70th Locarno Film Festival
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Opening filmTomorrow and Thereafter directed by Noémie Lvovsky
Closing filmGotthard – One Life, One Soul directed by Kevin Merz
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
| Opening film | Tomorrow and Thereafter directed by Noémie Lvovsky |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Gotthard – One Life, One Soul directed by Kevin Merz |
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard: Mrs. Fang directed by Wang Bing |
| Hosted by | Associazione Festival del film Locarno |
| Festival date | Opening: 2 August 2017 Closing: 12 August 2017 |
| Website | LFF Website |
The 70th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2017 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] The festival's opening film was Tomorrow and Thereafter (Demain et tous les autres jours) directed by Noémie Lvovsky.[2] The closing film was Gotthard – One Life, One Soul directed by Kevin Merz.[3]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to the documentary film Mrs. Fang directed by Wang Bing.[4]
International Competition
- Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic - Jury President[5]
- Jean-Stéphane Bron, Swiss actor and filmmaker
- Miguel Gomes, Portuguese filmmaker
- Christos Konstantakopoulos, Greek producer and writer
- Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
- Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian filmmaker - Jury President[5]
- Matías Piñeiro, Argentinian director
- Katrin Pors, Danish film producer
- Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
- Paola Turci, Italian composer
Leopards of Tomorrow
- Sabine Azéma, French actress and director - Jury President[5]
Official Sections
The following films were screened in the sections below:[6][1][7][3][8]
Piazza Grande: Prefestival
| Original title | English title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due Soldati | Two Soldiers | Marco Tullio Giordana | 2017 | Italy |
| Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | 1964 | United Kingdom | |
| Scarlatti K. 259 | Marco Tullio Giordana | 2017 | Italy | |
Piazza Grande
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic Blonde | David Leitch | United States | |
| The Big Sick | Michael Showalter | United States | |
| Dog | Chien | Samuel Benchetrit | France, Belgium |
| Drei Zinnen | Jan Zabeil | Germany, Italy | |
| Good Time | Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie | United States | |
| Gotthard - One Life, One Soul | Kevin Merz | Switzerland | |
| I Walked with a Zombie (1943) | Jacques Tourneur | United States | |
| Iceman | Felix Randau | Germany, Italy, Austria | |
| Let the Corpses Tan | Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres | Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani | Belgium, France |
| Lola Pater | Nadir Moknèche | France, Belgium | |
| Sicilia! (1999) | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | Italy, France, Germany | |
| The Song of Scorpions | Anup Singh | Switzerland, France, Singapore | |
| Sparring | Samuel Jouy | France | |
| Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World | Amori Che Non Sanno Stare Al Mondo | Francesca Comencini | Italy |
| Tomorrow and Thereafter | Demain et Tous les Autres Jours | Noémie Lvovsky | France |
| What Happened to Monday | Tommy Wirkola | United Kingdom, United States, France, Belgium | |
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | Andreï Cretulescu | Romania, France | |
| Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun? | Travis Wilkerson | United States | |
| Dragonfly Eyes | Qing Ting Zhi Yan | Xu Bing | China, United States |
| En el séptimo día | Jim McKay | United States | |
