- Festival del film Locarno
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- Festival del film Locarno
Line-up 13 July 2016 Via Ciseri 23, ch–6601 Locarno t +41(0)91 756 21 21 | f +41(0)91 756 21 49 [email protected] | www.pardo.ch The press kit and stills can be downloaded from our website www.pardo.ch/pressconference Excerpts of some of the official selection’s films are available in broadcast and web quality. In order to download them, please contact the Press Office ([email protected] / +41 91 756 21 21). www.facebook.com/FilmFestivalLocarno Twitter: @FilmFestLocarno, #Locarno69, @CarloChatrian Contents 1 Introduction by Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director 2 Introduction by Mario Timbal, COO 3 Official Juries 4 The 2016 Selection Prefestival Piazza Grande Concorso internazionale Concorso Cineasti del presente Pardi di domani Signs of Life Fuori concorso Histoire(s) du cinéma Retrospettiva Open Doors 5 Swiss Cinema in Locarno 6 First Features 7 Industry Days 8 Locarno Summer Academy 9 Attachments The wind I dedicate this year’s Festival to Michael Cimino and Abbas Kiarostami. Not just in gratitude for the emotions they gave to the Festival audience, but also because both filmmakers are representative of the kind of cinema for which Locarno is home from home. Cinema that interprets and transfigures reality, cinema that is not afraid to think big, even when telling stories that are only apparently “little”, cinema that explores the whole range of tonality, from long shot to the closest of close-ups. Cinema that is like a gust of wind that carries you away. Despite its complex organizational machine, the numbers of people and major financial resources involved, despite its age, the Festival del film Locarno wants to stay light and airy, like the wind. The wind that seeks to cross frontiers, carrying savors and scents that strike your senses before you quite realize where they came from. It may be a case of free association, it may be that you inevitably end up falling in love with a program that you nurtured through a process of incubation lasting for months, but I feel that Locarno 69 is one of the most varied, free, surprising editions to date, both in its guest list and in its line-up of titles. This program marks a return to the original spirit of the Festival, the spirit that made space for less well-known film industries and for emerging directors, the spirit that made Locarno an avant-garde festival, political and poetic, visionary and nonconformist. The program we have compiled goes right off the beaten track, starting with the major retrospective on German film post-World War II: it covers territory largely unexplored by film historians and is sure to be revelatory. The Pardo d’onore awarded to Alejandro Jodorowsky also falls outside clearly established lines, as a tribute to an artist whose output ranges across many disciplines outside the confines of cinema. Jodorowsky’s words and stories set a keynote for this edition, highlighting the remarkable connections between biography and art, reality and vision, that have hallmarked his career. The Excellence Award goes to an actor whose rich and varied filmography deserves fresh critical appraisal. Equally at home in blockbusters, auteur movies, dramas or TV series, the 1950s looks of Bill Pullman are typical of the Locarno spirit, too. There is another wind that Locarno must face up to as well, sheltered as it is by surrounding mountains. I mean the wind that is sweeping across lands, across the seas, changing History and causing some people to shut themselves up at home, barring windows and doors against outsiders. To this stormy wind that isolates people in their own fears, the films selected for our program respond with stories that show the ties that bind individuals to communities. It has been said that films are like bridges: across their span of emotions they bring together different people, sharing stories and fragments of culture. Such is the case with the filmmaking workshop conceived of by Abbas Kiarostami in Cuba: we are delighted to present, for the first time, 7 short films that respond, in various ways, to the final film made by that great, and now sadly deceased, director. The works in this edition come from Egypt and Thailand, from Bulgaria and Portugal, from Argentina and the USA: glancing at them all together, I can’t help noticing that their main characters are all somehow in motion. As if driven by their own interior winds, they move from one end of a continent to the other, as in the brilliant piece of “Shakespeare retold” by Piñeiro, or without respite through the interstices of the city, like Marija in the film of the same name. They move in spite of themselves, like the ornithologist of João Pedro Rodrigues or the mother portrayed by Milagros Mumenthaler. They keep moving even when the film is confined within a single space, as in the gorgeous shots which track the pathways of seduction traced by Yousry Nasrallah. And if the characters are stuck in hospital, the bed itself will move with its occupant, as in Scarred Hearts. What story does this restlessness have to tell? Perhaps the desire to see things and people from a different point of view, the feeling that if the present doesn’t come up to our expectations, then we have to move. The titles selected for Locarno 69 are wandering films. Films that seek out their subject by plumbing the depths of the past, as in the fascinating portrait drawn by Anocha Suwichakornpong. The same phenomenon is at work in the program for the Piazza Grande and in the other sidebars. This year, as never before, you will see films that investigate both present day issues (for instance the process of Islamic radicalization in Le ciel attendra) and the traces of History, whether familiar (Stefan Zweig’s Latin American exile in Vor der Morgenröte) or consigned to oblivion (the disappearance of an Indonesian poet under the Suharto regime in Solo, Solitude, a film of the Concorso Cineasti del presente). It’s not so much a leitmotiv as a steady ground bass, an ostinato accompaniment that takes various forms (including comedy) but runs through and energizes the whole Festival. Faced with a climate of mistrust towards others, with the spread of violence that seems all around us, the cinema answers with stories that investigate these anger-stricken territories. The films, starting with the one we have chosen for the opening night in the Piazza Grande, respond to these winds of war. The Girl With All the Gifts may look like a genre movie, but behind its vision of a dystopian future deprived of any humanity, in the encounter with the different, the other, it rediscovers the vital spark that could make new horizons possible. It’s no coincidence that the starting point should be the affectionate gaze, for which cinema is the perfect mouthpiece, the gaze that recognizes humanity at any latitude and any age. In the Piazza Grande, in addition to the usual two pre-festival screenings, there will be 16 titles, including two dedicated to film history. The program features long-awaited blockbusters and auteur films, directorial debuts and works by established masters. One highlight in the fascinating schedule is the welcome return of Ken Loach, recently laureled with the Golden Palm for a film which we felt it was important to show in the Piazza in a fortunate country such as Switzerland. Another stand-out moment, on a quite different note, will be the epic tapestry woven by Ashutosh Gowariker in his Mohenjo Daro, the film which will bring the 69th Festival to a close. The Concorso internazionale features 17 entries, all world premieres. No less than eight of their directors are women, so we have fallen just one short of perfect gender parity. We are delighted to be welcoming much appreciated Festival regulars (João Pedro Rodrigues, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Matías Piñeiro, Yousry Nasrallah), young directors who got their first break here in Locarno (Mumenthaler, Tomita), filmmakers whose careers we’ve been following with interest for some time (Ropert, Jude, Schanelec, Azevedo Gomes) and others that we discovered only during the selection process (Matuszyńsk, Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, Koch, Petrova and Suwichakornpong). The Concorso Cineasti del presente features 15 films, including 13 as world premieres. True to the principle of choosing imperfection over formal polish, and preferring experimentation, whether in a classic narrative mode or – even more so – in an innovative code, we have selected films that tell of the present in all its multi-faceted reality. The Pardi di domani presents a cross-section of 40 short films, as awesome in their vibrant range as in the resonance of the stories that inspire them. Divided into two competition categories, Swiss and international, these films from young talents form a mosaic with a wealth of imagination and courage. This year Signs of Life features 8 titles, all world premieres. These are films that have taken the role of pathfinders for the cinema of the future. Around the pivotal figures of a great master such as Júlio Bressane and a free spirit like Fiona Tan, we have selected films by directors from Syria, the U.S., Serbia and Israel, all young filmmakers who we are sure will soon be at the center of the critical conversation. In the Fuori concorso section we include films that are all offered as a minor event in their own right. Each in their own different way, however: the Italian first feature L’amatore is a portrait of a Fascist-era Milanese architect through his private film archive, with a fine narration orchestrated by the pen of Antonio Scurati; Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Yann Coridian’s Une jeune fille de 90 ans is a touching documentary; La natura delle cose is a film that bears witness to a heartrending reality. The Swiss films at Locarno are the fruit of a very good year: one title in the Piazza Grande, with the return to Locarno of Frédéric Mermoud, two films in the Concorso, with the return of Pardo d’oro winner Milagros Mumentahler and the debut of the talented Michael Koch, and two films in the Cineasti del presente, both with positive links to the Canton Ticino. And there is a Ticino filmmaker among the 12 Swiss young directors in the Concorso nazionale Pardi di domani, a competition that explores the very diverse state of the nation’s developing cinema. There are two Swiss films in the Fuori concorso section as well: Nicolas Wadimoff’s documentary on Jean Ziegler and Jacob Berger’s film that delves into an unhappy chapter of Swiss history. There will also be an event, with an outstanding line-up, to commemorate Luc Bondy, who died in 2015. To round off the Swiss presence there will be a tribute to the multidisciplinary master Clemens Klopfenstein and a screening of the restored version of a film as topical today as it was 25 years ago when it won an Academy Award, Xavier Koller’s Journey of Hope. Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director A 360-degree Event If you have a history, you have a future. Whatever its wealth of accumulated experience, today a film festival with global ambitions must look forward with the attitude of a startup, ready to grasp every opportunity or tendency introduced by the ongoing changes – above all technological – that are impacting so heavily on any event connected with the audiovisual world and with tourism. This is a period of great change for the Festival del film Locarno. Next year will see major structural advances, with the inauguration of the Casa del cinema and the refurbished GranRex theater. But in general this is a time of significant change for all film events of any kind. Although the digital revolution is radically altering the arena, making all content accessible anytime and anywhere, there seems to be one element that never goes away – and never changes either: people like to get together, to enjoy shared experiences. Theaters are natural venues for this, but the whole range of ancillary activities are important too, together with the beauty and attractions of our region, turning Locarno into a 360-degree event to be experienced all-round, in every aspect. In this context of the value of shared experience at events, Locarno is enhanced this year for the first time by an official Festival village: laRotonda 2016. Having developed independently over the years, laRotonda has grown into one of the most popular meeting places of the entire event. The formula we have worked out for 2016 is based on the recipe that secured its success so far – themed bars, Street Food and merchandise market – to which we have added initiatives and new items created specially for laRotonda 2016 by the Festival and its partners. Alongside the musical entertainment laid on by Rete Tre of Swiss broadcaster RSI, with DJ-sets, live music and silent party every evening, these new features will include opportunities to discover the latest trends in productions that use Virtual Reality technology (in collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival Tous Écrans), to learn more about the Festival and about Locarno and its region and to take advantage of special offers to enjoy a summer evening with friends. laRotonda is another of the places where the future is taking us. A very special thank you is due to all our partners, whose support and enthusiasm make this event possible, and to everyone working together with us on this 69th Festival. Mario Timbal, COO Official Juries The Jury of the Concorso internazionale President: Arturo Ripstein, Director (Mexico) Kate