60th Locarno Film Festival

60th Locarno Film Festival
Opening filmVexille directed by Fumihiko Sori
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Rebirth directed by Masahiro Kobayashi
Artistic directorFrederic Marie
No. of films338
Festival dateOpening: 1 August 2007 (2007-08-01)
Closing: 11 August 2007 (2007-08-11)
WebsiteLFF

The 60th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2007 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] There were 19 films in competition, of which, 15 were world premieres and four were international premieres. Seven of the films were from first time directors.[1] The opening film of the festival was the anime Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori.[1] It was accompanied by fireworks and an opening speech from artist director Frederic Marie.[2] The Vexille screening was immediately followed by Ingmar Bergman's final film Saraband, a last minute addition, screened in dedication to Bergman who had died that Monday.[2]

Other films on the Piazza Grande, the 8,000 seat open-air theater, were Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatum and Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror.[3] Rodriguez and lead actress of Planet Terror, Rose McGowan, both attended the festival, along with Anthony Hopkins who had his directorial debut with Slipstream at the festival.[3] Two evenings on the Piazza Grande were rained out and forced audiences inside to the Fevi, the 3,200 seat theater.[4][3] The winner of the audience prize was Death at a Funeral directed by Frank Oz.[4]

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the festival, many directors who had brought movies to the festival over the years returned including, Claude Chabrol, Marco Bellocchio, Raul Ruiz, Mike Leigh, Fredi Murer, Yousri Nasrallah.[5] The festival also honored recently deceased directors Edward Yang and Michelangelo Antonioni with screenings of their films Yi Yi and Zabriskie Point.[6]

The Locarno Excellence Award was presented to Spanish actress Carmen Maura by Italian Nobel Prizewinner Dario Fo, who told the story of his first visit to the festival 20 years earlier.[6][7] The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Hou Hsiao-Hsien for his achievements in cinema.[8][9]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Ai No Yokan (The Rebirth) directed by Masahiro Kobayashi.[10][11][4]

Official Jury

Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:[13]

Piazza Grande

English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
That Day 1 Journée Jacob Berger 2007 Switzerland
1408 Mikael Håfström 2007 USA
Bellissima Luchino Visconti 1951 Italia
Chicago 10 Brett Morgen 2007 USA
Cinema Mundi Stefano De Luigi 2007 Italia
Death at a Funeral Frank Oz 2007 USA
Hairspray Adam Shankman 2007 USA
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster J'Ai Toujours Rêvé D'Être Un Gangster Samuel Benchetrit 2006 France
Knocked Up Judd Apatow 2007 USA
The Little Girl (Short) La Eta Knabino (Short) Samir 1997 Switzerland
Flight of the Red Balloon Le Voyage Du Ballon Rouge Hou Hsiao-hsien 2007 France
My Brother Is an Only Child Mio Fratello È Figlio Unico Daniele Luchetti 2007 Italia
Nothing but Ghosts Nichts Als Gespenster Martin Gypkens 2007 Germany
Planet Terror Robert Rodriguez 2007 USA
The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass 2007 USA
The Drummer Kenneth Bi 2007 Hong Kong
The Screening (Short) Ariane Michel 2007 France
Vexille Fumihiko Sori 2007 Japan
We Want Roses Too Vogliamo Anche Le Rose Alina Marazzi 2007 Italia
Waitress Adrienne Shelly 2007 USA
Winners And Losers Lech Kowalski 2007 USA
Yi Yi Edward Yang 2000 Taiwan
Zabriskie Point Michelangelo Antonioni 1970 USA

