The 30th Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 1977 in Locarno, Switzerland. One of the festival highlights was La Paloma, directed by Daniel Schmid, a director discovered by . The experimental film Amerikai Anzix [American Souvenir] was met with more walk-outs than any others, while Annie Hall was screened twice due to audience enthusiasm.
The year's Cannes Palme d'Or winner Padre Padrone, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, was also shown at the festival. The festival's night showings were very popular and singlehandedly earned back a third of the festival's $200,000 budget.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison, directed by Lino del Fra.
Jury
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Jury President Jean-Luc Bideau, Swiss actor Anja Breien, Norwegian director Istvan Dosai, Hungarian producer Lino Miccichè, Italian film critic
Official sections The following films were screened in these sections:
Principal program Feature Films in Competition Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin Ajuricaba, o Rebelde da Amazônia Oswaldo Caldeira 1977 Brazil Antonio Gramsci, I Giorni Di Carcere Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison Lino Del Fra 1977 Italy Cascabel The Rattlesnake Raúl Araiza 1977 Mexico Dagny Haakon Sandøy 1977 Norway, Poland Der Hauptdarsteller The Leading Man Reinhard Hauff 1977 West Germany Derniere Sortie Avant Roissy Last Exit Before Roissy Bernard Paul 1977 France Venok sonetov A Wreath of Sonnets Valeri Rubinchik 1977 Soviet Union Les Indiens Sont Encore Loin The Indians Are Still Far Away Patricia Moraz 1977 France Switzerland Muerte al amanecer Death at Dawn Francisco José Lombardi 1977 Peru, Venezuela Passing Through Larry Clark 1977 United States Pokfoci Spider Football János Rózsa 1977 Hungary Pour Clémence For Clemence Charles Belmont 1977 France San Gottardo Villi Hermann 1977 Switzerland Soy Un Delincuente I Am a Delinquent Clemente de la Cerda 1976 Venezuela Sven Klangs kvintettSven Klang's Combo Stellan Olsson 1976 Sweden The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais Ross Devenish 1977 South Africa The Rubber Gun Allan Moyle 1977 Canada Un anno di scuola A Year of School Franco Giraldi 1977 Italy Official information Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin El Sayed El Takadomy Nabil Maleh 1974 Syria BolwieserThe Stationmaster's Wife Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1977 West Germany Haixia Chen Huai'ai, Qian Jiang China Jane Bleibt Jane Jane is Jane Forever Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann 1977 West Germany Mababangong Bangungot Perfumed Nightmare Kidlat Tahimik 1977 Philippines Padre Padrone Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 1977 Italy Tenda Dos Milagres Tent of Miracles Nelson Pereira dos Santos 1977Brazil Una giornata particolare A Special Day Ettore Scola 1977 Canada, Italy
Out of Competition Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977 United States Gli Ultimi Tre Giorni The Last Three Days Gianfranco Mingozzi 1977 Italy The Car Elliot Silverstein 1977 United States
Film Critics Week FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin Amerikai Anzix American Torso Gábor Bódy 1975 Hungary Åpenbaringen The Revelation Vibeke Løkkeberg 1977 Norway Der Umsetzer Brigitte Toni Lecht, Benno Trautmann 1976 West Germany Doda Clara Aunt Clara Avram Heffner 1977 Israel Nós por cá Todos Bem Except for This, Everything is All Right at Home Fernando Lopes 1977 Portugal Pani Bovary To Ja Madame Bovary, That's Me Zbigniew Kaminski 1977 Poland Paradiso Christian Bricout 1977 France
Special sections
Open Forum Open Forum English title Original title Director(s) Year Country of origin The Expulsion from Paradise Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies Niklaus Schilling 1977 West GermanyEurope '51 Europa '51 Roberto Rossellini 1952 ItalyFortini/Cani Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub 1976 France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States Here and Elsewhere Ici Et Ailleurs Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville 1976 France Nine Months Kilenc hónap Márta Mészáros 1976 Hungary The Lorry Le Camion Marguerite Duras 1977 France The Devil, Probably Le diable probablement Robert Bresson 1977 FranceNews From Home Chantal Akerman 1976 Belgium, France, West GermanyOmar Gatlato Merzak Allouache 1977 Algeria Invisible Adversaries Unsichtbare Gegner Valie Export 1977 AustriaThe Betrayer Vanina Vanini Roberto Rossellini 1961 France, Italy
Retrospectives Retrospective: Citel Films Geneva Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin Black Out Jean-Louis Roy 1970 Switzerland Celine Et Julie Vont En Bateau Celine and Julie Go Boating Jacques Rivette 1974 France Docteur Françoise Gailland Jean-Louis Bertuccelli 1976 France Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 Jonas Who will be 25 in the Year 2000 Alain Tanner 1976 France, Switzerland L'InvitationThe Invitation Claude Goretta 1973 France, Switzerland La dentellière The Lacemaker Claude Goretta 1977 France, Switzerland, West Germany La fille au violoncelle The Girl with the Cello Yvan Butler 1973 France, Switzerland La Paloma La Paloma Daniel Schmid 1974 France, Switzerland Le juge Fayard dit Le Shériff Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff Yves Boisset 1977 France Le milieu du monde The Middle of the World Alain Tanner 1974 France, Switzerland Les arpenteurs The Surveyors Michel Soutter 1972 Switzerland Les vilaines manières The Awful Manners Simon Edelstein 1973 France, Switzerland Pas si méchant que ça The Wonderful Crook Claude Goretta 1975 France, Switzerland Providence Alain Resnais 1977 France, SwitzerlandRetrospective: Mauritz Stiller Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin Alexander den Store Alexander the Great Mauritz Stiller 1917 Sweden Erotikon Mauritz Stiller 1920 Sweden Gunnar Hedes saga The Blizzard Mauritz Stiller 1923 Sweden Herr Arnes pengar Sir Arne's Treasure Mauritz Stiller 1919 Sweden Johan Mauritz Stiller 1921 Sweden Kärlek och journalistik Love and Journalism Mauritz Stiller 1916 Sweden Mauritz Stiller Mauritz Stiller 1969 Sweden Sången om den eldröda blomman Song of the Scarlet Flower Mauritz Stiller 1919 Sweden Thomas Graals bästa barn Thomas Graal's Best Child Mauritz Stiller 1918 Sweden Thomas Graals bästa film Wanted - A Film Actress Mauritz Stiller 1917 Sweden
Swiss information Swiss information Original title English title Director(s) Year Country of origin Das Unglück Georg Radanowicz 1976 Switzerland, West Germany Lieber Herr Doktor Hans Stürm 1977 Switzerland Pagine di vita dell'emigrazione Alvaro Bizzarri 1973 Switzerland, West Germany Une dionée Michel Rodde 1976 Switzerland
Official awards
International Jury
Golden Leopard: Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison by Lino del Fra Silver Leopard: San Gottardo by Villi Hermann Ernest Artaria Prize: The Guest writer Athos Fugard International Jury special Prize: Pokfoci actor Jozsef Madaras International Jury Mention: The Indians Are Still Far Away by Patricia Moraz, Soy Un Delincuente by Clemente de la Cedra, Passing Through by Larry Clark
Oecumenical Jury
Oecumenical Jury Prize: The Guest by Ross Devenish Oecumenical Jury Mention: The Indians Are Still Far Away by Patricia Moraz, Muerto Al Amanecer by Francisco Jose Lombardi
FIPRESCI Jury
International Critics Award: Pani Bovary To Ja by Zbiginiew Kaminski, Jane Bleibt Jane by Walter Bockmayer and Rolf Bührmann Source:
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