The 22nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 October 1969 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival was highlighted for its continued focus on first and second films from directors and for bringing a bigger audience to the Czech New Wave.
Four Golden Leopards were awarded at the festival, meaning the top prize was shared by four films: Charles, Dead or Alive directed by Alain Tanner, No Path Through Fire directed by Gleb Paniflov, Three Sad Tigers directed by Raúl Ruiz, and Those Who Wear Glasses directed by Sàndor Simò.
Jury
Istvan Gaal, Hungarian director Lue de Huesch, Belgian director Ado Kyrou, Greek-French director and critic Lucian Pintilie, Romanian director Michel Soutter, Swiss director
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 Abschied Farewell Egon Günther 1968 Germany Charles mort ou vif Charles, Dead or Alive Alain Tanner 1969 Switzerland Cuba No Koibito Cuban Lover Kazuo Kuroki 1969 Japan, Cuba Fuori Campo Out of Frame Peter Del Monte Italy Horoskop Horoscope Boro Draskovic 1969 Yugoslavia I due Kennedy Gianni Bisiach 1969 Italy Invasión Hugo Santiago 1969 Argentina Jagdszenen Aus Niederbayern Hunting Scenes from Bavaria Peter Fleischmann 1969 Germany L'Arche The Arch Cecille, T'ang Shu Shuen1968 Hong Kong La femme au couteau The Woman with the Knife Timité Bassori 1969 Ivory Coast Molo Wharf Wojciech Solarz 1969 Poland Natum Pata Born Pata Diden Gupta 1969 India Nejkrasnejsi Vek The Most Beautiful Age Jaroslav Paousek 1968 Czech Republic Nous N'Irons Plus Au Bois We will No Longer Go to Wood Georges Dumoulin 1969 France O Quarto The Bedroom Rubem Biafora 1968 Brazil Otley Dick Clement 1968 Great Britain Où Êtes-Vous Donc? Where Are You Then? Gilles Croulx 1970 Canada Pano Ne Passera Pas Pano Will Not Be Shown Danielle Jaeggi, Ody Roos 1969 Luxembourg Paris N'Existe Pas Paris Does not Exist Robert Benayoun 1968 France Gamja Potato Soong Ok Kim South Korea Ptizi I HrutkiBirds and Greyhounds Georgi Stoianov 1969 Bulgaria Szemüvgesek Those Who Wear Glasses Sàndor Simò 1969 Hungary Tres Tristes Tigres Three Sad Tigers Raul Ruiz 1968 Chile V Ogne Broda Net No Path Through Fire Gleb Panfilov 1967 Russia
Main Program / Short Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country 22 Fragen An Max Bill 22 Wives and Max Bill Georg Radanowicz Switzerland A Jaula To Cage T. Russo Brazil A Sekat Dobrotu And Cut the Goodness Peter Solan Czech Republic A Test Of Violence Stuart Cooper Great Britain Akcelerace Acceleration Pavel Prohaska Czech Republic Blink Alison Schwalm Great Britain Carski Dan Imperial Day Mlutin Kosovac Yugoslavia Clovnul Clown Virgil Monacu Romania Couronne D'Epines Epine Crown Nabil Maleh Syria Ein Theater Der Neuen Zeit A Theater of the New Time Theo Gallehr Germany Explorer P. Pati India Eyes Ehrahim Vahidzadeh Iran Fantasmatic Gisèle Ansorge, Ernest Ansorge Switzerland Film Des Morts Sourissiens Sourissian Dead Film Eva Lurati France Fotografovanie Obyvaetelov Domu Photographing the Inhabitants of the House Dusan Trancik Czech Republic Free To Do What Bart Phillips Great Britain Gdanska Sztuka Kuznicka Gdanska Kuznicka Art Jadwiga Zukowska Poland Izvor Zivota Source of Life Nikola Najdak, Borislav Saitinac Czech Republic Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Et La Bombe A Retardement The Little Red Riding Hood and the Bomb Has Delayed Guido Henderickx Belgium Les Bonnes Soirees De Madame Madame's Good Evenings Bernard Gesbert France Most Midhat Mutadpic Yugoslavia Oops! Derel Phillips Great Britain Pehacik V Zooe Pehacik in the Zoo Garik Seko Czech Republic Resonant Richard M. Shirley USA Round Trip Ahmed Marey United Arab Emirates San Francisco Anthony Stern Great Britain Solo Misha Donat Great Britain Spirale Spiral Gérard Samson France Stefano Junior Maurizio Ponzi Italy The Locker Barry Tomblin Great Britain
