Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
51st Locarno Film Festival Opening film Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook Location Locarno , SwitzerlandFounded 1946 Awards Golden Leopard: Mr. Zhao directed by Lü Yue Artistic director Marco Mueller Festival date Opening: 5 August 1998 (1998-08-05 )
Closing: 15 August 1998 (1998-08-15 ) Website LFF
The 51st Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1998 in Locarno , Switzerland.[ 1] There were 11 first or second features in competition out of 20 total.[ 2] The opening film of the festival was Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook .[ 1] It was screened on the Piazza Grande, the 7,000 seat open-air theater.[ 3] The Piazza Grand also featured the international premiere of Small Soldiers directed by Joe Dante , who was awarded the Leopard of Honour for cinematic achievement in his career.[ 4] [ 2] [ 5]
The growing importance of the Piazza Grande screens to big distributors was exemplified by the success of last years The Full Monty , which won last year Audience award.[ 6] This year My Name Is Joe directed by Ken Loach won the Audience award.[ 1]
During the opening of the festival, there was a public fight between the festival board, including festival president Raimondo Rezzonico, and festival director Marco Mueller. Mueller demanded more control over the budget and a three year contract or he would resign.[ 1] [ 7] Some of Mueller's budgetary demands were to add AC to theaters and maintain the four languages of translation for films. However, another issue with organizers was the festival's shift towards Hollywood blockbusters under Mueller's tenure as director.[ 1] [ 5] Mueller had technically resigned in October, before the start of the festival, but had agreed to stay on until the end of festival.[ 7] On the second to last day of the festival the jury issued a open-letter in support of Mueller.[ 8]
Other problems at the festival included the theft of a large replica giant statue of the Golden Leopard and the disappearance of jury member Goran Bregovic who left the festival without informing anyone and abandoned his jury post.[ 3]
The Golden Leopard , the festival's top prize, was awarded to Mr. Zhao directed by Lü Yue .[ 9] [ 1] [ 10] The director Lü Yue , a cinematographer on many Zhang Yimou films, brought his own film to the festival without permission from the Chinese government.[ 1]
The following films were screened in these sections:[ 11]
Piazza Grande
International Competition [ edit ]
International Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
23
Hans-Christian Schmid
1998
Germany
Arack El-Balah
El-Calculated Liquor
Radwan El-Kashef
1998
Egypt
Beshkempir
Aktan Abdikalikov
1998
Kyrgyzstan, France
Dieu Seul Me Voit (Versailles-Chantiers)
God Alone Sees Me (Versailles-Chantiers)
Bruno Podalydès
1998
France
F. Est Un Salaud
F. is a Bastard
Marcel Gisler
1998
Switzerland, France
Fette Welt
Fat World
Jan Schuette
1998
Germany
Hors Jeu
Out of Game
Karim Dridi
1998
France
Ikinai
I Won't Live
Hiroshi Shimizu
1998
Japan
Kurz Und Schmerzlos
Short and Painless
Fatih Akin
1998
Germany
L'Arbre De Les Cireres
The Cherry Tree
Marc Recha
1998
Spain
L'Estate Di Davide
Davide's Summer
Carlo Mazzacurati
1997
Italia
Le Monde A L'Envers
The World Upside Down
Rolando Colla
Switzerland, France
Luminous Motion
Bette Gordon
1998
USA
Meia Noite
Midnight
Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
1998
Brazil, France
Raghs-E-Khak
Rahsya-e-Khak
Abolfazl Jalili
1998
Iran
Sombre
Philippe Grandrieux
1997
France
Titanic Town
Roger Michell
1998
Great Britain, Ireland
Tulennielijä
Firefighter
Pirjo Honkasalo
1998
Finland
Vremya Tantsora
The Time of the Dancer
Vadim Abdrashitov
1997
Russia
Zhao Xiansheng
Zhao ξYansheng
Yue Lü
1998
China
Filmmakers of the Present [ edit ]
The Concorso Cineasti del Presente , also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition.
