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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 Magari opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth was screened as closing film.[2]
![]() Official poster of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival by Jannuzzi Smith. | |
Opening film | Magari |
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Closing film | To the Ends of the Earth |
Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Golden Leopard (Vitalina Varela) |
Festival date | 7–17 August 2019 |
Website | Website |
Juries
editInternational Competition
edit- Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor - Jury President
- Ilse Hughan, Dutch producer
- Emiliano Morreale, Italian film critic
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
- Angela Schanelec, German filmmaker
Filmmakers of the Present
edit- Jake Perlin, American producer - Jury President
- Shengze Zhu, Chinese filmmaker and producer
- Yolande Zauberman, French filmmaker
Leopards of Tomorrow
edit- Bi Gan, Chinese filmmaker - Jury President
- Alice Diop, French filmmaker
- Mike Plante, American short films programmer at Sundance Film Festival
Moving Ahead
edit- Michael Boyce Gillespie, American film theorist and historian - Jury President
- Aline Schmid, Swiss producer
- Eduardo Williams, Argentinian filmmaker
Best First Feature Prizes
edit- Margherita Chiti, Italian distributor - Jury President
- Frédéric Jaeger, German artistic director of Berlin Critics’ Week
- Jacqueline Lyanga, American festival director
Sections
editPiazza Grande
editEnglish Title | Original Title | Director | Production Country |
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7500 | Patrick Vollrath | Germany, Austria | |
Adoration | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium, France | |
Camille | Boris Lojkine | France | |
Days of the Bagnold Summer | Simon Bird | United Kingdom | |
Diego Maradona | Asif Kapadia | ||
Instinct | Halina Reijn | Netherlands | |
The Girl with a Bracelet | La Fille au bracelet | Stéphane Demoustier | France, Belgium |
A Letter to Freddy Buache | Lettre à Freddy Buache | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
If Only (Opening Film) | Magari | Ginevra Elkann | Italy, France |
New Acid | Basim Magdy | France, Switzerland | |
Notre Dame | Valérie Donzelli | France, Belgium | |
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
To the Ends of the Earth (Closing Film) | Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar |
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
editEnglish Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
---|---|---|---|
The Fever | A Febre | Maya Da-Rin | Brazil, France, Germany |
Echo | Bergmål | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland, France, Switzerland |
Cat in the Wall | Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova | Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France | |
A Voluntary Year | Das freiwillige Jahr | Ulrich Köhler , Henner Winckler | Germany |
Douze Mille | Nadège Trebal | France | |
During Revolution | Fi Al-Thawra | Maya Khoury | Syria, Sweden |
The Science of Fictions | Hiruk-pikuk si al-kisah | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia, Malaysia, France |
Maternal | Hogar | Maura Delpero | Italy, Argentina |
Isadora's Children | Les Enfants d'Isadora | Damien Manivel | France, South Korea |
Endless Night | Longa noite | Eloy Enciso | Spain |
O Fim do Mundo | Basil Da Cunha | Switzerland | |
Height of the Wave | 파고 | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
Technoboss | João Nicolau | Portugal, France | |
South Terminal | Terminal Sud | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France |
The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Joe Talbot | United States | |
Vitalina Varela | Pedro Costa | Portugal | |
A Girl Missing | よこがお | Koji Fukada | Japan, France |
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
editEnglish Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
---|---|---|---|
143 Sahara Street | 143 rue du désert | Hassen Ferhani | Algeria, France, Qatar |
Bird Island | L'Île aux oiseaux | Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa | Switzerland |
The Cold Raising The Cold | Lengmo weiyang lengmo | Rong Guang Rong | Italy |
The Dove and the Wolf | La Paloma y el Lobo | Carlos Lenin | Mexico |
Ham on Rye | Tyler Taormina | United States | |
Here for Life | Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson | United Kingdom | |
Ivana the Terrible | Ivana cea Groaznica | Ivana Mladenović | Romania, Serbia |
Love Me Tender | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland | |
Mariam | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan | |
Nafi's Father | Baamum Nafi | Mamadou Dia | Senegal |
Oroslan | Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia, Czech Republic | |
Overseas | Yoon Sung-a | Belgique, France | |
Space Dogs | Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter | Austria, Germany | |
The Tree House | Nhà Cây | Minh Quý Trương | Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, France, China |
Wonders in the Suburbs | Merveilles à Montfermeil | Jeanne Balibar | France |
The Young Observant | L'apprendistato | Davide Maldi | Italy |
Moving Ahead
editEnglish Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
---|---|---|---|
(tourism studies) | Joshua Gen Solondz | United States | |
A Topography of Memory | Burak Çevik | Turkey, Canada | |
Black Hole | Emmanuel Grimaud, Arnaud Deshayes | France | |
Color-blind | Ben Russell | France, Germany | |
Distancing | Miko Revereza | United States | |
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) | Ja'Tovia M. Gary | United States, France | |
In Memoriam | Jean-Claude Rousseau | France | |
The Invisible Hand | Omer Fast | China, Germany | |
Kasiterit | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia | |
Krabi, 2562 | Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong | United Kingdom, Thailand | |
Lore | Sky Hopinka | United States | |
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland, Switzerland | |
Osmosis | Shān Zhī Běi | Zhou Tao | China |
Ralf's Colors | Ralfs Farben | Lukas Marxt | Austria, Germany, Spain, France |
Swinguerra | Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca | Brazil | |
Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another | Jessica Sarah Rinland | United Kingdom, Argentina, Spain | |
Un film dramatique | Éric Baudelaire | France |
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
editInternational Competition (Concorso internazionale)
editEnglish Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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16 December | 16 de decembro | Alvaro Gago | Spain |
A Street Under | Chão de Rua | Tomas von der Osten | Brazil |
All Come From Dust | Younes Ben Slimane | Tunisia | |
All the Fires the Fire | Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis | Greece | |
The Animal | Tskhoveli | Amiran Dolidze | Georgia |
Black Sun | Siyah güneş | Arda Çiltepe | Turkey, Germany |
Cobalt Blue | Pyar pyar nyo yaung maing ta-lei-lei | Aung Phyoe | Myanmar |
Companions of the Cave | Ahlou al kahef | Fakhri El Ghezal | Tunisia |
Dossier of the Dossier | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand | |
Douma Underground | Douma that al ard | Tim Alsiofi | Lebanon, Syria |
Enduring Body | Râang Ton Taan | Ukrit Sa-nguanhai | Thailand |
Eyes on the Road | Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands | |
Father | Vader | Isabel Lamberti | Netherlands |
Flesh | Carne | Camila Kater | Brazil, Spain |
The Furniture Maker | El hacedor de muebles | David Aviles | Cuba |
How to Tell a True Immigrant Story | Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz | United States | |
In Vitro | Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind | United Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark | |
The Last Image of Father | Poslednja slika o ocu | Stefan Djordjevic | Serbia |
Leave of Absence | Otpusk | Anton Sazonov | Russia |
Mom's Movie | Stella Kyriakopoulos | Greece, Spain | |
Mthunzi | Tebogo Malebogo | South Africa | |
Our Territory | Notre territoire | Mathieu Volpe | Belgium |
Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea... | Moutons, loup et tasse de thé... | Marion Lacourt | France |
Shiver of Love | Frisson d'amour | Maxence Stamatiadis | France |
Tide | Marée | Manon Coubia | Belgium, France |
Umbilical | Danski Tang | United States | |
Unfinished | Incompiuta | Samira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano Doria | Italy |
Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream? | Vulcão: O Que Sonha um Lago? | Diana Vidrascu | France, Portugal, Romania |
White Afro | Akosua Adoma Owusu | Ghana, United States |
Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)
editEnglish Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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A Summer Morning | Un matin d'été | Patrick Muroni | Switzerland |
Aline | Simon Guélat | Switzerland, France | |
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau | Lasse Linder | Switzerland |
At the Pool | À la piscine | Consuelo Frauenfelder, Stefan Lauper | |
Azure Memories | L'azzurro del cielo | Enea Zucchetti | |
Life is One of the Simplest | Das Leben ist eines der Leichtesten | Marion Nyffenegger | |
Mama Rosa | Dejan Barac | Switzerland | |
Sas | Léa Célestine Bernasconi | Switzerland | |
Still Working | Julietta Korbel | ||
Silent Storm | Tempête silencieuse | Anaïs Moog | |
Terminal | Kim Allamand |
Official Awards
editThe following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
International Competition
edit- Golden Leopard: Vitalina Varela by Pedro Costa
- Special Jury Prize: Height of the Wave by Park Jung-bum
- Best Direction Award: Damien Manivel for Isadora's Children
- Best Actor Award: Regis Myrupu for The Fever
- Best Actress Award: Vitalina Varela for Vitalina Varela
- Special Mentions:
- The Science of Fictions by Yosep Anggi Noen
- Maternal by Maura Delpero
- Swatch First Feature Awards: Nafi’s Father by Mamadou Dia
Filmmakers of the Present
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Information of the 72nd Film Festival". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles". Retrieved 12 July 2019.