The 19th Locarno Film Festival was held from 23 July to 31 July 1966, in Locarno, Switzerland. This year was the first festival after the departure of long-time festival director Vincio Berretta. There was speculation that Berretta's departure was due to recurring accusations that he was too "left-wing", as he let in films from China, Russia, and the Eastern Bloc to the festival long before other Western film festivals began to, along with the desire for more Hollywood productions in the festival.
No official awards were given out this year, but the independent Youth Jury awarded Courage for Every Day directed by Ewald Schorm the grand prize.
Official sections
The following films were screened in these sections:
Main Program
Feature films In competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Ai No Kawari Thirst for Love Izen Kurahara 1966 Japan Bloko Block Ado Kyrou 1965 Greece Chevssurskaja Ballada S. Managadze 1965 Russia Devojka Girl Purisa Djordjevic 1965 Yugoslavia Duminica La Ora 6 Sunday at 6 O'clock Lucian Pintille 1965 Romania EsIt Ulrich Schamoni 1966 Germany Fumo Di Londra Smoke Over London Alberto Sordi 1966 Italy Gyerekbetegsekeg Childhood Illnesses Ferenc Kardos, Janos Rosza 1965 Hungary Io, Io, Io &...E Gli Altri Me, Me, Me... and the Others Alessandro Blasetti 1966 Italy It Happened Here Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo 1965 Great Britain Kazdy Den Odvahu Courage for Every Day Ewald Schorm 1964 Czech Republic Kym Sa Skonci Tato Noc Before This Night Is Over Ivan Passer, Peter Solan 1965 Czech Republic La Ligne De Demarcation Line of Demarcation Claude Chabrol 1966 France Les Coeurs Verts Naked Hearts Edouard Luntz 1966 France Made In Italy Nanni Loy 1965 Italy Morgan, A Suitable Case For Treatment Karel Reisz 1966 Great Britain Pingwin Penguin Jerzi Stefan Stawinski 1965 Poland Siavacch A PersepolisSiyavosh at Persepolis Férydoun Rahnéma 1966 Iran Teni Zabytyh Predokov Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Serguei Paradjanov 1964 Russia Tero Nadir PareBeyond Thirteen Rivers Barin Saha 1962 India Three Hats For Lisa Sidney Hayers 1965 Great Britain Ukamau Jorge Sanjinés 1966 Bolivia Un Homme Et Une Femme A Man and a Woman Claude Lelouch 1966 France 四谷怪談 Yotsuya Kaidan Shirō Toyoda 1966 Japan
Shorts Main / Short Films Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country A +B = Boum! A + B = Boom! Gérard Vallet Switzerland Am Rande On the Edge Hans Jürgen Preibe Germany Antoine Et Cleopatre Antoine and Cleopatre Francis Reusser Switzerland Carla 66 Jean-François Hauduroy France Elegia Elegy Zoltan Huszarik Hungary Erase Una Vez Erase Once Pedro Chaska, Héctor Ríos Chile Fadni Odpoledne Afternoon Ivan Passer Czech Republic Kalwaria Calvary J. Hoffman, E. Skorzewsky Poland Kesonci Bakir Tanovis Yugoslavia Kwartecik Quartecik Edward Sturlis Poland Lapicque François Reichenbach France Le Dictionnaire De Joachim Joachim's Dictionary Walerian Borowczyk France Le Panier A Viande The Meat Basket Jacqueline Veuve, Yves Yersin Switzerland Les Batisseurs Du Temps Time Builders Georges Pessis Israel Les Quatre Filsaymon The Four Sons Aymon Patrick Ledoux Belgium Lidice Pavel Hasa Czech Republic Revolucion Revolution Jorge Sanjinés, Oscar Soria 1963 Bolivia Rosalie Walerian Borowczyk France Strelbichte Shooting Ivan Andonov Bulgaria Sztandar Banner Miroslaw Kijowicz Poland Umberto Mauro David Neves Brazil Un Jeu Simple A Simple Game Gilles Groulx Canada Zid Wall Ante Zaninovik Yugoslavia
Out of Program Off -Program Films Kata A Korkodiyl Said a Korkodiyl Vera Smikova 1965 Czech Republic Kdo Chce Zabit Jessii Who Wants to Kill Jessie? Václav Vorlíček 1966 Czech Republic La Guerre Est Finie The War Is Over Alain Resnais 1966 France Manuela Humberto Solás 1966 Cuba
Special Sections Information (Feature Films) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Astataïon Ou Le Festin Des Morts Astataïon or the Feast of the Dead Fernand Dansereau 1965 Canada Eroe Vagabondo Wanderer Hero Walter Santesso 1966 Italy Oj, Oj, Oj Torbjorn Axelman1966 Sudan Peer Gynt Formerly Peer David Bradley 1942 United States Szegenylegenyek The Round-Up Miklos Jancso 1966 Hungary Tiempo De Morir Time to Die Arturo Ripstein 1966 Mexico
Tribute To G. W. Pabst Tribute To G. W. Pabst (1885-1967) Abwege/Begierde Abbey/Desire G. W. Pabst 1928 Germany Das Tageuch Einer Verlorenen The Diary of a Lost G. W. Pabst 1929 Germany Der Schatz The Treasure G. W. Pabst 1923 Germany Die Freudlose Gasse The Joyless Alley G. W. Pabst 1925 Germany Die Liebe Der Jeanne Ney The Love of Jeanne Ney G. W. Pabst 1927 Germany Die Weisse Hölle Von Piz-Palü The White Hell of Piz-Palü Arnold Fanck, G. W. Pabst 1929 Germany Don Quichotte Don Quixote G. W. Pabst 1933 France, Great Britain Dreigroschenoper Triadop G. W. Pabst 1931 United States, Germany Du Haut En Bas From Top to Bottom G. W. Pabst 1933 France Geheimnisse Einer Seele Secrets of a Soul G. W. Pabst 1926 Germany Kameradschaft Camaraderie G. W. Pabst 1931 Germany L'Atlantide Atlantis G. W. Pabst 1932 France L'Opera De Quat'Sous The Opera of Quat'Sous G. W. Pabst 1931 United States, Germany Westfront 1918 Western Front 1918 G. W. Pabst 1930 Germany
Awards Youth Jury
Youth Jury Award, feature films: COURAGE FOR EVERY DAY by Ewald Schorm Youth Jury special award, feature films: MORGAN, A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT by Karel Reisz Youth Jury Mention, feature films: WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? by Vaclav Vorlicek, IT by Ultich Schamoni, THE WAR IS OVER by Alain Resnais Youth Jury award, short films: FADNI ODPOLEDNE by Ivan Passer Youth Jury Mention, short films: KWARTECIK Edward Sturlis,REVOLUCION by Oscar Soria and Jorge Sanjinés,ERASE UNA VEZ by Pedro Chaska and Hector Rios,ROSALIE by Walerian Borowczyk Youth Jury Recommendation, short films: LE PANIER A VIANDE by Jacqueline Veuve and Yves Yersin,ANTOINE ET CLEOPATRE by Francis Reusser Positif Magazine Award: AI NO KAWARI by Izen Kurahara Foreign Critic’s Award: SZEGENYLEGENYEK by Miklos Jancso Source:
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