35th Locarno Film Festival

35th Locarno Film Festival
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Awards
  • Four Special Jury Mentions
  • Special Locarno Prize to Das Letzte Loch (The Last Hole) directed by Herbert Achternbusch
Artistic directorDavid Strieff
Festival dateOpening: 6 August 1982 (1982-08-06)
Closing: 15 August 1982 (1982-08-15)
WebsiteLFF

The 35th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1982 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] This was David Strieff's first year as director following the departure of Jean-Pierre Brossard.[2] A retrospective of Powell and Pressburger films was screened, which coincided with the burgeoning recognition of their work as "auteurs" in film circles.[3][2] Michael Powell attended the festival and gave a talk about auteurism with Swiss director Markus Imhoof, and Gaumont studio head Daniel Toscan du Plantir.[3]

Douglas Sirk attended the screening of documentary Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht "Querelle" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder Shoots "Querelle"), and sung its praises telling the director Dieter Schidor, a long-time Fassbinder collaborator, that it was "...a real film, much more than a documentary."[2][4] This was despite the omission of a 14-minute interview Rainer Werner Fassbinder gave hours before his death that had to be cut due to a German court injunction.[5][4] Fassbinder's mother got the injunction as she did not want people to see footage of him sick.[5][4]

No Golden Leopard or any other festival prizes were awarded this year, despite this year being considered a good one at Locarno, because the jury claimed the best films could not be ranked over each other and four films were given Special Mentions.[6][7][5][2] It was revealed that the Jury felt that the mix of art-house films against expensive prestige and commercial productions was unfair.[8][5][6] Festival organizers quickly assembled an ad-hoc jury to award a Special Locarno Prize and 10,000 Francs to Das Letzte Loch (The Last Hole) directed by Herbert Achternbusch.[9][7]

Jury

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:[10]

Main Program

In Competition - Feature Films

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
At The Horse Alo Ozgenturk Turkey
Das Letzte Loch The Last Hole Herbert Achternbusch Germany
Forty Deuce Paul Morrissey USA
Imagi Ninghtem Aribam Syam Sharma India
Klassengeflüster Class Murmurs Nino Jacusso, Franz Richenbach Switzerland
La Boda The Wedding Thaelman Urgelles Venezuela
La Plaza Del Diamante The Diamond Square Francesc Betriu Spain
Les Jocondes Jean-Daniel Pillault France
Panelkapcsolat The Prefab People Béla Tarr Hungary
Parti Sans Laisser D'Adresse Left without Leaving an Address Jacqueline Veuve Switzerland
Processo A Caterina Ross The Trial of Caterina Ross Gabriella Rosaleva Italia
Quartetto Basileus Baselus Quartet Fabio Carpi Italia
Thorvald Og Linda The Ballad of Linda Sven Gronlykke and Lene Gronlykke Denmark
To Ergostasio The Factory Tassos Psarras Greece
Traveller Joe Comerford Iceland
Uno Entre Muchos One among many Ariel Zuñiga Mexico
Wênd Kûuni God's Gift Gaston Kaboré France

Out of Competition - Feature Films

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Doro No Kawa The Side of the Doro Kohei Oguri Japan
Hammett Wim Wenders USA
Irezumi Tattoo Yoichi Takabayshi Japan
La Notte Di San Lorenzo The Night of San Lorenzo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italia
Megall Az Idö The Time Péter Gothar Hungary
Melvin And Howard Jonathan Demme USA
Moonlighting Jerzy Skolimovski Great Britain
Mourir A Trente Ans Half a Life Roman Goupil France
Yol Way Serif Gören Turkey

Retrospective - Powell & Pressburger

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
49th Parallel Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1941 Great Britain
A Canterbury Tale Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1944 Great Britain
A Matter Of Life And Death Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1946 Great Britain
An Airman's Letter To His Mother Michael Powell 1941 Great Britain
Black Narcissus Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1947 Great Britain
Gone To Earth Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1950 Great Britain
I Know Where I'M Going Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1945 Great Britain
Peeping Tom Michael Powell 1960 Great Britain
The Edge Of The World Michael Powell 1937 Great Britain
The Elusive Pimpernel Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1950 Great Britain
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1943 Great Britain
The Red Shoe'S Sketches Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1948 Great Britain
The Small Back Room Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1949 Great Britain
The Spy In Black Michael Powell 1939 Great Britain
The Tales Of Hoffmann Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1951 Great Britain
The Thief Of Bagdad Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell 1940 Great Britain
The Volunteer Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1943 Great Britain

