The 42nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1989 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was Gone With The Wind. Attendance at the Piazza Grande, the open-air theater, reached a new record high with 8,900 tickets sold for the closing film Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train. Over 100,000 people attended the festival.
A retrospective of the films of Preston Sturges also was a hit with audiences, especially film professionals, and film historian Donald Spotto along with Sturges' widow, Sandy Sturges, both attended the festival. Three episodes of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog were also crowd favorites with the festival having to turn away crowds every night.
Variety reporter, Edna Fairaru remarked that this year showed the importance of festival selection as the film Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?, which experienced walk-outs at the Cannes film festival, was loved at Locarno by audiences and critics alike when it won top prize.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae.
Jury International Jury – Main Competition (Incomplete) Dominique Sanda, French actress Aleksandr Askoldov, Russian director Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections: International Competition International Competition - Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Setima Letra José Dias de Souza, Simao dos Reis 1989 Portugal Affettuose Lontananze Affectionate Distance Sergio Rossi 1989 Italia Chil-Su Oa Man-Su Park Kwang-su 1988 South Korea Denj Angela Days Angela Nikolaï Makarov, Sergueï Selianov 1989 Russia Der Siebente Kontinent The Seventh Continent Michael Haneke 1989 Austria Dharmaga Tongjoguro Kan Khadalgun? Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? Bae Yong-kyun 1989 South Korea Dreissig Jahre Thirty Years Christoph Schaub 1989 Switzerland Estaciò Central Josep Anton Salgot 1989 Spain Khaneh-Ye Dust Kojast? Where Is the Friend's House? Abbas Kiarostami 1988 Iran Kornblumenblau Cereal Leszek Wosiewicz 1988 Poland Niupeng Dai Sijie 1989 France, Germany Piano Panier Ou La Recherche De L'Equateur Piano Basket or the Search for Ecuador Patricia Plattner 1989 Switzerland Piravi Shaji N. Karun 1988 India Prisoners Of Inertia Jeffrey Noyes Scher 1989 USA Riding The Rails Neil Hollander 1988 USA Shadow Man Piotr Andrejew 1988 Netherlands The Top Of His Head Peter Mettler 1989 Canada Verfolgte Wege Persecuted Paths Uwe Janson 1988 Germany
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Ab, Bad, Khak Water, Wind, Dust Amir Naderi 1985 Iran Abschied Vom Falschen Paradies Farewell to the Wrong Paradise Tevfik Baser 1988 Germany Amori In Corso Loves in Progress Giuseppe Bertolucci 1988 Italia Ariel Aki Kaurismäki 1988 Finland Arusi-Ye-Khuban Mohsen Makhmalbaf 1989 Iran Boulevards D'Afrique - Bac Ou Mariage Boulevards d'Afrique - Bac or Wedding Tam-Sir Doueb, Jean Rouch 1988 France Caracas Michael Schottenberg 1989 Austria El Kaala The Citadel Mohamed Chouikh 1988 Algérie El dorado Géza Bereményi 1988 Hungary Gone With The Wind Victor Fleming 1939 USA Gorod Zero The City of Zero Karen Chakhnazarov 1989 Russia Krotki Film O Milosci A Short Film About Love Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988 Poland La Bande Des Quatre Gang of Four Jacques Rivette 1988 France, Switzerland Mentiras Piadosas Love Lies Arturo Ripstein 1988 Mexico Mielött Befejezi Röptet A Denever Before you Finish Flying the Denever Péter Timar 1989 Hungary Mystery Train Jim Jarmusch 1989 USA Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 1989 Italia Rosa De Areia Rose Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis 1989 Portugal Schwarze Sünde Black SinDanièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub. 1989 France Sex, Lies, and Videotape Steven Soderbergh 1989 USA Tennessee Nights Nicolas Gessner 1989 USA, Switzerland Une Histoire De Vent A History of Wind Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan 1988 France Yaaba Idrissa Ouédraogo 1989 Burkina Faso, France
