Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
The 69th Festival del film Locarno was held 3–13 August 2016 in Locarno, Switzerland .
The line-up consisted of ten sections:
Piazza Grande (16 films)
International Competition (17 films)
Filmmakers of the Present (15 films)
Leopards of Tomorrow (40 films)
Signs of Life (8 films)
Out of Competition (19 films)
Histoire(s) du cinéma (30 films)
Retrospective (73 films)
Open Doors (21 films)
Jury Films (16 films)
Carlo Chatrian was the festival’s Artistic Director .[1] The primary Selection Committee included Mark Peranson (Head of Programming), Lorenzo Esposito, Sergio Fant, and Aurélie Godet.[2] The Leopards of Tomorrow section was programmed by Alessandro Marcionni (Head), Gonzalo De Pedro Amatria, Liz Harkman, and Bruno Quiblier. The Retrospective program was curated by Olaf Möller and Roberto Turigliatto.[3]
Sections
Sources: [4] [5]
Piazza Grande
Title
Original title
Country
Director
The Day the Rains Came [1959]
Am Tag als der Regen kam
West Germany
Gerd Oswald
Ceasefire
Cessez-le-feu
France
Emmanuel Courcol
The Train of Salt and Sugar
Comboio de Sal e Açucar
Portugal , Mozambique , France, South Africa , Brazil
Licínio Azevedo
Heaven Will Wait
Le ciel attendra
France
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
I, Daniel Blake
United Kingdom , France, Belgium
Ken Loach
Interchange
Malaysia , Indonesia
Dain Iskandar Said
Into the Forest
Dans la forêt
France, Sweden
Gilles Marchand
Jason Bourne
United States
Paul Greengrass
Mohenjo Daro
India
Ashutosh Gowariker
Moka
France, Switzerland
Frédéric Mermoud
Paula
Germany , France
Christian Schwochow
Endless Poetry
Poesía sin fin
France, Chile
Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Tunnel
Teo-neol
South Korea
Kim Seong-hun
The Girl With All the Gifts
United Kingdom, United States
Colm McCarthy
Vincent
France, Belgium
Christophe Van Rompaey
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Vor der Morgenröte - Stefan Zweig in Amerika
Germany, France, Austria
Maria Schrader
[6] [7]
International Competition (Concorso internazionale )
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces
Al Ma' wal Khodra wal Wajh al Hassan
Egypt
Yousry Nasrallah
Bangkok Nites
Japan , France, Thailand , Laos
Katsuya Tomita
Correspondências
Portugal
Rita Azevedo Gomes
By the Time It Gets Dark
Dao khanong
Thailand, Netherlands , France, Qatar
Anocha Suwichakornpong
The Dreamed Path
Der traumhafte Weg
Germany
Angela Schanelec
Godless
Bezbog
Bulgaria , Denmark , France
Ralitza Petrova
Hermia & Helena
United States, Argentina
Matías Piñeiro
Mister Universo
Austria, Italy
Tizza Covi , Rainer Frimmel
Scarred Hearts
Inimi cicatrizate
Romania , Germany
Radu Jude
The Young One
Jeunesse
France, Portugal
Julien Samani
Wet Woman in the Wind
Kaze ni nureta onna
Japan
Akihiko Shiota
The Idea of a Lake
La idea de un lago
Switzerland, Argentina, Qatar
Milagros Mumenthaler
The Apple of My Eye
La prunelle de mes yeux
France
Axelle Ropert
Marija
Germany, Switzerland
Michael Koch
The Ornithologist
O Ornitólogo
Portugal, France, Brazil
João Pedro Rodrigues
The Last Family
Ostatnia rodzina
Poland
Jan Matuszynski
Glory
Slava
Bulgaria, Greece
Kristina Grozeva , Petar Valchanov
[6] [8]
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente )
Filmmakers of the Present is the festival's competition for first or second feature films.