International Competition

Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner

English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Perfect Day Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige 2005 France
The Rebirth Ai No Yokan Masahiro Kobayashi 2007 Japan
Boys Of Tomorrow Dong-seok Noh 2006 South Korea
Capitaine Achab Philippe Ramos 2007 France
Summit Circle Contre Toute Espérance Bernard Émond 2007 Canada
Extraordinary Rendition Jim Threapleton 2007 Great Britain
Free to Leave Freigesprochen Peter Payer 2007 Austria
Sooner or Later Früher Oder Später Ulrike von Ribbeck 2007 Germany
Out of Bounds Fuori Dalle Corde Fulvio Bernasconi 2007 Switzerland
Haïti Chérie Claudio Del Punta 2007 Italia
Joshua George Ratcliff 2007 USA
The Yellow House La Maison Jaune Amor Hakkar 2007 France
Thieves Ladrones Jaime Marques 2007 Spain
Possible Lives Las Vidas Posibles Sandra Gugliotta 2007 Argentina, Germany
The Best of Me Lo Mejor De Mí Roser Aguilar 2006 Spain
Memories (Jeonju Digital Project 2007) Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki, Eugène Green 2007 South Korea
The Golden Helmet O Capacete Dourado Jorge Cramez 2007 Portugal
The Rest is Silence Restul E Tacere Nae Caranfil 2007 Romania
Slipstream Anthony Hopkins 2007 USA
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris Sous Les Toits De Paris Huner Saleem 2007 France

Filmmakers of the Present

The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers.[14]

Filmmakers of the Present

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
An Seh They Save Naghi Nemati 2007 Iran
Comme À Ostende Like in Ostend Delphine Lehericey 2007 Belgium
Estrellas Stars Federico León, Marcos Martínez 2007 Argentina
Guillaume Et Les Sortilèges Guillaume and the Spells Pierre Léon 2007 France
Imatra Corso Salani 2007 Italia
Japan Japan Lior Shamriz 2007 Germany
Juízo Judgment Maria Ramos 2007 Brazil
Lo Bueno De Llorar The Good Thing About Crying Matías Bize 2007 Spain
Loren Cass Chris Fuller 2007 USA
Never Sleeps Jerome Baur, Benoit Falize, Philippe Flechaire 2006 France
Nirakar Chhaya Formless Shade Ashish Avikunthak 2007 India
Nos Vies Privées Our Private Lives Denis Côté 2007 Canada
Nu Te Supara, Dar... Don't be Upset, but ... Adina Pintilie 2007 Romania
Nuage Cloud Sébastien Betbeder 2007 France
Phantom Love Nina Menkes 2007 USA
Tagliare Le Parti In Grigio Cut the Parts into Gray Vittorio Rifranti 2007 Italia
Tejút Milky Way Benedek Fliegauf 2007 Hungary
Tussenstand Interim Mijke de Jong 2007 Netherlands
Xia Wu Gou Jiao Zhang Yuedong 2007 China

Leopard of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani)

Leopards of Tomorrow - Special Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Article 03 Frederic Choffat, Julie Gilbert 2007 Switzerland
Bouly, Le Campeur Bouly, the Camper Anthony Vouardoux 2007 Switzerland
Croire Believe François Rossier 2007 Switzerland
Der Illettrist The Illetistist Stefan Hillebrand, Oliver Paulus 2007 Switzerland
Le Ciel Sur Locarno The Sky on Locarno Michele Lamassa 2007 Switzerland
Selma Bernie Forster 2006 Switzerland
Un Altro Mondo Another World Mohammed Soudani 2007 Switzerland

International Competition

Concorso Internazionale

International Competition - Leopards of Tomorrow
Anémone Anemone Nathalie Teirlinck 2007 Belgium
Bende Sira (Ich Bin Dran) Bend Sira (I'm on) Ismet Erguen 2007 Germany
Blue Collars And Buttercups Janis Pugh 2007 Great Britain
Braedrabylta Grímur Hákonarson 2007 Iceland
Dora Sergio Basso 2007 Italia
Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! Sébastien Pilote 2007 Canada
Granitsa Border Vanja D'Alcantara 2006 Belgium
Hoy No Estoy I Am not Today Gustavo Taretto 2007 Argentina
Kaffepausen Coffee Break Johannes Pico Geerdsen 2007 Denmark
Kin Stephen Carroll 2006 Australia
L'Armée Des Fourmis The Fourmis Army Wissam Charaf 2007 France
L'Inconnu The Unknown Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux 2007 France
Le Café Des Pêcheurs Fishermen's Coffee Al Hadi Ulad Mohand 2007 France
Mein Vater Schläft My Father Sleeps Grzegorz Muskala 2007 Germany
Pig And Shakespeare Geon Kim 2007 South Korea
Rewind Atul Taishete 2007 India
The Soldier'S Wife John (J.B.) Herndon 2007 USA
Tongue Tied Ken Wardrop 2007 Ireland
Valuri Values Adrian Sitaru 2007 Romania
Waltzes And Tangos From The Village Of Whitewater Ivan Vladimirov 2007 Bulgaria
Wing, The Fish That Talked Back Ricky Rijneke 2007 Netherlands
Zohar Yasmine Novak 2007 Israel

