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50th Locarno Film Festival

50th Locarno Film Festival
Opening filmMen In Black directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Closing filmLast Tango in Paris directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Mirror directed by Jafar Panahi
Artistic directorMarco Mueller
Festival dateOpening: 6 August 1997 (1997-08-06)
Closing: 16 August 1997 (1997-08-16)
WebsiteLFF
Locarno Film Festival

The 50th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 August 1997 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1][2] The opening film of the festival was the international premiere of Men In Black.[3][2] The closing film of the festival was Last Tango in Paris in honor of its director Bernardo Bertolucci who was awarded the Leopard of Honor for his career in cinema at the festival this year.[3]

The Piazza Grande, the open-air theater, saw the international premiere of Face/Off directed by John Woo with a record crowd of 10,000 people.[3][4] Another audience hit was the British stripper comedy The Full Monty, which drew a large crowd and won the Audience Award.[2]

In honor of the 50th Anniversary, the festival held a retrospective called "50 (+1) Years of American Cinema", which featured films from the first year of the festival, 1946, to the present 1997.[5][3] The section was selected by 30 American directors tasked with choosing "underrated" films.[3] Some directors who selected films include Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, and Kathryn Bigelow, who was in town for the festival.[1][2]

The festival also managed to feature the first version of Palme d'Or winner Taste of Cherry which was shot on video in 1994 with director Abbas Kirostami as the lead, before he made the final 1997 version.[6] Plus, the world premiere of experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas's entire Diaries series, which utilized 60 hours of footage shot over 50 years.[6]

Due to the rule changes last year, over half the films in competition were from established directors, and not first or second feature films as was traditionally the case at Locarno.[6] The new Venice Film Festival chief, Felice Laudadio, and Locarno Festival chief Marco Mueller normalized relations after a 1995 fight between the festivals and helped each other acquire films, with Mueller helping Venice get Zhang Yimou's Keep Cool.[6]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Mirror directed by Jafar Panahi.[7][8][9]

Official Jury

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Official Sections

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The following films were screened in these sections:[10]

Piazza Grande

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Piazza Grande

English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Destiny Al Massir Youssef Chahine 1997 France, Egypt
Career Girls Mike Leigh 1996 Great Britain
Known to Our Departments Connu De Nos Services Jean-Stéphane Bron 1997 Switzerland
Conspiracy Theory Richard Donner 1997 USA
Face/Off John Woo 1997 USA
The Prince of Homburg Il Principe Di Homburg Di Heinrich Von Kleist Marco Bellocchio 1997 Italia
The Joly-Normandin Fund Le Fonds Joly-Normandin F.J. Ossang 1896 Switzerland
Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld 1997 USA
The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo 1996 USA
The Ice Storm Ang Lee 1997 USA
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan 1997 Canada
Last Tango in Paris Ultimo Tango A Parigi Bernardo Bertolucci 1972 Italia, France
The Eel Unagi Shōhei Imamura 1997 Japan

International Competition

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International Competition

English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
The Mirror Ayneh Jafar Panahi 1997 Iran
Broos Mijke de Jong 1997 Netherlands
Clandestins Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff 1997 Switzerland, Canada
Doctor Chance Docteur Chance F.J. Ossang 1997 France, Chile
Metropolitan Fairy Tales Fiabe Metropolitane Egidio Eronico 1997 Italia
The Crazy Stranger Gadjo Dilo Tony Gatlif 1997 France
The Ark of the Desert L'Arche Du Desert Mohamed Chouikh 1997 Algérie, France
The Third Moon La Terza Luna Matteo Bellinelli 1997 Switzerland, Italia
The Acrobats Le Acrobate Silvio Soldini 1997 Italia, Switzerland
The Infidels Les Infidèles Randa Chahal Sabag 1997 France
Martha's Garden Marthas Garten Peter Liechti 1997 Switzerland, Germany
The Bachelor O Ergenis Nikos Panayotopoulos 1997 Greece
Office Killer Cindy Sherman 1997 USA
The Bible And Gun Club Daniel J. Harris 1997 USA
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives Harry Sinclair 1997 New Zealand
Transatlantic Transatlantique Christine Laurent 1997 France
We All Fall Down Tutti Giù Per Terra Davide Ferrario 1996 Italia
Winter Sleepers Winterschläfer Tom Tykwer 1997 Germany, France
Made in Hong Kong Xianggang Zhizao Fruit Chan 1997 Hong Kong
Journey to the Western Xia Empire Xixia Lu Tiaotiao Lu Wei 1997 China

