The 71st Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2018 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was the silent film, Liberty (1929) directed by Leo McCarey. The closing film of the festival was Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern's film I Feel Good.
Director Jia Zhang-ke was president of the jury. Ethan Hawke attended the festival and received an excellence award. Select films from the Cinema of the Present competition were available for free online as part of the festival. It was artistic director Carlo Chatrian's last year at the festival before moving on to run Berlinale.
The jury awarded the Golden Leopard, the festival's highest prize, to A Land Imagined directed by Yeo Siew Hua.
Jury
International Competition Jury
Jury President: Jia Zhang-ke, Filmmaker (China) Emmanuel Carrère, Writer (France) Sean Baker, Filmmaker (United States of America) Tizza Covi, Filmmaker (Italy/Austria) Isabella Ragonese, Actress (Italy)
Films of the Present Jury (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
President: Andrei Ujică, Filmmaker (Romania) Ben Rivers, Filmmaker (United Kingdom) Lætitia Dosch, Actress (Switzerland/France)
Leopards of Tomorrow Jury (Pardi di Domani) Jury President: Yann Gonzalez, Filmmaker (France) Deepak Rauniyar, Filmmaker (Nepal) Marta Mateus, Filmmaker (Portugal)
The Jury of Signs of Life Emilie Bujès, Festival Director (Switzerland) Josh Siegel, Curator (United States of America) Tiziana Finzi, Curator (Italy)
First Feature Jury Funa Maduka, Creative and Acquisitions Executive (United States of America) Susan Vahabzadeh, Film Critic (Germany) Kieron Corless, Film Critic (United Kingdom) Source:
Official Sections The following films were screened in these sections:
Piazza Grande
The following films were selected to be screened at the Piazza Grande: Piazza Grande Title Director(s) Year Production Country Blackkklansman Spike Lee 2018 USA Blaze Ethan Hawke 2018 USA Coincoin Et Les Z'Inhumains. E01-02 Bruno Dumont 2018 France I Feel Good Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern 2018 France In The Cut Jane Campion 2003 Great Britain Le Vent Tourne Bettina Oberli 2018 Switzerland Les Beaux Esprits Vianney Lebasque 2018 France Liberty Leo McCarey 1929 USA L'Ordre Des Médecins David Roux 2018 France The Guest Duccio Chiarini 2018 Italia Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag Lino Brocka 1975 Philippines Pájaros De Verano Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra 2018 Colombia Ruben Brandt, Collector Milorad Krstić 2018 Hungary Se7En David Fincher 1995 USA Searching Aneesh Chaganty 2018 USA The Equalizer 2 Antoine Fuqua 2018 USA Un Nemico Che Ti Vuole Bene Denis Rabaglia 2018 Italia Was Uns Nicht Umbringt Sandra Nettelbeck 2018 Germany
Piazza Grande: Prefestival Piazza Grande: Prefestival Title Director(s) Year Production Country Grease Randal Kleiser 1978 USA
International Competition
The International Competition is the main section of the Locarno Film Festival, featuring new works in competition for the Golden Leopard. Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner: International Competition TitleEnglish title Director(s) Production Country A Family TourA Family Tour Liang Ying Taiwan A Land Imagined Siew Hua Yeo Singapore Alice T. Radu Muntean Romania Diane Kent Jones USA Gangbyun HotelHotel by the River Sangsoo Hong South Korea Genèse Philippe Lesage Canada Glaubenberg Thomas Imbach Switzerland La flor Mariano Llinás Argentina M Yolande Zauberman France Menocchio Alberto Fasulo Italia Ray & LizRay & Liz Richard Billingham Great Britain Sibel Guillaume Giovanetti, Çağla Zencirci France Tarde Para Morir JovenToo Late to Die Young Dominga Sotomayor Chile Wintermärchen Jan Bonny Germany Yara Abbas Fahdel Lebanon
Filmmakers of the Present The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers.
