The 25th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1972 in Locarno, Switzerland. Moritz de Hadeln took over as artistic director of the festival with his wife Erica Hadeln. Egon Gunther served on the jury and as a result his new film Her Third was screened out-of competition. Critic were happy with the festival's awards while also highlighting Family Life directed by Ken Loach and Fritz the Cat directed by Ralph Bakshi as stand outs.
Some noteworthy attendees included Douglas Sirk, American director Dick Richards and the head of Nemo films, , who would later work with Sirk on his foundation.
The festival awarded its top prize, the Golden Leopard, to Bleak Moments directed by Mike Leigh. A new special prize celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the festival went to the Syrian film Al Fahd [The Leopard] directed by Nabil Maleh.
Jury The five-man jury included Moritz de Hadeln, Gordon Hitchens, and Egon Gunther.
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 Izpit Examination Gueorgui Dulguerov 1971 Bulgaria Gola Savest Milen Nikolov 1971 Bulgaria A Pozdravuji Vlavlovsky And Give My Love to the Swallows Jaromil Jires 1972 Czech Republic Absences RepeteesRepeated Absences Guy Gilles 1972 France Al FahdThe Leopard Nabil Maleh1972 Syria Bleak Moments Mike Leigh 1971 Great Britain Coup Pour Coup Blow for Blow Marin Karmitz France Crush Proof François de Menil 1972 USA Es Ist Eine Alte Geschichte It's an Old Story Lothar Warnecke 1972 Germany Family Life Ken Loach 1971 Great Britain JelenidoPresent Indicative Peter Bacso 1970 Hungary La Familia Unida Esperando La Llegada De Hallewyn The Family Waiting Together for Hallewyn's Arrival Miguel Bejo 1971 Argentina Liebe Mutter, Mir Geht Es Gut Dear Mother, I'm Fine Christian Ziewer 1972 Germany Nachtschatten Nightshade Klaus Schilling 1972 Germany Nevestka Daughter-In-Law Khodjakuli Narliev 1972 Soviet Union Nocturno Night Hajo Gies 1971 Germany RakCancer Charles Belmont 1972 France Samskara Funeral Rites Pattabhi Rama Reddy 1971 India Sharen Sviat Gueorgui Dulguerov Bulgaria Stella Da Falla Falla Star Jacques Sandoz, Reto-Andrea Savoldelli Switzerland The Culpepper Cattle Co. Dick Richards 1972 USA වැලි කතර Welikatara D.B. Nihalsingha Sri Lanka Yasashi Nipponjin Those Quiet Japanese Yoichi Higashi 1971 Japan Zaraza Infection Roman Zaluski 1972 Poland
Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Andrei Roublev Andrei Tarkovsky 1966 Russia Baimao Nü Sang Hu China Der Dritte Her Third Egon Günther 1972 Germany Fritz The Cat Ralph Bakshi 1972 USA Hosekraemmeren The Hosecraemmer Knud Leif Thomsen 1971 Denmark In Nome Del Popolo Italiano In the Name of the Italian People Dino Risi 1971 Italia Les Arpenteurs The Surveyors Michel Soutter 1972 Switzerland Madarkak Madidak Géza Böszörményi 1971 Hungary Questa Specie D'Amore This Species of Love Alberto Bevilacqua 1972 Italia Senza Famiglia - Nullatenenti - Cercano Affetto Without a Family - Nulotenneent - They Seek Affection Vittorio Gassman 1972 Italia Trotta Trot Johannes Schaaf 1971 Germany
Special Sections Information: American Cinema Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Choice Chance Woman Dance Ed Emshwiller 1971 USA Fable-Safe Center for Mass Communications, Columbia University Press. USA Film With Three Dancers Ed Emshwiller 1970 USA Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August 1945 Center for Mass Communications, Columbia University Press. USA The Hollywood Ten John Berry 1950 USAMarginal Projections Der Tod Der Maria Malibran The Death of Maria Malibran Werner Schroeter Germany Heute Nache Oder Nie Tonight or Never