37th Locarno Film Festival

37th Locarno Film Festival
Opening filmBroadway Danny Rose directed by Woody Allen
Closing filmA Star Is Born directed by George Cukor
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: Stranger Than Paradise directed by Jim Jarmusch
Artistic directorDavid Strieff
Festival dateOpening: 10 August 1984 (1984-08-10)
Closing: 19 August 1984 (1984-08-19)
WebsiteLFF

The 37th Locarno Film Festival was held from 10 to 19 August 1984 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] For the first time in the history of the festival, the President of the Swiss Confederation, leader of Switzerland, attended the festival.[2] Other notable attendees included writer Patricia Highsmith, actor John Hurt and ambassadors from Italy and India.[2] This was considered the highest attended Locarno festival to date, with an unofficial estimate of 50,000 attendees. This was great news to organizers who had scheduled the festival a week later than usual to avoid competition from the television broadcast of the Olympics.[3]

The Grande Piazza open-air theater was upgraded with a Dolby audio system and the opening film was Broadway Danny Rose.[2][4] The closing film was the 1954 A Star Is Born directed by George Cukor.[2]

The festival did not have a week dedicated to a Nation's cinema this year as the spot was filled by the reissue of Hitchcock films and the "Silesian Tetralogy" from Kazimierz Kutz with the final film having its world premiere on the Grande Piazza screen at Locarno.[4]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Stranger Than Paradise directed by Jim Jarmusch.[5][6]

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:[7]

Main Competition

Feature Films

Feature Films In Competition - Main Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Campo Europa Pierre Maillard Switzerland
Der Gemeindepräsident The Mayor Bernard Giger Switzerland
Donauwalzer Waltz's of the Danube Xaver Schwarzenberger Austria
Jenstchina U Tchetvero Ieieu Moujtchine A Woman and Her Four Men Algimantas Puipa Russia
Kaltes Fieber Cold Fever Joseph Rusnak Germany
L'Air Du Crime The Air of Crime Alain Klarer Switzerland
L'Etat De Crise The State of Crisis Mamad Haghighat France, Germany
Le Roi De La Chine The King of China Fabrice Cazeneuve France
Noites Do Sertão Backland Nights Carlos Alberto Prates Correia Brazil
Notti E Nebbie Nights and Mists Marco Tullio Gordana Italy
Nunca Fomos Tão Felizes Nunca Happier Than Ever Murillo Salles Brazil
Stranger Than Paradise Jim Jarmusch USA
The Terence Davies Trilogy Terence Davies Great Britain
Tiznao Salvador Bonet, Dominique Cassuto de Bonet Venezuela
Öszi Almanach Almanac of Fall Béla Tarr Hungary

Television Movies

TV-Movies In Competition - Main Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Bali Istvan Szabo Germany
Edwin Rodney Bennet Great Britain
Gubijin-So Yu Bi-Soo Katsumi Ohyma Japan
Journey Into The Shadows Anna Benson Gyles Great Britain
Le Chien De Jerusalem Jerusalem's Dog Fabio Carpi Carpi France
Orfaos Da Terra Earth Orphans Paulo Alfonso Grisoli Brazil
Paolo E Francesca Paolo and Francesca Vittorio De Sisti Italy
Saigon: Year Of The Cat Stephen Frears Great Britain
Something About Amelia Randa Haines USA
The Aerodrome Giles Foster Great Britain
The Cafeteria Amram Nowak USA
The Dollmaker Daniel Petrie USA
The Killing Floor William Duke USA
The Wedding Gordon Flemying Great Britain
The Wooden Leg Maria Nicolakopoulou Greece
Walter Stephen Frears Great Britain

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

Feature Films Out of Competition - Main Program
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Sweet Body of Bianca Bianca Nanni Moretti Italy
Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen USA
Tosca's Kiss Il Bacio Di Tosca Daniel Schmid Switzerland
Khandhar Mrinal Sen India
Class Relations Klassenverhältnisse Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub Germany
The Holy Innocents Los Santos Inocentes Mario Camus Spain
Love Streams John Cassavetes USA
Diary for My Children Naplo Gyrmekeimnek Marta Meszaros Hungary
Paris, Texas Wim Wenders Germany, France
Rumble Fish Francis Ford Coppola USA
Signal 7 Rob Nilsson USA
Streamers Robert Altman USA

Special Sections

Carte Blanche to Bernardo Bertolucci

Carte Blanche to Bernardo Bertolucci
English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
42nd Street Lloyd Bacon 1933 USA
Germany, Year Zero Germania, Anno Zero Roberto Rossellini 1947 Italy
The Earrings of Madame de... Madame De... Max Ophüls 1953 France
Outskirts Okraina Boris Barnet 1933 Russia
Sansho the Bailiff Sansho Dayu Kenji Mizoguchi 1954 Japan

Retrospective - Lux-Film

Retrospective Lux-Film 1934-1954, Aesthetics And System of An Italian Studio
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Abbasso La Miseria Down the Misery Gennaro Righelli 1945 Italy
Anna Alberto Lattuada 1951 Italy
Bambini In Città Children in the City Luigi Comencini 1947 Italy
Barboni Bums Dino Risi 1946 Italy
Carosello Napoletano Neapolitan Carousel Ettore Giannini 1953 Italy
Don Bosco Goffredo Alessandrini Italy
Due Milioni Per Un Sorriso Two Million for a Smile Carlo Borghesio, Mario Soldati 1939 Italy
Giorno Di Nozze Wedding Day Raffaello Matarazzo 1942 Italy
Gioventù Perduta Lost Youth Pietro Germi 1947 Italy
Il Bandito The Bandit Alberto Lattuada 1946 Italy
Il Cavagliere Misterioso The Mysterious Knight Riccardo Freda 1948 Italy
Il Mercato Delle Facce The Faces Market Valerio Zurlini 1952 Italy
L'Imperatore Di Capri The Emperor of Capri Luigi Comencini 1949 Italy
La Corona Di Ferro The Iron Crown Alessandro Blasetti 1940 Italy
Malombra On a Malom Mario Soldati 1942 Italy
Mio Figlio Professore My Son Professor Renato Castellani 1946 Italy
Miss Italy Duilio Coletti 1949 Italy
Nettezza Urbana Urban Neatness Michelangelo Antonioni 1948 Italy
Non C'È Pace Tra Gli Ulivi There is No Peace among the Olive Trees Giuseppe De Santis 1950 Italy
Proibito Rubare Forbidden to Steal Luigi Comencini 1948 Italy
Riso Amaro Bitter Rice Giuseppe De Santis 1949 Italy
Ulisse Mario Camerini 1953 India
Un Americano In Vacanza An American on Vacation Luigi Zampa 1945 Italy
Una Lezione Di Geometria A Geometry Lesson Virginio Sabel 1948 Italy
Una Storia D'Amore A Love Story Mario Camerini 1942 Italy
Zazâ Renato Castellani 1942 Italy

Special Program

Special Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Star Is Born George Cukor 1954 USA
Banker Margayya Banker Architade T.S. Nagabharana India
Die Letzte Chance The Last Chance Léopold Lindtberg 1945 Switzerland
Drescze Sweaty Wojciech Marczewski 1981 Poland
Le Soldat Qui Dort The Sleeping Soldier Jean-Louis Benoit France, Switzerland
Nightsongs Marva Nabili USA
The Boy With The Green Hair Joseph Losey 1948 USA
Venido A Menos Come less Alejandro Azzano Argentina

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock 1899-1980
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock 1955 USA
The Rope Alfred Hitchcock 1948 USA
The Trouble With Harry Alfred Hitchcock 1956 USA
Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock 1958 USA

Kazimierz Kutz's Silesian Tetralogy

Kazimierz Kutz's Silesian Tetralogy
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Na Strazy Swej Stac Bede I Shall Always Stand Guard Kazimierz Kutz 1983 Poland
Paciorki Jednego Rozanca The Beads of One Rosary Kazimierz Kutz 1980 Poland
Perla W Koronie Pearls in the Crown Kazimierz Kutz 1972 Poland
Sol Ziemi Czarnej Salt of the Black Earth Kazimierz Kutz 1969 Poland

Parallel Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:[7]

Film Critics Week

FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week
Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Ardh Satya Govind Nihalani India
Dorado (One Way) Reinhard Münster Germany
Hasta Cierto Punto Up to a Point Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba
Künnyü Testi Sertes Light Bodily Pork György Szomias Hungary
Martha Dubronski Beat Kuert Switzerland
Memorias Do Carcere Memories Do Carcere Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil

Swiss Information

Swiss Information - Feature Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Er Moretto: Von Liebe Leben He Moretto: Live of Love Simon Bischoff Switzerland
Glut Thomas Koerfer Switzerland
Haus Im Süden House in the South Sebastian C. Schroeder Switzerland
Hunderennen Dog Racing Bernard Safarik Switzerland
Le Rapt (La Separation Des Races) Rapstile (Separation of Breeds) Pierre Koralnik, Jacques Probst Switzerland
Lieber Vater Dear Father Heinz Rodde Switzerland
Mann Ohne Gedächtnis Man without Memory Kurt Gloor Switzerland
Prenom Carmen PRESS NAME CARMEN Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland
Robert Frank (L'Immagine Della Poesia) Robert Frank (the Image of Poetry) Giampiero Tartagni Switzerland
Teddy Baer Rolf Lyssy Switzerland
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films
Beatrice Michel Rodde Switzerland
Erdzeichen, Menschenzeichen Earth Sign, Human Sign Switzerland
Flughafen Airport Claudio Moser Switzerland
Mongolia Peter Volkart Switzerland
Sunset At 7.30 P.M. Hans Glanzmann Switzerland
White Noise Franz Walser Switzerland
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films - Quickfilm Presents
Au Menu Ce Soir On the Menu Tonight Frédéric Maire Switzerland
Hep Taxi Bernard Theubet Switzerland

Official Awards

International Jury

Source:[5][6]

References

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  3. ^ Fainaru, Edna (22 August 1984). Written at Locarno. "Pictures: Locarno fest beats bad weather, olympics; attendance jumps 20%". Variety. Vol. 316, no. 4. Los Angeles. pp. 5, 28. ProQuest 1438412427.
  4. ^ a b Fainaru, Edna (15 August 1984). "Pictures: Locarno topper worried fest's popularity will strain resources". Variety. Vol. 316, no. 3. pp. 5, 34. ProQuest 1438408716.
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  6. ^ a b "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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