Moran, Actress (France/United States) Rafi Pitts, Director (Iran) Rodrigo Teixeira, Producer (Brazil) WANG Bing, Director (China) The Jury of the Concorso Cineasti del presente President: Dario Argento, Director (Italy) Angeliki Papoulia, Actress (Greece) Antonin Peretjatko, Director (France) Cornelia Seitler, Producer (Switzerland) Sean Price Williams, DOP (United States) The Jury of the Pardi di domani President: Edgar Reitz, Director (Germany) Marian Álvarez, Actress (Spain) Julie Corman, Producer (United States) Shahrbanoo Sadat, Director (Afghanistan) Nicolas Steiner, Director (Switzerland) The Jury of the First Feature Jonathan Romney, Critic (United Kingdom) Ryan Werner, Programmer and Film marketer (United States) Chus Martínez, Curator (Spain) The films of the Juries The Jury of the Concorso internazionale Arturo Ripstein LA CALLE DE LA AMARGURA Mexico/Spain – 2015 – 100’ Kate Moran LES RENCONTRES D’APRÈS MINUIT by Yann Gonzalez France/Switzerland – 2013 – 92’ Rafi Pitts SOY NERO Germany/France/Mexico – 2016 – 118’ Rodrigo Teixeira FRANCES HA by Noah Baumbach United States – 2012 – 86’ WANG Bing TA’ANG Hong Kong/France – 2016 – 147’ The Jury of the Concorso Cineasti del presente Dario Argento SUSPIRIA Italy – 1977 – 98’ Angeliki Papoulia THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos Greece/Ireland/Netherlands /United Kingdom/France – 2015 – 118’ Antonin Peretjako LA LOI DE LA JUNGLE France – 2016 – 99’ Cornelia Seitler KÖPEK by Esen Isik Switzerland – 2015 – 94’ (Panorama Suisse) Sean Price Williams EYES FIND EYES by Sean Price Williams and Jean-Manuel Fernandez France/United States – 2011 – 82’ The Jury of the Pardi di domani Edgar Reitz GESCHWINDIGKEIT Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1963 – 13’ (Retrospettiva) KOMMUNIKATION - TECHNIK DER VERSTÄNDIGUNG Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 12’ (Retrospettiva) Marian Álvarez LA HERIDA by Fernando Franco Spain – 2013 – 95’ Julie Corman BOXCAR BERTHA by Martin Scorsese United States – 1972 – 88’ Shahrbanoo Sadat WOLF AND SHEEP Denmark/France/Sweden/Afghanistan – 2016 – 86’ Nicolas Steiner KAMPF DER KÖNIGINNEN Germany/Switzerland – 2011 – 72’ The 2016 Selection Prefestival Piazza Grande Concorso internazionale Concorso Cineasti del presente Pardi di domani Signs of Life Fuori concorso Histoire(s) du cinéma Retrospettiva Open Doors Prefestival 31.07.2016 LO CHIAMAVANO TRINITÀ... by Enzo Barboni Italy – 1970 – 114’ with Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie, Gisela Hahn Production: West Film World Sales: Rocca delle Macìe - Fam. Zingarelli With the support of: ab 2.08.2016 GOTTHARD by Urs Egger Switzerland/Germany/Czech Republic – 2016 – 180’ with Maxim Mehmet, Pasquale Aleardi, Miriam Stein, Carlos Leal, Marie Bäumer, Joachim Król, Max Simonischek, Christoph Gaugler, Roeland Wiesnekker, Cornelius Obonya, Silvia Busuioc, Walter Leonardi, Anna Schinz, Pierre Siegenthaler, Peter Jecklin Production: Zodiac Pictures Co-production: SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RSI, RTS, ZDF, ORF, MMC Zodiac, Wilma Film World Sales: Beta Film World Premiere With the support of: Piazza Grande 03.08 THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by Colm McCarthy – United Kingdom – 2016 – 110’ Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Bill Pullman 04.08 MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud – France/Switzerland – 2016 – 89’ Premio Raimondo Rezzonico to David Linde 05.08 JASON BOURNE by Paul Greengrass – USA – 2016 – 123’ INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said – Malaysia/Indonesia – 2016 – 102’ 06.08 CESSEZ-LE-FEU by Emmanuel Courcol – France – 2016 – 103’ DANS LA FORÊT by Gilles Marchand – France/Sweden – 2016 – 103’ 07.08 PAULA by Christian Schwochow – Germany/France – 2016 – 123’ AM TAG, ALS DER REGEN KAM by Gerd Oswald – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 85’ Presentation Retrospettiva and Pardo alla carriera to Mario Adorf 08.08 LE CIEL ATTENDRA by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar – France – 2016 – 105’ 09.08 VOR DER MORGENRÖTE - STEFAN ZWEIG IN AMERIKA by Maria Schrader – Germany/France/Austria – 2016 – 106’ Open Doors presentation 10.08 COMBOIO DE SAL E AÇUCAR by Licinio Azevedo – Portugal/Mozambique/France/South Africa/Brazil – 2016 – 93’ Tribute to Roger Corman 11.08 I, DANIEL BLAKE by Ken Loach – United Kingdom/France/Belgium – 2016 – 100’ TEO-NEOL (The Tunnel) by Kim Seong-hun - South Corea - 2016 - 132’ Vision Award Nescens to Howard Shore 12.08 VINCENT by Christophe Van Rompaey – France/Belgium – 2016 – 102’ POESÍA SIN FIN by Alejandro Jodorowsky – France/Chile – 2016 – 128’ Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Alejandro Jodorowsky 13.08 MOHENJO DARO by Ashutosh Gowariker – India – 2016 – 153’ Award Ceremony Prix du Public UBS AM TAG, ALS DER REGEN KAM by Gerd Oswald Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 85’ with Mario Adorf, Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Corny Collins, Elke Sommer Production: Alfa-Film World Sales: CCC Filmkunst CESSEZ-LE-FEU by Emmanuel Courcol France – 2016 – 103’ with Romain Duris, Grégory Gadebois, Céline Salette Production: Polaris Film Co-production: Umedia, Fontana World Sales: Indie Sales World Premiere, First feature COMBOIO DE SAL E AÇUCAR by Licinio Azevedo Portugal/Mozambique/France/South Africa/Brazil – 2016 – 93’ with Matamba Joaquim, Melanie Rafael, Tiago Justino, António Nipita, Sabina Fonseca Production: Ukbar Filmes Co-production: Les films de l’Étranger, Urucu Media; Panda Filmes, Ébano Multimedia World Premiere DANS LA FORÊT by Gilles Marchand France/Sweden – 2016 – 103’ with Jérémie Elkaïm, Timothé Vom Dorp, Théo Van de Voorde, Sophie Quinton, Mireille Perrier Production: Les Films de Françoise, Götafilm World Sales: Wild Bunch Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich World Premiere I, DANIEL BLAKE by Ken Loach United Kingdom/France/Belgium – 2016 – 100’ with Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Briana Shann, Kate Rutter, Sharon Percy, Kema Sikazwe Production: Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Les Films du Fleuve, Le Pacte World Sales: Wild Bunch Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich INTERCHANGE by Dain Iskandar Said Malaysia/Indonesia – 2016 – 102’ with Shaheizy Sam, Nicholas Saputra, Prisia Nasution, Iedil Putra Production: Apparat Co-production: Sonneratia Capital, MDeC, Seeing Eye Films, Cinesurya World Sales: Reel Suspects Swiss distributor: Praesens-Film World Premiere JASON BOURNE by Paul Greengrass USA – 2016 – 123’ with Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Tommy Lee Jones, Riz Ahmed, Vincent Cassel Production: Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company World Sales: Universal Pictures International Swiss distributor: Universal Pictures International Switzerland LE CIEL ATTENDRA by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar France – 2016 – 105’ with Clotilde Courau, Sandrine Bonnaire, Noémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Zinédine Soualem Production: Willow Films World Sales: Gaumont Swiss distributor: Agora Films World Premiere Piazza Grande MOHENJO DARO by Ashutosh Gowariker India – 2016 – 153’ with Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde Production: Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Private Limited, UTV Software Communications Limited World Sales: UTV Software Communications Limited MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud France/Switzerland – 2016 – 89’ with Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, Diane Rouxel, Samuel Labarthe, David Clavel Production: Diligence Films, Bande à part Films, Tabo Tabo Films, Sampek Productions Co-production: RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Sales: Pyramide International Swiss distributor: Frenetic Films World Premiere PAULA by Christian Schwochow Germany/France – 2016 – 123’ with Carla Juri, Albrecht Abraham Schuch, Roxane Duran, Joel Basman, Stanley Weber Production: Pandora Film Produktion, Grown Up Films Co-production: Alcatraz Films World Sales: The Match Factory Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich World Premiere POESÍA SIN FIN by Alejandro Jodorowsky France/Chile – 2016 – 128’ with Adan Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Brontis Jodorowsky, Leandro Taub Production: Satori Films, Le Soleil Films, Le Pacte World Sales: Le Pacte Swiss distributor: Adok Films TEO-NEOL (The Tunnel) by Kim Seong-hun South Corea - 2016 - 132’ with Ha Jung-woo, Oh Dal-su, Bae Doona Production: Showbox World Sales: Showbox International Premiere THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by Colm McCarthy United Kingdom – 2016 – 110’ with Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, Sennia Nanua, Anamaria Marinca, Fisayo Akinade, Anthony Welsh, Dominique Tipper Production: Poison Chef Co-production: BFI, Creative England World Sales: Altitude Film Sales Swiss distributor: Impuls Pictures World Premiere VINCENT by Christophe Van Rompaey France/Belgium – 2016 – 118 with Alexandra Lamy, Spencer Bogaert, Barbara Sarafian, Geert Van Rampelberg, Fred Epaud Production: A Private View, Les Films de la Croisade, Les Enragés World Sales: Beta Cinema World Premiere Piazza Grande VOR DER MORGENRÖTE - STEFAN ZWEIG IN AMERIKA by Maria Schrader Germany/France/Austria – 2016 – 106’ with Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt, Charly Hübner Production: X Filme Creative Pool, Idéale Audience, Maha Productions, Dor Film World Sales: Films Distribution Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich International Premiere Piazza Grande Concorso internazionale AL MA’ WAL KHODRA WAL WAJH EL HASSAN (Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces) by Yousry Nasrallah Egypt – 2016 – 115’ with Laila Eloui, Mena Shalaby, Bassem Samra, Ahmed Daoud, Sabrine, Alaa Zenhom, Mohamed Sharnouby, Lama Kotkot, Enaam Saloussa, Mohamed Farag, Zeina Mansour, Mohamed Aly Rizk Production: El Sobky Film for Cinema Production World Sales: Pyramide International World Premiere BANGKOK NITES by Katsuya Tomita Japan/France/Thailand/Laos – 2016 – 183’ with Subenja Pongkorn, Sunun Phuwiset, Chutlpha Promplang, Tanyarat Kongphu, Sarinya Yongsawat, Hitoshi Ito, Yohta Kawase Production: KUZOKU Co-production: Flying Pillow Films, Trixta, Bangkok Planning, Lao Art Media, Les Films de l’Étranger World Premiere CORRESPONDÊNCIAS by Rita Azevedo Gomes Portugal – 2016 – 145’ with Eva Truffaut, Pierre Léon, Rita Durão, Anna Leppänen, Luís Miguel Cintra Production: C.R.I.M. World Sales: C.R.I.M. World Premiere DAO KHANONG (By the Time It Gets Dark) by Anocha Suwichakornpong Thailand/Netherlands/France/Qatar – 2016 – 105’ with Arak Amornsupasiri, Atchara Suwan, Visra Vichit-Vadakan, Inthira Charoenpura, Rassami Paoluengtong, Penpak Sirikul, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Waywiree Ittianunkul, Natdanai Wangsiripaisarn Production: Electric Eel Films Co-production: VS Service, Survivance World Premiere DER TRAUMHAFTE WEG by Angela Schanelec Germany – 2016 – 86’ with Miriam Jakob, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Maren Eggert, Philip Hayes, Anaïa Zapp Production: Filmgalerie 451 Co-production: WDR, Arte World Sales: Filmgalerie 451 World Premiere GODLESS by Ralitza Petrova Bulgaria/Denmark/France – 2016 – 99’ with Irena Ivanova, Ivan Nalbantov, Ventzislav Konstantinov, Alexandr Triffonov, Dimitar Petkov Production: KLAS Film Co-production: Snowglobe, Alcatraz Films, Film Factory World Sales: Heretic Outreach World Premiere, First feature HERMIA & HELENA by Matías Piñeiro USA/Argentina – 2016 – 87’ with Agustina Muñoz, María Villar, Mati Diop, Julian Larquier, Keith Poulson, Dan Sallitt, Laura Paredes, Dustin Defa, Gabi Saidón, Romina Paula, Pablo Sigal, Kyle Molzan, Ryan Miyake, Oscar Williams Production: Trapecio Cine, Ravenser Odd Co-production: Cinema Conservancy World Sales: Trapecio Cine, Ravenser Odd World Premiere Concorso internazionale INIMI CICATRIZATE (Scarred Hearts) by Radu Jude Romania/Germany – 2016 – 141’ with Lucian Teodor Rus, Ivana Mladenovic, Ilinca Harnut, Serban Pavlu, Marian Olteanu, Alexandru Dabija, Dana Voicu, Adina Cristescu, Sarra Tsorakidis, Larisa Crunțeanu, Marius Damian, Bogdan Cotlet, Gabriel Spahiu, Alexandru Bogdan Production: Hi Film Productions Co-production: Komplizen Film World Sales: Beta Cinema World Premiere JEUNESSE by Julien Samani France/Portugal – 2016 – 83’ with Kevin Azaïs, Samir Guesmi, Jean-François Stévenin Production: Alfama Films Production Co-production: Leopardo Filmes World Sales: Alfama Films World Premiere, First feature KAZE NI NURETA ONNA (Wet Woman in the Wind) by Akihiko Shiota Japan – 2016 – 77’ with Yuki Mamiya, Tasuku Nagaoka, Ryushin Tei, Takahiro Kato, Michiko Suzuki, Hitomi Nakatani Production: Nikkatsu Corporation Co-production: SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, DJANGO FILM Production World Sales: Nikkatsu Corporation World Premiere LA IDEA DE UN LAGO by Milagros Mumenthaler Switzerland/Argentina/Qatar – 2016 – 82’ with Carla Crespo, Rosario Bléfari, Malena Moiron Production: Alina film, Ruda Cine Swiss distributor: Look Now! World Premiere LA PRUNELLE DE MES YEUX by Axelle Ropert France – 2016 – 90’ with Mélanie Bernier, Bastien Bouillon, Antonin Fresson, Chloé Astor, Swann Arlaud, Serge Bozon Production: Les Films Pelléas Co-production: Arte World Sales: Les Films du Losange World Premiere MARIJA by Michael Koch Germany/Switzerland – 2016 – 100’ with Margarita Breitkreiz, Georg Friedrich, Olga Dinnikova, Sahin Eryilmaz Production: Pandora Film Produktion Co-production: Hugofilm