyes on the Road
|
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Netherlands
|
Stefanie Kolk
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| Shiver of Love
|
Frisson d'amour
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France
|
Maxence Stamatiadis
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| How to Tell a True Immigrant Story
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|
USA
|
Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz
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| In Vitro
|
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United Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark
|
Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind
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| Unfinished
|
Incompiuta
|
Italy
|
Samira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano Doria
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| Tide
|
Marée
|
Belgium, France
|
Manon Coubia
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| Mom's Movie
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Greece, Spain
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Stella Kyriakopoulos
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| Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea...
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Moutons, loup et tasse de thé...
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France
|
Marion Lacourt
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| Mthunzi
|
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South Africa
|
Tebogo Malebogo
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| Our Territory
|
Notre territoire
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Belgium
|
Mathieu Volpe
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| Leave of Absence
|
Otpusk
|
Russia
|
Anton Sazonov
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| The Last Image of Father
|
Poslednja slika o ocu
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Serbia
|
Stefan Djordjevic
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| Cobalt Blue
|
Pyar pyar nyo yaung maing ta-lei-lei
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Myanmar
|
Aung Phyoe
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| Enduring Body
|
Râang Ton Taan
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Thailand
|
Ukrit Sa-nguanhai
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| Black Sun
|
Siyah güneş
|
Turkey, Germany
|
Arda Çiltepe
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| The Animal
|
Tskhoveli
|
Georgia
|
Amiran Dolidze
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| Umbilical
|
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USA
|
Danski Tang
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| Father
|
Vader
|
Netherlands
|
Isabel Lamberti
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| Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream?
|
Vulcão: O Que Sonha um Lago?
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France, Portugal, Romania
|
Diana Vidrascu
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| White Afro
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Ghana, USA
|
Akosua Adoma Owusu
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Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)[]
| Title
|
Original title
|
Country
|
Director
|
| Aline
|
|
Switzerland, France
|
Simon Guélat
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| Life is One of the Simplest
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Das Leben ist eines der Leichtesten
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Switzerland
|
Marion Nyffenegger
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| Azure Memories
|
L'azzurro del cielo
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Switzerland
|
Enea Zucchetti
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| Mama Rosa
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Switzerland
|
Dejan Barac
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| All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
|
Nachts sind alle Katzen grau
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Switzerland
|
Lasse Linder
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| Sas
|
|
Switzerland
|
Léa Célestine Bernasconi
|
| Still Working
|
|
Switzerland
|
Julietta Korbel
|
| Silent Storm
|
Tempête silencieuse
|
Switzerland
|
Anaïs Moog
|
| Terminal
|
|
Switzerland
|
Kim Allamand
|
| A Summer Morning
|
Un matin d'été
|
Switzerland
|
Patrick Muroni
|
| At the Pool
|
À la piscine
|
Switzerland
|
Consuelo Frauenfelder, Stefan Lauper
|
Awards[]
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
International Competition[]
Filmmakers of the Present[]
- Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: Nafi's Father by Mamadou Dia
- Best Emerging Director: Hassen Ferhani for 143 sahara street
- Special Jury Prize: Ivana the Terrible by Ivana Mladenović
- Special Mention: Here for Life by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Adrian Jackson
Moving Ahead[]
- Moving Ahead Award: The Giverny Document (Single Channel) by Ja'Tovia M. Gary
- Special Mentions:
- Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another by Jessica Sarah Rinland
- Osmosis by Zhou Tao
Leopards of Tomorrow[]
- Pardino d'oro for the Best International Short Film – SRG SSR Prize: Black Sun by Arda Çiltepe
- Pardino d'oro for the Best Swiss Short Film – Swiss Life Prize: Mama Rosa by Dejan Barac
- Pardino d'argento SSR SRG for the international competition: Umbilical by Danski Tang
- Pardino d'argento Swiss Life for the national competition: Silent Storm by Anaïs Moog
- Pardi di domani Best Direction Prize: Anton Sazonov for Leave of Absence
References[]
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