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Feldobott Kö Tossed Circle Sandor Sara 1969 Hungary Lucia Humberto Solas 1968 Cuba Zert Cert Jaromil Jires 1969 Czech Republic
Main Program / Short Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Nap'Es A Hold Erlablasa Sándor Reisenbüchler Hungary Dragam Gabor Kenyeres Hungary Man And His World Michael Collyer, Albert Fischer USA U Kafani In a Cafe Vetik Hadzismajlovic Yugoslavia Une Bombe Par Hasard One Bomb by Chance Jean-François Laguionie France
Special Sections - Swiss Information Swiss Information - Short and Medium-length Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Im Schönsten Wiesengrunde In the Most Beautiful Meadow Group Peter von Gunten Switzerland Le Souvenir The Memory Jacques Sandoz Switzerland Lea Samuel Müry Switzerland Lydia Reto-Andrea Savoldelli Switzerland Metro Hans Stürm Switzerland Mondo Karies World Karies Kurt Gloor Switzerland Nach Rio To Rio Clemens Klopfenstein SwitzerlandSwiss Information - Feature Films La Pomme The Apple Michel Soutter 1969 Switzerland Swiss Made 1. 1980 - Celui Qui Dit Non Swiss Made 1. 1980 - The One Who Says No Yves Yersin Switzerland Swiss Made 2. Alarm Fritz E. Maeder Switzerland Swiss Made 3. 2069 Oder Dort, Wo Sich Futurologen Und Archaeologen Gutenacht Sagen Swiss Made 3. 2069 or where Futurologists and Archaeologists Say Good Night Fredi M. Murer Switzerland Vive La Mort Long Live Death Francis Reusser 1969 Switzerland Yvon Yvonne Claude Champion Switzerland
Tribute To Luchino Visconti Tribute To Luchino Visconti Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Bellissima Luchino Visconti 1951 Italy Boccaccio 70 Luchino Visconti 1962 Italy Giorni Di Gloria Days of Glory Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei 1945 Italy Il gattopardo The Leopard Luchino Visconti 1963 Italy La terra trema The Earth Will Tremble Luchino Visconti1948 Italy Le notti bianche White Nights Luchino Visconti 1957 Italy Le streghe The Witches Luchino Visconti 1967 Italy Lo straniero The Stranger Luchino Visconti 1967 Italy Ossessione Luchino Visconti 1942 Italy Rocco e i suoi fratelli Rocco and His Brothers Luchino Visconti 1960 Italy Senso Senso or The Wanton Countess Luchino Visconti 1954 Italy Siamo donne We, the Women Luchino Visconti 1953 Italy Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa Sandra Luchino Visconti 1965 Italy
Official Awards International Jury
Golden Leopard unanimously, feature films: CHARLES, DEAD OR ALIVE by Alain Tanner Golden Leopard by majority, feature films: NO PATH THROUGH FIRE by Gleb Paniflov, THREE SAD TIGERS by Raúl Ruiz, THOSE WHO WEAR GLASSES by Sàndor Simò Majority's International Jury Mention, feature films: PARIS N’EXISTE PAS by Robert Benayoun, INVASIÓN by Hugo Santiago Best animation film prize, short films: IZVOR ZIVOTA by Nikola Najdak and Borislav Saitinac,FANTASMATIC by Gisèle Ansorge and Ernest Ansorge Best documentary film prize, short films: MOST by Midhat Mutadpic
Youth Jury
Youth Jury Award, feature films: CHARLES, DEAD OR ALIVE by Alain Tanner, JAGDSZENEN AUS NIEDERBAYERN by Peter Fleischmann Youth Jury Award, short films: IZVOR ZIVOTA by Nikola Najdak and Borislav Saitinac, RESONANT by Richard M. Shirley, SAN FRANCISCO by Anthony Stern, STEFANO JUNIOR by Maurizio Ponzi
International Cinema Encounters of Sorrento Jury
Golden Cameo: LA POMME by Michel Soutter, No Path Through Fire by Gleb Panfilov Source:
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