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Afterlov
Greece
Stergios Paschos
Withered Green
Akhdar yabes
Egypt
Mohammed Hammad
Destruction Babies
Disutorakushon beibîzu
Japan
Tetsuya Mariko
Donald Cried
United States
Kris Avedisian
The Human Surge
El auge del humano
Argentina, Brazil, Portugal
Eduardo Williams
The Future Perfect
El futuro perfecto
Argentina
Nele Wohlatz
Still Life
Gorge coeur ventre
France
Maud Alpi
I Had Nowhere to Go
Germany
Douglas Gordon
The Nest
Il nido
Switzerland, Italy
Klaudia Reynicke
Solo, Solitude
Istirahatlah kata-kata
Indonesia
Yosep Anggi Noen
Daydreams
L'indomptée
France
Caroline Deruas
This Time Tomorrow
Mañana a esta hora
Colombia, Canada
Lina Rodríguez
Pescatori di corpi
Switzerland
Michele Pennetta
The Challenge
Italy, France, Switzerland
Yuri Ancarani
Dark Skull
Viejo Calavera
Bolivia, Qatar
Kiro Russo
[6] [9]
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
A liña política
Spain
Santos Díaz
À Noite Fazem-se Amigos
Portugal
Rita Barbosa
Fox
Alepou
Greece
Jacqueline Lentzou
An Aviation Field
United States, Portugal, Brazil
Joana Pimenta
Old Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-central, Desirable Neighborhood
Apartament interbelic, în zona superbă, ultra-centrală
Romania
Sebastian Mihăilescu
Au loin, Baltimore
France
Lola Quivoron
Cilaos
France
Camilo Restrepo
Clan
Netherlands
Stefanie Kolk
Deep Blue
United States
Joe Nankin
Till the End of the Day
Dgis bolomde
Georgia
Anna Sarukhanova
Each To Their Own
New Zealand
Maria Ines Manchego
Estilhaços
Portugal
José Miguel Ribeiro
Etage X
Germany
Francy Fabritz
Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw)
United States
Renee Zhan
The Committee
Kommittén
Sweden, Norway , Finland
Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi
L'immense retour (Romance)
Belgium, France
Manon Coubia
Las vísceras
Spain, France
Elena López Riera
Manodopera
France, Greece
Loukianos Moshonas
Non Castus
Chile
Andrea Castillo
Our Friend the Moon
Nuestra amiga la luna
Spain
Velasco Broca
On The Ropes
Lebanon
Manon Nammour
Long Live the Emperor
Que vive l'Empereur
France
Aude Léa Rapin
Rhapsody
France
Constance Meyer
Setembro
Portugal, Bulgaria
Leonor Noivo
Among the Black Waves
Sredi cheornyh voln
Russia
Anna Budanova
Transition
Tranzicija
Serbia
Milica Tomovic
Umpire
Belgium
Leonardo Van Dijl
Valparaiso
Italy
Carlo Sironi
Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale )
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Cabane
France
Simon Guélat
Côté cour
Switzerland
Lora Mure-Ravaud
The Bridge Over the River
Die Brücke über den Fluss
Switzerland
Jadwiga Kowalska
Digital Immigrants
Switzerland
Norbert Kottmann, Dennis Stauffer
Dormiente
Switzerland
Tommaso Donati
Genesis
Switzerland
Lucien Monot
Iceberg
France
Mathieu Z’Graggen
La femme et le TGV
Switzerland
Timo von Gunten
La Leçon
Switzerland
Tristan Aymon
La sève
Switzerland
Manon Goupil
Les dauphines
Belgium
Juliette Klinke
Lost Exile
Switzerland
Fisnik Maxhuni
[10]
Signs of Life
Title
Original title
Country
Director
300 Miles
Syria , Lebanon
Orwa Al Mokdad
People That Are Not Me
Anashim shehem lo ani
Israel
Hadas Ben Aroya
Ascent
Netherlands, Japan
Fiona Tan
Beduino
Brazil
Júlio Bressane
Pow Wow
United States
Robinson Devor
All the Cities of the North
Svi severni gradovi
Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina , Montenegro
Dane Komljen
Rat Film
United States
Theo Anthony
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me
Poland, Switzerland
Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
[6] [11]
Out of Competition (Fuori concorso )
Feature-length
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower
Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté
Switzerland
Nicolas Wadimoff
L'amatore
Italy
Maria Mauti
The Nature of Things
La natura delle cose
Italy
Laura Viezzoli
False Confessions
Les fausses confidences
France
Luc Bondy
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me
O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu
Portugal
João Botelho
Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late
Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte…
Germany
Corinna Belz
Journey of Hope [1991]
