72nd Locarno Film Festival
Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
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72nd Locarno Film Festival![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/2019_Locarno_Film_Festival.png/260px-2019_Locarno_Film_Festival.png) Official poster of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival by Jannuzzi Smith. |
Opening film | Magari |
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Closing film | To the Ends of the Earth |
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Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
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Founded | 1946 |
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Awards | Golden Leopard (Vitalina Varela) |
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Festival date | 7–17 August 2019 |
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Website | Website |
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Locarno Film Festival chronology |
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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 opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth was screened as closing film.[2]
Juries
International Competition
- Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor - Jury President
- Ilse Hughan, Dutch producer
- Emiliano Morreale, Italian film critic
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
- Angela Schanelec, German filmmaker
Filmmakers of the Present
- Jake Perlin, American producer - Jury President
- Shengze Zhu, Chinese filmmaker and producer
- Yolande Zauberman, French filmmaker
Leopards of Tomorrow
- Bi Gan, Chinese filmmaker - Jury President
- Alice Diop, French filmmaker
- Mike Plante, American short films programmer at Sundance Film Festival
Moving Ahead
- Michael Boyce Gillespie, American film theorist and historian - Jury President
- Aline Schmid, Swiss producer
- Eduardo Williams, Argentinian filmmaker
Best First Feature Prizes
- Margherita Chiti, Italian distributor - Jury President
- Frédéric Jaeger, German artistic director of Berlin Critics’ Week
- Jacqueline Lyanga, American festival director
Sections
Piazza Grande
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
The Fever | A Febre | Maya Da-Rin | Brazil, France, Germany |
Echo | Bergmål | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland, France, Switzerland |
Cat in the Wall | Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova | Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France |
A Voluntary Year | Das freiwillige Jahr | Ulrich Köhler [de], Henner Winckler | Germany |
Douze Mille | Nadège Trebal | France |
During Revolution | Fi Al-Thawra | Maya Khoury | Syria, Sweden |
The Science of Fictions | Hiruk-pikuk si al-kisah | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia, Malaysia, France |
Maternal | Hogar | Maura Delpero | Italy, Argentina |
Isadora's Children | Les Enfants d'Isadora | Damien Manivel | France, South Korea |
Endless Night | Longa noite | Eloy Enciso | Spain |
O Fim do Mundo | Basil Da Cunha | Switzerland |
Height of the Wave | 파고 | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
Technoboss | João Nicolau | Portugal, France |
South Terminal | Terminal Sud | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France |
The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Joe Talbot | United States |
Vitalina Varela | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
A Girl Missing | よこがお | Koji Fukada | Japan, France |
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
143 Sahara Street | 143 rue du désert | Hassen Ferhani | Algeria, France, Qatar |
Bird Island | L'Île aux oiseaux | Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa | Switzerland |
The Cold Raising The Cold | Lengmo weiyang lengmo | Rong Guang Rong | Italy |
The Dove and the Wolf | La Paloma y el Lobo | Carlos Lenin | Mexico |
Ham on Rye | Tyler Taormina | United States |
Here for Life | Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson | United Kingdom |
Ivana the Terrible | Ivana cea Groaznica | Ivana Mladenović | Romania, Serbia |
Love Me Tender | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland |
Mariam | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan |
Nafi's Father | Baamum Nafi | Mamadou Dia | Senegal |
Oroslan | Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia, Czech Republic |
Overseas | Yoon Sung-a | Belgique, France |
Space Dogs | Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter | Austria, Germany |
The Tree House | Nhà Cây | Minh Quý Trương | Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, France, China |
Wonders in the Suburbs | Merveilles à Montfermeil | Jeanne Balibar | France |
The Young Observant | L'apprendistato | Davide Maldi | Italy |
Moving Ahead
English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
(tourism studies) | Joshua Gen Solondz | United States |
A Topography of Memory | Burak Çevik | Turkey, Canada |
Black Hole | Emmanuel Grimaud, Arnaud Deshayes | France |
Color-blind | Ben Russell | France, Germany |
Distancing | Miko Revereza | United States |
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) | Ja'Tovia M. Gary | United States, France |
In Memoriam | Jean-Claude Rousseau | France |
The Invisible Hand | Omer Fast | China, Germany |
Kasiterit | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia |
Krabi, 2562 | Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong | United Kingdom, Thailand |
Lore | Sky Hopinka | United States |
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland, Switzerland |
Osmosis | Shān Zhī Běi | Zhou Tao | China |
Ralf's Colors | Ralfs Farben | Lukas Marxt | Austria, Germany, Spain, France |
Swinguerra | Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca | Brazil |
Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another | Jessica Sarah Rinland | United Kingdom, Argentina, Spain |
Un film dramatique | Éric Baudelaire | France |
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
16 December | 16 de decembro | Alvaro Gago | Spain |
A Street Under | Chão de Rua | Tomas von der Osten | Brazil |
All Come From Dust | Younes Ben Slimane | Tunisia |
All the Fires the Fire | Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis | Greece |
The Animal | Tskhoveli | Amiran Dolidze | Georgia |
Black Sun | Siyah güneş | Arda Çiltepe | Turkey, Germany |
Cobalt Blue | Pyar pyar nyo yaung maing ta-lei-lei | Aung Phyoe | Myanmar |
Companions of the Cave | Ahlou al kahef | Fakhri El Ghezal | Tunisia |
Dossier of the Dossier | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand |
Douma Underground | Douma that al ard | Tim Alsiofi | Lebanon, Syria |
Enduring Body | Râang Ton Taan | Ukrit Sa-nguanhai | Thailand |
Eyes on the Road | Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands |
Father | Vader | Isabel Lamberti | Netherlands |
Flesh | Carne | Camila Kater | Brazil, Spain |
The Furniture Maker | El hacedor de muebles | David Aviles | Cuba |
How to Tell a True Immigrant Story | Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz | United States |
In Vitro | Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind | United Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark |
The Last Image of Father | Poslednja slika o ocu | Stefan Djordjevic | Serbia |
Leave of Absence | Otpusk | Anton Sazonov | Russia |
Mom's Movie | Stella Kyriakopoulos | Greece, Spain |
Mthunzi | Tebogo Malebogo | South Africa |
Our Territory | Notre territoire | Mathieu Volpe | Belgium |
Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea... | Moutons, loup et tasse de thé... | Marion Lacourt | France |
Shiver of Love | Frisson d'amour | Maxence Stamatiadis | France |
Tide | Marée | Manon Coubia | Belgium, France |
Umbilical | Danski Tang | United States |
Unfinished | Incompiuta | Samira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano Doria | Italy |
Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream? | Vulcão: O Que Sonha um Lago? | Diana Vidrascu | France, Portugal, Romania |
White Afro | Akosua Adoma Owusu | Ghana, United States |
Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)
English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
A Summer Morning | Un matin d'été | Patrick Muroni | Switzerland |
Aline | Simon Guélat | Switzerland, France |
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau | Lasse Linder | Switzerland |
At the Pool | À la piscine | Consuelo Frauenfelder, Stefan Lauper |
Azure Memories | L'azzurro del cielo | Enea Zucchetti |
Life is One of the Simplest | Das Leben ist eines der Leichtesten | Marion Nyffenegger |
Mama Rosa | Dejan Barac | Switzerland |
Sas | Léa Célestine Bernasconi | Switzerland |
Still Working | Julietta Korbel |
Silent Storm | Tempête silencieuse | Anaïs Moog |
Terminal | Kim Allamand |
Official Awards
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
International Competition
Filmmakers of the Present
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". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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