Filmmakers of the Present

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The Filmmakers of the Present Competition is also known as the Concorso Cineasti del Presente.

Filmmakers of the Present - Out of Competition

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Flor Encarnada To Incarnate Flower Marcel Hanoun 1994 France
Ardekoul Jafar Panahi 1997 Iran
Award Presentation To Andy Warhol Jonas Mekas 1994 USA
Birth Of A Nation Jonas Mekas 1996 USA
Bruggen Bridging Dick Rijneke 1996 Netherlands
Bruit D'Amour Et De Guerre Noise of Love and War Marcel Hanoun 1997 France
Cela S'Appelle L'Amour It's Called Love Marcel Hanoun 1984 France
Char Adhyay Four Chapters Kumar Shahani 1997 India
Chère Catherine Dear Catherine Raoul Peck 1997 Haiti
Cosa Centra Con L'Amore What Does it Have to Do with Love Marco Speroni 1997 Italia
D'Ici Là By then Jean-Charles Fitoussi 1997 France
Die Kinder Von Furna The Children of Furna Christian Schocher 1975 Switzerland
En Une Poignee De Mains Amies, Fleuve Qui, Par Dessous Les Ponts, Ouvre La Porte De La Mer In a Handful of Friendly Hands, River Which, Below the Bridges, Opens the Door of the Sea Jean Rouch 1997 France
Familles Je Vous Hais Families I Hate you Bruno Bontzolakis 1997 France
Fantômes De Tanger Ghosts of Tangier Edgardo Cozarisnky 1997 France, Germany
Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control Errol Morris 1997 USA
Georges Bataille - À Perte De Vue Georges Bataille - As Far as the Eye can See André S. Labarthe 1997 France
Happy Birthday To John Lennon Jonas Mekas 1996 USA
He Stands In The Desert Counting The Seconds Of His Life Jonas Mekas 1975 USA
Hello- Les Larmes De L'Amitie Hello- Friendly Tears Michel Sumpf 1997 France
Hispaniola Ritratto Di Claudiio Bonifacio, Naufrologo Hispaniola Portrait by Claudiio Bonifacio, a Naughter Antonietta De Lillo 1997 Italia
Il Etait Une Fois Donyazad He Was Once Donyazad Merzak Allouache 1996 France
Il Manocchio The Manocchio Davide Ciprì, Franco Maresco 1996 Italia
Jahre Später Years Later Christian Schocher 1997 Switzerland
Je Meurs De Vivre I Die of Living Marcel Hanoun 1994 France
L'Appartamento The Apartment Francesca Pirani 1997 Italia
La Boulangère Et Le Cosmonaute The Baker and the Cosmonaut Marcel Hanoun 1997 France
La Vallee Close Jean-Claude Rousseau 1995 France
La Via Del Petrolio The via Del Oil Bernardo Bertolucci 1966 Italia
Le Chant Des Chants The Song of the Songs Marcel Hanoun 1996 France
Le Plaisir House of Pleasure Max Ophüls 1951 France
Le Regard Blesse The Gaze Hurts Marcel Hanoun 1994 France
Left Aside Tom Jarmush 1997 USA
Les Amants De Sarajevo T Marcel Hanoun 1993 France
Lost Lost Lost Jonas Mekas 1949 USA
Luca'S Film Marco Bechis 1996 Italia
Mat' I Syn Alexander Sokurov 1997 Germany, Russia
Nel Profondo Paese Straniero In the Deep Foreign Country Fabio Carpi Carpi 1997 Italia, France
Nocturne Yervant Granikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi 1997 Italia
Nous Sommes Tous Encore Ici We are all Again Here Anne-Marie Miéville 1996 France, Switzerland
Ormai Solo Un Zio Ci Può Salvare By Now Only an Uncle can Save Us Davide Ciprì, Franco Maresco 1986 Italia
Otage Hostage Marcel Hanoun 1989 France
Parresia Rosanna Benvenuto 1997 Italia
Partner Bernardo Bertolucci 1968 Italia
Pish Batter Nasser Taghvai 1997 Iran
Public Housing Frederick Wiseman 1997 USA
Regard La Mer Look the Sea François Ozon 1997 France
Regard, Passion, Memoire Look, Passion, Memory Marcel Hanoun 1992 France
Reminiscences Of A Journey To Lituania Jonas Mekas 1971 USA
Rostov-Luanda Rostov-Lunda Abderrahmane Sissako 1997 France
Ruzi Keh Khaleh Mariz Boud Hannah Makhmalbaf 1997 Iran
Scenes From Allen'S Last 3 Days On Earth As A Spirit Jonas Mekas 1997 USA
Scenes From The Life Of Andy Warhol Jonas Mekas 1990 USA
Scenes From The Life Of George Maciunas Jonas Mekas 1990 USA
Sogni Infranti: Ragionamenti E Deliri Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delusions Marco Bellocchio 1995 Italia
Stilleben Still Life Harun Farocki 1997 France, Germany
Tarh Wee Abbas Kiarostami 1997 Iran
Tentative De Description D'Un Dîner De Têtes À Paris-France Attempt to Describe a Head Dinner in Paris-France Jean-Christophe Averty 1995 France
The Final Insult Charles Burnett 1997 Germany, USA
Torino Boys Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti 1997 Italia
Un Arbre Fou D'Oiseaux A Crazy Bird of Birds Marcel Hanoun 1997 France
Viagem Ao Principio Do Mundo Travel to the Beginning of the World Manoel de Oliveira 1997 France, Portugal
Visage Marcel Hanoun 1997 France
Von Heute Auf Morgen Overnight Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub 1996 France
Walden Jonas Mekas 1964 USA
Walo Fendo Walo Crack Mohammed Soudani 1997 Switzerland