| 9 Fingers | 9 Doigts | F.J. Ossang | France |
| Freiheit | Jan Speckenbach | Germany, Slovakia | |
| Gemini | Aaron Katz | United States | |
| Gli Asteroidi | Germano Maccioni | Italy | |
| Goliath | Dominik Locher | Switzerland | |
| Good Luck | Ben Russell | France, Germany | |
| Good Manners | As Boas Maneiras | Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra | Brazil, France |
| Lucky | John Carroll Lynch | United States | |
| Madame Hyde | Serge Bozon | France, Belgium | |
| Mrs. Fang | 方绣英 | Wang Bing | France, China, Germany |
| A Skin So Soft | Ta peau si lisse | Denis Côté | Canada, Switzerland |
| Wajib | واجب | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine, Qatar, United Arab Emirates |
| The Wandering Soap Opera | La telenovela errante | Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento | Chile |
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/4 | Ilian Metev | Bulgaria, Germany | |
| Beach Rats | Eliza Hittman | United States | |
| Damned Summer | Verão Danado | Pedro Cabeleira | Portugal |
| Distant Constellation | Shevaun Mizrahi | United States, Turkey, Netherlands | |
| Easy | Andrea Magnani | Italy, Ukraine | |
| Farewell To The Parents | Abschied Von Den Eltern | Astrid Johanna Ofner | Austria |
| The First Lap | 초행 | Kim Dae-hwan | Korea |
| Le Fort des Fous | Narimane Mari | France, Qatar | |
| Il Monte Delle Formiche | Riccardo Palladino | Italy | |
| Meteorlar | Gürcan Keltek | Netherlands, Turkey | |
| Person to Person | Dustin Guy Defa | United States | |
| Scary Mother | საშიში დედა | Ana Urushadze | Georgia, Estonia |
| Sweating the Small Stuff | Edaha No Koto | Ryûtarô Ninomiya | Japan |
| Those Who Are Fine | Dene Wos Guet Geit | Cyril Schäublin | Switzerland |
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
International competition (Concorso internazionale)
Highlighted title indicates Leopard of Tomorrow winner
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella's Men | Agvarim Shel Ella | Oren Adaf | Israel |
| António E Catarina | Cristina Haneș | Portugal | |
| Armageddon 2 | Corey Hughes | Cuba | |
| Boomerang | David Bouttin | France | |
| British By The Grace Of God | Sean Robert Dunn | United Kingdom/USA/UnitedArab Emirates | |
| Crossing River | Yumeng Han | China | |
| Das Satanische Dickicht – Drei | Willy Hans | Germany | |
| Douggy | Matvey Fiks | USA/Russia | |
| Edge Of Alchemy | Stacey Steers | USA | |
| Fine Di Un Amore | Alberto Tamburelli | Italy | |
| Graduation`97 | Vypusk ’97 | Pavlo Ostrikov | Ukraine |
| Black Clothes | Haine Negre | Octav Chelaru | Romania |
| Harbour | Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands | |
| Jeunes Hommes À La Fenêtre | Loukianos Moshonas | France | |
| Kapitalistis | Pablo Muñoz Gomez | Belgium/France | |
| Loop | Matija Gluscevic | Serbia | |
| Los Perros De Amundsen | Rafael Ramírez | Cuba | |
| Gaze | Negah | Farnoosh Samadi | Iran |
| Nobody Here | Nikog Nema | Jelena Gavrilović | Serbia |
| Palenque | Sebastián Pinzón Silva | Colombia/USA | |
| Plus Ultra | Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado | Spain | |
| Shmama | Miki Polonski | Israel | |
| Signature | Kei Chikaura | Japan | |
| Silica | Pia Borg | Australia/United Kingdom | |
| Song X | Mont Tesprateep | Thailand | |
| Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant | Jodie Mack | USA | |
| Life Story Of My Friend | Zhizn’ Moego Druga | Alexander Zolotukhin | Russia |
National competition (Concorso nazionale)
Highlighted title indicates Leopard of Tomorrow winner
| Original Title | Title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 Secondes | 59 Seconds | Mauro Carraro | Switzerland |
| A Song from the Future | Tommaso Donati | Switzerland | |
| Kuckuck | Aline Höchli | Switzerland | |