Filmmakers of the Present - Out of Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Alger/Beyrouth, Pour Memoire
Algiers/Beirut, for Memory
Merzak Allouache
1998
France, Lebanon
Appunti, Fuori Di Me
Notes, Outside of Me
Gianni Zanasi
1998
Italia
Astromboli
Astrombol
Marco Alessi
1998
Italia
Butcher'S Hook
Simon Pummell
1996
Great Britain
C'Ero Anch'Io - Frammenti Di Lotte Di Strada
I Was There Too - Fragments of Street Struggles
Silvano Agosti
1998
Italia
Case
Rodolfo Bisatti
1997
Italia
Evolution
Simon Pummell
1995
Great Britain
Georges De La Tour
Alain Cavalier
1997
France
Giamaica
Jamaica
Luigi Faccini
1998
Italia
Heartache
Simon Pummell
1995
Great Britain
Il Cielo Della Luna
The Sky of the Moon
Massimo Fagioli
1998
Italia
In Cerca Della Poesia: Tracce E Indizi
Looking for Poetry: Traces and Clues
Giuseppe Bertolucci
Italia
Interferenze
Interference
Cesar Augusto Meneghetti, Elisabetta Pandimiglio
1998
Italia
Io Non Ho La Testa
I Don't Have My Head
Michele Lanubile
1998
Italia
La Finale
The Final
Patricia Mazuy
1997
France
Lavorare Stanca
Work Tired
Wilma Labate
1997
Italia
Légyfogo
Fly
Árpád Sopsits
1998
Hungary
Madresse Y Ke Bad Bord
MADRESSE and KE BAD BORD
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1997
Iran
Mes Entretiens Filmés - Chapitre 2
My Filmed Interviews - Chapter 2
Boris Lehman
1998
Mes Entretiens Filmés - Chapitres 1 & 2
My Filmed Interviews - Chapters 1 & 2
Boris Lehman
Belgium
Pas Vu Pas Pris
Not Seen not Taken
Pierre Carles
1997
France
Petites
Small
Noémie Lvovsky
1997
France
Povinnost'
Obligation'
Aleksandr Sokurov
1998
Russia
Prometheus
Tony Harrison
1998
Great Britain
Quand La Nuit Se Fait Tango
When Night is Tango
Kris Carlier, Boris Lehman
1998
Belgium
Ray Gun Fun
Simon Pummell
1998
Great Britain
Riding The Tiger
Sze Wing Leong, Po Chih Leong
1998
Hong Kong, China
Rose Red
Simon Pummell
1994
Great Britain
Say Kom Sa
Say Com
Robert Kramer
1998
France
Secret Joy Of Falling Angels
Simon Pummell
1991
Great Britain
Sib
Light
Samira Makhmalbaf
1998
Iran
Temptations Of Sainthood
Simon Pummell
1993
Great Britain
The Falconer
Chris Petit, Iain Sinclair
1998
Great Britain
Tre Storie
Three Stories
Piergiorgio Gay, Roberto San Pietro
1997
Italia
Trent'Anni Di Oblio
Thirty Years of Oblivion
Silvano Agosti
1998
Italia
Trent'Anni Di Oblio
Thirty Years of Oblivion
Silvano Agosti
1998
Italia
Trio
Michèle Larue
1998
France
Un Siecle Decrivains. Thomas Bernhard
Jean-Pierre Limosin
1998
France
X2000
François Ozon
1997
France
Yek Etefagh E Sadeh
Yephagha Etefrent Edly
Sohrab Shahid Saless
1973
Iran
Leopards of Tomorrow [ edit ]
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani )
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Amok
Claudius Gentinetta
1997
Switzerland
Cross-Roads
1998
Switzerland
Der Filmrestaurator
The Film Restorer
Adrian Remund
1995
Switzerland
Gruezi
Jonas Raeber
1995
Switzerland
Herr Kule'S Abenteuer In Arkadien
Mr. Kule's Adventure in Arcadia
Rolf Baechler
1998
Switzerland
La Course À L'Abime
Abime Race
Georges Schwizgebel
1991
Switzerland
La Defoule
The Deflection
Séverine Leibundgut
1995
Switzerland
Lebenshunger
Hunger for Life
Isabelle Favez
1993
Switzerland
Play Again
Benjamin Kempf
1997
Switzerland
Roarsch
Raisch
Daniel Young
1998
Switzerland, Hungary
Sabbat
Gisèle et Ernest Ansorge, Gisèle et Ernest Ansorge
1991
Switzerland
Son Jour À Elle
Her Day
Frédéric Mermoud
1998
Switzerland
Une Bien Brave Bête
A Good Stupid Beast
Antoine Guex
1997
Switzerland
Vision
Kilian Dellers
1995
Switzerland
Free Cinema
Momma Don'T Allow
Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson
1956
Great Britain