Locarno at Half Century Reflections on the Future – Filmmakers of the Present

Locarno at the Half-Century, Reflections on the Future – Filmmakers of the Present
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: Elena Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: Elena Marco Bellocchio 1997 Switzerland
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: Ghosts Of Electricity Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: Ghosts of Electricity Robert Kramer 1997 Switzerland
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: La Eta Knabino Au Kiel Oni Trovas Ian Helpon Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: ETA Knabino at Kiel Oni Trovas Ian Helpon Hannah Makhmalbaf 1997 Switzerland
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: Le Film À Venir Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: The Film to Come Nasser Taghvai 1997 Switzerland
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: Le Jour Où Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: The Day when Chantal Akerman 1997 Switzerland
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: Les Parias Du Cinema Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: The Parias of the Cinema Idrissa Ouédraogo 1997 Switzerland
Locarno Demi-Siècle, Reflexions Sur L'Avenir: Épisode: The Birth Of Light Locarno Half-Century, Reflections on the Future: Episode: The Birth of Light Abbas Kiarostami 1997 Switzerland

Leopards of Tomorrow

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Short Films in Competition

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German Short Films – In Competition
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
12 Bilder Für Konrad 12 Pictures for Konrad Katharina Werner 1996 Germany
Abendbrot (Sometimes I Wish To Be Somewhere Else) Sören Voigt 1997 Germany
Ausgestorben Extinct Michael Pohl 1995 Germany
Brot Fragment Samir Nasr 1996 Germany
Buy 1 Get 1 Free Silke Fischer 1997 Germany
Das Erbe The Inheritance Sylvia Dahmen 1994 Germany
Der Steuermann The Helmsman Stephane Schneider 1996 Germany
Die Dunklen Lichter The Dark Lights Thomas Kutschker 1996 Germany
Die Verlo(H)Rene Strasse Die to See it (h) Rene Strasse Marco Wilms 1994 Germany
Die Villa Peter Roloff 1997 Germany
Ein Sommertag A Summer Day Saskia Kuipers 1996 Germany
Fake! Sebastian Peterson 1997 Germany
Getürkt Tortured Fatih Akin 1997 Germany
Gräfin Sophia Hatun Countess Sophia Hatun Ayse Polat 1997 Germany
Halleluja Hallelujah Bernhard Marsch 1995 Germany
Heimatgefühle Feelings of Home Frank Müller 1996 Germany
Hilda Humphrey Nick Lyon 1997 Germany
In Your Shoes Christoph Röhl 1996 Germany
Jenseits Von Schwedena Beyond Swedena Janek Rieke 1996 Germany
Ku'Damm Security And'Am Supremember Ed Herzog 1997 Germany
Land Unter Land under Clemens Schönborn 1995 Germany
Living On The Edge Luke McBain 1995 Germany