| La Femme Canon | The Canon Woman | David Toutevoix, Albertine Zullo | Switzerland |
| Les Histoires Vraies | True Stories | Lucien Monot | Switzerland |
| Les Intranquilles | Intranquilles | Magdalena Froger | Switzerland |
| Parades | Sarah Arnold | France | |
| Resistance | Laurence Favre | Switzerland | |
| Rewind Forward | Justin Stoneham | Switzerland | |
| Und Alles Fällt | And Everything Falls | Nadine Schwitter | Germany |
| Villa Ventura | Roman Hüben | Switzerland | |
Signs of Life
| Original title | English title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliens | Luis López Carrasco | Spain | |
| Cocote | Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias | Repubblica Dominicana | |
| Era Uma Vez Brasília | Once Upon a Time Brasilia | Adirley Queirós | Brazil |
| Filmus | Films | Clément Safra | France |
| In Praise of Nothing | Boris Mitic | Serbia | |
| Ouroboros | Basma Alsharif | France | |
| Panoptic | Rana Eid | Lebanon | |
| Phantasiesätze | Fantasy Sentences | Dane Komljen | Germany |
| Surbiles | Giovanni Columbu | Italia | |
| Zirdziņ, Hallo! | Horse, Hallo! | Laila Pakalnina, Laila Pakalniņa | Latvia |
| Țara Moartă | The Dead Country | Radu Jude | Romania |
Open Doors Screenings
| Open Doors Screenings - Features | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English title | Director(s) | Year | Country |
| 28 | Prasanna Jayakody | 2014 | Sri Lanka | |
| A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | 2015 | Pakistan/USA | |
| Namai Ba Rahis Gomhor | A Letter To The President | Roya Sadat | 2017 | Afghanistan |
| Davena Vihagun | Burning Birds | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara | 2016 | Sri Lanka/France/Netherlands/Qatar |
| Earth And Ashes | Atiq Rahimi | 2004 | Afghanistan/France | |
| Jeewan Hathi | Elephant In The Room | Meenu Gaur & Farjad Nabi | 2016 | Pakistan/India |
| Khamosh Pani | Silent Waters | Sabiha Sumar | 2003 | Pakistan/France/Germany |
| Osama | Siddiq Barmak | 2003 | Afghanistan/Japan/Ireland | |
| Sulanga Enu Pinisa (The Forsaken Land) | The Forsaken Land | Vimukthi Jayasundara | 2005 | Sri Lanka/France |
| Open Doors Screenings - Shorts | ||||
| Original title | English title | Director(s) | Year | Country |
| Amir & Sara | Jalal Hussaini | 2014 | Afghanistan | |
| Finding Zalmay | Sami Hasib Nabizada | 2012 | Afghanistan | |
| Home | Zainab Entezar | 2015 | Afghanistan | |
| Dar Charkha (In Circle) | In Circle | Masooma Ibrahimi | 2014 | Afghanistan |
| In Search Of | Daniel Asadi Faezi | 2017 | Pakistan | |
| Mata Nam Ahuna | While You Slept | Nadya Perera | 2015 | Sri Lanka |
| Katada Ayiti | My Mother's Money | Suranga Katugampala | 2014 | Sri Lanka |
| Poshak | Facade | Iram Parveen Bilal | 2011 | Pakistan |
| Mouna Vizhiththuligal ( | Silent Tears | Ilango Ramanathan | 2014 | Sri Lanka |
| Swap | Sayed Masood Eslami | 2014 | Afghanistan | |
| Vice Versa One | Shahrbanoo Sadat | 2010 | Afghanistan | |
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)
| Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) – Feature Films | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
| Acta Non Verba | Not Words | Yvann Yagchi | 2017 | Switzerland |
| Anatomia Del Miracolo | Anatomy of the Miracle | Alessandra Celesia | 2017 | France |
| Azmaish | Trial | Sabiha Sumar | 2017 | Pakistan |
| Choisir À Vingt Ans | Choose at Twenty | Villi Hermann | 2017 | Switzerland |
| Contes De Juillet | July Tales | Guillaume Brac | 2017 | France |
| Filles Du Feu | Fire Girls | Stéphane Breton | 2017 | France |
| Grandeur Et Décadence D'Un Petit Commerce De Cinéma | Greatness and Decadence of a Small Cinema Trade | Jean-Luc Godard | 1986 | France |
| Ibi | Place | Andrea Segre | 2017 | Italia |