Productions Swiss distributor: Frenetic Films World Premiere, First feature MISTER UNIVERSO by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Austria/Italy – 2016 – 90’ with Tairo Caroli, Wendy Weber, Arthur Robin, Lilly Robin Production: Vento Film World Sales: Be For Films World Premiere Concorso internazionale O ORNITÓLOGO by João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal/France/Brazil – 2016 – 118’ with Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Wen Han, Chan Sua Lin Production: Blackmaria, House on Fire, Itaca Films Co-production: Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains World Sales: Films Boutique World Premiere OSTATNIA RODZINA (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński Poland – 2016 – 122’ with Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna, Andrzej Chyra Production: Aurum Film Co-production: HBO Europe, Mazovia Film Fund, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska World Sales: New Europe Film Sales World Premiere SLAVA (Glory) by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov Bulgaria/Greece – 2016 – 101’ with Stefan Denolyubov, Margita Gosheva Production: Abraxas Film Co-production: Graal Films World Sales: WIDE World Premiere Concorso internazionale Concorso Cineasti del presente Cineasti del presente and Vision Award Partner Premio speciale della giuria Cineasti del presente AFTERLOV by Stergios Paschos Greece – 2016 – 94’ with Haris Fragoulis, Iro Bezou Production: Marni Films Co-production: ERT S.A., Faliro House Productions World Premiere, First feature AKHDAR YABES (Withered Green) by Mohammed Hammad Egypt – 2016 – 72’ with Hiba Ali, Asmaa Fawzy, Jhone Ikram Hanna, Ahmed Hammad, Samia Hammad, Tamer Abdul Hamid, Ikram Hanna, Nabil Samy, Saad Amer, Basant Khalifa, Ahmed Al Aidy, Mohammed El Hajj, Mohammed Eissa, Mohammed Mokhtar Production: Film Clinic World Premiere, First feature DESTRUCTION BABIES by Tetsuya Mariko Japan – 2016 – 108’ with Yuya Yagira, Masaki Suda, Nana Komatsu, Nijiro Murakami Production: Dle.Inc World Sales: Dream kid. inc, Shochiku. inc International Premiere DONALD CRIED by Kris Avedisian USA – 2016 – 85’ with Kris Avedisian, Jesse Wakeman, Kyle Espeleta, Louisa Krause Production: Electric Chinoland International Premiere, First feature EL AUGE DEL HUMANO by Eduardo Williams Argentina/Brazil/Portugal – 2016 – 95’ with Sergio Morosini, Shine Marx, Domingos Marengula, Chai Fonacier, Irene Doliente Paña, Manuel Asucan, Rixel Manimtim Production: Ruda Cine, Un puma Co-production: RT Features, Bando à parte World Sales: Ruda Cine World Premiere, First feature EL FUTURO PERFECTO by Nele Wohlatz Argentina – 2016 – 65’ with Xiaobin Zhang Production: Murillo Cine World Premiere, First feature GORGE CŒUR VENTRE by Maud Alpi France – 2016 – 82’ with Virgile Hanrot, Dimitri Buchenet Production: Mezzanine Films Co-production: Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, M141 World Sales: MPM Film World Premiere, First feature I HAD NOWHERE TO GO by Douglas Gordon Germany – 2016 – 100’ with Jonas Mekas Production: olddognewtricks, moneypenny filmproduktion World Premiere Concorso Cineasti del presente IL NIDO by Klaudia Reynicke Switzerland/Italy – 2016 – 80’ with Ondina Quadri, Fabrizio Rongione, Diego Ribon, Sonia Gessner Production: Amka Films Productions Co-production: Tempesta Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich World Premiere ISTIRAHATLAH KATA-KATA (Solo, Solitude) by Yosep Anggi Noen Indonesia – 2016 – 97’ with Gunawan Maryanto, Marissa Anita, Eduward Manalu, Melanie Subono, Davi Yunan Production: Kawankawan Films, Limaenam Films, Muara Foundation, Partisipasi Indonesia World Premiere L’INDOMPTÉE by Caroline Deruas France – 2016 – 98’ with Clotilde Hesme, Jenna Thiam, Tchéky Karyo, Bernard Verley, Pascal Rénéric, Marilyne Canto, Lolita Chammah, Tanya Lopert, Filippo Timi, Renato Carpentieri Production: Thelma Films Co-production: Arte France Cinéma World Sales: Les Films du Losange World Premiere, First feature MAÑANA A ESTA HORA by Lina Rodríguez Colombia/Canada – 2016 – 85’ with Laura Osma, Maruia Shelton, Francisco Zaldua, Clara Monroy, Catalina Cabra, Francisco Restrepo, Juan Miguel Santana, Juan Pablo Cruz, Valentina Gómez, Alejandra Adarve Production: RAYON VERT World Premiere PESCATORI DI CORPI by Michele Pennetta Switzerland – 2016 – 64’ Production: Close Up Films World Premiere, First feature THE CHALLENGE by Yuri Ancarani Italy/France/Switzerland – 2016 – 65’ Production: La Bête Co-production: ring film, Atopic World Sales: slingshotfilms World Premiere, First feature VIEJO CALAVERA by Kiro Russo Bolivia/Qatar – 2016 – 80’ with Julio Cesar Ticona “Tortus”, Narciso Choquecallata, Anastasia Daza López, Rolando Patzi, Israel Hurtado, Elisabeth Ramírez Galván Production: Socavón Cine Co-production: S.T.M.M.D.H World Sales: Socavón Cine World Premiere, First feature Concorso Cineasti del presente Pardi di domani Pardi di domani Partner Pardi di domani Partner Concorso internazionale A LIÑA POLÍTICA by Santos Díaz – Spain – 2015 – 22’ À NOITE FAZEM-SE AMIGOS by Rita Barbosa – Portugal – 2016 – 24’ ALEPOU (Fox) by Jacqueline Lentzou – Greece – 2016 – 28’ AN AVIATION FIELD by Joana Pimenta – USA/Portugal/Brazil – 2016 – 14’ APARTAMENT INTERBELIC, ÎN ZONA SUPERBĂ, ULTRA-CENTRALĂ (Old Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-central, Desirable Neighborhood) by Sebastian Mihăilescu – Romania – 2016 – 18’ AU LOIN, BALTIMORE by Lola Quivoron – France – 2016 – 25’ CILAOS by Camilo Restrepo – France – 2016 – 12’ CLAN by Stefanie Kolk – Netherlands – 2016 – 22’ DEEP BLUE by Joe Nankin – USA – 2016 – 15’ DGIS BOLOMDE (Till the End of the Day) by Anna Sarukhanova – Georgia – 2016 – 15’ EACH TO THEIR OWN by Maria Ines Manchego – New Zealand – 2016 – 19’ ESTILHAÇOS by José Miguel Ribeiro – Portugal – 2016 – 18’ ETAGE X by Francy Fabritz – Germany – 2016 – 14’ HOLD ME (CA CAW CA CAW) by Renee Zhan – USA – 2016 – 11’ KOMMITTÉN (The Committee) by Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi – Sweden/Norway/Finland – 2016 – 14’ L’IMMENSE RETOUR (ROMANCE) by Manon Coubia – Belgium/France – 2016 – 14’ LAS VÍSCERAS by Elena López Riera – Spain/France – 2016 – 15’ MANODOPERA by Loukianos Moshonas – France/Greece – 2016 – 26’ NON CASTUS by Andrea Castillo – Chile – 2016 – 21’ NUESTRA AMIGA LA LUNA by Velasco Broca – Spain – 2016 – 15’ ON THE ROPES by Manon Nammour – Lebanon – 2016 – 17’ QUE VIVE L’EMPEREUR by Aude Léa Rapin – France – 2016 – 26’ RHAPSODY by Constance Meyer – France – 2015 – 16’ SETEMBRO by Leonor Noivo – Portugal/Bulgaria – 2016 – 33’ SREDI CHEORNYH VOLN (Among the Black Waves) by Anna Budanova – Russia – 2016 – 11’ TRANZICIJA (Transition) by Milica Tomovic – Serbia – 2016 – 22’ UMPIRE by Leonardo Van Dijl – Belgium – 2015 – 16’ VALPARAISO by Carlo Sironi – Italy – 2016 – 20’ Concorso nazionale CABANE by Simon Guélat – France – 2016 – 26’ CÔTÉ COUR by Lora Mure-Ravaud – Switzerland – 2016 – 13’ DIE BRÜCKE ÜBER DEN FLUSS by Jadwiga Kowalska – Switzerland – 2016 – 6’ DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS by Norbert Kottmann, Dennis Stauffer – Switzerland – 2016 – 21’ DORMIENTE by Tommaso Donati – Switzerland – 2016 – 18’ GENESIS by Lucien Monot – Switzerland – 2016 – 17’ ICEBERG by Mathieu Z’Graggen – France – 2016 – 37’ LA FEMME ET LE TGV by Timo von Gunten – Switzerland – 2016 – 30’ LA LEÇON by Tristan Aymon – Switzerland – 2016 – 15’ LA SÈVE by Manon Goupil – Switzerland – 2016 – 13’ LES DAUPHINES by Juliette Klinke – Belgium – 2016 – 13’ LOST EXILE by Fisnik Maxhuni – Switzerland – 2016 – 29’ Pardi di domani Signs of Life 300 MILES by Orwa Al Mokdad Syria/Lebanon – 2016 – 95’ Production: 4 Films Art World Premiere, First feature ANASHIM SHEHEM LO ANI (People That Are Not Me) by Hadas Ben Aroya Israel – 2016 – 77’ with Hadas Ben Aroya, Yonatan Bar-Or, Meir Toledano, Netzer Charitt, Hagar Enosh World Premiere, First feature ASCENT by Fiona Tan Netherlands/Japan – 2016 – 80’ with Hiroki Hasegawa, Fiona Tan Production: Antithesis Films World Premiere BEDUINO by Júlio Bressane Brazil – 2016 – 75’ with Alessandra Negrini, Fernando Eiras Production: TB Produções World Premiere POW WOW by Robinson Devor USA – 2016 – 75’ Production: Vins World Premiere SVI SEVERNI GRADOVI (All the Cities of the North) by Dane Komljen Serbia/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Montenegro – 2016 – 100’ with Boban Kaludjer, Boris Isakovic, Dane Komljen Production: Dart Film, SCCA/pro.ba Co-production: Code blue, Vizart Production World Premiere, First feature RAT FILM by Theo Anthony USA – 2016 – 82’ Production: Memory World Sales: Memory World Premiere, First feature THE SUN, THE SUN BLINDED ME by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal Poland/Switzerland – 2016 – 74’ with Rafał Maćkowiak Production: Wilhelm Sasnal World Premiere Signs of Life Fuori concorso JEAN ZIEGLER, L’OPTIMISME DE LA VOLONTÉ by Nicolas Wadimoff Switzerland – 2016 – 93’ Production: Dreampixies World Sales: Autlook Filmsales Swiss distributor: Frenetic Films World Premiere L’AMATORE by Maria Mauti Italy – 2016 – 90’ Production: MP1 World Sales: NEXO Digital World Premiere, First feature LA NATURA DELLE COSE by Laura Viezzoli Italy – 2016 – 68’ Production: Ladoc World Premiere, First feature LES FAUSSES CONFIDENCES by Luc Bondy France – 2016 – 85’ with Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Bulle Ogier, Yves Jacques, Manon Combes, Bernard Verley, Jean-Pierre Malo, Fred Ulysse, Sylvain Levitte, Georges Fatna, Arnaud Mattlinger Production: Idéale Audience Co-production: ARTE France, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Maha Productions World Sales: Doc & Film International World Premiere O CINEMA, MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA E EU by João Botelho Portugal – 2016 – 80’ with Mariana Dias, António Durães, Ângela Marques, Maria João Pinho, Leonor Silveira, Marcello Urgeghe, Miguel Nunes Production: Ar de Filmes International Premiere PETER HANDKE – BIN IM WALD, KANN SEIN, DASS ICH MICH VERSPÄTE... by Corinna Belz Germany – 2016 – 89’ Production: zero one film World Sales: The Match Factory World Premiere REISE DER HOFFNUNG by Xavier Koller Switzerland/Italy/Germany – 1991 – 110’ with Matthias Gnädiger, Necemettin Cobanoglu, Nur Sürer, Nemin Sivas, Yaman Okay, Dietmar Schönherr Production: Catpics World Sales: Catpics UN JUIF POUR L’EXEMPLE by Jacob Berger Switzerland – 2016 – 72’ with Bruno Ganz, André Wilms, Aurélien Patouillard, Paul Laurent, Baptiste Coustenoble, Steven Matthews, Elina Lowensohn Production: Vega Film Swiss distributor: Vega Distribution World Premiere UNE JEUNE FILLE DE 90 ANS by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian France – 2016 – 85’ Production: AGAT Films & Cie Co-production: ARTE France World Sales: AGAT Films & Cie World Premiere Fuori concorso ZAINEB TAKRAHOU ETHELJ by Kaouther Ben Hania Tunisia/France/Qatar/Lebanon/United Arab Emirates – 2016 – 94’ Production: Cinetelefilms Co-production: 13Productions World Sales: Autlook Filmsales World Premiere Shorts A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X by Gabriel Abrantes – Portugal/France/United Kingdom – 2016 – 7’ A TRAIN ARRIVES AT THE STATION by Thom Andersen – USA – 2016 – 15’ ANIMALS UNDER ANAESTHESIA: SPECULATIONS ON THE DREAMLIFE OF BEASTS by Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy – Canada – 2016 – 14’ FESTA by Franco Piavoli – Italy – 2016 – 40’ INDEFINITE PITCH by James N. Kienitz Wilkins – USA – 2016 – 23’ LONGE by José Oliveira – Portugal – 2016 – 37’ THE HEDONISTS by Jia Zhang-ke – China – 2016 – 26’ THE HUNCHBACK by Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes – Portugal/France – 2016 – 30’ Art Basel Following the program presented by the Festival in Basel in June, the Art Basel film section has curated a program for Locarno. WHERE IS ROCKY II? by Pierre Bismuth France/Germany/Belgium/Italy – 2016 – 93’ with Robert Knepper, Milo Ventimiglia, Richard Edson, Barry O’Rourke, Tania Raymonde, Roger Guenveur Smith, Stephen Guenveur Smith Production: The Ink Connection Co-production: Vandertastic Films, Frakas Productions, In Between Art Film, Vivo Film World Sales: Mongrel International Fuori concorso Histoire(s) du cinéma Pardo d’onore Swisscom Leopard Club Award Excellence Award Moët & Chandon Vision Award Nescens Pardo d’onore Swisscom to Alejandro Jodorowsky LA DANZA DE LA REALIDAD by Alejandro Jodorowsky – France/Chile – 2013 – 133’ LA MONTAÑA SAGRADA by Alejandro Jodorowsky – Mexico/USA – 1973 – 112’ POESÍA SIN FIN by Alejandro Jodorowsky – France/Chile – 2016 – 128’ SANTA SANGRE by Alejandro Jodorowsky – Italy/Mexico – 1989 – 123’ Excellence Award Moët & Chandon to Bill Pullman Every year the Excellence Award goes to an actor or an actress of international stature. LOST HIGHWAY by David Lynch – France/USA – 1996 – 134’ ZERO EFFECT by Jake Kasdan – USA – 1998 – 116’ Premio Raimondo Rezzonico to David Linde CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON by Ang Lee – Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/China – 2000 – 120’ Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN by Alfonso Cuarón – Mexico – 2001 – 106’ Vision Award Nescens to Howard Shore ED WOOD by Tim Burton – USA – 1994 – 126’ HUGO by Martin Scorsese – USA – 2011 – 126’ THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Jonathan Demme – USA – 1991 – 118’ VIDEODROME by David Cronenberg – Canada – 1983 – 87’ Pardo alla carriera to Mario Adorf A CAVALLO DELLA TIGRE by Luigi Comencini – Italy – 1961 – 110’ AM TAG, ALS DER REGEN KAM by Gerd Oswald – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 85’ DER ARZT VON STALINGRAD by