Loverfilm - Eine Unkontrollierte Freisetzung Von Information Looverfilm - An Uncontrolled Release of Information Michael Brynntrup 1996 Germany
Lucie & Mathilde Mareike Fehlberg 1994 Germany
Männer Und Ihre Hobbies Men and their Hobbies Holger Borggrefe 1996 Germany
Nackter Himmel Naked Sky Stefan Sarazin 1997 Germany
Nur Für Dienstboten Only for Servants Claudia Amborst, Jana-Bianca Kerkhoff 1995 Germany
Pensao Globo GLOBO THINK Matthias Müller 1997 Germany
Stimmen Der Welt Voices of the World Florian Hoffmeister 1997 Germany
Surprise! Veit Helmer 1995 Germany
The Orange Kiss Hubertus Siegert 1997 Germany
Tout Ce Que Nous N'Aurons Pas Fait - Ob Ich Möchte Oder Nicht Everything We Have not Done - Ob Ich Möchte Oder Nicht Frédéric Moriette 1996 Germany
Von Der Verführung From the Seduction Sülbiye V. Günar 1997 Germany
Was Nicht Passt - Wird Passend Gemacht What Doesn't Fit - Is Made Suitable Peter Thorwarth 1996 Germany
Zwei Leben Lang For Two Lives Claudia Beckmann 1995 Germany
Zwei Tage Grau Two Days Gray Harrx Flöter, Jörg Sepmann 1996 Germany
Austrian Short Films – In Competition
Blindgänger Unexplod Thomas Woschitz 1996 Austria
Der Hausbesorger The Home Supplier Stephan Wagner 1996 Austria
Die Frucht Deines Leibes The Fruit of your Body Barbara Albert 1996 Austria
Die Weiche The Switch Chris Krikellis 1997 Austria
Eine Seekrankheit Auf Festem Lande A Seasickness on a Fixed Country Christian Frosh, Kristina Konrad 1996 Austria
Flora Jessica Hausner 1996 Austria
Nachricht Von H. Message from H. Mirjam Unger 1996 Austria
Swiss Short Films – In Competition
Die Lebende Bombe The Living Bomb Walter Feistle 1996 Switzerland
Et Il Eurent Beaucoup D'Enfants And He Had a Lot of Children Nicolas Frey 1997 Switzerland
Frau Im Schatten Woman in the Shadow Menda Huonder-Jenny 1997 Switzerland
Fritz Et Franz Gaby Schaedler 1997 Switzerland
L'Heure Du Loup Wolf's Time Pierre Mifsud, Vincent Pluss 1997 Switzerland
L'Uomo Con La Pioggia Dentro The Man with the Rain Inside Camilo Cienfuegos 1996 Switzerland
La Leçon De Monsieur Paillasson The Lesson of Monsieur Paillasson Michel Fessler 1997 Switzerland
Mini Händ Wärdid Rucher, Immer Rucher Mini Hand Wildid Rucher, Always Rucher Rudolf Barmettler 1997 Switzerland
Morte Macaca - Mort De Singe Macaca Dead - Monkey Death Jeanne Waltz 1997 Switzerland
Nachtwache Night Watch 1997 Switzerland
Pampa Bernard Weber 1997 Switzerland
Paul Aurelio Galfetti 1997 Switzerland
Reines D'Un Jour One Day Queens Pascal Magini 1996 Switzerland
Samb Et Le Commissaire Samb and the Commissioner Olivier Sillig 1997 Switzerland
Strandsonntag Beach Claudio Fäh 1996 Switzerland
Too Mervellous For Words Richard Szotyori 1997 Switzerland
Un Bouquet D'Immortels A Bouquet of Immortals Frédéric Landenberg 1997 Switzerland
Ölmeye Yatmak - Sich Zum Sterben Hinlegen Lying to Die - Sich Zum Sterben Hinlegen Esen Isik 1997 Switzerland