Daniel Schmid Switzerland L'Amour Love Paul Morrissey 1972 USA Salome Werner Schroeter GermanyAward-winning Short Films (Pre-Program) Autobus Z Napisem Koniec Bus with the Inscription End Mariusz Walter Poland But They Said It - Didn'T They? Joe McCarthy Iceland Circle Of Light: The Photography Of Pamela Bone Anthony Rowland Great Britain Crne Baste Black Base Petar Ljubolew Yugoslavia Die Naegel The Naegel Kurt Aeschbacher Switzerland Flyway Robin Lehman, R.O. Lehman Great Britain Lang Nho Ben Song Tra Nghiem Phu My Vietnam Le Petit Heros De Phu Dong The Little Hero of Phu Dong Studio d'animation de Hanoi Vietnam Macka Ztlatko Bourek Yugoslavia Maria Martinez Lopez Dieter Glasmacher, Kurt Rosenthal Germany Meditation Jordan Belson USA Nyugodtan Meghalni To Die Calmly Istvan Darday Hungary Psychodrama Marek Piwowski Poland The Hutsman Doug Jackson Canada Umno Selo Smart Donio Donev Bulgaria Vaters Grosse Liebe Father's Great Love Klaus Georgi Germany Wznosze Pomnik I will Raise the Monument Jerzy Jaraczewski Poland
25th Anniversary Retrospective Retrospective of the 25th Anniversary of the Festival: Films Awarded In 1947 Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Amiral Nakhimov Vsevolod Poudovkine 1947 Russia Antoine Et Antoinette Antoine and Antoinette Jacques Becker 1947 France Farrebique Georges Rouquier 1946 France Gentleman'S Agreement Elia Kazan 1947 USA La Perla The Pearl Emilio Fernández 1947 Mexico Les Maudits The Damned René Clément 1947 France María Candelaria Emilio Fernández 1943 Mexico Monsieur Vincent Maurice Cloche 1947 France My Darling Clementine John Ford 1946 USA Na Objedu At a Meal Vetik Hadzismajlovic Yugoslavia Quai Des Orfevres Orfevre Quai Henri-Georges Clouzot 1947 France Sciuscià Shoeshine Vittorio De Sica 1946 Italia Specijalni Vlakovi Special Trains Krsto Papić Yugoslavia
Swiss Information Swiss Information Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Arise Like A Fire Hans Jakob Siber1972 Switzerland Le Macaque The Macaque Daniel Suter1972 Switzerland Le Moulin Develey Sis A La Quielle The Moulin Develey Sis a La Quielle Claude Champion Switzerland Murmure Murmur Marcel Schupbach Switzerland Mädchenpensionat Girls' Pension Hannes Meier Switzerland Ruzo Trick Marc Michel Switzerland Tut Alles Im Fenstern, Eurem Herrn Das Licht Zu Ersparen Do Everything in the Window to Save your Lord the Light Daniel Schmid Switzerland Unterschätzen Sie Amerika Nicht Do not Underestimate America Sebastian Schroeder Switzerland Volksmund - Oder Man Ist Was Man Isst Volksmund - Or you are What you Eat Markus Imhoof Switzerland Wieviel Erde Braucht Der Mensch? How Much Earth Does Humans Need? Alex Sadkowsky Switzerland Zur Wohnungsfrage 1972 On the Home Question 1972 Hans Sturm Switzerland
Official Awards International Jury
Golden Leopard: BLEAK MOMENTS by Mike Leigh Silver Leopard: PRESENT INDICATIVE by Peter Bacso Bronze Leopard: SAMSKARA by Pattabhi Rama Reddy Festival’s 25th Anniversary Prize: AL FAHD [The Leopard] by Nabil Maleh International Jury special Mention: Sandy Ratcliff in FAMILY LIFE, A POZDRAVUJI VLAVLOVSKY by Jaromil Jires, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW by Khodjakuli Narliev FIPRESCI Jury
International Critics Award: PRESENT INDICATIVE by Peter Bacso Youth Jury
Youth Jury Prize: DIE NAEGEL by Kurt Aeschbacher, COUP POUR COUP by Marin Karmitz, BLEAK MOMENTS by Mike Leigh, SHAREN SVIAT by Gueorgui Dulguerov, FAMILY LIFE by Ken Loach Festival’s 25th anniversary Jury
Festival’s 25th Anniversary Special Prize: Freddy Buache, Vinicio Beretta, Cesare Zavattini Source:
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