Nice Time
Claude Goretta, Alain Tanner
1957
Great Britain
O Dreamland
Lindsay Anderson
1953
Great Britain
Special Programs - Cuisine N. 1
Der Fahnenschwinger
The Flag Wing
Mike Van Audenhove
1991
Switzerland
Halleluja
Hallelujah
Beatrice Jaeggi
1995
Switzerland
Happy End
Peter Luthi
1995
Switzerland
Plem Plem
Trial with a Trial
Hans-Jakob Fehr, Thomas Frei
1998
Switzerland
Tony
Piniel Simon
1996
Switzerland
Swiss Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
A Nedjad
Frederic Choffat
1998
Switzerland
Contrecoup
Backlash
Pascal Magnin
1997
Switzerland
Derniers Petales D'Une Marguerite
Last Petals of a Daisy
Daniel Duqué
1998
Switzerland
Des Heures Sans Sommeil
Sleeping Hours
Ursula Meier
1998
Switzerland, Belgium
Hai
Two
Tobias Ineichen
1998
Switzerland
Hell For Leather
Dominik Scherrer
1998
Switzerland, Great Britain
Hotel Belgrad
Hotel Belgrade
Andrea Štaka
1998
Switzerland
L'Heure De L'Etoile
Star Hour
Pilar Anguita-Mackay
1998
Switzerland
Le Reflet Dans L'Oeil Du Poisson Mort
The Reflection in the Eye of Dead Fish
Lewis Häusler
1997
Switzerland
Pastry, Pain & Politics
Stina Werenfels
1998
Switzerland
Pourquoi C'Est Toujours Les Trains Qui Partent Et Jamais Les Gares?
Why is it Always the Trains that Leave and Never Stations?
Laurent Nègre
1998
Switzerland
Schlorp
Slope
Aiza Bley
1997
Switzerland, Latvia
Turisti
Tourists
Robert Ralston
1998
Switzerland, Romania
Italian Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Abc: The Alphabetic Tribe
Susanna Schoenberg
1998
Italia
Ambiguo
Ambiguous
Fausto Pisani
1998
Italia
Block And Tackle
Andrea Serafini
1998
Italia
Celebrazione
Celebration
Monica Petracci
1998
Italia
Dolce Stil Novo
Dolce Style New
Giovanni Maderna
1998
Italia
Dove Si Guarda C'È Quello Che Siamo
Where you Look There is What We are
Marina Spada
1998
Italia
Glamour Express - Le Plaisir Du Cinema
Glamor Express - The Pleasure of the Cinema
Max Croci
1997
Italia
Gymnopedie
GETOPOPDIE
Alessandro Borrelli
1997
Italia
I 36 Colpi
The 36 Shots
Fabio Scamoni
1997
Italia
I Paladini Della Santa Provvidenza
The Paladins of the Holy Providence
Gianluca Sodaro
1997
Italia
Incantesimo Napoletano
Neapolitan Spell
Paolo Genovese, Luca Miniero
1998
Italia
La Cena Informale
The Informal Dinner
Salvo Cuccia
1998
Italia
Le Crur
The Crur
Laura Muscardin
1998
Italia
Leonard Street
Francesco Apolloni
1997
Italia
Martelli
Hammers
Roberto Naccari
1997
Italia
Mosche Bianche
White Flies
Vincenzo Mancuso
1997
Italia
Polifemo
Polyphemus
Alfredo Santucci
1998
Italia
Rose
Luigi Abramo, Davide Bertoni
1998
Italia
Swing Heil
Mara Chiaretti
1997
Italia
Trucco & Strucco
Trucco & Lard
Angelo Caligaris
1997
Italia
Un Accento Perfetto
A Perfect Accent
Nicola Sornaga
1998
Italia
Uomini E Lupi
Men and Wolves
Daniele Vicari
1998
Italia
Venceremos
We will Win
Giovanni Stefano Ghidini, Sergio Pappalettera
1997
Italia
Great Britain Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
A Fly Went By
Rod Edge
1996
Great Britain, Poland
Beach Blanket Blues
Caz Gorham
1997
Great Britain
California Sunshine
David Mackenzie
1997
Great Britain
Crocodile Snap
Joe Wright
1997
Great Britain
Dead London
Thomas Q Napper
1996
Great Britain
Doom And Gloom
John McKay
1997
Great Britain
Electric Frank
John Dower
1997
Great Britain
Fork In The Road
Barrie White
1996
Great Britain
Gasman
Lynne Ramsay
1997
Great Britain
Hard Nut - A Love Story
Jim Twaddale
1996
Great Britain
I Love My Mum
Alrick Riley
1996
Great Britain
Icebergs - The Secret Life Of A Refrigerator
Nicola Hart
1998
Great Britain, USA
In Too Deep
Mehreen Saigol
1997
Great Britain
Is It The Design On The Wrapper?