Avant Garde Film – Austria 1955-1996

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Special Program - Avant Garde Film - Austria 1955-1996 - 1
2/60: 48 Köpfe Aus Dem Szondi-Test 2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi Test Kurt Kren 1960 Austria
28/73 Zeitaufnahme(N) 28/73 Time Recording (N) Kurt Kren 1973 Austria
3/60 Bäume Im Herbst 3/60 Trees in Autumn Kurt Kren 1960 Austria
37/78 Tree Again Kurt Kren 1978 Austria
Adebar Peter Kubelka 1957 Austria
Arnulf Rainer Peter Kubelka 1960 Austria
Einszweidrei One Two Three Ernst jr. Schmidt 1965 Austria
Film/Spricht/Viele/Sprachen Film/Speaks/many/Languages Gustav Deutsch 1995 Austria
Hernals Hans Scheugl 1967 Austria
Pièce Touchee Touchee Room Martin Arnold 1989 Austria
Schwechater Peter Kubelka 1958 Austria
Semiotic Ghosts Lisl Ponger 1991 Austria
Text Ii Marc Adrian 1964 Austria
Unsere Afrikareise Our Trip to Africa Peter Kubelka 1966 Austria
Special Program - Avant Garde Film - Austria 1955-1996 - 2
...Remote...Remote... Valie Export 1973 Austria
10/65: Selbstverstümmelung 10/65: Self -Mutilation Kurt Kren 1965 Austria
16/67: 20. September Kurt Kren 1967 Austria
9/64: O Tannenbaum Kurt Kren 1964 Austria
Bodybuilding Ernst jr. Schmidt 1965 Austria
Es Hat Mich Sehr Gefreut I Was Very Happy Mara Mattuschka 1987 Austria
Happy-End Peter Tscherkassky 1996 Austria
Kugelkopf Ball Head Mara Mattuschka 1985 Austria
Parasympathica Mara Mattuschka 1986 Austria
Passage À L'Acte Acting Martin Arnold 1993 Austria
Shot-Countershot Peter Tscherkassky 1987 Austria
The Murder Mystery Dietmar Brehm 1987 Austria
Special Program - Avant Garde Film - Austria 1955-1996 - 3
55/95 Gustav Deutsch 1994 Austria
Ein Drittes Reich A Third Empire Alfred Kaiser Kaiser 1975 Austria
Heldenplatz, 12. März 1988 Heldenplatz, March 12, 1988 Johannes Rosenberg 1988 Austria
Mein Fenster My Window Zbigniew Rybczyński 1979 Austria
Mosaik Im Vertrauen Mosaic Peter Kubelka 1955 Austria
Sonne Halt! Hold the Sun! Ferry Radax 1959 Austria
Tausendjahrekino Millet Anniversary Kurt Kren 1995 Austria
Wessen Aurach, Dessen Traun Whose Aurach, Whose Traun Arnold Schicker 1985 Austria