Géza von Radványi – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1958 – 110’ LA MALA ORDINA by Fernando Di Leo – Italy/Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1972 – 97’ NACHTS, WENN DER TEUFEL KAM by Robert Siodmak – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 104’ Tribute to Roger Corman THE INTRUDER by Roger Corman – USA – 1962 – 84’ THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH by Roger Corman – USA/United Kingdom – 1964 – 87’ Tribute to Jonas Mekas WALDEN by Jonas Mekas – USA – 1969 – 180’ Histoire(s) du cinéma Tribute to Abbas Kiarostami FILMANDO EN CUBA CON ABBAS KIAROSTAMI Various countries – 2016 – 75’ World premiere Composed by: CEIBA by Ramiro Pedraza – 9’ CINCO AÑOS by Martin Snyder – 11’ HEIDI by Fatema Abdoolcarim – 7’ HOJA COLORADA by Kai Tillman – 7’ PASAJERA by Abbas Kiarostami – 9’ PEZCAL by Pablo Briones – 11’ PICCOLO MONDO by Alessandro Focareta – 5’ SE POR ACASO by Pedro Freire – 16’ KHANEH-JE DOOST KOJAST? by Abbas Kiarostami – Iran – 1988 – 83’ Histoire(s) du cinéma: Special Program KOIBITO-TACHI WA NURETA by KUMASHIRO Tatsumi – Japan – 1973 – 76’ Cinema svizzero riscoperto – Tribute to Clemens Klopfenstein GESCHICHTE DER NACHT by Clemens Klopfenstein – Italy/Switzerland/Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/France – 1979 – 64’ WERANGSTWOLF by Clemens Klopfenstein – Italy/Switzerland – 2000 – 88’ Cinema svizzero riscoperto – Tribute to Jean-Louis Roy L’INCONNU DE SHANDIGOR by Jean-Louis Roy – Switzerland – 1967 – 90’ Histoire(s) du cinéma A DESTRUIÇÃO DE BERNARDET by Claudia Priscilla, Pedro Marques – Brazil – 2016 – 72’ COMPÊNDIO DA VIDA DE UM HOMEM GASTO E O SEU ÚLTIMO DESEJO PERANTE ELA by Eugenio Puppo, Ricardo Carioba – Brazil – 2014 – 15’ VERFLUCHTE LIEBE DEUTSCHER FILM by Dominik Graf, Johannes Sievert – Germany – 2016 – 93’ VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH by Louise Osmond – United Kingdom – 2016 – 96’ Histoire(s) du cinéma Retrospettiva In collaboration with: With the support of: Retrospective – Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963 The Retrospective of the 69th Festival del film Locarno is devoted to cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany. After the Retrospective dedicated to the Italian production studio Titanus in 2014, the Festival looks again at film in a neighboring country. The program sets itself the task of shedding new light on a national cinema of major interest in terms of cultural and production aspects, as well as for the value of the individual films, which were made in a far more cosmopolitan context than is generally realized. The Retrospective, curated by Olaf Möller and Roberto Turigliatto, is organized in collaboration with the Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt am Main, and with support from the Cinémathèque suisse and German Films. The Deutsches Filminstitut will also publish a catalogue edited in English and German, by Olaf Möller and Claudia Dillmann, Director of the Deutsches Filminstitut, to accompany the program. The project will involve many prestigious Swiss and foreign institutions that will enable this season of German cinema to circulate through to 2017. Among the institutions already confirmed, in Switzerland the Retrospective will play at the Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne, the Filmpodium in Zurich and the Rex cinema in Bern; in Germany, in addition to the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, the program will run at the Zeughauskino in Berlin, the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf, the Metropolis Kino in Hamburg and the Caligari FilmBühne in Wiesbaden; in Portugal at the Cinemateca Portuguesa and in Italy at the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin and the Trieste-based Festival I Mille Occhi. The journey will conclude in 2017 with screenings at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Among the guests related to the Retrospective that will attend Locarno: the German actor Mario Adorf, who will also receive a Pardo alla carriera during the Festival; the German director Edgar Reitz, president of the Pardi di domani jury, and director Dominik Graf, who will present his last documentary about the german cinema of this era. ALVORADA - AUFBRUCH IN BRASILIEN by Hugo Niebeling – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 80’ AM SIEL by Peter Nestler, [Kurt Ulrich] – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 13’ AM TAG, ALS DER REGEN KAM by Gerd Oswald – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 85’ ANSIKTEN I SKUGGA by Peter Weiss, Christer Strömholm – Sweden – 1956 – 14’ AUTOBAHN by Herbert Vesely – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 13’ BANKTRESOR 713 by Werner Klingler – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 89’ BAU 60 by Dieter Lemmel – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1960 – 12’ DAS BEKENNTNIS DER INA KAHR by Georg Wilhelm Pabst – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1954 – 100’ DAS INDISCHE GRABMAL by Fritz Lang – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/France/Italy – 1959 – 102’ DAS KLEID by Konrad Petzold – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1961/1991 – 88’ DAS MAGISCHE BAND by Ferdinand Khittl – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 22’ DAS SPUKSCHLOSS IM SPESSART by Kurt Hoffmann – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1960 – 101’ DAS STACHELTIER [NR. 27]: FREIE MARKTWIRTSCHAFT by Richard Groschopp – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1954 – 5’ DAS UNKRAUT by Wolfgang Urchs – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 11’ DAS VERURTEILTE DORF by Martin Hellberg – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1952 – 107’ DAS WUNDER DES MALACHIAS by Bernhard Wicki – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1961 – 121’ DEN EINSAMEN ALLEN by Franz Schömbs – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 8’ DER ARZT VON STALINGRAD by Géza von Radványi – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1958 – 110’ DER CORNET. DIE WEISE VON LIEBE UND TOD by Walter Reisch – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1955 – 104’ DER GLÄSERNE TURM by H. Braun – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 105’ DER HAUPTMANN VON KÖLN by S. Dudow – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1956 – 118’ DER TIGER VON ESCHNAPUR by Fritz Lang – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/France/Italy – 1959 – 96’ DER VERLORENE by Peter Lorre – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1951 – 98’ DER WUNDERTISCH by Herbert Seggelke – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1954 – 10’ DIE PURPURLINIE by Flo Nordhoff – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 14’ DIE ROTE by Helmut Käutner – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/Italy – 1962 – 95’ DIE SPUR FÜHRT NACH BERLIN by Franz Cap – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1952 – 90’ DIE TRAPP-FAMILIE IN AMERIKA by Wolfgang Liebeneiner – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1958 – 104’ DURCH NACHT ZUM LICHT by Hans Fischerkösen – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1955 – 4’ EIN ALIBI ZERBRICHT by Alfred Vohrer – Austria – 1963 – 97’ EIN FABELTIER FLIEGT NACH DEUTSCHLAND by Michael Grzimek, Bernhard Grzimek – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1954 – 12’ EIN WAGEN UND SEIN WERK by Curt A. Engel – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1953 – 5’ ENDSTATION LIEBE by Georg Tressler – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1958 – 84’ Retrospettiva ES GESCHAH AM HELLICHTEN TAG by Ladislao Vajda – Switzerland/Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1958 – 98’ ES MUSS EIN STÜCK VOM HITLER SEIN by Walter Krüttner – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1963 – 12’ FAUST by Peter Gorski – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1960 – 128’ FUSSBALL WELTMEISTERSCHAFT 1954 by Gerhard Grindel, Horst Wigankow, Sammy Drechsel – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1954 – 93’ GESCHWINDIGKEIT by Edgar Reitz – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1963 – 13’ HIMMEL OHNE STERNE by Helmuth Käutner – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1955 – 108’ HUNDE WOLLT IHR EWIG LEBEN by Frank Wisbar – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 98’ IM STAHLNETZ DES DR. MABUSE by Harald Reinl – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/France/Italy – 1961 – 89’ JONAS by Ottomar Domnick – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 81’ JUNGENS IN DEN FLEGELJAHREN by Rudolf Werner Kipp – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1956 – 27’ KAHL by Haro Senft – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1961 – 9’ KIRMES by Wolfgang Staudte – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1960 – 102’ KOMMUNIKATION – TECHNIK DER VERSTÄNDIGUNG by Edgar Reitz – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 12’ LABYRINTH by Rolf Thiele – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 94’ LEUCHTFEUER by Wolfgang Staudte – German Democratic Republic (GDR)/Sweden – 1954 – 95’ MACHORKA-MUFF by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1963 – 18’ MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM by Géza von Radványi – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)/France – 1958 – 95’ MENSCHEN IM NETZ by Franz Peter Wirth – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 98’ MENSCHEN IM WERK by Gerhard Lamprecht – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 27’ MUTTER COURAGE UND IHRE KINDER by Manfred Wekwerth, Peter Palitzsch – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1961 – 149’ NACHTS, WENN DER TEUFEL KAM by Robert Siodmak – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1957 – 104’ NEUE KUNST – NEUES SEHEN by Ottomar Domnick – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1950 – 10’ ÓSMY DZIEŃ TYGODNIA by Aleksandr Ford – Polish People’s Republic/Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1958 – 84’ [PUSCHKIN – WODKA FÜR HARTE MÄNNER. ELCH] by Charles Paul Wilp – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 1’ ROSEN BLÜHEN AUF DEM HEIDEGRAB by Hans Heinz König – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1952 – 82’ SCHAUT AUF DIESE STADT by Karl Gass – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1962 – 85’ SCHICHTEN UNTER DER DUNSTGLOCKE by Herbert Viktor – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1959 – 15’ SCHWARZER KIES [VERLEIHVERSION] by Helmut Käutner – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1961 – 107’ SPIELBANK-AFFÄRE by Arthur Pohl, [Joachim Hasler] – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1957 – 93’ SPOTKANIA W MROKU by Wanda Jakubowska, [Ralf Kirsten] – Polish People’s Republic/German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1960 – 107’ SÜDEN IM SCHATTEN by Franz-Josef Spieker – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 9’ TRAUM IN TUSCHE by Rolf Engler – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1952 – 9’ URLAUB AUF SYLT by Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1957 – 18’ VERSTUMMTE STIMMEN by Roger Fritz – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1962 – 13’ VIELE KAMEN VORBEI by Peter Pewas – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1956 – 80’ VOM TEUFEL GEJAGT by Viktor Tourjansky – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1950 – 103’ WÄHLE DAS LEBEN by Erwin Leiser – Switzerland/Sweden/Austria – 1963 – 101’ WEG OHNE UMKEHR by Victor Vicas – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1953 – 95’ WEISSES BLUT by Gottfried Kolditz – German Democratic Republic (GDR) – 1959 – 88’ WERFTARBEITER by Wolf Hart – Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) – 1951 – 17’ Retrospettiva Open Doors 4 – 9 August Open Doors Partner Clinik.Kathmandu With support from the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Open Doors section aims to help and highlight films and filmmakers from countries in the global South and East, where independent cinema is vulnerable. In 2016 Open Doors will for the first time dedicate itself to exploring eight countries in South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Starting from this fourteenth edition, the selected region will be further discovered over a three-year period, to increase the personalized support to the professionals from the 8 countries, both in Locarno and in their own country. The Open Doors program will consist not only of the international co-production platform, Open Doors Hub, and the Open Doors Screenings, open to the Festival public, but also of a development lab for upcoming talented producers: Open Doors Lab. Open Doors Screenings The Open Doors Screenings (3 – 13 August) will show to the Festival public a selection of short and feature films that are particularly representative of the region’s filmmaking. This year the selection will focus on four countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar. The program will include work by both emerging young talents and directors already established in the international arena. The selection will explore the range of contemporary work in the region, apart from the 1934 Burmese film Mya Ganaing by Maung Tin MAUNG, restored by MEMORY! International Film Heritage Festival (Yangon) in collaboration with the Cineteca of Bologna. On Sunday August 7, following the screening of the film The Monk, a roundtable discussion will cover the subject of Youth in Myanmar and the role of cinema in a transition phase. The event is