Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
70th Locarno Film Festival Opening film Tomorrow and Thereafter Closing film Gotthard – One Life, One Soul Location Locarno , Switzerland Founded 1946 Awards Golden Leopard :Mrs. Fang Hosted by Associazione Festival del film Locarno Festival date Opening: 2 August 2017 (2017-08-02 ) Closing: 12 August 2017 (2017-08-12 ) Website Locarno Film Festival
The 70th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2017 in Locarno , Switzerland .[ 1]
The Golden Leopard , the festival's top prize, was awarded to the documentary film Mrs. Fang by Wang Bing .[ 2]
The festival's opening film was Tomorrow and Thereafter (Demain et tous les autres jours ) by Noémie Lvovsky .[ 3] The closing film was Gotthard – One Life, One Soul by Kevin Merz.[ 4]
Olivier Assayas , international competition jury president
International Competition [ edit ]
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente )[ edit ]
Leopards of Tomorrow [ edit ]
The following films were selected to receive screening in the sections below:[ 6] [ 1] [ 7] [ 4] [ 8]
Piazza Grande: Prefestival
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 )[ edit ]
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 )[ edit ]
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 )[ edit ]
International competition (Concorso internazionale )[ edit ]
Highlighted title indicates 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)[ edit ]
Highlighted title indicates 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
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 [ edit ]
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)[ edit ]
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)[ edit ]
Pardo d’onore Manor to Jean-Marie Straub[ edit ]
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
Pardo d’onore Manor to Todd Haynes[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ 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. [ 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
The following awards were presented for films shown in competition:[ 1] [ 10]
Concorso internazionale [ edit ]
Concorso Cineasti del presente [ edit ]
Pardo d’Oro Cineasti del Presente : 3/4 (Three Quarters) directed by Ilian Metev, Bulgaria, Germany
Premio Speciale della Giuria Ciné+ Cineasti del Presente (Special Jury Prize) : Milla directed by Valerie Massadian, France, Portugal
Premio per il Miglior Regista Emergente – Città e Regione di Locarno (Prize for the Best Emerging Director) : Kim Dae-Hwan for Cho-haeng (The First Lap ) , South Korea
Special Mention : Distant Constellation directed by Shevaun Mizrahi , USA, Turkey, Netherlands
Special Mention : Verão Danado directed by Pedro Cabeleira, Portugal
Signs of Life Award electronic-art.foundation for Best Film : Cocote directed by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Germany, Qatar
Fondación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award : Dane Komljen for Phantasiesätze , Germany, Denmark
Special Mention : Era uma vez Brasília (Once there was Brazil) directed by Adirley Queirós, Brazil, Portugal
Swatch First Feature Award (Prize for Best First Feature) : Scary Mother directed by Ana Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award : Meteorlar (Meteors) directed by Gürcan Keltek, Netherlands, Turkey
Special Mention : Dene wos guet geit (Those Who Are Fine) directed by Cyril Schäublin, Switzerland
Concorso Internazionale [ edit ]
Pardino d’Oro for the Best International Short Film – Premio SRG SSR : António e Catarina directed by Cristina Hanes, Portugal
Pardino d’Argento SRG SSR for the Concorso Internazionale : Shmama directed by Miki Polonski , Israel
Locarno Nomination for the European Film Awards – Premio Pianifica : Jeunes Hommes à la Fenêtre (Young Men at their Window) directed by Loukianos Moshonas, France
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award : Kapitalistis directed by Pablo Muñoz Gomez, Belgium, France
Special Mention : Armageddon 2 directed by Corey Hughes, Cuba
Pardino d’Oro for the Best Swiss Short Film – Premio Swiss Life : Rewind Forward directed by Justin Stoneham, Switzerland
Pardino d’Argento Swiss Life for the Concorso Nazionale : 59 Secondes directed by Mauro Carraro, Switzerland
Best Swiss Newcomer Award : Les Intranquilles directed by Magdalena Froger, Switzerland
Variety Piazza Grande Award [ edit ]
Variety Piazza Grande Award : Three Peaks directed by Jan Zabeil, Germany, Italy
Awards
Main competition Retired categories
By year