Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno , Switzerland.[1] Beckett Ferdinando Cito Filomarino , which had its world premiere on 4 August.[2] [3] [4] COVID-19 pandemic .[5]
Events [ ] Rotonda by la Mobiliare -Come together! This event will be held from 30 July to 14 August. It is Locarno Film Festival’s communal space, which embraces existing audience and greets new people. It will have following platforms:
Art
Virtual Reality
Forum
Talks
Music
Food and beverage
Kids town
Come together Locarno Talks la Mobiliare During the course of the film festival, it will be a stage for exchanging and debating ideas and perspectives. It will have encounters with people from the world of art, photography, cinema music, politics and science.
Cinema and youth [ ] This is an initiative open to 28 final year students of high school or vocational school of Switzerland and Northern Italy, aged between 18 and 23. They will be privileged viewers as they may watch the screenings, meet directors and actors/actresses, attend specially organized introductory lectures on film language. In addition they will have access to the sidebar events.
Jury [ ] International competition [ ] Filmmakers of the present competition [ ] Leopards of tomorrow [ ] Kamal Aljafari , (Palestinian filmmaker and artist)Marie-Pierre Macia, (French Producer)
Adina Pintilie (Romanian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and curator)First feature [ ] Amjad Abu Alala (Sudanese film director, screenwriter and producer)Karina Ressler (Austrian editor)
Katharina Wyss (Switzerland, filmmaker) Sections [ ] Sources: [6] [7] [8]
Pre-festival [ ] LYNX by Laurent GeslinTomorrow My Love by Gitanjali RaoPiazza Grande [ ] Closing film
Highlighted title indicates closing film.[9] Highlighted title indicates special award winning film.International competition (Concorso internazionale ) [ ] Highlighted title indicates award winnerHighlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner
Title
English title
Country
Director
After Blue
Paradis Sale
France
Bertrand Mandico
Al Naher
The River
Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar
Ghassan Salhab
Espíritu sagrado The Sacred Spirit
Spain, France, Turkey
Chema García Ibarra
Gerda
Russia
Natalya Kudryashova
I Giganti
The Giants
Italy
Bonifacio Angius
Jiao Ma Tang Hui
'A New Old Play
Hong Kong , France
Qiu Jiongjiong
Juju Stories
Nigeria , France
C.J. Obasi , Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua
La place d'une autre
Secret Name
France
Aurélia Georges
Leynilögga
Cop Secret
Iceland
Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Luzifer
Austria
Peter Brunner
Medea
Russia
Alexander Zeldovich
Nebesa
Heaven Above
Serbia, Germany, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Srdjan Dragojević
Petite Solange
France
Axelle Ropert
Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Indonesia, Singapore, Germany
Edwin
Sis dies corrents The Odd-Job Men Spain
Neus Ballús [13]
Soul of a Beast
Switzerland
Lorenz Merz
Zeros and Ones
Italy, Germany, United States
Abel Ferrara [10]
Filmmakers of the present competition (Concorso Cineasti del presente ) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
Actual People
USA
Kit Zauhar
Agia Emi
Holy Emy
Greece, France, USA
Araceli Lemos
Amansa tiafi
Public Toilet Africa
Ghana
Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah
Brotherhood
Czech Republic , Italy
Francesco Montagner
Bu yao zai jian a, Yu hua tang
Virgin Blue
China
Niu Xiaoyu
Il Legionario
The Legionnaire
Italy /France
Hleb Papou
Kun maupay man it panahon Whether the Weather Is Fine
Philippines /France /Singapore /Indonesia /Germany /Qatar
Carlo Francisco Manatad
L’été l’éternité
Our Eternal Summer
France
Émilie Aussel
Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos
My Brothers Dream Awake
Chile
Claudia Huaiquimilla
Mostro
Mexico
José Pablo Escamilla
Mostro
Mexico
José Pablo Escamilla
Niemand ist bei den Kälbern
No One's with the Calves
Germany
Sabrina Sarabi
Shankar's Fairies
India
Irfana Majumdar
Streams
Tunisia /Luxembourg /France
Mehdi Hmili
Wet Sand
Switzerland /Georgia
Elena Naveriani
Zahorí
Switzerland /Argentina /Chile /France
Marì Alessandrini[14]
Leopards of tomorrow (Pardi di domani) [ ] The section consists of three competitions:
International competition (Concorso internazionale): Works by emerging filmmakers from all over the world;
National competition (Concorso nazionale): Swiss productions; and
Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore): short works by established directors International competition (Concorso internazionale ) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
A Máquina Infernal
The Infernal Machine
Brazil
Francis Vogner Dos Reis
And Then They Burn the Sea
Qatar
Majid Al-Remaihi
Atrapaluz
Suncatcher
Costa Rica , Mexico
Kim Torres
Dōng dōng de shèng dàn jié
Christmas
China, USA
Fengrui Zhang
Fantasma Neon
Neon Phantom
Brazil
Leonardo Martinelli
FIRST TIME [The Time for All but Sunset - VIOLET]
Germany
Nicolaas Schmidt
Giochi
Playtime
Italy
Simone Bozzelli
Imuhira
Home
Rwanda
Myriam Uwiragiye Birara
In Flow of Words
Netherlands
Eliane Esther Bots
Layl
Night
Germany /Qatar /Jordan /Palestine
Ahmad Saleh
Les Démons de Dorothy
The Demons of Dorothy
France
Alexis Langlois
Love, Dad
Czech Republic /Slovakia
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Mask
Iran
Nava Rezvani
Papyni krosivky
Dad's Sneakers
Ukraine
Olha Zhurba
Somleng reatrey
Sound of the Night
Cambodia
Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann
Squish!
Thailand /Singapore
Tulapop Saenjaroen
Steakhouse
Slovenia /Germany /France
Špela Čadež
The Sunset Special
Germany
Nicolas Gebbe
Strawberry Cheesecake
Singapore
Siyou Tan
Yi yi
Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays
Singapore
Giselle Lin
National competition (Concorso nazionale) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
After a Room
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland
Naomi Pacifique
Cavales
Dream Racing
Switzerland
Juliette Riccaboni
Chute
Strangers
Switzerland
Nora Longatti
Dihya
Switzerland
Lucia Martinez Garcia
Ding
Thing
Switzerland
Pascale Egli, Aurelio Ghirardelli
Es muss
It Must
Switzerland
Flavio Luca Marano, Jumana Issa
Four Pills at Night
Kosovo, Switzerland
Leart Rama
Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse
Switzerland
Kilian Vilim
Real News
Switzerland, Serbia
Luka Popadić
The Life Underground
Switzerland
Loïc Hobi
Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
Caricaturana
Romania
Radu Jude
Criatura
Creature
Argentina, Switzerland
María Silvia Esteve
Dead Flash
France
Bertrand Mandico
Fou de Bassan
France
Yann Gonzalez
Happiness Is a Journey
USA, Estonia
Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
Hotel Royal
Portugal
Salomé Lamas
How Do You Measure a Year?
United States
Jay Rosenblatt
Il faut fabriquer ses cadeaux
Gotta Fabricate Your Own Gifts
Switzerland
Cyril Schäublin
Kazneni udarac
Penalty Shot
Croatia /Slovenia /Austria
Rok Biček
Se posso permettermi
Italy
Marco Bellocchio
Out of competition (Fuori concorso) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
Dal pianeta degli umani
From the Planet of the Humans
Italy, Belgium, France
Giovanni Cioni
Il mostro della cripta
The Monster of the Crypt
Italy
Daniele Misischia
Mad God
United States
Phil Tippett
Pathos Ethos Logos
Portugal
Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel
Rampart
Serbia
Marko Grba Singh
She Will
UK
Charlotte Colbert
The Sadness
Taiwan
Rob Jabbaz
Open doors screenings [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
Aswang
Philippines, France, Norway, Germany, Qatar, Denmark
Alyx Ayn Arumpac
Bor mi vanh chark
The Long Walk
Laos, Spain, Singapore
Mattie Do
Manta Ray
Thailand, France, China
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Money Has Four Legs
Myanmar
Maung Sun
Nguoi truyen giong
The Inseminator
Vietnam, Germany
Bui Kim Quy
Od ba gegee
They Sing Up on the Hill
Mongolia , United Kingdom
Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav, Ian Allardyce
Sekala niskala
The Seen and Unseen
Indonesia
Kamila Andini
The Story of Southern Islet
Malaysia
Keat Aun Chong
Young Love
Cambodia
Lomorpich Rithy
History (s) of cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
A Távola de Rocha
Around Rocha’s Table
Portugal, Japan
Samuel Barbosa
Al-massir
Destiny
Egypt, France
Youssef Chahine
Derborence
Switzerland
Francis Reusser
Dick
USA, France, Canada
Andrew Fleming
Docteur Chance
Doctor Chance
France, Chile
F.J. Ossang
Retrospective (Retrospettiva) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
12 registi per 12 citt��: Genova
12 directors for 12 cities: Genoa
Italy
Alberto Lattuada
Amore in città
Love in the city
Italy
Alberto Lattuada, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini
Anna
Italy, France
Alberto Lattuada
Bianco rosso e...