part of the initiative Democracy without borders, organized in collaboration with the Swiss Foreign Ministry’s Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The screening will be introduced by Pio Wennubst, deputy director of the SDC. Feature Films: ARE YOU LISTENING! (SHUNTE KI PAO!) by Kamar Ahmad Simon – Bangladesh – 2012 – 90’ HEMA HEMA: SING ME A SONG WHILE I WAIT by Khyentse Norbu – Bhutan/Hong Kong – 2016 – 96’ HIGHWAY by Deepak Rauniyar – Nepal/USA – 2012 – 75’ MYA GANAING (The Emerald Jungle) by Maung Tin Maung – Myanmar – 1934 – 93’ RETURN TO BURMA by Midi Z – Taiwan/Myanmar – 2011 – 84’ TELEVISION by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki – Bangladesh – 2012 – 106’ THE BLACK HEN (KALO POTHI) by Min Bahadur Bham – Nepal – 2015 – 90’ THE MONK by The Maw Naing – Myanmar/Czech Republic – 2014 – 95’ UNDER CONSTRUCTION by Rubaiyat Hossain – Bangladesh – 2015 – 88’ Short Films: 3 YEAR 3 MONTH RETREAT (LO SUM CHOE SUM) by Dechen Roder – Bhutan – 2015 – 20’ 720 DEGREES by Ishtiaque Zico – Bangladesh – 2010 – 5’ A FORGOTTEN STORY by Tashi Gyeltshen – Bhutan – 2010 – 7’ CHANDRA by Asmita Shrish, Fateme Ahmadi – Nepal/United Kingdom/China – 2015 – 15’ I AM TIME di Mahde Hasan – Bangladesh – 2013 – 10’ INSEIN RHYTHM by Soe Moe Aung – Myanmar/Germany – 2013 – 11’ SIDE GLANCES OF DRAGON by We Ra Aung – Myanmar – 2014 – 17’ SWEETIE PIE by Sai Kong Kham – Myanmar/Germany – 2011 – 7’ THE CONTAGIOUS APPARITIONS OF DAMBAREY DENDRITE by Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung – Nepal – 2013 – 18’ THE CONTAINER by Abu Shahed Emon – Bangladesh/South Corea – 2012 – 15’ THE MONK IN THE FOREST by Karma Wangchuk – Bhutan – 2015 – 11’ THE SHAME (LAAZ) by Sushan Prajapati – Nepal – 2015 – 20’ Open Doors Open Doors Hub: the co-production platform The co-production platform Open Doors Hub (4 – 9 August) aims to encourage financing of projects that would be hardly feasible otherwise. From around a hundred applications received from South Asia, 8 projects were selected. The platform offers the projects’ directors/ producers an opportunity to have contact with potential partners, especially those from Europe, via individual meetings. During the first two days, the teams will also participate in a pitch training workshop run by Sibylle Kurz. At the end of the Open Doors Hub’s five days of activity, a number of awards will be attributed. A prize worth 50,000 CHF is funded through the Open Doors initiative in collaboration with the Swiss production support fund Visions Sud Est (which is also supported by the SDC) and the municipality of Bellinzona. The CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) will offer an award worth 8,000 Euros and ARTE will fund a prize of 6,000 Euros. Open Doors Lab: training for 8 producers/director-producers For its first edition, Open Doors Lab (4 – 9 August) will train the spotlight on 8 emerging producers, from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal, who are contributing to the development of independent filmmaking in their region and to the discovery of new talents. The eight participants will benefit from five days of a tailor-made program, built around the needs of one of their projects, chosen to provide a practical working basis. Group and individual sessions will alternate to cover topics such as project development, international financing and co-productions, distribution, marketing, international sales and post-production, from an international perspective. The producers will also participate in networking activities with guests of the Festival and its Industry Office. The workshop will be led by producer Paul Miller with support from a pool of international and Asian professionals, in close collaboration with the training bodies EAVE (whose PUENTES workshop will be held in Locarno for the third time) and the TorinoFilmLab. The organizations will also offer a plenary session on digital marketing (introduced by Sarah Calderón), a round table on public and private financing resources in Europe and worldwide (moderated by Jean des Forêts) as well as consultations on script-writing. Some of the Lab sessions will also be open to Hub participants to create synergy between the two sessions. Other opportunities for meetings are planned with the Festival program and its partners during the year, such as in Yangon with the Myanmar Script Fund created by the MEMORY! International Film Heritage Festival. Finally, the Winterthur International Short Film Festival will choose one filmmaker from the participants in the Open Doors Hub & Lab, Pardi di domani and the Filmmakers Academy, to take part in the Residency established in collaboration with the Villa Sträuli. Open Doors is organized in close collaboration with the Locarno Festival’s Industry Office and enjoys support from numerous European and Asian organisations such as ACE (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen), EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), Producers Network Marché du Film (Cannes Festival), TorinoFilmLab, Clinik.Kathmandu, MEMORY! International Film Heritage Festival and Yangon Film School, Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies, Bhutan Film Trust and the Winterthur International Short Film Festival. Open Doors also benefits from the invaluable contribution of Paolo Bertolin, festival programmer and specialist in film from the Asia-Pacific region. The selected Open Doors Hub projects: CINEMA, CITY AND CATS by Ishtiaque Zico, Bangladesh CRAVING (TA KHU THAR LO CHIN THE) by Maung Okkar, Myanmar DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Kamar Ahmad Simon, Bangladesh HOUSE OF MY FATHERS by Suba Sivakumaran, Sri Lanka SEASON OF DRAGONFLIES (JHYALINCHA) by Abinash Bikram Shah, Nepal THE CINEASTE by Aboozar Amini, Afghanistan THE RED PHALLUS by Tashi Gyeltshen, Bhutan THEN THEY WOULD BE GONE (MELA CHAR DINAN DA) by Maheen Zia, Pakistan The eight producers and directors-producers who will participate in the Open Doors Lab: Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed, Kino-Eye Films, Bangladesh Abu Shahed Emon, Batayan Productions, Bangladesh Rubaiyat Hossain, Khona Talkies, Bangladesh Jigme Lhendhup, Evolving Artists, Bhutan We Ra Aung, Green Age Film Production, Myanmar Thu Thu Shein, Third Floor Production, Myanmar Wang Shin Hong, Myanmar Montage Productions, Myanmar Min Bahadur Bham, Shooney Films Pvt. Ltd., Nepal Open Doors Swiss Cinema in Locarno The Swiss Films of the 2016 selection Prefestival GOTTHARD by Urs Egger Piazza Grande MOKA by Frédéric Mermoud Concorso internazionale LA IDEA DE UN LAGO by Milagros Mumenthaler MARIJA by Michael Koch Concorso Cineasti del presente IL NIDO by Klaudia Reynicke PESCATORI DI CORPI by Michele Pennetta THE CHALLENGE by Yuri Ancarani Pardi di domani – Concorso nazionale CÔTÉ COUR by Lora Mure-Ravaud DIE BRÜCKE ÜBER DEN FLUSS by Jadwiga Kowalska DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS by Norbert Kottmann, Dennis Stauffer DORMIENTE by Tommaso Donati GENESIS by Lucien Monot LA FEMME ET LE TGV by Timo von Gunten LA LEÇON by Tristan Aymon LA SÈVE by Manon Goupil LOST EXILE by Fisnik Maxhuni Signs of Life THE SUN, THE SUN BLINDED ME by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal Fuori concorso JEAN ZIEGLER, L’OPTIMISME DE LA VOLONTÉ by Nicolas Wadimoff REISE DER HOFFNUNG by Xavier Koller UN JUIF POUR L’EXEMPLE by Jacob Berger Retrospettiva ES GESCHAH AM HELLICHTEN TAG by Ladislao Vajda Swiss Cinema in Locarno WÄHLE DAS LEBEN by Erwin Leiser Histoire(s) du cinéma GESCHICHTE DER NACHT by Clemens Klopfenstein WERANGSTWOLF by Clemens Klopfenstein L’INCONNU DE SHANDIGOR by Jean-Louis Roy Film delle giurie KAMPF DER KÖNIGINNEN by Nicolas Steiner KÖPEK by Esen Isik LES RENCONTRES D’APRÈS MINUIT by Yann Gonzalez Semaine de la critique CAHIER AFRICAIN by Heidi Specogna Swiss Cinema in Locarno Panorama Suisse Panorama Suisse presents a selection of ten Swiss films that have been produced this year, such as festival successes, audience favorites and films that have not been released yet in cinemas. Film lovers from all over the world have the opportunity to discover current Swiss filmmaking in its own dedicated program at the Festival del Film Locarno. This year, a commission joining the Solothurn Film festival, the Swiss Film Academy and SWISS FILMS is responsible for the film selection. The selection: ALOYS by Tobias Nölle – Switzerland/France – 2016 – 91’ AMATEUR TEENS by Niklaus Hilber – Switzerland – 2015 – 92’ BEI WIND UND WETTER by Remo Scherrer – Switzerland – 2016 – 11’ CALABRIA by Pierre-François Sauter – Switzerland – 2016 – 117’ DAS LEBEN DREHEN – WIE MEIN VATER VERSUCHTE, DAS GLÜCK FESTZUHALTEN by Eva Vitija – Switzerland – 2015 – 77’ KÖPEK by Esen Isik – Switzerland – 2015 – 98’ LATE SHIFT by Tobias Weber – Switzerland/United Kingdom – 2016 – 90’ NICHTS PASSIERT by Micha Lewinsky – Switzerland – 2015 – 92’ RAVING IRAN by Susanne Regina Meures – Switzerland – 2016 – 84’ RIO CORGO by Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa – Switzerland/Portugal – 2015 – 95’ THE CHINESE LIVES OF ULI SIGG by Michael Schindhelm – Switzerland – 2016 – 93’ Swiss Cinema in Locarno Schools without borders – Young auteurs in training in Switzerland and Italy The Festival del film Locarno, as usual, is devoting a day to exploring the output of various institutions involved in training for film and television in the Cantone Ticino. The program for this year offers an overview of the most recent work produced at CISA (International Academy of Audiovisual Sciences), Academy of Architecture of USI (Università della Svizzera italiana), SSS_AA (Scuola specializzata superiore d’arte applicata) and CSI (Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana). The CSC Foundation (Experimental Cinematography Centre) is also invited, as it has been for some years now. CISA is a specialized higher educational institution for film and television: at the end of the first two years – in which students come to grips with image-making via practical projects – a Designers in Visual Design (Film) diploma is awarded, while in the post-diploma year students specialize in screenwriting, production, direction, cinematography, sound and editing, obtaining a federally recognized post-diploma as Cinema/Television Filmmaker. On this occasion CISA presents graduation films and those made at the end of the two-year course. In addition there will be also be a live music accompaniment to three montages made by CISA students, based on archival film material supplied by the Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne, «set to music» by participants in the CSI’s Master’s degree in Composition, run by Nadir Vassena. The Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana aims to promote and disseminate musical culture throughout Italian Switzerland, through both foundation and professional teaching, as well as the promotion of artistic activity. Mendrisio’s Academy of Architecture has for several years hosted workshops related to the course Styles and cinema techniques run by Marco Müller: Filming architecture is a campus workshop, led by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine, which has resulted in a collection of short film pieces. The students are called upon to produce a personal interpretation of the spaces of a contemporary Ticinese piece of architecture, analyzed through the medium of film: the dual scholastic gym in Chiasso, designed by Baserga Mozzetti Architetti. The SSS_AA is located in the Centro scolastico per le industrie artisrtiche in Lugano. It summarizes its mission as offering professional training in design and project planning, the use of hardware and software in computer animation, web design and industrial design. The curriculum develops skills in all these areas over a two-year course and a period of professional placement prior to the diploma exams. A number of 3D computer animation short films will be shown at Locarno. The CSC Foundation (with which CISA has a long-standing collaborative relationship) is the major Italian-speaking institution for teaching, research, experimentation and conservation in film, covering documentaries, fiction films, commercials and animation, and operates through the National Film School and the National Film Archive. They will be showing a selection of recent work made by students from various campuses (L’Aquila, Milan, Roma, Palermo, Turin). Domenico Lucchini, Coordinator CISA, Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive ImaginaSon project: OLD FORBO by Davide Curti – 2016 – 6’32” PROGETTO CimaNorma by Carlo Bettelini – 2016 – 3’32” VIAGGIO NEL PASSATO by Evelin Liguori – 2016 – 6’13” 70 ANNI DI UNITAS by CISA Lab, institutional video – 2016 – 5’ L’IMMERSIONE by Luca Ramelli, documentary – 2016 – 13’19” TOBIAS by Anna Schmid, Clara Kiskanç Fischer, Amanda Caprara and Alessio Di Naro, documentary – 2016 – 8’20” Institutional video FORBO Giubiasco by CISA Lab, institutional video – 2015 – 11’32” TRATTI by Clara Kiskanç Fischer and Amanda Caprara, fiction –10’50” OLTRE IL CONFINE by Daniele Lucca, fiction – 2016 – 12’07” PROTOCOLLO UMANO by Massimiliano Piozzini, fiction – 2016 – 16’50” Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio THE MARKER by Sharon Armetti, Giovanni Gandini, Stefano Larotonda and Svetlana Naudiyal – 2016 – 2’56” JEU DE LIGNES by Francesco Battaini, Tommaso Casalini, Gaia Castelli, Michele Gandolfi and Federico Muratori – 2016 – 3’16” DAI LORO OCCHI by Alexandra Zervudachi – 2016 – 4’06” ECHO by Szabolcs Bordás, Giulio Branca, Federico Farinatti, Chan-Woo Park and Marco Triaca – 2016 – 4’43” ANIMAUX by Ester Galluccio, Stefano