Swiss Competition

Swiss Competition – Leopards of Tomorrow
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Anche Fiori A Volte Even Flowers Sometimes Zijad Ibrahimovic 2007 Switzerland
Clandestins Illegal Shirin Mashayekh 2007 Switzerland
Fathom Vladimir Jedlicka 2007 Switzerland
Ferien Holiday Memi Beltrame 2007 Switzerland
Icebergs Germinal Roaux 2007 Switzerland
Il Neige À Marrakech It Snows in Marrakech Hicham Alhayat 2006 Switzerland
Landleben Country Life Lukas Egger 2007 Switzerland
Latitude 2023 Florence Guillermin 2006 Switzerland
Lostage Bettina Eberhard 2007 Germany
Ménagerie Intérieure Interior Menagerie Nadège De Benoit-Luthy 2007 Switzerland
Null Grad Claudia Lorenz 2006 Switzerland
Orloj Astronomical Clock Jeanne Rektorik 2007 Switzerland
René Tobias Nölle 2007 Switzerland
Sale Gosse Joëlle Bacchetta 2007 Switzerland
The Little Samurai Lorenz Merz 2006 Switzerland
The Study Of Bunkers &Amp; Mounds In A Temperate Climate (Relatively Speaking) Sebastian Michael 2006 Great Britain
Twist Alexia Walther 2006 Switzerland

Open Doors: Screenings

The Open Doors section is dedicated to film and filmmakers from different regions around the world. This year the section was dedicated to films from the Middle East, including films from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine and Israel.[3]

Open Doors – Middle East (Mashrek)

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Ana Alati Tahmol Azouhour Ila Qabriha I Am the One Who Shows Her Grave Hala Alabdalla, Ammar Albeik 2006 Syria
Ard Al-Khof Daoud Abdel Sayed 1999 Egypt
Atash Attempted Tawfik Abu Wael 2004 Israel
Avdei Hashem Hadar Friedlich 2002 Israel
Baghdad Days Hiba Bassem 2005 Great Britain
Be Quiet Sameh Zoabi 2005 France
Ertijal Raed Andoni 2005 Palestine
Hatiyul Hapnimi Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 2001 Israel
Hessed Shel Emet Shalom Hager 2002 Israel
Hown Wa Hounyk Nadine Khan 2004 Egypt
Lamma Hikyit Maryam Assad Foulakdar 2000 Lebanon
Le Voyage De Rabia Rabia's Trip Meyar Al Roumi 2006 France
Maarek Hob Danielle Arbid 2004 France
Or (My Treasure) Keren Yedaya 2004 Israel
Prêt-À-Porter Imm Ali Imm Ali Ready-to-Wear Dima El-Horr 2001 France
Ramad Joana Hadjithomas 2003 France
Sahar El Layali Layali Magic Hany Khalifa 2003 Egypt
Sharar The Waste Hazim Bitar, Saleh Kasem, Ammar Quttaineh 2006 Giordania
Taht Alsakf Will be Alsakf Nidal Al-Dibs 2005 Syria
Underexposure Oday Rasheed 2005 Iraq
Wahed Fe El Million Nadine Khan 2006 Egypt
Yaoumiyat Beirut: Hakaek Wa Akatheeb Yummy Beirut: Hakek Wa Agathib Mai Masri 2006 Lebanon
Youm El-Ethneen Tamer El Said 2004 Egypt

