The 12th Locarno Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 July 1959 in Locarno, Switzerland. The International Critics Awards for best picture, later called the FIPRESCI award, was awarded to Al Capone directed by Richard Wilson. Ernest Borgnine won the best actor award for his performance in The Rabbit Trap by the international jury. After the Swiss government allow the festival to ask for film through diplomatic channels, the festival achieved an A-ranking under the FIAPF this year. As a result, the festival could feature a approved competition and prizes.
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections: Main Program
Main Program / Feature Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Al Capone Richard Wilson 1959 USA Araya Margot Bénacerraf 1959 Venezuela, France Crni Biseri Black Pearls Tomo Janis 1958 Yugoslavia I Soliti Ignoti Big Deal on Madonna Street Mario Monicelli 1958 Italy Kapitanskaia DotschkaThe Captain's Daughter Vladimir Kaplounovsky 1959 Russia Killer's Kiss Stanley Kubrick 1955 USA L'Ambitieuse The Ambitious Yves Allégret 1959 France, Australia Les Dragueurs Dredgers Jean-Pierre Mocky 1959 France Les Quatre Du Moana The Four of Moana Bernard Gorsky, Pierre Pasquier 1959 France Linje Sex Line Six Bengt Blomgren 1958 Sudan Mogli Pericolose Dangerous Wives Luigi Comencini 1958 Italy Moi, Un Noir I, a Negro Jean Rouch 1958 France Next To No Time Henry Cornelius 1958 Great Britain Ovecoch Nadprirozonych Ohoch Nadprrosonych Jiri Krejcik, Milos Makovec 1958 Czech Republic PozegnaniaFarewells Wojciek J. Has 1958 Poland The Rabbit Trap Philip Leacock 1959 USA Un Vaso De Whisky A Glass of Whiskey Julio Coll 1958 Spain Unruhige Nacht Restless Night Flak Harnack 1958 Germany Warlock Edward Dmytryk 1959 USA
Main Program / Short Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Monguzok Szigeten On the Monguzok Island Agoston Kollang Hungary A Tale Of A Dog David Tendlar USA A.B.C. Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao John Fernout Netherlands Bapu-Ka-Dalidan Ananda Kumar India Clobber'S Ballet Ache Connie Rasinsky USA Das Knalleidoskop The Bang Oscop Herbert Hunger Germany Daumier Roger Leenhardt, Henri Sarrade France De Brosses A Roma From Brushes to Roma Massimo Mida Italy Det Nya Ansiktet The New Face Alex Jute Sudan Geiranger Carsten Monch Norway Geometrie, Sprache Der Formen Geometry, Language of Shapes Dieter Schönbach Germany Highway Hillary Harris USA Janela Aberta Open Window Armando Silva Brandao Portugal Jean-Jacques Rousseau Roger Leenhardt, Jean-Pierre Viret France Krafttag Power Alex Jute Sudan L'Armee De Pierre Stone Army Theo van Hare Norman Netherlands L'Arte D'Ingannare I Posteri The D’ Endnary Artes the Posters Renzo Renzi Italy La Mer Et Les Jours The Sea and the Days Alain Kamiker, Raymondl Voge France La Vita Semplice Simple Life Nelo Risi Italy Le Peuple Assassine The Murderous People Jacques Rial Switzerland Lui Et Elle Her and Her Jean Jabely France Lumiere De Fete Girls' Worlds François Bardet, Jean-Louis Roy Switzerland Model Toshshinka Model Toshinda Masaya Nakamura Japan Ondraszek Semondras Waclaw Kondek Poland Pajacyk I Pikus Pajacyk and Pikus Wladislaw Nehrebecki Poland Pierres Vives Live Stones John Ford Canada Railroaders Guy Côté Canada Sidney Family Tree Art Bartsch USA Signed, Sealed And Clobbered Connie Rasinsky USA Street To The World Louis-Georges Carrier Canada The Fabulous Firework Family Al Kouzel USA Tragedie Vodnikova Josef Kabrt Czech Republic Tscherez Porogui Jenissey Through the Thresholds of the Yenisei E. Legat Russia Uzel Node Hermína Týrlová Czech Republic
Special Sections - Films For Children Films For Children - Program 1 Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Der Wolf Und Diesieben Jungen Geisslein The Wolf and the Seven Young Geisslein Peter Podehl 1957 Germany La Foret Est Un Tresor The Forest is a Treasure Roger Blais 1959 Canada Le Poney The Pony Lawrence Cherry Canada Liska A Dzaban Joja Stanislav Latal, Jiri Zrnka 1947 Czech Republic Liska A Vlk Liska and Wolf Eduard Hofmann 1956 Czech RepublicFilms For Children - Program 2 Jour De Juin June Louis Partugais 1958 Canada Kalamajka Hermína Týrlová 1957 Czech Republic L'Ile Aux Oiseaux Ile Aux Oiseaux Marc de Gastyne France L'Ile Du Saint Laurent The Island of Saint Laurent Raymond Garceau 1956 Canada Rubezahl, Herr Der Berge Rube Number, Lord of the Mountains Erich Kobler 1957 Germany Ti-Jean Au Pays Du Fer Ti-Jean in the Land Country Raymond Garceau Canada
Retrospective Retrospective Ingmar Bergman Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Fängelse Prison Ingmar Bergman Sweden Gyklarnas Afton The Fun Evening Ingmar Bergman 1953 Sweden Hets Torment Alf Sjöberg 1944 Sudan Kninnodröm Ingmar Bergman 1954 Sweden Kvinna Utan Ansikte Woman without Face Gustav Molander 1944 Sudan Musik I Mörker Music in Darkness Ingmar Bergman 1947 Sweden Näre Livet When Life Ingmar Bergman 1957 Sweden Sommeren Med Monika The Summer with Monika Ingmar Bergman 1952 Sweden Sommernattens Leende Summer Night's Smile Ingmar Bergman 1955 Sweden
Official Awards International Jury, feature films
Award for the best direction: Stanley Kubrick for the film KILLER’S KISS Special Mention: OVECOCH NADPRIROZONYCH by Jiri Krejcik Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine in THE RABBIT TRAP Most spectacular: KAPITANSKAIA DOTSCHKA by Vladimir Kaplounovsky Funniest Film: I SOLITI IGNOTI by Mario Monicelli Best documentary: MOI, UN NOIR by Jean Rouch International Jury, Short films
Honor Mention, Short Films: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU by Jean-Pierre Viret and Roger Leenhardt, DAUMIER by Henri Sarrade and Roger Leenhardt Best animation film, short films: LUI ET ELLE by Jean Jabely Mention, Short Films: GEOMETRIE, SPRACHE DER FORMEN by Dieter Schönbach Best techniques, short films: UZEL by Hermina Tyrlova Best Documentary, Short Films: LA MER ET LES JOURS by Raymondi Voge FIPRESCI Jury
FIPRESCI Mention: POZEGNANIA by Wojciek J. Has FIPRESCI Jury: AL CAPONE by Richard Wilson Source:
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