Gariglio, Philip Henestrosa and Francesca Schiavello – 2016 – 4’30” INDETERMINANCY by Stephan Lando, Marina Montresor and Francesca Zecca – 2016 – 04’31’’ Swiss Cinema in Locarno SSS_AA, Scuola specializzata superiore d’arte applicata PETTEGOLI by Viktoria Dehtevica, 3D animation – 2014 – 2’00” LA SFIDA by Lorena Iuva, Elisa Nigra, Zeno Pallone, Aline Rotilio and Sascha Saez, 3D animation – 2015 – 3’42” Cortissimi – 3D animation – 2016 – 5’53” MALEDETTE BATTERIE by Ilaria Fumagalli QUESTIONI DI MISURA by Claudia Ranzoni MOGLI EFFICIENTI by Mathyas Baggio MARY POPPINS by Davide Ciulla LA VENDETTA by Catia Sofia Fonseca Gomes CSC, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia OLTRE LO SCHERMO by Marco Bonaschi and Guido Tabacco (CSC Lombardia) – 2016 – 50” iAPP by Stefano Teodori (CSC Lombardia) – 2015 – 45” NON FARTI FOTTERE by Giovanni Iavarone (CSC Lombardia) – 2015 – 8’30” DOVE L’ACCOGLIENZA È DI CASA by Giulia Canella and Giovanni Iavarone (CSC Lombardia) – 2015 – 45” CARTIERE TOSCOLANO 1381 by Vincenzo Campisi (CSC Lombardia, in colaboration with Fondazione Valle delle Cartiere Toscolano Maderno e Stabilo) – 2016 – 1’30” #SonsOfGod#VOX by Stefano Teodori and Monica Fenu (CSC Lombardia) – 2016 – 1’13” Spot CSC by Valentina Landenna (CSC Lombardia), spot – 2016 – 45” L’AQUILA RAPPRESENTA by Giovanni Soria (CSC Abruzzo) – 2015 – 17’ I MORTI NON SONO TRANQUILLI by Andrea Sorini (CSC Lazio) – 2015 – 14’30” LA LEGGENDA DEL CASTELLO DI ACI by Ruben Monterosso and Federico Savonitto, (CSC Sicilia) – 2016 – 6’31” UN GRAN SILENZIO by Ruben Monterosso and Federico Savonitto, (CSC Sicilia) – 2016 – 7’23” MERLOT by Marta Gennari and Giulia Martinelli (CSC Piemonte), animated short film, digital animated drawing – 2016 – 5’40” EIDOS by Elena Ortolan and Alberto Comerci (CSC Piemonte), animated short film – 2016 – 4’33” CISA, Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive HOTEL DÜSSELDORF by Riccardo Silvestri – 2015 – 35’ WINDOW by Massimiliano Piozzini – 2015 – 6’ ASCOLTAMI MORIRE by Riccardo Sirignano – 2015 – 9’ GLI 8 ELEMENTI by Vittorio Castellano – 2015 – 18’ FIN DU VACC by Giovanni Greggio – 2015 – 0’24” Accademia di architettura 100 TESTE 100 OPINIONI by Matteo Frangi, Lara Monacelli, Marina Rondini – 2015 – 08’25” IN BILIC by Giorgio Della Marianna, Joseph Redpath, Alessandra Tararà, Marija Urbaite – 2015 – 04’20” GIOCHERANNO... by Giulia Brembilla, Elia Rossi, Nadia Ruseva, Barbara Stallone, Michele Taborelli – 2015 – 05’23” AUTOMA ORGANICO by Alessio Crespi, Virginia Granata, Alessandro Sebastiani, Valentina Tonelli – 2015 – 03’07” PET IN FUGA by Tuia Giannesini, Valentina Luvini, Andrea Pompili, Elisabetta Vito – 2015 – 04’13” Swiss Cinema in Locarno First Features Swatch First Feature Award eligible films Piazza Grande CESSEZ-LE-FEU by Emmanuel Courcol Concorso internazionale GODLESS by Ralitza Petrova JEUNESSE by Julien Samani MARIJA by Michael Koch Concorso Cineasti del presente AFTERLOV by Stergios Paschos AKHDAR YABES (Withered Green) by Mohammed Hammad DONALD CRIED by Kris Avedisian EL AUGE DEL HUMANO by Eduardo Williams EL FUTURO PERFECTO by Nele Wohlatz GORGE CŒUR VENTRE by Maud Alpi L’INDOMPTÉE by Caroline Deruas PESCATORI DI CORPI by Michele Pennetta THE CHALLENGE by Yuri Ancarani VIEJO CALAVERA by Kiro Russo Fuori concorso L’AMATORE by Maria Mauti LA NATURA DELLE COSE by Laura Viezzoli Sings of Life 300 MILES by Orwa Al Mokdad ANASHIM SHEHEM LO ANI (People That Are Not Me) by Hadas Ben Aroya RAT FILM by Theo Anthony SVI SEVERNI GRADOVI (All the Cities of the North) by Dane Komljen First Features Industry Days 6 – 8 August With the support of: Quo Vadis? The number of festivals continues to increase, just like the number of films produced. Festivals were meeting places where people shared a communal experience and discovered films before their theatrical release. Today more than ever, festivals remain important meeting places both for professionals and audiences alike, but unfortunately, they are also often the only place where auteur cinema can be discovered. In short, festivals now increasingly stand as actual distributors. But how did this tendency come about? Is it the fault of the exhibitors, distributors and even buyers who are no longer willing to take risks? Or is it that filmmakers and producers do not know how to interest audiences? Or does the blame lie with audiences, who, apart from attending festivals as events, prefer the convenience of home viewing, as and when they choose? Nobody can offer a definitive answer to these questions, but everyone is well aware of the changes in consumer attitudes, particularly in the case of the younger generation. While the festival as an event still attracts audiences, cinemas are struggling and the distribution of auteur films is in trouble. Films are on screens so briefly that they do not have enough time to create a “buzz”. But given the number of films produced, why on earth should exhibitors keep playing a film if it does not attract, when they have at their disposal such an enormous choice of titles that might appeal to a wider audience? This prompts another question: why does the supply of films (auteur or other) exceed demand to such a degree? How does such an unprecedentedly large number of films continue to be produced when statistics prove that only a small percentage of them will ever actually reach the public? Even though consumption habits have changed with the advent of VOD, this does not solve the problem: most of what is on offer consists of films that have already had a theatrical release or been shown at festivals. It is extremely rare to see films on offer that have not been screened somewhere else first. This indicates that VOD platforms are not replacing, but simply offer additional outlets to national distribution, at least for the time being. Thus, even with increased opportunities to see films, as well as the greater number of films produced, one cannot say that there is a commensurate growth in audience numbers. Films are part of the culture. One might start with the principle that culture should exist and should be supported. On this point at least everyone agrees. But if funding culture implies public funding, then even more so films should be available to share with an audience. So then does it really make sense to support such a large number of films if nobody can see them? Let's stop pointing the finger at distributors, exhibitors, sales agents and/or festivals, and take a moment to think about the production system as a whole. Obviously, without films, there would be no distributors or cinema exhibitors, no sales agents or VOD platforms, and certainly no festivals. These entities were created to support culture, to enhance its circulation and connection with audiences. And likewise, without these entities, these “supports”, films would hardly have an existence. We believe that one of the roles of the Industry Days is precisely to raise such issues, which reflect the state of the market, and to prompt discussion and a search for solutions to the benefit of auteur cinema, which we at Locarno so strongly defend. This year the running theme is once again distribution, but considered from another perspective: that of the whole system of production. Long live independent cinema! Nadia Dresti, Artistic Director Delegate, Head of International Industry Days Industry Days Initiatives StepIn (Friday August 5 and Sunday August 7) StepIn is an initiative designed as an interdisciplinary and international exchange think tank for distribution, exhibition and sales professionals of auteur cinema. Selected industry key players are invited to take part in closed working sessions to discuss the state of the film industry and propose practical ideas and strategies to overcome the challenges they are facing. The session will be followed by a public debriefing open to all the accredited professionals on Sunday August 7, where the participants will present a summary of their discussions and answer questions from the audience. StepIn is organized in partnership with Europa Distribution, Europa International and Europa Cinemas. The 2016 edition of StepIn brings the opportunity for a partnership with Telefilm Canada and SODEC for a special focus on North America and more specifically on Canada. StepIn will kick off with a discussion with Hussain Amarshi (CEO, Mongrel Media Inc.) and Cameron Bailey (Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival) moderated by Ira Deutchman (Independent Producer, Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts). Project Manager: Hayet Benkara StepIn.ch (Saturday, August 6, 14:30) StepIn.ch, initially designed as a one-time conference to address the exit of Switzerland from the Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union in 2014, quickly became a platform for Swiss and European film professionals to discuss specific challenges faced by the Swiss film industry. For its 3rd edition, StepIn.ch invites distributors, producers, television professionals, cinema operators and institutional leaders to debate the current opportunities for Swiss-produced feature films to reach venues and audiences in Switzerland and abroad. Are our models of financing, producing and broadcasting still relevant and adequate for facing contemporary challenges? With the participation of Bero Beyer (Artistic Director, International Film Festival Rotterdam), Carolle Brabant (Executive Director, Telefilm Canada) and Christian Jungen (Film critic, NZZ am Sonntag) and the moderation by Emmanuel Cuénod, Artistic Director of the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, partner of StepIn.ch. Alliance for Development (August 6 – 8) Alliance for Development’s concrete aim is to encourage early stage co-development and long-term organic cooperation between France, Italy and Germany, supported by their respective film institutions: CNC, MiBACT and FFA. 9 projects were chosen among the bilateral co-development funds existing between the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC, France), the Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo (MiBACT, Italy) and the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA, Germany). Switzerland, as their natural co-producing partner, hosts this new annual rendez-vous supported by the Federal Office of Culture in the context of the MEDIA compensatory measures. To encourage a stronger Swiss involvement, 3 Swiss projects looking for German, French and Italian co-producers were selected to join the initiative as special guests. The chosen teams (director/producer) will come to the Locarno Industry Days to present and discuss their projects in a tailor-made program, including individual meetings with potential partners, plenary sessions, panels, discussions and networking activities. Alliance for Development is a crossroad for French-, German- and Italian-language film professionals which allows them to test their market potential and to find natural opportunities for early-stage creative and financing partnerships. Project Manager: Lucas Rosant Industry Days First Look on Polish Cinema (August 6 – 8) Locarno’s works in progress sidebar, designed as a springboard for the films of the future, will be focusing this year on Polish Cinema, one of Eastern Europe’s most thriving film industries. The initiative, organized in collaboration with the Polish Film Institute and with the support of Fundacja Polskie Centrum Audiowizualne boasts, this year, a jury composed by Kerem Ayan (Istanbul International Film Festival), Cameron Bailey (Toronto International Film Festival) and Bero Beyer (International Film Festival Rotterdam) that will hand out the First Look award on August 8 sponsored by Cinelab Romania worth 65'000 Euros in in post-production services, and an award offered by Le Film Français in advertising worth 5'500 Euros. Initiated in 2011, First Look presents films in post-production from a different country each year, among which the successful Sand Storm by Elite Zexer (Israel, 2015), The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert (Brazil, 2014) and To Kill a Man by Alejandro Fernandez Almendras (Chile, 2013). Project Manager: Markus Duffner Match Me! (August 6 – 8) Match Me! provides an informal networking platform for upcoming producers with projects in development. This year, thanks to partnerships with Cinema do Brasil, CinemaChile, IMCINE, SE-YAP and Israel Film Fund, up to three emerging producers per country will be in Locarno with the possibility to expand their networks of contacts through a tailor–made matchmaking service and a series of professional lunches with international and Swiss industry key players, the latter in strong presence thanks to a cooperation with SWISSFILMS. The selected producers will have the opportunity to introduce their works in Locarno to potential co–producers, funds or sales companies. Project Manager: Markus Duffner Industry Academy (August 3 – 9) The Locarno Industry Academy, first held in 2015, is an industry training program for young professionals working in international sales, marketing, distribution, exhibition and programming, created to help them understand the challenges of the movie industry and gives them the opportunity to broaden their networks of contacts while building bridges between different markets. Following its successful launch last year, and thanks to the support of major international partners, the event now includes an initial phase of the Locarno Industry Academy International, which to date has featured three pilot events, held in Morelia, Mexico at the FICM in October 2015, in Brazil at Cinema do Brasil's BOUTIQUE in