Here And Away

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
15 Minutos De Gloria 15 Minutes of Glory Paula de Luque 2007 Argentina
A Day in the Country Sylvie Michel 2007 Germany
A Friend Like None Toh Hai Leong, Chew Tze Chuan 2007 Singapour
Agora Tu Now you Jeanne Waltz 2007 Portugal
Copacabana Martín Rejtman 2006 Argentina
Crime and Punishment LIANG Zhao 2007 China
Dutti Der Riese Dutti the Giant Martin Witz 2007 Switzerland
Einspruch V Objection v Rolando Colla 2007 Switzerland
Handerson E As Horas Handerson and the Hours Kiko Goifman 2007 Brazil
Harat Rock Sepideh Farsi 2007 France
I Promessi Sposi Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti 2007 Italia
I Want to be a Pilot Diego Quemada-Diez 2006 Spain
Ici Et Ailleurs Here and Elsewhere Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville 1974 France
Il Pianto Della Statua The Cry of the Statue Elisabetta Sgarbi 2007 Italia
Il Viaggio Di Gesù The Journey of Jesus Sergio Basso 2007 Italia
Independenta Romaniei The Independence of Romania Grigore Brezeanu, Aristide Demetriade 1912 Romania
Io Non Sono Un Moderato I Am not a Moderate Andrea Nobile 2007 Italia
Kadin Woman Adolfo Alix Jr. 2007 Philippines
L'An Prochain À Jérusalem Next Year in Jerusalem Myriam Aziza 2006 France
La Capture Capture Carole Laure 2007 Canada
La Danse De L'Enchanteresse The Dance of the Enchantress Brigitte Chataignier, Adoor Gopalakrishnan 2007 France
La Nostra Chiesa Our Church Guido Chiesa, Enzo Mercuri 2007 Italia
La Señal De Kell Kell's Signal Rodrigo Moreno 2007 Argentina
Le Créneau The Niche Frédéric Mermoud 2007 France
Le Retour Des Cinéphiles The Return of Moviegoers Louis Skorecki 2007 France
Little Moth Tao Peng 2007 China
Morceaux De Conversations Avec Jean-Luc Godard Pieces of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard Alain Fleischer 2007 France
Mots D'Après La Guerre Warning Words Anouar Brahem 2007 Tunisia
Mujeres Elefante Elephant Women Adrián Caetano 2007 Argentina
Palestines Palestinian Etienne Beurier, Thomas Ellis, Constantin Simon 2007 France
Petite Flamme Small Flame Eric Morfaux 2007 France
Preussisch Gangstar Preussian Gangstar Irma-Kinga Stelmach, Bartosz Werner 2007 Germany
Rockarbëresh Rockarb Salvo Cuccia 2007 Italia
Salata Baladi Ballad Salad Nadia Kamel 2007 Egypt
Sally Gross - The Pleasure of Stillness Albert Maysles, Kristen Nutile 2007 USA
Shake the Devil Off Peter Entell 2007 Switzerland
Stopped in Her Tracks Susan Brockman 1978 USA
To Walk Without Fear Louis Kornfeld, Boro Vukadinovic 2006 USA
Uguns Fire Laila Pakalniņa 2007 Latvia
Upa! Una Pelicula Argentina UPA! an Argentine Movie Tamae Garateguy, Santiago Giralt, Camila Toker 2006 Argentina
Urgente Urgent 2007 Argentina
Wierszalin Poem Francesco Carrozzini 2007 USA

Tribute To - Edward Yang

Tribute To Edward Yang
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Qingmei Zhuma Taipei Story Edward Yang 1985 Taiwan