Reise der Hoffnung
Switzerland, Italy, Germany
Xavier Koller
A Jew Must Die
Un Juif pour l'example
Switzerland
Jacob Berger
A Young Girl In Her Nineties
Une jeune fille de 90 ans
France
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
Zaineb Hates the Snow
Zaineb takrahou ethelj
Tunisia , France, Qatar, Lebanon , United Arab Emirates
Kaouther Ben Hania
Where Is Rocky II? [Art Basel selection]
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
Pierre Bismuth
Shorts
Title
Country
Director
A Brief History of Princess X
Portugal, France, United Kingdom
Gabriel Abrantes
A Train Arrives at the Station
United States
Thom Andersen
Animals Under Anaesthesia: Speculations on the Dreamlife of Beasts
Canada
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy
Festa
Italy
Franco Piavoli
Indefinite Pitch
United States
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Longe
Portugal
José Oliveira
The Hedonists
China
Jia Zhang-ke
The Hunchback
Portugal, France
Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes
[12]
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Program
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Year
Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Dance of Reality
La danza de la realidad
France, Chile
Alejandro Jodorowsky
2013
Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain
La montaña sagrada
Mexico , United States
Alejandro Jodorowsky
1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Endless Poetry
Poesía sin fin
France, Chile
Alejandro Jodorowsky
2016
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Santa Sangre
Italy, Mexico
Alejandro Jodorowsky
1989
Bill Pullman
Lost Highway
France, United States
David Lynch
1996
Bill Pullman
Zero Effect
USA
Jake Kasdan
1998
David Linde
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Taiwan , Hong Kong , United States, China
Ang Lee
2000
David Linde
Y Tu Mamá También
Mexico
Alfonso Cuarón
2001
Howard Shore
Ed Wood
USA
Tim Burton
1994
Howard Shore
Hugo
USA
Martin Scorsese
2011
Howard Shore
The Silence of the Lambs
USA
Jonathan Demme
1991
Howard Shore
Videodrome
Canada
David Cronenberg
1983
Mario Adorf
A cavallo della tigre
Italy
Luigi Comencini
1961
Mario Adorf
The Day the Rains Came
Am Tag als der Regen kam
West Germany
Gerd Oswald
1959
Mario Adorf
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Der Arzt von Stalingrad
West Germany
Géza von Radványi
1958
Mario Adorf
La mala ordina
Italy, West Germany
Fernando Di Leo
1972
Mario Adorf
The Devil Strikes at Night
Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
West Germany
Robert Siodmak
1957
Roger Corman
The Intruder
United States
Roger Corman
1962
Roger Corman
The Masque of the Red Death
United States, United Kingdom
Roger Corman
1964
Jonas Mekas
Walden
United States
Jonas Mekas
1969
Abbas Kiarostami
Filmando en Cuba con Abbas Kiarostami
various
Ramiro Pedraza, Martin Snyder, Fatema Abdoolcarim, Kai Tillman, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Briones, Alessandro Focareta, Pedro Freire
2016
Abbas Kiarostami
Where is the Friend's Home?
Khane-ye doust kodjast?
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
1988
Clemens Klopfenstein
Geschichte der Nacht
Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, France
Clemens Klopfenstein
1979
Clemens Klopfenstein
Whoafraidwolf
WerAngstWolf
Italy, Switzerland
Clemens Klopfenstein
2000
Jean-Louis Roy
L'inconnu de Shandigor
Switzerland
Jean-Louis Roy
1967
Histoire(s) du cinéma: Special Program
Lovers Are Wet
Koibito-tachi wa nureta
Japan
Tatsumi Kumashiro
1973
Histoire(s) du cinéma
A Destruição de Bernardet
Brazil
Claudia Priscilla, Pedro Marques
2016
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Compêndio da Vida de um Homem Gasto e o Seu Último Desejo Perante Ela
Brazil
Eugenio Puppo, Ricardo Carioba
2014
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film
Germany
Dominik Graf, Johannes Sievert
2016
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
United Kingdom
Louise Osmond
2016
[13]
Retrospective (Retrospettiva )
The 2016 retrospective section, Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963 , was centered around filmmaking in early West Germany .