December 2015, and in New York at the New Directors/New Films Festival in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center in March 2016. Project Manager: Marion Klotz "Transilvania Pitch Stop goes to Locarno" The Industry Days and Transilvania Pitch Stop partner-up for the third time, giving the chance to the Transilvania Pitch Stop' winners to join the Locarno professionals. Through a dedicated matchmaking service they have the opportunity to further develop their projects during the Industry Days. Industry Days With the support of: Industry Days Parallel Initiatives FOCAL – "From Producers to Producers" Locarno's annual invitation for a peer to peer exchange with producers will focus this year on the risks and opportunities for smaller European countries to produce successful films internationally, with a focus on the Danish film market. The Danish Film Institute abolished automatic funding five years ago, creating what is now established as a solid market-oriented model. Claus Ladegaard, Head of Film Funding at DFI, will present the current scheme and discuss the selection and funding criteria, as well as the effective results, along with Danish producer Louise Vesth (Zentropa Productions). Per Neumann, founder and CEO of European Film Bonds, will present strategic opportunities for successful co-productions. The debate will include a broad scopes of themes, including the attractiveness of small countries, such as Denmark and Switzerland, as co-producers. Doc Alliance Selection Award Discovering new film talents has become an inherent part of the brand of the European Doc Alliance Selection Award awarded by the independent Doc Alliance platform uniting seven key European documentary festivals since 2008. CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity FF, Doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, FID Marseille, Jihlava IDFF and Visions du Réel each nominate a candidate among emerging filmmakers in their competition. The Doc Alliance Selection Award, which includes a 5'000 Euros prize, is awarded by the seven documentary festivals. It represents a key project which aim is to support quality documentary projects as well as looking for new solutions of their public presentation. The Award will be announced, Sunday August 7 during the Industry Days, and the chosen film will be available at the Digital Library. EAVE PUENTES PUENTES’ seventh edition returns in Locarno, bringing to the festival 14 selected professionals and an expert team from Europe and Latin America. Throughout the 6 years of its existence, PUENTES has become the most relevant workshop for European-Latin American co-productions with exceptionally good results: 69% of the finalized PUENTES projects got an international sales agent on board, and over 84,6% of the projects have a successful festival career. PUENTES is organized by EAVE in partnership with the Industry Days and the Open Doors initiative of the Festival del film Locarno, Mutante Cine and Ventana Sur and with the support of the Creative Europa MEDIA programme of the European Union. Industry Days Locarno Summer Academy 3 – 13 August With the support of: Locarno Summer Academy Founded in 2010 with the aim of helping develop the abilities of emerging talents, the Locarno Summer Academy is a Festival del film Locarno training project for young directors, professionals, students and film critics. The Academy was born from a desire to build on Locarno’s attributes as a site of productive encounters, exchange of views and reflection on film, taking full advantage of the Festival’s infrastructure and its numerous guests. A hundred promising young talents from all over the world are selected and invited to participate in one of the Locarno Summer Academy’s five initiatives: Filmmakers Academy, Critics Academy, Industry Academy, Documentary Summer School and Cinema&Gioventù. The program offers a range of training options, spanning from general film education, training in film criticism for young journalists, to workshops for the upcoming generation of industry professionals and emerging directors working on their first film. The Locarno Filmmakers Academy (3 – 13 August) offers fifteen filmmakers, from the best film schools all over the world, daily meetings with directors, producers and other internationally known figures in the film industry. Guests who have held masterclasses in previous editions include: Werner Herzog, Abel Ferrara, Lav Diaz, Pedro Costa, Agnès Varda, Víctor Erice, Aleksandr Sokurov and Michael Cimino. Since 2014 six young talents selected for the Cannes Festival’s Résidence Cinéfondation also participate. The Locarno Critics Academy (3 – 13 August) is designed for ten aspiring film critics who, as well as meeting established members of the critical community and the film world, will have an opportunity to work under the editorial guidance of Eric Kohn (Indiewire), Brian Brooks (Film Society of Lincoln Center), Ruedi Widmer (ZHdK), Florian Keller (ASJC) and Adrian Nicca (Cineman.ch), covering the Festival with articles and reviews that will be published on PardoLive, Criticwire, Filmcomment. com, Cineman.ch and, from 2016, also in Filmbulletin. The program also allows for additional meetings with journalists attending Locarno, round tables with Festival guests and meetings with other professionals. The Critics Academy is a joint initiative with Indiewire, in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York and The Swiss Film Journalists Association and is supported by the Federal Office of Culture. The Locarno Industry Academy (3 – 9 August), is an initiative organized by the Industry Office of the Festival del film Locarno. The Locarno Industry Academy was first held in 2015, since then designed and organized by the Project Manager Marion Klotz. This workshop aims at helping young industry professionals in international sales, marketing, distribution, exhibition and programming, to understand the challenges of the movie industry and giving them the opportunity to broaden their networks of contacts, while building bridges between different markets. Following its successful launch last year, and thank to the support of major international partners, the event now includes an initial pilot phase of the Locarno Industry Academy International, which to date has featured three events, held in Mexico in October 2015 during the Morelia Festival, in Brazil in collaboration with Cinema do Brasil in December 2015 and in March 2016 in New York in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, during the New Directors/New Films Festival. The Locarno Summer Academy has two further initiatives: the Documentary Summer School (8 – 12 August) and Cinema&Gioventù (2 –13 August). The 17th edition of the Documentary Summer School, is organized by the Università della Svizzera italiana and the Festival del film Locarno in collaboration with the Semaine de la Critique, and involves twenty-five university students from film, television and communications departments all over the world. It covers topical issues in documentary film, from both an academic and practical production perspective. A particular attention is dedicated to ethnical issues. Locarno Summer Academy Now in its 57th edition, the Cinema&Gioventù initiative is open to 33 students from high schools, vocational schools and universities in Switzerland and northern Italy. The participants have the opportunity to experience the Festival from the inside, and play an active role within it, as members of the youth juries and as privileged audience, attending official screenings, meeting filmmakers, actors and experts within the sector. Cinema&Gioventù is a project of the Dipartimento dell’educazione, della cultura e dello sport (DECS) of the Cantone Ticino, organized by Castellinaria. International Young Film Festival in Bellinzona. The Locarno Summer Academy enjoys the support of the Ernst Göhner Stiftung (Zug), the Prof. Otto Beisheim-Stiftung (Baar) and the Fondation Assistance Internationale (Rome). Locarno Summer Academy Summer Academy Partners Filmmakers Academy Critics Academy Zurich University of the Arts Centre for Publishing in the Arts Industry Academy Documentary Summer School Cinema&Gioventù Locarno Summer Academy Attachments Il villaggio del Festival del film Locarno from 31 July to 14 August 2016 laRotonda Food-district | Outdoor-market | Virtual reality Live-music DJ-set Free entry Line-Up 31.07. OPENING PARTY // JAY-K BY ENJOY GROUP 01.08. #SWISS PARTY SPECIAL GUEST DJ ANTOINE BY ENJOY GROUP 02.08. SEBALTER // DJ ALEXXIO 03.08. ANDREA BIGNASCA // DJ MOCI 04.08. RE:FUNK // DJ MURDOCH 05.08. GEORGE MERK // DJ ALEXIE 06.08. FIJI // DJ SET 07.08. RAVING IRAN // DJS BLADE&BEARD BY PANORAMA SUISSE 08.08. ALTOVOLTAGGIO // DJ ALEXXIO 09.08. MAKE PLAIN // DJ MOCI 10.08. SWISS FICTION MOVEMENT PARTY 11.08. ZONASUN // LUKA RUDE BOY 12.08. VASCO JAM // DJ MOCI 13.08. SINPLUS (DUO SET) // SINPLUS (DJ SET) 14.08. CLOSING PARTY OPENÈR GAMBAROGN Every day, live radio PardoOn from 6 to 9 pm hosted by Rete Tre 75+ 7 DRINK STANDS EXPERIENCES 19 FOOD STANDS 50+ SHOPS Schweizerischer Verband Der FilmJournalistinnen und Filmjournalisten (SVFJ) Association Suisse des Journalistes Cinématographiques (ASJC) Associazione Svizzera dei Giornalisti Cinematografici (ASGC) PREMIO SRG SSR / Semaine de la Critique Il premio SRG SSR / Semaine de la Critique, del valore di CHF 8'000, è conferito al regista e al produttore del film vincitore. Le Prix SRG SSR / Semaine de la Critique, est constitué d’une somme de CHF 8’000 octroyée au réalisateur et au producteur du film gagnant. Der von der SRG SSR gestiftete Preis der Semaine de la Critique im Wert von 8000 Franken geht an den Produzenten und den Regisseur des besten Films. PREMIO Zonta Club Locarno La giuria ufficiale della Semaine de la critique attribuisce anche il “Premio Zonta Club Locarno", del valore di CHF 2'000, al film che meglio promuove l'etica ad alti livelli”. Le jury officiel de la Semaine de la critique décerne aussi le prix "Premio Zonta Club Locarno", d’une somme de CHF 2'000, au film qui exprime au mieux l'engagement social. Die Jury der Semaine de la critique vergibt zudem den «Premio Zonta Club Locarno» im Wert von 2000 Franken für einen Film, der sich durch besonderes soziales Engagement auszeichnet. LA GIURIA 2016 Ruth Dreifuss (CH) Nicholas Elliott (US) Carlo Ciavoni (IT) SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE www.semainedelacritique.ch [email protected] Schweizerischer Verband Der FilmJournalistinnen und Filmjournalisten (SVFJ) Association Suisse des Journalistes Cinématographiques (ASJC) Associazione Svizzera dei Giornalisti Cinematografici (ASGC) Semaine de la critique – 27. Edizione La SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE è una sezione indipendente del Festival di Locarno. Dal 1990 è organizzata dall'Associazione Svizzera dei Giornalisti Cinematografici e presenta 7 documentari molto particolari. La SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE est une section indépendante du Festival de Locarno. Elle est organisée depuis 1990 par l’Association Suisse des Journalistes Cinématographiques et présente un programme de 7 films documentaires très particuliers. Die SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE ist eine vom Schweizerischen Verband der Filmjournalistinnen und Filmjournalisten organisierte unabhängige Sektion des Internationalen Filmfestivals Locarno. Seit ihrer Gründung 1990 zeigt die Semaine jedes Jahr eine Reihe von sieben herausragenden Dokumentarfilmen aus aller Welt. Bezness As Usual – Alex Pitstra – prima internazionale Netherlands / Tunisia, 2016 – v.o. Dutch; 90' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 05.08, 11.00 Sea Tomorrow – Katerina Suvorova – prima mondiale Kazakhstan / Germany, 2016 – v.o. Russian, Kazakh; 88' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 06.08, 11.00 Cahier africain – Heidi Specogna – prima mondiale Switzerland / Germany 2016 – v.o. multi; 117' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 07.08, 11.00 Monk of the Sea – Rafał Skalski – prima internazionale Poland, 2016 – v.o. Thai; 64' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 08.08, 11.00 El Remolino – Laura Herrero Garvín – prima internazionale Mexico, 2016 – v.o. Spanish; 73' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 09.08, 11.00 Secondo Me – Pavel Cuzuioc – prima mondiale Austria, 2016 – v.o. Italian, Russian, German; 79' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 10.08, 11.00 Komunia – Anna Zamecka – prima mondiale Poland, 2016 – v.o. Polish; 70' Prima: cinema Teatro Kursaal 11.08, 11.00 Sponsors and Partners ab Mo DA ASSOCIAZIONE FABBRICANTI E OPERATORI RAMO ABBIGLIAMENTO del Cantone Ticino (Svizzera) We would also like to thank in alphabetical order Comune di Ascona Comune di Bellinzona Comune di Brione s/Minusio Comune di Brissago Comune Cugnasco-Gerra Comune di Gambarogno Comune di Gordola Comune di Losone Comune di Minusio Comune di Muralto Comune di Orselina Comune di Ronco s/Ascona Comune di Tenero-Contra Comune di Terre di Pedemonte Archivio di Stato, Bellinzona Centro Didattico Cantonale Ticino (DECS) Centro sportivo nazionale della gioventù di Tenero (UFSPO) Cinémathèque française Cinémathèque suisse CISA (Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive Pio Bordoni) CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) CSIA (Centro scolastico per le industrie artistiche) Dipartimento del Territorio del Cantone Ticino Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo del Locarnese e Vallemaggia GastroLago Maggiore e Valli Gastro Ticino Hotelleriesuisse