Other Sections

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The Davi In Cuba – Leopards of Tomorrow
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Luchando Frijoles - Cuba, D'Un Jour À L'Autre Luchando Frijoles - Cuba, from One Day to the Next Fabrice Aragno, Jeanne Berthoud 1997 Switzerland
Sacher Festival – Leopards of Tomorrow
Cosmos Hotel Varo Venturi 1997 Italia
Eccesso Di Zelo Excess of Zeal Vittorio Moroni 1997 Italia
Jahila Juulula Giovanni Maderna 1997 Italia
Parole Sospese Suspended Words Isabella Leoni 1996 Italia
Pidgin Pidin Andrea Gropplero 1997 Italia
Prima Della Fucilazione Before Shooting Salvatore Mereu 1996 Italia
Spalle Al Muro Shoulders to the Wall Nida di Majo 1997 Italia
ALIEN/NATION Program - Short Films – Leopards of Tomorrow
Alarm Dietmar Brehm 1996 Austria
Biba-Non-Biba Biba-Noba Hänzel & Gretzel 1994 Belgium
Dar-El Beida Tim Sharp 1996 Austria
Die Letzten Bilder Der Nacht The Last Pictures of the Night Paul Divjak 1994 Austria
Extract Kristin Mojsiewicz 1994 Great Britain
Genocides Hänzel & Gretzel 1994 Belgium
Grüezi Jonas Raeber 1995 Switzerland
Heimkehr 1941/1966 Home 1941/1966 Michael Domes, Caroline Weihs 1996 Austria
Ich Suche Nichts, Ich Bin Hier I'm not Looking for Anything, I'm Here Holger Mader 1994 Germany
Mariage Blanc White Wedding Gustav Deutsch 1996 Austria, Morocco
Non Portare I Cani In Chiesa Do not Bring Dogs to Church Marco Lanza 1994 Italia
Paradigm, Part I Shaheen Merali 1995 Great Britain
Ph/R/Ases Sikay Tang 1995 USA
Snapspots Kurt Kren 1996 Austria
Zehn Kleine Negerlein Ten Little Negroes Jochen Ehmann 1992 Germany

Tribute To

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Condor Films

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Abb Flash Lukas Strebel 1991 Switzerland
Auskunft In Cockpit Information in Cockpit Nicolas Gessner 1959 Switzerland
Bild Der Landschaft Picture of the Landscape Herbert E. Meyer 1968 Switzerland
Die Invasion Vom Planeten Kar The Invasion of the Planet Kar Peter Haas 1985 Switzerland
Fusio Fusion Otto Ritter 1952 Switzerland
Kuckucksjahre Cuckoosjahre George Moorse 1967 Switzerland
Pastoral Switzerland The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Nicolas Gessner 1976 Switzerland
Pulsschlag Der Zeit Pulse of the Time René Boeniger 1954 Switzerland
Reise Der Hoffnung Journey of Hope Xavier Koller 1990 Switzerland, Italia
Spot Publicitaires 1950-1990 1950-1990 Advertising Spot Jack Hill Switzerland
Tennessee Waltz Nicolas Gessner 1989 USA, Switzerland
Violanta Violanta Daniel Schmid 1977 Switzerland
Zürcher Impressionen Zurich Impressions Hans Trommer 1961 Switzerland
À La Loupe Magnified Herbert Seggelke 1961 Switzerland

