The 75th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland. Swiss producer Michel Merkt was the jury president for the main competition. Brazilian filmmaker Júlia Murat won the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Rule 34.
The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk's films in its Retrospettiva section. On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS to Swiss-Belgian film Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven days of the festival, along with the film professionals.
The festival opened with American action comedy film Bullet Train by David Leitch, and closed with Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André Schäfer.
Juries International Competition Michel Merkt, Swiss producer and consultant (Jury President) Prano Bailey-Bond, Welsh filmmaker Alain Guiraudie, French filmmaker William Horberg, American film producer and chair emeritus of the Producers Guild of America Laura Samani, Italian director
Filmmakers of the Present Annick Mahnert, film festival curator, film producer and director of programming at Fantastic Fest, programs the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival Gitanjali Rao, Indian theatre actress, animator and filmmaker Katriel Schory, producer, senior consultant international co-productions
Leopards of Tomorrow Walter Fasano, Italian film editor and director Azra Deniz Okyay, Turkish filmmaker Ada Solomon, Romanian producer
First Feature Boo Junfeng, Singaporean filmmaker Shahram Mokri, Iranian filmmaker Madeline Robert, French producer Green Pardo WWF Thierry Hugot, responsible for the Sustainability Study Group at Eurimages Sonia I. Seneviratne, Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich Alessandro Rak, Italian cartoonist, animator and director
Official Sections Piazza Grande The following films were selected to be screened at the Piazza Grande, Locarno's open-air theater that accommodates a nightly audience of up to 8,000 people, competing for Prix du Public UBS: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAngry AnnieAnnie ColèreBlandine LenoirFranceBullet Train (opening film) David Leitch United StatesDelta Michele Vannucci Italy Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (closing film) Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit André Schäfer Switzerland, GermanyHome of the Brave (1986) Laurie Anderson United StatesImitation of Life (1959) Douglas SirkLast DanceDelphine LehericeySwitzerland, BelgiumMedusa Deluxe Thomas Hardiman United KingdomMy Neighbor Adolfהשכן שלי אדולף Leonid Prudovsky Israel, Poland, ColombiaParadise Highway Anna Gutto United States, Germany, SwitzerlandPiano Piano Nicola Prosatore ItalyPrinted Rainbow (2006) Gitanjali Rao India Semret Caterina Mona Switzerland The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) Compartiment tueurs Costa-Gavras France A Woman Une femme de notre temps Jean Paul Civeyrac You Will Not Have My HateVous n'aurez pas ma haine Kilian Riedhof Germany, France, BelgiumWhere the Crawdads Sing Olivia Newman United StatesPre-FestivalNo Dogs or Italians AllowedInterdit aux chiens et aux ItaliensAlain UghettoFrance, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland
Main competition The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Leopard: English Title Original title Director(s) Production CountryThe Adventures of Gigi the LawGigi la leggeAlessandro ComodinItaly, France, Belgium At Night the Cats Are Brown De noche los gatos son pardos Valentin Merz Switzerland Declaration Ariyippu Mahesh Narayanan India Fairytale Сказка Alexander Sokurov Belgium, RussiaHuman Flowers of Flesh Helena Wittmann Germany, FranceI Have Electric DreamsTengo sueños eléctricosValentina MaurelBelgium, France, Costa RicaIl Pataffio Francesco Lagi ItalyMatter Out of Place Nikolaus Geyrhalter AustriaPiaffe Ann Oren Germany Rule 34 Regra 34 Júlia Murat Brazil Sermon to the Fish Balıqlara xütbə Hilal Baydarov Azerbaijan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey Saturn Bowling Bowling Saturne Patricia Mazuy France, Belgium Serviam – I Will Serve Serviam – Ich will dienen Ruth Mader Austria Stella in Love Stella est amoureuse Sylvie Verheyde FranceStone Turtle Woo Ming Jin Malaysia, Indonesia Tales of the Purple House Hikayat elbeit elorjowani Abbas Fahdel Lebanon, Iraq, France Tommy Guns Nação Valente Carlos Conceição Portugal, France, Angola
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryCandy Land John Swab United States ERICA JONG - breaking the wall Kaspar Kasics Switzerland Continental Drift (South) La dérive des continents (au sud) Lionel Baier Switzerland, FranceLola Andrew Legge Ireland, United Kingdom Obscure night - Wild leaves (The burning ones, the obstinate) Nuit obscure - Feuillets sauvages (Les brûlants, les obstinés) Sylvain George France, Switzerland Love Lights Objectos de Luz Acácio de Almeida, Marie Carré Portugal Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After Onde Fica Esta Rua? ou Sem Antes Nem Depois João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata Portugal, FrancePrisma Ludovico Bessegato Italy Prologos Mantas Kvedaravičius Lithuania, Greece W Anna Eriksson Finland