Retrospective - Return To Locarno

Retrospective - Return To Locarno
Fest Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
11th Le Beau Serge Handsome Serge Claude Chabrol 1958 France
17th Os Verdes Anos The Green Years Paulo Rocha 1963 Portugal
18th I Pugni In Tasca Fists in the Pocket Marco Bellocchio 1965 Italia
22nd Charles, Mort Ou Vif Charles, Dead or Alive Alain Tanner 1969 Switzerland
22nd Tres Tristes Tigres Three Sad Tigers Raúl Ruiz 1968 Chile
25th Bleak Moments Mike Leigh 1971 Great Britain
33rd Maledetti Vi Amerò To Love the Damned Marco Tullio Giordana 1980 Italia
35th Wênd Kûuni God's Gift Gaston Kaboré 1982 Burkina Faso
Buud Yam Gaston Kaboré 1997 Burkina Faso
38th Höhenfeuer Alpine Fire Fredi M. Murer 1985 Switzerland
38th Mukhamukham Adoor Gopalakrishnan 1984 India
40th Álmodozások Kora Age of Illusions István Szabó 1964 Hungary
41st 36 Fillette Junior Size 36 Catherine Breillat 1988 France
42nd Marcides Marked Yousry Nasrallah 1993 Egypt
42nd Piravi The Birth Shaji N. Karun 1988 India
45th El Cielo Sube The Sky Rises Marc Recha 1991 Spain
48th Rusariye Abi The Blue Veiled Rakhshān Banietemad 1995 Iran
51st Beshkempir Aktan Arim Kubat 1998 Kyrgyzstan
55th Tan De Repente Suddenly Diego Lerman 2002 Argentina

Juries Film

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Alex José Alcala 2005 France
Ba'D As-Sama' Al-Akhirah With the Last Contract Alia Arasoughly 2007 Palestine
Das Fräulein Andrea Štaka 2006 Switzerland
Hamburger Lektionen Hamburg Lessons Romuald Karmakar 2006 Germany
Horst Buchholz...Mein Papa Christopher Buchholz 2005 Germany
Hotel Belgrad Hotel Belgrade Andrea Štaka 1998 Switzerland
In Memoria Di Me In Memory of Me Saverio Costanzo 2007 Italia
Johanna Kornél Mundruczó 2005 Hungary
Kurpe The Shoe Laila Pakalniņa 1998 Germany
L'Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio Agostino Ferrente 2006 Italia
La Double Vie De Véronique Véronique's Double Life Krzysztof Kieślowski 1991 France
Moacir - Arte Bruta Moacir - Gross Art Walter Carvalho 2005 Brazil
Platform - Zhantai Platform - Zhan Too Jia Zhangke 2000 Hong Kong
Satin Rouge Red Satin Raja Amari 2002 Tunisia
Son frère His Brother Patrice Chéreau 2002 France

Ladies and Gentlemen

Ladies and Gentlemen (Signore e Signore)

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Dramma Della Gelosia Drama of Jealousy Ettore Scola 1970 Italia
Giulietta Degli Spiriti Juliet of the Spirits Federico Fellini 1965 Italia
Il Fantasma Dell'Opera The Phantom of the Opera Dario Argento 1998 Italia
Il vedovo The Widower Dino Risi 1959 Italia
Io La Conoscevo Bene I Knew Her Well Antonio Pietrangeli 1965 Italia
La Ciociara Two Women Vittorio De Sica 1960 Italia
La Finestra Di Fronte The Front Window Ferzan Özpetek 2003 Italia
La Nonna Sabella Grandmother Sabella Dino Risi 1957 Italia
La Ragazza Con La Valigia The Girl with the Suitcase Valerio Zurlini 1960 Italia
La Signora Senza Camelie The Lady Without Camelias Michelangelo Antonioni 1953 Italia
La Stanza Del Figlio The Son of the Son 2001 Italia
La Stanza Del Vescovo The Bishop's Room Dino Risi 1977 Italia
La visita The Visit Antonio Pietrangeli 1963 Italia
Maledetto Il Giorno Che Ti Ho Incontrato Cursed the Day I Met you Carlo Verdone 1992 Italia
Malèna Giuseppe Tornatore 2000 Italia
Mimì Metallurgico Ferito Nell'Onore Mimì Metallurgical Wounded in Honor Lina Wertmüller 1972 Italia
Pane Amore E Fantasia Bread Love and Fantasy Luigi Comencini 1953 Italia
Piccolo Mondo Antico Small Ancient World Mario Soldati 1941 Italia
Teorema Pier Paolo Pasolini 1968 Italia