Filmmakers of the Present Filmmakers of the Present Title Director(s) Production Country Alles Ist Gut Eva Trobisch Germany Ceux Qui Travaillent Antoine Russbach Switzerland Chaos Sara Fattahi Austria Closing Time Nicole Vögele Switzerland Dead Horse Nebula Tarık Aktaş Türkiye Familia Sumergida María Alché Argentina Fausto Andrea Bussmann Mexico Hatzlila Yona Rozenkier Israel Jiao Qu De Niao Sheng Qiu China Likemeback Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli Italia L'Époque Matthieu Bareyre France Siyabonga Joshua Magor South Africa Sophia Antipolis Virgil Vernier France Tegnap Bálint Kenyeres Hungary Temporada André Novais Oliveira Brazil Trote Xacio Baño Spain
Leopards of Tomorrow
Leopards of Tomorrow International Competition Leopards of Tomorrow International Competition Title Director(s) Year Production Country 3 Años Depois Marco Amaral 2018 Portugal A Cold Summer Night Yash Sawant 2018 India D'Un Château L'Autre Emmanuel Marre 2018 Belgium El Laberinto Laura Huertas Millán 2018 France Frase D'Arme Federico Di Corato 2018 Italia Fuck You Anette Sidor 2018 Sweden Grbavica Manel Raga Raga 2018 Portugal Heart Of Hunger Bernardo Zanotta 2018 Netherlands Hi I Need To Be Loved Marnie Ellen Hertzler 2018 USA Je Sors Acheter Des Cigarettes Osman Cerfon 2018 France Kaukazas Laurynas Bareiša 2018 Lithuania La Cartographe Nathan Douglas 2018 Canada La Máxima Longitud De Un Puente Simón Vélez 2018 Colombia Last Year When The Train Passed By Pang-chuan Huang 2018 France Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Mélanie Charbonneau 2018 Canada Malo Se Sjećam Tog Dana Leon Lučev 2018 Croatia My Expanded View Corey Hughes 2018 USA Out Alon Sahar 2018 Israel Patul Lui Procust Andrian Împărățel 2018 Romania Rekonstrukce Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák 2017 Czech Republic Reneepoptosis Renee Zhan 2018 USA Saras Intime Betroelser Emilie Blichfeldt 2018 Norway Sashleli Davit Pirtskhalava 2018 Georgia Smert Menya Mikhail Maksimov 2018 Russia The Silence Of The Dying Fish Vasilis Kekatos 2018 Greece Tourneur Yalda Afsah 2018 Germany Violeta + Guillermo Óscar Vincentelli 2018 Spain Words, Planets Laida Lertxundi 2018 USA Zhi Shuo Yi Ci Hui Chen 2018 China
Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition Title Director(s) Production Country Abigaïl Magdalena Froger Switzerland Circuit Delia Hess Switzerland Eva Xheni Alushi Switzerland Fait Divers Léon Yersin Switzerland Hier Loïc Kreyden Switzerland Ici Le Chemin Des Ânes Lou Rambert Preiss Switzerland In Loving Memory Of The Future Laurence Favre, Laurence Favre Switzerland La Source Yatoni Roy Cantu Switzerland Le Sens De La Marche Jela Hasler Switzerland Les Îles De Brissogne Juliette Riccaboni Switzerland Los Que Desean Elena López Riera Switzerland Monte Amiata Tommaso Donati Switzerland Selfies Claudius Gentinetta Switzerland
Out of Competition
Out of Competition Out of Competition Title Director(s) Year Production Country Amur Senza Fin Christoph Schaub 2018 Switzerland De Chaque Instant Nicolas Philibert 2018 France Insulaire Stéphane Goël 2018 Switzerland Mudar La Piel Cristóbal Fernández, Ana Schulz 2018 Spain My Home, In Libya Martina Melilli 2018 Italia Narcissister Organ Player Narcissister 2017 USA Ora E Sempre Riprendiamoci La Vita Silvano Agosti 2018 Italia Rūgštus Miškas Rugile Barzdziukaite 2018 Lithuania Sembra Mio Figlio Costanza Quatriglio 2018 Italia The Sentence Rudy Valdez 2018 USA Walking On Water Andrey M. Paounov 2018 USA
Out of Competition: Shorts Out of Competition: Shorts Title Director(s) Production Country Diversion Mathieu Mégemont France La Belle Affaire Constance Meyer France Tomatic Christophe Saber France À Nous Deux! Marie Loustalot France
Open Doors
Open Doors Programmi Special Open Doors Programmi Special Title Director(s) Production Country Laila At The Bridge Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei Canada
