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