Play Forward

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
(Posthume) (Posthumous) Ghassan Salhab 2007 Lebanon
3 Suwami Nogami 2006 Japan
A Vue Ah ゔ Illustration Joshua Mosley 2004 USA
Amore Asimmetrico Asymmetrical Love Ursula Ferrara 1990 Italia
Appunti Per Un Esserci (Studio Secondo) Notes for Being There (Second Study) Monica Petracci 2006 Italia
Arquivo File Sandro Aguilar 2007 Portugal
Attraverso Through Daniela Perego 2007 Italia
Blood Of A Poet Lech Majewski 2006 Poland
Bou Satoru Ono 2006 Japan
Brain Ash Tomoharu Suzuki 2006 Japan
Ceremony Maria Arena 2007 Italia
Children Of Shadows Naoyuki Tsuji 2006 Japan
Cinque Stanze Five Rooms Ursula Ferrara 1999 Italia
Come Persone Like People Ursula Ferrara 1995 Italia
Compilation 12 Instants D'Amour Non Partagé Compilation 12 Moments of Unrelated Love Frank Beauvais 2007 France
Confutatis Luca Zoppi 2007 Italia
Congiuntivo Futuro Future Subjunctive Ursula Ferrara 1988 Italia
Corpus Tracks Audrey Coïaniz, Saul Saguatti 2007 Italia
Crackers David Austen 2007 Great Britain
Das Ruinas A Rexistencia Of the Ruins to Resistance Carlos Adriano 2007 Brazil
Day Of Nose Atsushi Wada 2006 Japan
Descent Uriel Orlow 2006 Great Britain
Despues De La Revolucion After the Revolution Vincent Dieutre 2007 France
Despues Del Mar After the Sea Israel Adrián Caetano 2005 Argentina
Face To Face Mika Seike 2007 Japan
Finally Knut Åsdam 2006 Norway
From Locarno With Love Gaëlle Vidalie 2007 France
Garibaldi Vs Che Guevara Maia Guarnaccia 2007 Italia
Guacho Juan Minujín 2007 Argentina
Il Grande Sogno Di Un Nano The Great Dream of a Dwarf Matteo Basilé, Franco Losvizzero 2006 Italia
Il Terrorista, Lui Guarda The Terrorist, He Looks at Simone Covini 2007 Italia
In In Yoshno Saito 2006 Japan
Inch-High Samurai Nobuhiro Aihara, Keiichi Tanaami 2007 Japan
Infero Hell Cristiano Carloni, Stefano Franceschetti 2007 Italia
Johnny 316 Erick Ifergan 2006 USA
King Of The Forest Cycle Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Vladimir Fridkes, Evgeny Svyatsky, AES+F 2006 Russia
L'Agnosie Visuelle Visual Agnosia Guillaume Meigneux 2007 France
L'Uomo Che Non C'È Non C'È Che L'Uomo The Man Who is not There is Only the Man Guendalina Salini 2007 Italia
La Fin Du Monde The End of the World Benjamin Nuel 2007 France
La Partita The Game Ursula Ferrara 2002 Italia
Le Voyage En Italie The Trip to Italy Arnold Pasquier 2007 France
Les Terra'S Di Nadie Les Terra's Di Nobody César Meneghetti 2007 Italia
Loudly Death Untied Nicholas & Sheila Pye 2007 Canada
Lucidi Folli Crazy Lucid Ursula Ferrara 1986 Italia
Luna Zero Antonello Matarazzo 2007 Italia
Metamorphosis Clare Langan 2007 Ireland
Modell Model Pierre Reimer 2006 France
My New Picture Bertrand Bonello 2006 France
News Ursula Ferrara 2006 Italia
Not Guilty For Abel Gaëlle Vidalie 2007 France
Outono Autumn Pablo Lobato 2007 Brazil
Padri Fathers Luca Attilii, Fabio Massimo Iaquone 2007 Italia
Pavillon Noir Black Pavilion Pierre Coulibeuf 2006 France
Polistirene Polystyrene Anna Franceschini 2007 Italia
Quasi Niente Almost Nothing Ursula Ferrara 1997 Italia
Sanctus Spirit Leonardo Carrano, Silvio Giorcelli 2007 Italia
Seascape #1 Night, China Shenzhen 05 2006 Italia
Sevilla -≫ (Oo) 06 Sevilla - & Gt; (and) 06 2006 Italia
Stolen Moments Yasmine Chatila 2007 USA
Strange Culture Lynn Hershman Leeson 2007 USA
Suzie No Name Toru Morofuji 2006 Japan
The Half Hitching Post Yang Fudong 2005 China
The Last Man In Brooklyn Roberto Bentivegna 2006 USA
The Woman Who Saw Herself Disappear Alice Anderson 2006 Great Britain
Toc Toc Wunderbar TOC TOC Wonderful Masbedo 2007 Italia
Trecho Stretch Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr 2006 Brazil
Tribulation Christian Barbe 2007 Great Britain
Télépattes Telepatops Vivian Ostrovsky 2007 USA
Un Jour, A Day, Séverine Hubard 2007 France
Under Construction Zhenchen Liu 2007 France
Unlith Mihai Grecu 2007 France
Vb61 Still Death! Darfur Still Deaf? Vanessa Beecroft 2007 USA
Versus_ Pasquale Napolitano 2006 Italia
Viril Virile Damien Manivel 2007 France
Visités Visited Clément Cogitore 2007 France
Vosges Frank Beauvais 2006 France
Walperloh Markus Bertuch 2006 Germany
Well, That'S Glasses Atsushi Wada 2007 Japan
Weltanschauung Worldview Salvo Cuccia 2006 Italia
Wie Heisst Dieser Platz? What is the Name of this Place? Victor Alimpiev 2006 Austria
Zoo Richard Billingham 2006 Great Britain