Tai Kato

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Bakumatsu Zankoku Monogatari End of the Edo Period Cruel Story Tai Kato 1964 Japan
Hibotan Bakuto - Hanafuda Shobu Hibotan - Hanafuda Shobu Tai Kato 1969 Japan
Hibotan Bakuto - Oryu Sanjo Hibotan Bakuto - Oru Sanjo Tai Kato 1970 Japan
Kaidan Oiwa No Borei Stairs Oiwa Oysters Tai Kato 1961 Japan
Kaze No Bushi The Wind Claw Tai Kato 1964 Japan
Kutsukake Tokijiro - Yukyo Ippiki Article by Kutsukake - A Snowy Fish Tai Kato 1966 Japan
Mabuta No Haha The Mother of the Eyelids Tai Kato 1962 Japan
Meiji Kyokyakuden - Sandaime Shumei Meiji Era Guest Hall - 3rd Generation of the Lord Tai Kato 1965 Japan
Minagoroshi No Reika I, the Executioner Tai Kato 1968 Japan
Otoko No Kao Rirekisho By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him Tai Kato 1966 Japan
Sanada Fuunroku Brave Records of the Sanada Clan Tai Kato 1963 Japan
Shafu Yukyoden - Kenka Tatsu Cargo Aokiden - Fighting Standing Tai Kato 1964 Japan

Retrospective – 50 (+1) Years of American Cinema

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The section was a retrospective selected by 30 American directors tasked with choosing "underrated" films from 1946 to 1997.[3][1] Some directors who selected films include Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, and Kathryn Bigelow.[1]

Retrospective 50 (+1) Years of American Cinema
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Selected by
Blue Velvet David Lynch 1986 USA Paul Schrader
Boom! Joseph Losey 1968 USA John Waters
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah 1974 USA John Woo
Canyon Passage Jacques Tourneur 1946 USA Martin Scorsese
Chimes at Midnight Orson Welles 1966 Spain, Switzerland John Carpenter
Ed Wood Tim Burton 1994 USA Paul Morrissey
House of Bamboo Samuel Fuller 1955 USA Barbet Schroeder
I Was a Male War Bride Howard Hawks 1949 USA Peter Bogdanovich
In Harm's Way Otto Preminger 1965 USA Jim McBride
Killer of Sheep Charles Burnett 1977 USA Robert Kramer
Lawrence Of Arabia David Lean 1962 Great Britain, USA Steven Spielberg
Lolita Stanley Kubrick 1962 USA David Lynch
Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle Alan Rudolph 1994 USA Robert Altman
One-Eyed Jacks Marlon Brando 1961 USA Francis Ford Coppola
Ordinary People Robert Redford 1980 USA Gus Van Sant
Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick 1957 USA William Friedkin
Point Blank John Boorman 1967 USA Wayne Wang
Pull My Daisy Robert Frank 1959 USA Jim Jarmusch
Scorpio Rising Kenneth Anger 1964 USA Paul Schrader
Spider Baby Jack Hill 1965 USA Sarah Driver
The Big Clock John Farrow 1948 USA Joe Dante
The Breaking Point Michael Curtiz 1950 USA Monte Hellman
The Hill Sidney Lumet 1965 USA Woody Allen
The Sand Pebbles Robert Wise 1966 USA Oliver Stone
The Swimmer Frank Perry 1968 USA Charles Burnett
The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah 1969 USA Kathryn Bigelow
There's Always Tomorrow Douglas Sirk 1956 USA Allison Anders
They Live by Night Nicholas Ray 1948 USA Jim Jarmusch
White Heat Raoul Walsh 1949 USA Clint Eastwood
Zelig Woody Allen 1983 USA Abel Ferrara
Beach Red Cornel Wilde 1967 USA