Special Sections

Hommage to Sergei Eisenstein

The Office of Eisenstein: From Drawings to Films
Bejin Loug Bezhin Meadow Sergei M. Eisenstein 1936 Russia
Dnievnik Gloumova Glumov's Diary Sergei M. Eisenstein 1923 Russia
Ivan Grozni Ivan the Terrible Sergei M. Eisenstein 1944 Russia

Mexican National Cinema Week

Mexican National Week
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Cadena Perpetua Life Imprisonment Arturo Ripstein, Arturo Ripstein 1978 Mexico
Cafe Tacuba Jorge Prior 1982 Mexico
Canoa Canoe Felipe Cazals 1975 Mexico
El Lugar Sin Limites The Place without Limits Arturo Ripstein, Arturo Ripstein 1977 Mexico
En La Trampa In the Trap Raul Araiza 1978 Mexico
La Isla De La Pasion The Island of the Passion Emilio Fernandez 1941 Mexico
Maria De Mi Corazon MARIA DE MY HEART Jaime Humberto Hermosillo 1979 Mexico
Niño Fidencio Fidencio Child Nicolas Echevarria 1980 Mexico

Carte Blanche Selections by Markus Imhoof

Carte Blanche Sections by Markus Imhoof
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Fat City John Huston 1972 USA
Greed Erich von Stroheim USA
La Grande Illusion The Great Illusion Jean Renoir 1937 France
Los Olvidados The Forgotten Luis Buñuel 1950 Mexico
Opening Night John Cassavetes 1977 USA
Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli Rocco and His Brothers Luchino Visconti 1960 Italia

Out of Program & Special Program

Out of Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Das Schleisische Tor The Schleisian Gate Clemens Klopfenstein Germany
Drimage Silvio Soldini USA
Special Program
Effetto Olmi Olmi Effect Mario Brenta Italia
Le Festival De Locarno Dans Le Miroir Du Cine Journal Suisse The Locarno Festival in the Cine Journal Swiss Mirror Switzerland
Novy Vavilon New Babylon Grigori Kozintzev, Leonid Trauberg 1929 Russia
Parsifal Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Germany
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Dreht Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder Shoots "Querelle" Dieter Schidor Germany
Sonezaki Shinju Sonezaki Pearl Midori Kurisaki Japan
Vizsgalat Martinovics Ignac, Szaszvari Apat Es Tarsai Ügyben Examination Martinovics Ignac, Sasvari Apat and Tarsai Case Judith Elek Hungary

Parallel Screenings

Film Critics Week

FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Cinq Et La Peau Five and the Skin Pierre Rissient France
Dakhal Interfering Goutam Ghose India
Die Zeit Böse The Time Evil Beat Kuert Switzerland
Kettevalt Mennyezet Dowry Ceiling Pal Gabor Hungary
Nacht Der Wölfe Night of the Wolves Rüdiger Nüchtern Germany
No Eran Nadie They Were Nobody Sergio Bravo-Ramos Chile

Swiss Information

Swiss Information Feature Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Claire Et L'Obscur Claire and the Dark Costa Haralambis Switzerland
Das Flugjahr The Flight Year Markus Fischer Switzerland
Die Unterbrochene Spur The Interrupted Track Mathias Knauer Switzerland
Ludwig Hohl Alexander J. Seiler Switzerland
Matlosa Villi Hermann Switzerland
Unsere Eltern Haben Den Ausweis C 1. Schichtwechsel 2. Schulweg Zwischen Zwei Welten Our Parents Have the ID C 1. Shift Change 2. School Path Between Two Worlds Eduard Winiger Switzerland
Windplätze Aufgerissen Wind Places Opened Pius Morger Switzerland
Swiss Information Short And Means Films
A L'Ombre De La Peste To L'ombre of the Plague Martial Wannaz Switzerland
Chormann Lukas Strebel Switzerland
Der Geringste Winderstand The Slightest Resistance Peter Fischli Switzerland
Die Verkehrsmeldung The Traffic Message Alex Brunner Switzerland
Il Ponte The Bridge Rainaldo Zambrano Switzerland
Inventaire Lausannois Lausanne Inventory Yves Yersin Switzerland
La Solution! Maurice Giacomini, Luca Ionel Switzerland
Le Ravissement De Frank N. Stein The Delight of Frank N. Stein Georges Schwizgebel Switzerland
Lettre A Freddy Buache Letter to Freddy Buache Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland
Voyage Jusqu'A L'Aube Voyage to Dawn Christiane Kolla Switzerland

Official Awards

International Jury

Ad-Hoc Jury

FIPRESCI International Jury

  • FIPRESCI Prize: Klassengeflüster (Class Murmurs) directed by Nino Jacusso and Franz Richenbach[7]

Source:[11][12][9][7]

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