Award Screenings

Excellence Award

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
La Comunidad The Community Alex de la Iglesia 2000 Spain

Raimondo Rezzonico Prize

Raimondo Rezzonico Prize To the Best Independent Manufacturer
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
La ciénaga The Swamp Lucrecia Martel 2001 Argentina

Various

Various (Divers)

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
La Révolution Du Cinéma The Film Revolution Matteo Maccarinelli Switzerland
Locarno 60 Stefano Knuchel, Cristina Trezzini Switzerland

Independent Sections

Critics Week

The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival.[15]

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Allein In Vier Waenden Alone in Four Things Alexandra Westmeier Germany
El Paraíso De Hafner Hafner's Paradise Günter Schwaiger Austria
La Reina Del Condón The Queen of the Condom Silvana Ceschi, Reto Stamm Switzerland
Los Ladrones Viejos The Old Thieves Everardo González Mexico
Lynch blackANDwhite USA
One Minute to Nine Tommy Davis USA
Zu Fuss Nach Santiago De Compostela On Foot to Santiago De Compostela Bruno Moll Switzerland

Swiss

Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Der Schuss Von Der Kanzel The Shot from the Pulpit Leopold Lindtberg 1942 Switzerland
Lugano 1927 Switzerland
Swiss Tour-Suzanne Et Son Marin Swiss Tour-Suzanne and Her Sailor Leopold Lindtberg 1949 Switzerland, USA
Switzerland Off The Beaten Track 1919 Switzerland
The Suspension Railway Of The Wetterhorn Switzerland

Appellation Swiss

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Breakout Mike Eschmann 2006 Switzerland
Bruno Manser - Laki Penan Bruno MANSER - Penan Christoph Kuehn 2007 Switzerland
Comme Des Voleurs (À L'Est) Like Thieves (East) Lionel Baier 2006 Switzerland
Ein Lied Für Argyris A Song for Argyris Stefan Haupt 2006 Switzerland
I Was a Swiss Banker Thomas Imbach 2007 Switzerland
Marmorera Marble Markus Fischer 2007 Switzerland
Retour À Gorée Back to Gorée Pierre-Yves Borgeaud 2006 Switzerland
Sieben Mulden Und Eine Leiche Seven Hollows and a Body Thomas Haemmerli 2007 Switzerland
Someone Beside You Edgar Hagen 2006 Switzerland
Wir Werden Uns Wiederseh'N We will See Each Other Stefan Hillebrand, Oliver Paulus 2006 Switzerland