White Sister
Italy, France, Spain
Alberto Lattuada
Così come sei
Stay as You Are
Italy, Spain
Alberto Lattuada
Locarno Kids: screenings [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
Clorofilla dal cielo blu
Switzerland
Victor J. Tognola
Go West
USA
Buster Keaton
Here My Village
Iran
Abas Aram
Trash - La leggenda della piramide magica
Trash - The legend of the magic pyramid
Italy
Luca Della Grotta, Francesco Dafano
Zu weit weg
Too Far Away
Germany
Sarah Winkenstette
Swiss panorama (Panorama Suisse) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
Apenas el sol
Nothing but the Sun
Switzerland /Paraguay
Arami Ullón
Atlas
Switzerland, Belgium, Italy
Niccolò Castelli
Das Mädchen und die Spinne
The Girl and the Spider
Switzerland
Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher
Das neue Evangelium
The New Gospel
Switzerland, Germany
Milo Rau
Das Spiel
The Game
Switzerland
Roman Hodel
Deine Strasse
Your Street
Switzerland
Güzin Kar
Mare
Switzerland, Croatia
Andrea Štaka
Critics' week (Semaine de la critique) [ ]
Title
English title
Country
Director
A Thousand Fires
France /Switzerland /Netherlands /Palestine
Saeed Taji Farouky
Bukolika
Poland
Karol Pałka
Film balkonowy
The Balcony
Poland
Paweł Łoziński
How to Kill a Cloud
Finland /Denmark
Tuija Halttunen
Walk With Angels
Poland
Tomasz Wysokiński
Stand Up My Beauty
Switzerland /Germany
Heidi Specogna
The Bad Man
Taiwan
Lee Yong Chao
Awards [ ] Source: [15] [16]
Leopard of Honour (Pardo d’onore Manor award) [ ] Special Awards [ ] Excellence Award Davide Campari Locarno Film Festival Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards
Special Lifetime achievement award: Dario Argento [19] Variety Piazza Grande Award: Rose by Aurélie Saada[20] The following awards will be presented for films shown in competition:
International competition [ ] A New Old Play (Jiao Ma Tang Hui ) by Qui JiongjiongFilmmakers of the present competition [ ] Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present : Brotherhood by Francesco MontagnerSpecial Jury Prize: L’Été L’éternité by Émilie Aussel
Best Emerging Director: Hleb Papou, Il Legionario
Leopard for the Best Actress: Saskia Rosendahl, No One’s With the Calves by Sabrina Sarabi
Leopard for the Best Actor: Gia Agumava, Wet Sand , by Elene Naveriani Leopards of Tomorrow [ ] Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film: Neon Phantom (Fantasma Neon ) by Leonardo Martinelli
Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Author Short Film: Creature (Criatura ) by María Silvia Esteve
Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition: The Demons of Dorothy , (Les Démons De Dorothy by Alexis Langlois
Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering: Eliane Esther Bots, In Flow of Words
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award: Home (Imuhira ) by Myriam Uwiragiye Birara Special Mentions
First Time (The Time For All But Sunset – Violet ) by Nicolaas SchmidtNational competition [ ] Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film: Strangers (Chute ) by Nora Longatti
Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the National Competition: After A Room by Naomi Pacifique
Best Swiss Newcomer Award: Flavio Luca Marano, Jumana Issa, It Must (Es Muss ) First feature [ ] Swatch First Feature Award: She Will by Charlotte Colbert
Special Mention
Holy Emy (Agia Emi ) by Araceli LemosReferences [ ]
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