Tessa Sheridan
1996
Great Britain
Jump Boy
Menhaj Huda
1998
Great Britain
Lay Of The Land
Fraser MacDonald
1998
Great Britain
Little Sisters
Andy Goddard
1997
Great Britain
Love Story
Nick Love
1998
Great Britain
One Sunday Morning
Manu Kurewa
1996
Great Britain
See Red
Shafeeq Vellani
1998
Great Britain
Seven
Shona Auerbach
1996
Great Britain, Poland
Silent Film
Malcolm Venville
1996
Great Britain
Skin
1996
Great Britain
Stone Tears
Jonathan Richardson
1997
Great Britain
Sunny Spells
Tim Holloway
1996
Great Britain
Tales From The Underground
Tim Rolt
1997
Great Britain
Teenage Rampage
Alison Murray
1997
Great Britain
The Architect
Luke Watson
1997
Great Britain
The Hole
Stephen Galvin
1996
Great Britain
The Sheep Thief
Asif Kapadia
1997
Great Britain
The Sin Eater
Terence Gross
1996
Great Britain
The Trick
Rob Green
1997
Great Britain
Yellow
Simon Beaufoy, Bille Eltringham
1996
Great Britain
Great Britain - Special Programs
A Sense Of History
Mike Leigh
1992
Great Britain
Amelia & The Angels
Ken Russell
1958
Great Britain
Breathing
Stephen Brown
1992
Great Britain
Flames Of Passion
Richard Kwietenowski
1990
Great Britain
Franz Kafkas Its A Wonderful Life
Peter Capaldi
1993
Great Britain
Fridge
Peter Mullan
1995
Great Britain
Hello, Hello, Hello
David Thewliss
1995
Great Britain
Intervals
Peter Greenaway
1973
Great Britain
La-Bas
Over There
Andrew Kötting
1993
Great Britain
National Achievment Day
Ben Hopkins
1995
Great Britain
Spotters
Peter Cattaneo
1989
Great Britain
Street Of Crocodiles
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
1986
Great Britain
That Sunday
Dan Zeff
1994
Great Britain
The Burning
Stephen Frears
1967
Great Britain
The Cutter
Carl Prechezer
1992
Great Britain
The Fall
Darshan Singh Bhuller
1992
Great Britain
The Short & Curlies
Mike Leigh
1987
Great Britain
The Universe Of Dermot Finn
Philip Ridley
1988
Great Britain
Treacle
Peter Chesholm
1992
Great Britain
Where'S The Money Ronnie?
Shane Meadows
1996
Great Britain
Zinky Boys Go Underground
Paul Tickell
1994
Retrospective – Marco Bellocchio[ edit ]
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Abbasso Il Zio
Down the Uncle
Marco Bellocchio
1961
Italia
Diavolo In Corpo
Devil in the Body
Marco Bellocchio
1986
Italia, France
Discutiamo Discutiamo
Let's Discuss We Discuss
Marco Bellocchio
1968
Italia, France
Elena
Marco Bellocchio
1997
Switzerland, France
Enrico Iv
Marco Bellocchio
1984
Italia
Ginepro Fatto Uomo
Juniper Made Man
Marco Bellocchio
1962
Italia
Gli Occhi, La Bocca
The Eyes, the Mouth
Marco Bellocchio
1982
Italia, France
I Pugni In Tasca
The Fists in your Pocket
Marco Bellocchio
1965
Italia
Il Gabbiano
The Seagull
Marco Bellocchio
1977
Italia
Il Popolo Calabrese Ha Rialzato La Testa (Paola)
The Calabrian People Raised their Heads (Paola)
Marco Bellocchio
1969
Italia
Il Principe Di Homburg Di Heinrich Von Kleist
The Heinrich Von Hombburg Von Kleist
Marco Bellocchio
1997
Italia
Il Sogno Della Farfalla
The Dream of the Butterfly
Marco Bellocchio
1994
Italia, France
Impressions D'Un Italien Sur La Corrida En France
Impressions of an Italian on Bullfighting in France
Marco Bellocchio
1984
France
L'Uomo Dal Fiore In Bocca
The Man from the Flower in the Mouth
Marco Bellocchio
1992
Italia
La Cina È Vicina
China is Near
Marco Bellocchio
1967
Italia
La Colpa E La Pena
The Fault and the Penalty
Marco Bellocchio
1961
Italia
La Condanna
Condemnation
Marco Bellocchio
1991
Italia, France
La Macchina Cinema
The Cinema Machine
Silvano Agosti, Marco Bellocchio
1978
Italia
La Religione Della Storia
The Religion of History
Marco Bellocchio
1998
Italia
La Visione Del Sabba
The Vision of the Sabbath
Marco Bellocchio
1988
Italia
Marcia Trionfale
Triumphal March
Marco Bellocchio
1976
Italia, France
Matti Da Slegare
Crazy to Untie
Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
1975
Italia
Nel Nome Del Padre
In the Name of the Father
Marco Bellocchio
1971
Italia
Nessuno O Tutti
None or Everyone
Silvano Agosti, Marco Bellocchio
1975
Italia
Salto Nel Vuoto
Jump on the Void
Marco Bellocchio
1980
Italia, France
Sbatti Il Mostro In Prima Pagina
Beat the Monster on the Front Page
Marco Bellocchio
1972
Italia, France
Sogni Infranti: Ragionamenti E Deliri
Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delusions
Marco Bellocchio
1995
Italia
Vacanze In Val Trebbia
Holidays in Val Trebbia
Marco Bellocchio
Italia
Viva Il Primo Maggio Rosso E Proletario
Long Live on May 1st Red and Proletarian
Marco Bellocchio
1969
Italia
Encyclopedia Farocki [ edit ]
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Arbeiter Verlassen Die Fabrik
Workers Leave the Factory
Harun Farocki
1995
Germany
Bilder Der Welt Und Inschrift Des Krieges
Pictures of the World and Inscription of the War
Harun Farocki
1988
Germany
Der Auftritt
The Appearance
Harun Farocki
1996
Germany
Der Ausdruck Der Haende
The Expression of the Hair End
Harun Farocki
1997
Germany
Die Führende Rolle
The Leading Role
Harun Farocki
1994
Germany
Ein Bild
A Picture
Harun Farocki
1983
Germany
Ein Tag Im Leben Der Endverbraucher
A Day in the Life of the End Consumers
Harun Farocki
1993
Germany
Ihre Zeitungen
Your Newspapers
Harun Farocki
1968
Germany
Image Und Umsatz Oder: Wie Kann Man Einen Schuh Darstellen?
Image and Sales Or: How can you Represent a Shoe?
Harun Farocki
1989
Germany
Jean-Marie Straub Und Danièle Huillet Bei Der Arbeit An Einem Film Nach Franz Kafkas Romanfragment Amerika
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film to Franz Kafka's Novel Fragment America
Harun Farocki
1983
Germany
Nicht Löschbares Feuer
Non -Extinguishing Fire
Harun Farocki
1969
Germany
Peter Lorre - Das Doppelte Gesicht
Peter Lorre - The Double Face
Harun Farocki
1984
Germany
Schlagworte-Schlagbilder. Ein Gespraech Mit Vilem Flusser
Keywords. a Conversation with a Vilem River
Harun Farocki
1986
Germany
Schnittstelle/Section
Interface/Section
Harun Farocki
1995
Germany
Stilleben
Still Life
Harun Farocki
1997
Germany
What Farocki Taught
Jill Godmilow
1998
USA
Cinema/Cinemas
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Cinéma, De Notre Temps: Mosso Mosso - Jean Rouch Comme Si ...
Cinema, Our Time: Mosso Mosso - Jean Rouch as if ...