Official Awards

International Competition

  • Golden Leopard: The Rebirth directed by Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Daniel Schmid Prize: The Rebirth directed by Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Special Mention, International Competition: Boys Of Tomorrow directed by Sang-yoon Cho
  • Leopard for Best Actress: Marian Alvarez in Lo Mejor De Mí
  • Leopard for Best Actor: Michel Piccoli in Sous Les Toits De Paris, Michele Venitucci in Fuori Dalle Corde
  • Best Director: Philippe Ramos for CAPITAINE ACHAB
  • Special Jury Prize: Memories (Jeonju Digital Project 2007) directed by Eugène Green, Pedro Costa, and Harun Farocki

Jury Filmmakers of the Present

  • C.P. Company Golden Leopard/Filmmakers of the Present Competition: Tejút directed by Benedek Fliegauf
  • CinéCinéma Special Jury Prize, Filmmakers of the Present Competitiion: Imatra directed by Corso Salani
  • Special Mention, Filmmakers of the Present Competitiion: Tussenstand directed by Mijke de Jong

Best First Film

  • Leopard for Best First Feature: Tagliare Le Parti In Grigio directed by Vittorio Rifranti

Jury Leopards of Tomorrow

  • Golden Leopard, Holcim Prize, Swiss Competition, Leopards of Tomorrow: René directed by Tobias Nölle
  • Silver Leopard, Eastman Kodak Company Prize, Swiss Competition, Leopards of Tomorrow: Latitude 2023 directed by Florence Guillermin
  • “Action Light Prize” for the Best Swiss Newcomer: Icebergs directed by Germinal Roaux
  • Golden Leopard, SRG SSR idée Suisse, International Leopards of Tomorrow Competition: Valuri directed by Adrian Sitaru
  • Silver Leopard, Eastman Kodak Company Prize International Leopards of Tomorrow Competition: Bende Sira (Ich Bin Dran) directed by Ismet Erguen
  • Film and Video Subtitling Prize: Il Neige À Marrakech directed by Hicham Alhayat

Piazza Grande

Youth Jury

  • First Prize, Youth Jury: Slipstream directed by Anthony Hopkins
  • Second Prize, Youth Jury Prize: Freigesprochen directed by Peter Payer
  • Third Prize, Youth Jury: La Maison Jaune directed by Arnor Hakkar
  • “The environnement is the quality of life” Prize: HAÏTI CHÉRIE directed by Claudio Del Punta
  • Special Mention, Youth Jury: The Rebirth directed by Masahiro Kobayashi, Sous Les Toits De Paris directed by Huner Saleem

Ecumenical Jury

  • Oecumenical Jury Prize: La Maison Jaune directed by Arnor Hakkar

FIPRESCI Jury

Jury CICAE – Prix Art & Essai

Jury NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema)

  • NETPAC Prize: Little Moth directed by Tao Peng, An She directed by Naghi Nemati

Jury FICC

  • FICC/IFFS Prize: La Maison Jaune directed by Arnor Hakkar

SRG SSR idée suisse | Semaine de la critique Prize

  • Critics Week: Allein In Vier Waenden directed by Alexandra Westmeier

“Cinema e Gioventù” – Leopards of Tomorrow Jury

  • For the Best Short Film, Youth Jury, International Competition, Leopards of Tomorrow (Short Films): Hoy No Estoy directed by Gustavo Taretto
  • For the Best Short Film, Youth Jury, Swiss Competition, Leopards of Tomorrow (Short Films): MÉNAGERIE INTÉRIEURE directed by Nadège De Benoit-Luthy
  • Special Mention, Youth Jury, International Competition, Leopards of Tomorrow (Short Films): Braedrabylta directed by Grimur Hakonarson

Source:[10][11][4]

References

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