Title
Original title
Director
Country
Year
An Alibi for Death
Ein Alibi zerbricht
Alfred Vohrer
Austria
1963
All Clues Lead to Berlin
Die Spur führt nach Berlin
František Čáp
West Germany
1952
Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face
Alvorada - Aufbruch in Brasilien
Hugo Niebeling
West Germany
1962
Autobahn
Herbert Vesely
West Germany
1957
Banktresor 713
Werner Klingler
West Germany
1957
Bau 60
Dieter Lemmel
West Germany
1960
Black Gravel
Schwarzer Kies
Helmut Käutner
West Germany
1961
By the Dike Sluice
Am Siel
Peter Nestler
West Germany
1962
The Captain from Cologne
Der Hauptmann von Köln
Slatan Dudow
East Germany
1956
Chased by the Devil
Vom Teufel gejagt
Victor Tourjansky
West Germany
1950
The Condemned Village
Das verurteilte Dorf
Martin Hellberg
East Germany
1952
The Confession of Ina Kahr
Das Bekenntnis der Ina Kahr
G. W. Pabst
West Germany
1954
The Cornet
Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod
Walter Reisch
West Germany
1955
The Day the Rains Came
Am Tag als der Regen kam
Gerd Oswald
West Germany
1959
Den Einsamen allen
Franz Schömbs
West Germany
1962
The Devil Strikes at Night
Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
Robert Siodmak
West Germany
1957
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Der Arzt von Stalingrad
Géza von Radványi
West Germany
1958
The Dress
Das Kleid
Konrad Petzold
East Germany
1961/1991
Durch Nacht zum Licht
Hans Fischerkoesen
West Germany
1955
The Eighth Day of the Week
Ósmy dzień tygodnia
Aleksander Ford
Polish People’s Republic , West Germany
1958
Encounters In The Dark
Spotkania w mroku
Wanda Jakubowska
Polish People’s Republic, East Germany
1960
Es muss ein Stück vom Hitler sein
Walter Krüttner
West Germany
1963
Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland
Michael Grzimek , Bernhard Grzimek
West Germany
1954
Faces in the Shadow
Ansikten i skugga
Peter Weiss , Christer Strömholm
Sweden
1956
The Fair
Kirmes
Wolfgang Staudte
West Germany
1960
Faust
Peter Gorski
West Germany
1960
Fussball Weltmeisterschaft 1954
Gerhard Grindel, Horst Wigankow, Sammy Drechsel
West Germany
1954
The Glass Tower
Der gläserne Turm
Harald Braun
West Germany
1957
The Haunted Castle
Das Spukschloss im Spessart
Kurt Hoffmann
West Germany
1960
Holiday on Sylt
Urlaub auf Sylt
Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike
East Germany
1957
The Indian Tomb
Das indische Grabmal
Fritz Lang
West Germany, France, Italy
1959
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Es geschah am hellichten Tag
Ladislao Vajda
Switzerland, West Germany
1958
Jonas
Ottomar Domnick
West Germany
1957
Jungens in den Flegeljahren
Rudolf Werner Kipp
West Germany
1956
Kahl
Haro Senft
West Germany
1961
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
Edgar Reitz
West Germany
1962
Labyrinth
Rolf Thiele
West Germany
1959
Last Stop Love
Endstation Liebe
Georg Tressler
West Germany
1958
Leuchtfeuer
Wolfgang Staudte
East Germany, Sweden
1954
Look at This City
Schaut auf diese Stadt
Karl Gass
East Germany
1962
The Lost One
Der Verlorene
Peter Lorre
West Germany
1951
Machorka-Muff
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
West Germany
1963
Mädchen in Uniform
Géza von Radványi
West Germany, France
1958
Das magische Band
Ferdinand Khittl
West Germany
1959
Many Passed By
Viele kamen vorbei
Peter Pewas
West Germany
1956
Menschen im Werk
Gerhard Lamprecht
West Germany
1957
The Miracle of Father Malachia
Das Wunder des Malachias
Bernhard Wicki
West Germany
1961
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
Manfred Wekwerth , Peter Palitzsch
East Germany
1961
Neue Kunst - neues Sehen
Ottomar Domnick
West Germany
1950
No Way Back
Weg ohne Umkehr
Victor Vicas
West Germany
1953
People in the Net
Menschen im Netz
Franz Peter Wirth
West Germany
1959
Die Purpurlinie
Flo Nordhoff
West Germany
1959
Puschkin – Wodka für harte Männer. Elch
Charles Paul Wilp
West Germany
1962
Redhead
Die Rote
Helmut Käutner
West Germany, Italy
1962
The Return of Doctor Mabuse
Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse
Harald Reinl
West Germany, France, Italy
1961
Roses Bloom on the Moorland
Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab
Hans H. König
West Germany
1952
Schichten unter der Dunstglocke
Herbert Viktor
West Germany
1959
Sky Without Stars
Himmel ohne Sterne
Helmut Käutner
West Germany
1955
Speed
Geschwindigkeit
Edgar Reitz
West Germany
1963
Spielbank-Affäre
Arthur Pohl
East Germany
1957
Das Stacheltier: Freie Marktwirtschaft
Richard Groschopp
East Germany
1954
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben
Frank Wisbar
West Germany
1959
Süden im Schatten
Franz-Josef Spieker
West Germany
1962
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Der Tiger von Eschnapur
Fritz Lang
West Germany, France, Italy
1959
The Trapp Family in America
Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
West Germany
1958
Traum in Tusche
Rolf Engler
West Germany
1952
Das Unkraut
Wolfgang Urchs
West Germany
1962
Verstummte Stimmen
Roger Fritz
West Germany
1962
Ein Wagen und sein Werk
Curt A. Engel
West Germany
1953
Weißes Blut
Gottfried Kolditz
East Germany
1959
Werftarbeiter
Wolf Hart
West Germany
1951
Der Wundertisch
Herbert Seggelke
West Germany
1954
You Must Choose Life
Wähle das Leben
Erwin Leiser
Switzerland, Sweden, Austria
1963
[14] [15]
Open Doors
Beginning in 2016, the Open Doors screening and development section initiated a three-year focus on eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Maldives , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka .
Feature-length
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Year
Are You Listening!
Shunte Ki Pao!
Bangladesh
Kamar Ahmad Simon
2012
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
Bhutan , Hong Kong
Khyentse Norbu
2016
Highway
Nepal , United States
Deepak Rauniyar
2012
The Emerald Jungle
Mya ga naing
Myanmar
Maung Tin Maung
1934
Return to Burma
Taiwan, Myanmar
Midi Z
2011
Television
Bangladesh
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
2012
The Black Hen
Kalo Pothi
Nepal
Min Bahadur Bham
2015
The Monk
Myanmar, Czech Republic
The Maw Naing
2014
Under Construction
Bangladesh
Rubaiyat Hossain
2015
Shorts
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Year
3 Year 3 Month Retreat
Lo Sum Choe Sum
Bhutan
Dechen Roder
2015
720 Degrees
Bangladesh
Ishtiaque Zico
2010
A Forgotten Story
Bhutan
Tashi Gyeltshen
2010
Chandra
Nepal, United Kingdom, China
Asmita Shrish, Fateme Ahmadi
2015
I am Time
Bangladesh
Mahde Hasan
2013
Insein Rhythm
Myanmar, Germany
Soe Moe Aung
2013
Side Glances of Dragon
Myanmar
We Ra Aung
2014
Sweetie Pie
Myanmar, Germany
Sai Kong Kham
2011
The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite
Nepal
Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
2013
The Container
Bangladesh, South Korea
Abu Shahed Emon
2012
The Monk in the Forest
Bhutan
Karma Wangchuk
2015
The Shame
Laaz
Nepal
Sushan Prajapati
2015
[16] [17]
Jury films
The festival presents films associated with jurors for the various competitive sections.
Title
Original title
Country
Director
Year
Bleak Street
La calle de la amargura
Mexico, Spain
Arturo Ripstein
2015
You and the Night
Les rencontres d'après minuit
France, Switzerland
Yann Gonzalez
2013
Soy Nero
Germany, France, Mexico
Rafi Pitts
2016
Frances Ha
United States
Noah Baumbach
2012
Ta’ang
Hong Kong, France
Wang Bing
2016
Suspiria
Italy
Dario Argento
1977
The Lobster
Greece, Ireland , Netherlands, United Kingdom, France
Yorgos Lanthimos
2015
Struggle for Life
La loi de la jungle
France
Antonin Peretjako
2016
Köpek
Switzerland
Esen Isik
2015
Eyes Find Eyes
France, United States
Sean Price Williams, Jean-Manuel Fernandez
2011
Speed
Geschwindigkeit
West Germany
Edgar Reitz
1963
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
West Germany
Edgar Reitz
1962
La herida
Spain
Fernando Franco
2013
Boxcar Bertha
United States
Martin Scorsese
1972
Wolf and Sheep
Denmark, France, Sweden, Afghanistan
Shahrbanoo Sadat
2016
Battle of the Queens
Kampf der Königinnen
Germany, Switzerland
Nicolas Steiner
2011
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