sezione di Ascona e Locarno Liceo Cantonale di Locarno MEDIA Desk Suisse Meteo Svizzera MiBACT – Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo Presenza Svizzera Regierungsrat des Kantons Bern SAMS (Scuola d’arti e mestieri della sartoria Lugano) Scuola Media di Locarno SPAI (Scuola Professionale Artigianale Industriale) STA (Scuola specializzata superiore di tecnica dell’abbigliamento e della moda) Stadt Bern Präsidialdirektion SUPSI (Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana) SVFJ (Schweizerischer Verband der Filmjournalistinnen und Filmjournalisten) Svizzera Turismo USI (Università della Svizzera italiana) Admeira APG | SGA Argus der Presse ARTE France Bellevue Palace Bern Boutique Farfalla CHC Business Solutions Clear Channel Svizzera SA Collegio Papio Cryms Deutsches Film Institut Dr. Albert Gnägi FFA – Filmförderungsanstalt Film und Video Untertitelung FOFT – Federazione Ortofrutticola Ticinese Ghisla Art Collection Locarno Gioielleria Bucherer, Locarno Gastronomie & Tourisme Heineken Switzerland AG Hertz Hôtel du Lac Locarno Indiewire Jannuzzi Smith – London | Lugano Kursaal Locarno SA LATI SA Le film français Marcel Nauer MovirlavidA Museo Castello San Materno Nüssli AG Paranoiko pictures RailAway AG Rapelli SA Rezzonico Editore SISA GREEN SIX Payment Services Stardrinks AG SWISS FILMS Tamaro Drinks SA Teatro San Materno Transpalux (Suisse) SA 4IT Solutions Member of: ab Enjoying together Unique moments at the Festival del film Locarno. UBS has been supporting the Festival del film Locarno for over 30 years UBS’s commitment to the Festival del film Locarno, which started as a local sponsorship, has helped the event develop into an important cultural happening over the last three decades. The festival is not only one of the most important international film festivals, it also ranks as one of Switzerland’s top events. This puts it on par with the likes of Art Basel, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Weltklasse Zurich and Athletissima Lausanne, which are also supported by UBS. Contact UBS Media Relations Tel: +41-44-234 85 00 [email protected] © UBS 2016. All rights reserved. Prix du Public UBS Since 1994, UBS has also been the title sponsor of the “Prix du Public UBS”, the only award of the festival directly designated by the audience of the Piazza Grande. The winner of last year’s prize worth 30,000 Swiss francs was a German production entitled “Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer” by Lars Kraume. Eve of the Festival “Prefestival” Thanks to the support of UBS, visitors can benefit from a free screening in the Piazza Grande on 31st July. UBS at laRotonda with Paymit UBS Paymit is the cashless app which permits to send and request money in a simple, speedy and secure way, with no transaction charges. The app is available for everyone, regardless of where the user’s bank account is. During the 69th Festival del film Locarno, UBS Paymit will be the official payment partner at laRotonda. Medienmitteilung Enjoy unique movie moments with Swisscom, main sponsor of the Festival del film Locarno Around 164,000 film buffs from all over the world will gather in the Piazza Grande for the 69th time from 3 to 13 August, when Locarno will become the world’s movie capital. Swisscom is supporting the Festival del film Locarno as its main sponsor for the 20th time. This year’s ‘Pardo d’onore Swisscom’ will be presented to Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean director, actor and author of a number of surrealist films, whose best known works include ‘Fando and Lis’, ‘The Mole and ‘The Holy Mountain’. He was also a source of inspiration for blockbusters such as ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner’. Alejandro Jodorowsky will receive the ‘Pardo d’onore Swisscom’ in the Piazza Grande on Friday 12 August. The unique atmosphere of the Festival del film Locarno on the shores of Lake Maggiore, surrounded by mountains, is always inspiring. Fittingly, therefore, visitors to this year’s edition can go back in time in the modern-looking ‘Grand Hotel Swisscom’ in laRotonda, where they can round off the evening by indulging in old times and toasting great movies in a large cocktail and wine bar. Meanwhile, the exclusive silent disco in the ‘Grand Hotel Swisscom’ provides top entertainment into the early hours (open daily from 1.00 until 3.00). Once again, Swisscom will ensure that communication runs smoothly at this year’s festival by equipping the press centre with state-of-the-art infrastructure and wireless Internet access to enable the 900 or so media representatives to send their data around the world. Further information: www.pardo.ch/swisscom Bern, 07. Juli 2016 1/1 Press release Frankfurt am Main 11.07.2016 Retrospective catalogue „Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the Young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963“ 1963 “ English and German editions, 416 pages each To be published on 28 July 2016 Cinema in the young Federal Republic was varied, combative, and lively – surprisingly different from the way established views and judgements describe it. Superficial and inconsequential? Uninterested in dealing with urgent societal problems or the working through of German guilt? Oriented towards kitsch and putative mainstream tastes? Homogenous and predictable? A very different picture emerges from the 33 texts in this book which were written for the occasion of the 2016 Festival del film Locarno. Polyphonic and outspoken, the authors here explore the diversity of filmmaking during the Adenauer years. As a result, a comprehensive panorama of the era and its cinema emerges, large parts of which have yet to be discovered. Deutsches Filminstitut Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 60596 Frankfurt am Main Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Leitung: Frauke Haß Tel. 069 961 220-222 Fax 069 961 220-579 [email protected] [email protected] www.deutsches-filminstitut.de www.deutsches-filmmuseum.de Rainer Knepperges, for example, states: “The films of the 1950s and early 1960s are surprisingly brazen, erotic, brash, frivolous, vulgar, and bizarre – contrary to their reputation.” And Dominik Graf ends his essay by saying: “The points of breakage in the German film are also its continuity. The alleged provincialism was in fact its infinite strength. Its ‘falsehoods’ were a very novel way of acting truthfulness – and that is the honest reason why it is possible to – really – love the strange West German post-war film.” Facts: Editors: Claudia Dillmann, Olaf Möller Publisher: Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF, Frankfurt am Main ISBN: 978-3-88799-090-9 (English) // 978-3-88799-089-3 (German) Softcover, stitched binding, 416 pages, 270 stills, production stills and poster illustrations from the archive of the Deutsches Filminstitut and other archives 24,80 € // 27,00 CHF From 28th July at www.shop-filmmuseum.de and in stores Review Review copies may be ordered immediately by e-mail to [email protected] The catalogue is is made possible through the support of the Georg und Franziska Speyer’sche Hochschulstiftung, Hochschulstiftung, the Förderkreis des de s Deutschen Filminstituts and by German Ge rman Films. F ilms. Contents: Carlo Chatrian: Chatrian Preface Olaf Möller: Möller Adenauer Country Claudia Dillmann: Dillmann The Pact with the Audience. The Production Conditions of the Adenauer Cinema Miguel Marías: Marías Translucent Cinema. Ludwig II – Shine and Ending of a King Lars Henrik Gass: Gass Re-Signed Findings. Manifestos before Oberhausen Ralph Eue: Eue “In the Spirit of Building for Tomorrow”. Re-Education through Film Rolf Aurich, Wolfgang Jacobsen: Jacobsen Creators of Useful Images. Rudolf Werner Kipp, Ekkehard Scheven, Herbert Viktor, Raphael Nußbaum Fabian Tietke: Tietke Lifting the Nightcap. The West German Animation Film from 1945 to 1963 Rudolf Worschech W orschech: orschech The New in the Old. Camera Work in the 1950s Fritz Tauber: Tauber Heimatfilm. Systematising a Phenomenon Jörg Gerle: Gerle The Green Conscience. Nature and Film: An Attempt at Symbiosis Uwe Mies: Mies Khaki, Pipe, Suit, Firmly Parted Hair. Germany Sends Stars into the World – and Thus Creates a Few Dominik Graf: Graf “Dogs, Do You Want To Live Forever?” Images of Masculinity and Performance Styles in West German Post-War Film Stefanie Plappert: Plappert Visions of the Little Happiness in Big Failure. Victor Vicas’ German Feature Films, 1953–1963 Werner Sudendorf: Sudendorf Detours to the Melodrama. Giving Sacrifice Purpose Rainer Knepperges: Knepperges Mama’s Cinema is Alive (and Kicking) Stefanie Mathilde Frank: Frank Strange Continuities? Remakes of Interwar Feature Films in the Late 1950s Christoph Huber Huber: The Simmel Complex. Popular Fictional Literature and the Cinema of the Adenauer Era Peter Ellenbruch: Ellenbruch Crime Pays! The West German Crime Thriller 1950–1963 Hervé Dumont: Dumont Robert Siodmak in the Federal Republic Marcus Stiglegger: Stiglegger Out of the Graves, Out of the Rubble… The German War Film in the 1950s Fabian Schmidt: Schmidt Person Unknown. Frank Wisbar’s West German Films after 1957 HT Nuotio: Nuotio Merry Ghosts, Hidden Memories. West German Nachkriegskino in Finland Marco Grosoli: Grosoli The Professor, The Tourist, and The Bombshell. The Young Federal Republic of Germany in Italian Cinema Chris Fujiwara: Fujiwara The Federal Republic of Germany in American and British Films Ralf Schenk: Schenk Between Worlds. Attempts at Inter-German Co-Production in the Midst of the Cold War Andreas Goldstein: Goldstein Historical Subjects. Notes on DEFA and its “West Films” in the 1950s and Early 1960s Elisabeth Streit: Streit Onwards and Do Not Forget. The Unrealised Projects of Lorre and Brecht Carolin Weidner: Weidner Young German Literature and the Film Industry Jürgen Dünnwald: Dünnwald 13 Minutes of Film History. The Collaboration of Peter Weiss and Christer Strömholm Jennifer Lynde Barker: Barker “Dort und Hier”. Hans Fischerkoesen in the 1950s Norbert Pfaffenbichler: Pfaffenbichler “Painter and Occasional Chemist”. The Avant-Garde Filmmaker Franz Schömbs Thorsten Thorsten Krämer: Krämer A Subversive in the System. The Film and Television Director Michael Pfleghar Cinémathèque suisse at the Festival del Film Locarno An historic partner of the Festival del Film Locarno, every year Cinémathèque suisse makes copies from its collections available to the Festival and collaborates on several programs. Homage to Clemens Klopfenstein, August 3 and 4 Clemens Klopfenstein will have the place of honour this year in the « Panorama Suisse » section. Cinémathèque suisse will present Geschichte der Nacht (1979), a film the director shot over 150 nights, capturing the atmosphere of a dozen European cities at night. The film was restored in 2015 by Cinémathèque suisse from the original reversal film, in collaboration with the filmmaker, the Cinegrell laboratory and the University of Basel. Rounding out the homage, a 35mm print of Clemens Klopfenstein’s WerAngstWolf (2000), from the archives of Cinémathèque suisse, will be screened. Geschichte der Nacht will also be shown this autumn in Lausanne. L’Inconnu de Shandigor by Jean-Louis Roy, August 12 Jean-Louis Roy’s first feature film (1967) will be screened at Locarno in a restored digital edition, in the presence of the director and part of the crew. The 4K digital restoration was carried out in 2015 by Omnimago, under the supervision of Cinémathèque suisse, using the original 35mm negative and 35mm optical sound. Colour grading was monitored by the director, who hoped to recreate the original atmosphere of the film, highly contrasted and dark. This event is taking place in the context of the release of a DVD co-published by Cinémathèque suisse and Radio Télévision Suisse, bringing together ten hours of previously unreleased material related to the Groupe 5 filmmakers (Claude Goretta, Jean-Jacques Lagrange, Jean-Louis Roy, Michel Soutter, and Alain Tanner). The DVD will be unveiled to the public for the first time in Locarno, before the preview in Lausanne on September 27. A cycle of films dedicated to Groupe 5 is scheduled for October at Cinémathèque suisse and on RTS. Loved and Rejected : the Cinema of the Young Federal Republic of Germany, from August 3 to 13 Cinémathèque suisse is collaborating with the major retrospective of this 69th edition, dedicated to post-war German cinema. A wide selection of films produced and directed between 1949 and 1963 will be shown during the festival and then, immediately afterwards, in the theatres of Cinémathèque suisse, from August 25 through the end of October. This retrospective is a continuation of the collaboration between Cinémathèque suisse and the Festival del Film Locarno, following the retrospectives dedicated to Sam Peckinpah, Titanus, Otto Preminger, George Cukor, and Vincente Minnelli. Cinémathèque suisse in brief According to the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), Cinémathèque suisse is currently the sixth most important film library in the world for the extent, diversity, and quality of its collections. Its archives comprise more than 85,000 film titles in every format and length, 3 million photographs, and 300,000 posters. Its library contains more than 20,000 books, 720,000 periodicals, and 9,000 screenplays. This heritage represents a priceless treasure : the collective memory of the country. Cinémathèque suisse is responsible for collecting, preserving, restoring, and developing that heritage through screenings, research, and publications of all kinds. 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