Open Doors Screenings Open Doors ScreeningsEnglish title Title Director(s) Year Production CountryDemons in Paradise Jude Ratnam 2017 Sri LankaLive from Dhaka Abdullah Mohammad Saad 2016 BangladeshHoneygiver Among the Dogs Munmo Tashi Khyidron Dechen Roder 2016 BhutanWhite Sun Seto Surya Deepak Rauniyar 2016 NepalThe Road to Mandalay Midi Z 2016 TaiwanThundenek Asoka Handagama, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Prasanna Vithanage 2018 Sri LankaZinda Bhaag Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi 2013 Pakistan
Open Doors Shorts Open Doors Shorts Title Director(s) Year Production Country 298-C Nida Mehboob 2018 Pakistan A Song Of Silence Kelzang Dorjee 2016 Bhutan Dadyaa: The Woodpeckers Of Rotha Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung 2016 Nepal Death Of A Reader Mahde Hasan 2017 Bangladesh Dia Hamza Bangash 2018 Pakistan Silver Bangles Roshan Bikram Thakuri 2017 Nepal Sorkhe Tirah Diana Saqeb 2017 Afghanistan Supermonk Shenang Gyamjo Tamang 2018 Nepal The Last Post Office Aung Rakhine 2018 Bangladesh The Open Door Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk 2018 Bhutan Tradition Lanka Bandaranayake 2016 Sri Lanka Witt Yone WeRa 2016 Myanmar Yar-Thi Moe Aung Phyoe 2016 Myanmar
Signs of Life Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Room With A Coconut View Tulapop Saenjaroen 2018 Thailand Communion Los Angeles Adam R. Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund 2018 USA Como Fernando Pessoa Salvou Portugal Eugène Green 2018 Portugal Dulcinea Luca Ferri 2018 Italia Gulyabani Gürcan Keltek 2018 Netherlands Hai Shang Cheng Shi Zi Lin 2018 China Jing Li De Ren Hu Bo 2017 China La Casa De Julio Iglesias Natalia Marín 2018 Spain Le Discours D'Acceptation Glorieux De Nicolas Chauvin Benjamin Crotty 2018 France Sedução Da Carne Júlio Bressane 2018 Brazil Sobre Tudo Sobre Nada Dídio Pestana 2018 Portugal The Grand Bizarre Jodie Mack 2018 USA Tirss, Rihlat Alsoo'Oud Ila Almar'I Ghassan Halwani 2018 Lebanon Veslemøy's Song Sofia Bohdanowicz 2018 Canada
History (s) of Cinema The festival's Histoire(s) du Cinema section showcases films deemed significant to the evolution of cinema. Films by the festival's career award winners are presented in this section History (s) of Cinema: Excellence Award Ethan HawkeOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction countryBoyhoodRichard Linklater2014USADead Poets SocietyPeter Weir1989USAFirst ReformedPaul Schrader2017USASeymour: An IntroductionEthan Hawke2014USALeopard Club Award Meg RyanSleepless in SeattleNora Ephron1993USAPardo D'onore Manor Bruno DumontCoincoin Et Les Z'Inhumains. E03-04Coincoin and the Extra-HumansBruno Dumont2018FranceJeannette, L'Enfance De Jeanne D'ArcJeannette: The Childhood of Joan of ArcBruno Dumont2017FranceLa Vie De JésusThe Life of JesusBruno Dumont1997FranceL'HumanitéHumanitéBruno Dumont1999FrancePierre Rissient TributeCinq Et La PeauFive and the SkinPierre Rissient1982FranceDa Xiang Xi Di Er ZuoAn Elephant Sitting StillHu Bo2018ChinaZe Soboty Na NeděliFrom Saturday to SundayGustav Machatý1931Czech RepublicRezzonico Ted Hope PrizeAmerican SplendorRobert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman2003USAHappinessTodd Solondz1998USAManchester by the SeaKenneth Lonergan2016USAThe Ice StormAng Lee1997USASpecial ScreeningsMitt Hem Är CopacabanaMy Home Is CopacabanaArne Sucksdorff1965SwedenVip, Mio Fratello SuperuomoVIP, My Super Man BrotherBruno Bozzetto1968ItalyÊtre Et AvoirTo Be and To HaveNicolas Philibert2002FranceSwiss Cinema RediscoveredQuatre D'Entre EllesFour of ThemClaude Champion, Francis Reusser, Jacques Sandoz, Yves Yersin1968SwitzerlandSeulsSoulsFrancis Reusser1981SwitzerlandVive La MortLong Live DeathFrancis Reusser1969SwitzerlandTribute Claude LanzmannShoahClaude Lanzmann1985FranceTribute Paolo And Vittorio TavianiBuongiorno BabiloniaGood Morning, BabylonVittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani1987ItalyTribute Wolf-Eckart BühlerDer HavaristThe ShipwreckerWolf-Eckart Bühler1984GermanyLeuchtturm Des ChaosChaos LighthouseManfred Blank, Wolf-Eckart Bühler1983GermanyVision Award Ticinomoda Kyle CooperSpider-ManSam Raimi2002USAThe New WorldTerrence Malick2005USAThe Secret Life of Walter MittyBen Stiller2013USA
Retrospective