Filmmakers of the Present Competition The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryA Perfect Day for Caribou Jeff Rutherford United States Arnold Is a Model Student Arnon pen nakrian tuayang Sorayos Prapapan Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, PhilippinesAstrakan David Depesseville FranceBefore I Change My Mind Trevor Anderson CanadaFragments From Heaven Adnane Baraka Morocco, France How Is Katia? Yak Tam Katia? Christina Tynkevych Ukraine It Is Night in America É Noite na América Ana Vaz Italy, France, Brazil Little Ones Petites Julie Lerat-Gersant FranceLove Dog Bianca Lucas Poland, Mexico, United StatesMatadero Santiago Fillol Argentina, Spain, France Nightsiren Svetlonoc Tereza Nvotová Slovakia, Czech Republic Our Lady of the Chinese Shop Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês Ery Claver AngolaPetrol Alena Lodkina Australia Safe Place Sigurno mjesto Juraj Lerotić Croatia Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? Den siste våren Franciska Eliassen Norway
Leopards of Tomorrow International competition The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow International Competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAirhostess-737 Thanasis Neofotistos Greece At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago Andrew Stephen Lee United States Neighbour Abdi Buurman Abdi Douwe Dijkstra NetherlandsCastells Blanca Camell Galí France, SpainDancing Colors M. Reza Fahriyansyah IndonesiaDaron, Daron Colbert Kevin Steen United States Pillow Face Faccia di cuscino Saverio Cappiello ItalyHardly Working Total Refusal Austria Diamond Kid L'Enfant au diamant Pierre Edouard Dumora France Shadow of the Butterflies L'Ombre des papillons Sofia El Khyari France, Portugal, Qatar, Morocco Lake of Fire NEOZOON Germany Balls Lopte Gorana Jovanović Serbia, Slovenia Moon That Cracks Over the Darkness of My Loneliness Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad Lucila Mariani Argentina Mother Prays All Day Long Madar tamame rooz doa mikhanad Hoda Taheri Germany In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket Mini-mini-pokke no okina niwa de Yoko Yuki Japan Misaligned Marta Magnuska Poland, Latvia Money and Happiness Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia Mulika Maisha Maene Democratic Republic of Congo Sovereign Soberane Wara CubaTiger Stabs Tiger Jie Shen China
National Competition (Concorso nazionale) The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Swiss National Competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryBrandon Roi Romain Jaccoud Switzerland The Newt Congress Der Molchkongress Matthias Sahli, Immanuel EsserEuridice, Euridice Lora Mure-RavaudSwitzerlandFairplay Zoel AeschbacherSwitzerlandHeart Fruit Kim AllamandHeartbeat Michèle FluryI'm the Only One I Wanna See Lucia Martinez Garcia Gods of the Supermarket Les Dieux du supermarché Alberto Gonzalez Morales Limits Limites Simon de DiesbachSerafina Noa Epars, Anna Simonetti
Competition of Author's Shorts The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Shorts Competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAsterión Francesco Montagner Czech Republic, Slovakia At Dusk Au crépuscule Miryam Charles CanadaBig Bang Carlos Segundo France, Brazil Song for the Buried City Chant pour la ville enfouie Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval France Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel FranceParadiso, XXXI, 108 Kamal Aljafari Palestine, GermanyPoitiers Jérôme Reybaud France Nothing Will Be the Same Again Rien ne sera plus comme avant Elina Löwensohn France Last Screening Songy Seans Darezhan Omirbaev Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan That's How the Summer Ended Tako se je končalo poletje Matjaž Ivanišin Slovenia, Hungary, Italy
Special Events The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Special Events: Original Title Director(s) Production CountryLet's make something ('Mano destra, Mano sinistra', 'Limes', 'Ci andavo in bicicletta', 'Lorem Ipsum', 'Buio', 'VirilioBrecht', 'Nido di Pietra', 'La visita', 'Happy Homes', 'Sonnenstube', 'The Fortunates', 'Please make it work') Younes Ben Slimane, Caterina Biasiucci, Matilde Casari, Ben Donateo, María Silvia Esteve, Antonio Valerio Frascella, Reto Gelshorn, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Agnese Làposi, Davide Palella, Moona Pennanen, Daniel Soares Switzerland
Open Doors Screenings The following films were select to Open Doors Screenings: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 90 Minutes 90 minutos Aeden O'Connor Agurcia Honduras Ayiti mon amour Guetty Felin Haiti, United States Option Zero La opción cero Marcel Beltrán Brazil, Cuba, Colombia Medea Alexandra Latishev Salazar Costa Rica, ChileRight Near the Beach Gibrey Allen United States, JamaicaRoza Andres Rodríguez Guatemala, Mexico The Fishes Within Todos los peces Brenda Vanegas El Salvador A Film About Couples Una película sobre parejas Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada Dominican Republic Open Doors Short Films Screenings {| class="wikitable" ! Original Title ! Director ! Production Country |- | Agwe | Samuel Frantz Suffren | Haiti |- |Black Doll | Akley Olton | Saint Vincent, Grenadines |- |Hojas de K. | Gloria Carrión | Nicaragua, Costa Rica |- |Liremu Barana | Elvis Caj Cojoc | Guatemala, Norway |- |Negra soy| Laura Bermúdez | Honduras |- |Out of many | Rebecca Williams | Jamaica |- |Scars of Our Mothers' Dreams | Meschida Philip | Grenada |- |Techos Rotos | Yanillys Pérez | Dominican Republic |- |Tundra | José Luis Aparicio Ferrera | Cuba |- |Umbra | Daniela Muñoz Barroso | Cuba
Histoire(s) du Cinéma The following films were select to the Histoire(s) du Cinéma section: