The 33rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 10 August 1980 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival was shorter than in the past due to the reopening of the Venice film festival, which was held at a similar time. The Locarno Festival secured an increased budget with more money coming from the government and private industry, including Swiss banks and Swissair. However, after the central government failed to take into account inflation, the festival's budget was not given the full increase.

Locarno screened several films from other festivals. Among the highlights were Camera Buff directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Breaking Glass directed by Brian Gibson, with punk singer star Hazel O'Connor's press conference for the film drawing a crowd. The winning pictures at the festival received prize money this year.

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to To Love the Damned directed by Marco Tullio Giordana.

Jury Two members of the Jury were Brazilian director Carlos Diegues and Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico.

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:

Main Program

Feature Films In Competition English Title Original Title Director(s)Year Production CountryBabylone XX Ivan Mykolaichuk1979 Russia On Fertile Lands Bereketli Topraklar Üezerinde Erden Kiral1980 TürkiyeBreaking Glass Brian Gibson1980 Great BritainClarence And Angel Robert Gardner1980 USA The Last Years of Childhood Die Letzten Jahre Der Kindheit Norbert Kückelmann1979 Germany Exterior Night Exterieur Nuit Jacques Bral1980 France Quilas, the Bad of the Picture Kilas, O Mau Da Fita José Fonseca e Costa1980 PortugalKung-Fu Janusz Kijowski1979 Poland The Truth on the Savolta Affair La Verdad Sobre El Caso Savolta Antonio Drove1980 Spain Maybe Tomorrow Majd Holnap Judith Elek1980 Hungary To Love the Damned Maledetti Vi Amerò Marco Tullio Giordana1980 ItaliaMelodrama? Nikos Panayotopoulos1980 Greece Bitter Morsel Neem Annapurna Buddhadeb Dasgupta1979 India In for Treatment Opname Marja Kok, Erik van Zuylen1979 Netherlands Adventure Partners Parceiros De Aventura José Araujo de Medieros1980 BrazilPolenta Maya Simon1980 Switzerland Back to Marseille Retour A Marseille René Allio1980 FranceSemmelweis Gianfranco Bettetini1980 Italia As Far as the Eye Sees So Weit Das Auge Reicht Erwin Keusch1980 GermanyA Man, Some Women Sëy Sëyeti Ben Diogaye Beye1980 SenegalExit ... Just Don't PanicExit...Nur Keine PanikFranz NovotnyAustria*

Out of Competition Feature Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country Amator Amateur Krzysztof Kieslowski Poland Amor De Perdiçao Sort Manoel de Oliveira Portugal Bye Bye Brasil Carlos Diegues Brazil Ekdin Pratidin One Day Every Day Mrinal Sen India Merry Go Round Jacques Rivette France Noroit Norot Jacques Rivette France Palermo Oder Wolfsburg Palermo or Wolfsburg Werner Schröter Germany Stalker Andrej Tarkovskij Russia

Special Sections

Panorama Information - Outside PanoramaOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Aziza Azza Abdellatif Ben Ammar Tunisia Deutschland Privat Germany Private Erwin Kneihsl, Robert Van Ackeren Germany Er Quan Ying Yue Er Q U'anying Y UE Yan Zhou China Fragments, Un Reste D'Images Fragments, a Remainder of Images Nabil Maleh SyriaInformation - Panorama A Confederacao Luis Galvåo Teles Portugal Bruxelles Transit Samy Szlingerbaum Belgium Dvonikat Swab Nikolaï Volev Bulgaria Mueda-Memora E Massacre Ruy Guerra Mozambico Notre Fille Our Daughter Daniel Kamwa Cameroon Radiostacion Radio Station Rikard Ljarja Albanie Surja Dighal Bari Teaching Bari Sheik Niamat Ali, Mashihuddin Shaker Bangladesh

French Cinémathèque La Cinémathèque Française Present Original titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country El Dorado The Gold Marcel LHerbier 1921 France L'Inondation Flooding Louis Delluc 1923 France La Glace A Trois Faces Ice Has Three Faces Jean Epstein 1927 France