| Le Vénérable W. | The Venerable W. | Barbet Schroeder | 2017 | France |
| Nazidanie | Aleksandr Shein, Boris Yukhananov | 2017 | Russia | |
| Nothingwood | Sonia Kronlund | 2017 | France | |
| Nous Sommes Jeunes Et Nos Jours Sont Longs | We are Young and Our Days are Long | Cosme Castro, Léa Forest | 2017 | France |
| Piazza Grande | Michael Beltrami, Misha Gyorik | 2017 | Switzerland | |
| Pietra Tenera | Tender Stone | Aurélie Mertenat | 2017 | Switzerland |
| Prototype | Blake Williams | 2017 | Canada | |
| Sand Und Blut | Sand and Blood | Matthias Krepp, Angelika Spangel | 2017 | Austria |
| The Reagan Show | Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez | 2017 | USA | |
| Willkommen In Der Schweiz | Welcome to Switzerland | Sabine Gisiger | 2017 | Switzerland |
| Shorts - Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) | ||||
| Original title | English title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
| A Manifesto for the Un-Communal | Syllas Tzoumerkas | 2017 | Germany | |
| Arrière-Saison | A Great-Season | Jean-Claude Rousseau | 2016 | France |
| Granma | Daniele Gaglianone, Alfie Nze | 2017 | Italia | |
| O Homem De Trás-Os-Montes | The Man from Trás-Os-Montes | Miguel Moraes Cabral | 2017 | Portugal |
| Per Una Rosa | For a Rose | Marco Bellocchio | 2017 | Italia |
| Scaffold | Kazik Radwanski | 2017 | Canada | |
| Si Loin, Si Proche | So Far Away, so Close | Jean-Claude Rousseau | 2016 | France |
| Tshweesh | Tweesh | Feyrouz Serhal | 2017 | Lebanon |
| Out of Competition: Art Basel | ||||
| Immortality for All: A Film Trilogy on Russian Cosmism | Anton Vidokle | Kazakhstan | ||
History (s) of cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma)
Pardo d’onore Manor to Jean-Marie Straub
| Title | Director(s) | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cézanne, Dialogue Avec Joachim Gasquet | Straub–Huillet | France | 1989 |
| Dalla Nube Alla Resistenza | Straub–Huillet | Italy/Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/United Kingdom/France | 1979 |
| Der Bräutigam, Die Komödiantin Und Der Zuhälter | Jean-Marie Straub | Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) | 1968 |
| En Rachâchant | Straub–Huillet | France | 1982 |
| Incantati | Straub–Huillet | France | 2003 |
| Klassenverhältnisse | Straub–Huillet | Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/France | 1984 |
| Kommunisten | Jean-Marie Straub | France/Switzerland | 2014 |
| L’Aquarium Et La Nation | Jean-Marie Straub | France/ Switzerland | 2015 |
| La Guerre D’Algérie! | Jean-Marie Straub | France/Switzerland | 2014 |
| Une Visite Au Louvre | Straub–Huillet | France/Germany/Italy | 2004 |
| Von Heute Auf Morgen | Straub–Huillet | France/Germany | 1996 |
Leopard of Honor to Todd Haynes (Pardo d’onore Manor_
| Title | Director(s) | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | USA/France | 2003 |
| Velvet Goldmine | Todd Haynes | United Kingdom/USA | 1998 |
| Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | USA | 2017 |
Locarno70
| Locarno70 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
| 36 Fillette | Catherine Breillat | 1988 | France | |
| The Night of Counting the Years | Al-Momia | Shadi Abdel Salam | 1969 | Egypt |
| The Seventh Continent | Der Siebente Kontinent | Michael Haneke | 1989 | Austria |
| El Pisito | Marco Ferreri, Isidoro M. Ferry | 1958 | Spain | |
| Hallelujah the Hills | Adolfas Mekas | 1963 | USA | |
| Lion Sign | Le Signe Du Lion | Éric Rohmer | 1962 | France |
| The Lonely Voice of a Person | Odinokiy Golos Cheloveka | Alexander Sokurov | 1987 | ex URSS |
| Poison | Todd Haynes | 1991 | USA | |
| San Gottardo | Villi Hermann | 1977 | Switzerland | |
| Three Sad Tigers | Tres Tristes Tigres | Raúl Ruiz | 1968 | Chile |