Jean-André Fieschi
1998
France
Il Teatro Del Mondo: Incontro Con Tullio Pinelli
The Theater of the World: Meeting with Tullio Pinelli
Franco Giraldi
1998
Italia
In Search Of Kundun (With Martin Scorsese)
Michael Henry Wilson
1998
France
Iruvar
Twice
Mani Ratnam
1997
India
L'America A Roma
America in Rome
Gianfranco Pannone
1997
Italia
Sud - Les Diseurs Dhistoires
South - Historical Diseurs
Mohammed Soudani
1998
Italia, Switzerland
Travelling Avant
Jean-Charles Tacchella
1987
France
Special Program
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Production Country
200 Anni D'Acqua
200 Years of Water
Fulvio Bernasconi
Switzerland
Winchester '73
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Riviera Hotel
Treasures of the Swiss Cinematheque [ edit ]
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
A Time To Love And A Time To Die
Douglas Sirk
1957
USA
Krik
Shouting
Jaromil Jires
1964
Czech Republic
Independent Sections [ edit ]
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.[ 12]
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Brain Concert
Bruno Moll
1998
Switzerland
Leve Blant Lover
Live among Laws
Sigve Endresen
1998
Norway
Lucky People Center International
Erik Pauser, Johan Söderberg
1998
Sweden
Moment Of Impact
Julia Loktev
1998
USA
Paulina
Vicky Funari
1997
USA, Mexico
Tinta Roja
Red Ink
Marcelo Céspedes, Carmen Guarini
1997
Argentina, France
Une Maison A Prague
A House in Prague
Stan Neumann
1998
France
Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Der Dämon Des Himalaya
The Demon of the Himalaya
Andrew Marton
Switzerland, Germany
Der Rächer Von Davos
Davos' Avenger
Heinrich Brandt
1924
Switzerland
Nach Dem Sturm
After the Storm
Gustav Ucicky
1948
Switzerland, Austria
Swiss Perspectives
Fondovalle
Valley
Paolo Poloni
1998
Switzerland
Leopold R.
Jean-Blaise Junod
1998
Switzerland
Mon Beau Petit Cul
My Beautiful Little Ass
Simon Bischoff
1997
Switzerland
More Than Dreams
Mikaël Roost
1998
Switzerland, Great Britain
Ryhiners Business
Mike Wildbolz
1998
Switzerland
Three Below Zero
Simon Aeby
1997
USA, Switzerland
Tre Meno Un Quarto... Circa!
A Quarter to Three... About!
Claudio Adorni
1998
Switzerland
International Competition [ edit ]
Silver Leopard (New Cinema): Raghs-E-Khak (Dance of Dust) directed by Abolfazl Jalili
Silver Leopard (Young Cinema): Beshkempir directed by Aktan Abdikalikov
Bronze Leopard (Actors): Rossy De Palma in Hors Jeu directed by Karim Dridi, Adam Bousdoukos, Aleksander Jovanovic and Mehmet Kurtulus in Kurz Und Schmerzlos directed by Fatih Akin
Special Jury Prize: Vremya Tantsora directed by Vadim Abdrashitov
Ecumenical Jury Award: Titanic Town directed by Roger Michell
Special mention, ecumenical jury: Beshkempir directed by Aktan Abdikalikov, Ikinai directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
First prize, Youth jury: TULENNIELIJÄ directed by Pirjo Honkasalo
FIPRESCI Award: L'ARBRE DE LES CIRERES directed by Marc Recha
Special mention, FIBRESCI jury: Sib directed by Samira Makhmalbaf
Premio Giuria CICAE: Raghs-E-Khak (Dance of Dust) directed by Abolfazl Jalili
Special mention CICAE: Sombre directed by Philippe Grandrieux
Don Quijote Prize: Beshkempir directed by Aktan Abdikalikov
Source:[ 9] [ 10] [ 1]
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^ a b c Vivarelli, Nick. "Snafus and AWOL juror fail to dampen Locarno" . The Hollywood Reporter . Vol. 353, no. 45. pp. 14, 57.
^ a b Vivarelli, Nick (7 July 1998). " 'Soldiers' ordered o'seas to fight at Locarno festival" . The Hollywood Reporter . Vol. 353, no. 16. pp. 11, 102.
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