Polish Week Polish WeekOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Aktorzy Prowincjonalni Provincial Actors Agnieszka Holland 1979 Poland Aria Dla Atlety Aria Dla Athletes Filip Bajon 1979 Poland Barwy Ochronne Protective Colors Krzysztof Zanussi 1977 Poland Pelnia FREEMIA Andrzej Kondratiuk 1979 Poland Umarla Klasa The Class Died Andrzej Wajda 1978 Poland Wodzierej Water Feliks Falk 1978 Poland

Swiss Information Swiss Information - Feature FilmsOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Das Gefrorene Herz The Frozen Heart Xavier Koller Switzerland Le Chemin Perdu The Lost Path Patricia Moraz Switzerland Quand Il N'Y A Plus D'Eldorado When There is No more Eldorado Claude Champion Switzerland Ritorno A Casa Return Home Nino Jacusso Switzerland Un Homme En Fuite A Man on the Run Simon Edelstein Switzerland Uramai Mero Giovanni Doffini SwitzerlandSwiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films Au Bord Du Lac By the Lake Michel Rode Switzerland Onore E Riposo Honor and Rest Fernando Raffaeli Colla Switzerland Play 28/29 HHK Schönherr Switzerland Rich And Famous Heinz Schmid, Gro Ström Switzerland Space Gambler Georges Dufaux Switzerland

Tribute To - Marcel L'Herbier Tribute To Marcel L'Herbier (1888-1979)Original titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Adrienne Lecouvreur Marcel L'Herbier 1938 France Autour De L'Argent Around Money Jean Dréville 1928 France El Dorado The Gold Marcel L'Herbier 1921 France Feu Mathias Pascal Marcel L'Herbier 1925 France L'Argent Money Marcel L'Herbier 1929 France L'Enfant De L'Amour The Child of Love Marcel L'Herbier 1930 France L'Homme Du Large The Man of the Sea Marcel L'Herbier 1920 France L'Inhumaine Inhuman Marcel L'Herbier 1924 France La Comedie Du Bonheur The Comedy of Happiness Marcel L'Herbier1940 France La Mode Revee Revee Fashion Marcel L'Herbier 1939 France La Nuit Fantastique Fantastic Night Marcel L'Herbier 1942 France La Revolte To Riots Marcel L'Herbier 1949 France La Vie de bohème Boheme Life Marcel L'Herbier1945 France Le Bonheur Happiness Marcel L'Herbier 1935 France Le Parfum De La Dame En Noir The Scent of the Lady in Black Marcel L'Herbier 1931 France Nuits De Feu Fire Nights Marcel L'Herbier 1937 France Rose France Marcel L'Herbier 1919 France

Film Critics Week FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics WeekOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction countryAnthraciteEdouard NiermansFranceBalada Pro BandituThe Pro of the Force ArrivedVladimir SisCzech RepublicBoomerangIvan NitchevBulgariaDas Höchste Gut Einer Frau Ist Ihr SchweigenThe Highest Asset of a Woman is Her SilenceGertrud PinkusSwitzerlandDer Willi Busch ReportThe Willi Busch ReportKlaus SchillingGermanyHungerjahreHungerJutta BrücknerGermanyP.SRoland GräfGermanySzansaChanceFeliks FalkPoland

Official Awards International Jury

Golden Leopard: To Love the Damned by Marco Tullio Giordana Silver Leopard: CLARENCE AND ANGEL by Robert Gardner Bronze Leopard: IN FOR TREATMENT by Marja Kok and Erik van Zuylen Official Jury Mention: SËY SËYETI by Ben Diogaye Beye, NEEM ANNAPURNA by Buddhadeb Dasgupta Ernest Artaria Prize: EXTERIEUR NUIT by Antoine Bonfanti and Pierre-William Glen

FIRPESCI Jury

International critics prize: MAJD HOLNAP by Judith Elek, KUNG-FU by Janusz Kijowski Prize of 2’500 fr.: RITORNO A CASA by Nino Jacusso Source:

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