| I Would Like an Hour | Un'Ora Sola Ti Vorrei | Alina Marazzi | 2002 | Italia |
Tributes to
| Hommage to George Romero | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
| Dawn of the Dead | George A. Romero | 1978 | USA | |
| Hommage to Hans Hurch | ||||
| Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 1955 | Denmark | |
| Hommage to Jeanne Moreau | ||||
| Jules and Jim | Jules Et Jim | François Truffaut | 1962 | France |
| Hommage to Nastassja Kinski | ||||
| Cat People | Paul Schrader | 1981 | USA | |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984 | Great Britain | |
Award Screenings
| History (s) of Cinema: Excellence Award Moët & Chandon Mathieu Kassovitz | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
| Munich | Steven Spielberg | 2005 | France | |
| A Very Discreet Hero | Un Héros Très Discret | Jacques Audiard | 1996 | France |
| Leopard Club Award Adrien Brody | ||||
| The Pianist | Roman Polanski | 2002 | France | |
| The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | 1998 | USA | |
| Raimondo Rezzonico Michel Merkt Award (Premio) | ||||
| Frost | Šarūnas Bartas | 2017 | Lithuania | |
| Maps to the Stars | David Cronenberg | 2014 | Canada | |
| Strong Island | Yance Ford | 2017 | USA | |
| Ticino Esmé Sciaroni Cinema Award | ||||
| Crazy Joy | La Pazza Gioia | Paolo Virzì | 2016 | Italia |
| Vision Award Ticinomoda José Luis Alcaine | ||||
| Beautiful Era | Belle Époque | Fernando Trueba | 1992 | Spain |
| The Skin I Live | La Piel Que Habito | Pedro Almodóvar | 2011 | Spain |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Attack | Mujeres Al Borde De Un Ataque De Nervios | Pedro Almodóvar | 1988 | Spain |
| Passion | Brian De Palma | 2012 | France | |
Locarno Kids
| Title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Johan Padan A La Descoverta De Le Americhe | Giulio Cingoli | Italy |
| Zombillénium | Arthur de Pins, Alexis Ducord | France/Belgium |
Retrospettiva – Jacques Tourneur
Panorama Suisse
| Title | English title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Campaign of Their Own | Lionel Rupp | Switzerland | |
| Airport | Michaela Müller | Switzerland/Croatia | |
| Almost There | Jacqueline Zünd | Switzerland | |
| Das Mädchen Vom Änziloch | The Girl from the Änziloch | Alice Schmid | Switzerland |
| Die Göttliche Ordnung | The Divine Order | Petra Volpe | Switzerland |
| Finsteres Glück | Dark Luck | Stefan Haupt | Switzerland |
| L'Opéra De Paris | The Paris Opera | Jean-Stéphane Bron | France/Switzerland |
| La Fureur De Voir | The Fury to See | Manuel von Stürler | Switzerland/France |
| Miséricorde | Mercy | Fulvio Bernasconi | Switzerland/Canada |
| Unerhört Jenisch | Outrageous Jenisch | Karoline Arn, Martina Rieder | Switzerland |
Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
| Swiss Cinema Rediscovered | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Production country |
| The Congress of the Penguins | Der Kongress Der Pinguine | Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf | 1993 | Switzerland |
| Little Freedom | Kleine Freiheit | Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf | 1978 | 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. [9]
| Original title | English title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Amber | Yong Chao Lee | Taiwan | |
| Das Kongo Tribunal | Das Congo Tribunal | Milo Rau | Switzerland |
| Družina | Family | Rok Biček | Slovenia |
| Favela Olímpica | Olympic Slum | Samuel Chalard | Switzerland |
| Las Cinéphilas | Cinephilas | María Alvarez | Argentina |
| Señorita María, La Falda De La Montaña | Miss Maria, the Mountain Skirt | Rubén Mendoza | Colombia |
| The Poetess | Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff | Germany | |