Cinema/Cinemas

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Cinema/Cinemas
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Addò Sta Rossellini He Gathered this Ross Alberto Grifi, Michele Schiavino 1997 Italia
Directors On Directors Jonathan Nossiter, Adam Simon 1997 Italia
Jean Cocteau, Mensonges Et Verites Jean Cocteau, Lies and Verites Noël Simsolo 1996 France
L'Uomo Dal Sigaro In Bocca The Man with a Cigar in the Mouth Mario Sesti 1997 Italia
Safari Be Diare Mosafer Bahman Kiarostami 1993 Iran
Silver Screen/Color Me Lavander Mark Rappaport 1997 USA
Un Buñuel Mexicain A Mexican Buñuel Emilio Maillö 1997 France

Film Surprise

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
(Blooper) Bunny Greg Ford, Terry Lennon 1991 USA
Ta'M E Guilas Taste of Cherry (First Draft)[6] Abbas Kiarostami 1997 Iran

Locarno 50

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Il Bell'Antonio The Beautiful Antonio Alessandro Bolognini 1960 Italia
La Ferme Des Sept Peches The Farm of Seven Sins Jean Devaivre 1949 France
San Gottardo Villi Hermann 1977 Switzerland

Out of Program

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Animation Phantasy Tai Kato Canada

Treasures of the Swiss Cinematheque

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Lucky Star Frank Borzage 1929 USA
Seventh Heaven Frank Borzage 1927 USA

Independent Sections

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Critics Week

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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.[11]

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Az Ut The Way Ferenc Moldovanyi France, Hungary
Berlin - Cinema (Titre Provisoire) Berlin - Cinema (Provisional Title) Samira Gloor-Fadel Switzerland, France
Diese Tage In Terezin These Days in Terezin Varo Venturi Germany
Off The Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini USA
R.I.P. - Rest In Pieces Robert-Adrian Pejo Austria
Rolling Peter Entell Switzerland
Verrückt Bleiben Verliebt Bleiben Stay Crazy Elfi Mikesch Germany

Swiss Cinema

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Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
L'Appel De La Montagne The Mountain Call Arthur Porchet 1922 Switzerland
Perspectives
Chronique Chronic Pierre Maillard 1997 Switzerland
Das Schweigen Der Männer The Silence of Men Clemens Klopfenstein 1997 Switzerland
Ghetto Thomas Imbach 1997 Switzerland
Irrlichter Mislead Christoph Kuehn 1997 Switzerland, Germany
Journal De Rivesaltes 1941-'42 David Lean 1997 Switzerland
Morocco Frank Matter 1996 Switzerland
Naturels Sur Le Vif Natural on the Spot Jean Couvreu, Rolf Wäber 1997 Switzerland

Official Awards

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Official Jury

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FIPRESCI Jury

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Youth Jury

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Source:[7][9][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Film/International: Locarno film festival 6-16 august 1997". Variety. Vol. 367, no. 13. 4 August 1997. p. 18.
  2. ^ a b c d e Elley, Derek (25 August 1997). "Film: Yank pix draw locarno heat". Variety. Vol. 368, no. 3. p. 20.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Vivarelli, Nick (1 July 1997). "Locarno fest puts focus on Leigh, Bertolucci pics". The Hollywood Reporter, Suppl.the Hollywood Reporter International. Vol. 348, no. 7. pp. I-4, I-6.
  4. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (12 August 1997). "Swiss fest has major appeal: Locarno evolves into launch pad for american blockbusters". The Hollywood Reporter , Suppl. the Hollywood Reporter International. Vol. 348, no. 37. pp. I-4.
  5. ^ Rooney, David (2 June 1997). "Film/International: Adieu cannes, hello Locarno". Variety. Vol. 365, no. 2. p. 15.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Elley, Derek (21 July 1997). "Film/International: Locarno bows in the 'black'". Variety. Vol. 367, no. 11. p. 13.
  7. ^ a b "1997 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  8. ^ a b Vivarelli. "'Mirror' breaks out at locarno: Golden leopard marks another prize for an iranian director". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 348, no. 41. pp. 3, 20.
  9. ^ a b "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Semaine de la Critique". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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