Special Sessions Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Dekalog, Dziesiec Dekalog: Ten Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988 Poland Dekalog, Dziewiec Dekalog: Nine Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988 Poland Dekalog, Jeden Dekalog: One Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988 Poland Geister und Gäste Ghosts and Guests Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch 1989 Switzerland Hamlet Goes Business Aki Kaurismäki 1987 Finland Richard III Laurence Olivier 1955 Great Britain Dani Levy 1988 Germany, Switzerland Route One/Usa Robert Kramer 1989 France Ti Ho Incontrata Domani I Met you Tomorrow Pio Bordoni 1989 Switzerland Varjoja Paratiisissa Shadows in Paradise Aki Kaurismäki 1987 Finland Voglia Di Rock Desire for Rock Massimo Costa 1989 Italia
Tribute To - Hans Richter Tribute To Hans Richter Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements Hans Richter 1955 Germany Alexandre Calder Hans Richter 1963 Germany Diagonal Symphony Hans Richter 1921 Germany Dreams That Money Can Buy Hans Richter 1944 Germany Everything Turns Hans Richter 1929 Germany Filmstudie Film Study Hans Richter 1926 Germany Irilation Hans Richter 1928 Germany Race Symphony Hans Richter 1928 Germany Rythme 21 Rhythmus 21 Hans Richter 1921 Germany Rythme 23 Rhythm 23 Hans Richter 1923 Germany Twopence Magic Hans Richter 1930 Germany Vormittagsspuck Mornings Hans Richter 1928 Germany
African Week Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Baabu Banza Cities Mariama Hima 1985 Niger Bal Poussière Dancing in the Dust Henri Duparc 1988 Ivory Coast Camera D'Afrique Africa Camera Férid Boughedir 1983 Tunisia Dunia World S. Pierre Yaméogo Burkina Faso Falaw Palace Mariama Hima 1985 Niger Finye The Wind Souleymane Cissé 1982 Mali Geedka Nolosha The Tree of Life Abdullah Mohammad Saad 1987 Somalia Jom Ou L'Histoire D'Un Peuple Jom or the Story of a People Ababacar Samb Makharam 1981 Senegal Le Neveu Du Peintre The Painter's Nephew Moustapha Dao 1989 Burkina Faso Mortu Nega Dead Denied Flora Gomes 1988 Guinea Bissau Parlons Grand-Mère Let's Talk Grandmother Djibril Diop Mambéty 1989 Senegal Segu-Janjo It's Segoo Mambaye Coulibaly 1989 Mali Touki-Bouki TOUKI-BOUKKI Djibril Diop Mambéty 1973 Senegal Toukou All Neck Mariama Hima 1987 Niger À Nous La Rue To Us the Street Moustapha Dao 1987 Burkina Faso
Look At Italian Cinema Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Barbablù Barbablù Fabio Carpi 1989 Italia Cavalli Si Nasce Horses are Born Sergio Staino 1989 Italia Ladri Di Saponette Soap Thieves Maurizio Nichetti 1988 Italia Maicol Mario Brenta 1988 Italia Mignon È Partita Mignon Started Francesca Archibugi 1988 Italia Nostos - Il Ritorno Nostos - The Return Franco Piavoli 1989 Italia
Out of Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country Parcs Parks Douglas Beer Switzerland Zan Boko Gaston Kaboré Burkina Faso
Retrospective - Preston Sturges Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Christmas in July Preston Sturges 1940 USA Diamond Jim A. Edward Sutherland 1935 USA Easy Living Mitchell Leisen 1937 USA Hail the Conquering Hero Preston Sturges 1944 USA Les Carnets Du Major Thompson The French, They Are a Funny Race Preston Sturges 1955 France Remember the Night Mitchell Leisen 1940 USA Sullivan's Travels Preston Sturges 1941 USA The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Preston Sturges 1949 USA The Big Pond Hobart Henley 1930 USA The Good Fairy William Wyler 1935 USA The Great McGinty Preston Sturges 1940 USA The Great Moment Preston Sturges 1944 USA The Lady Eve Preston Sturges 1941 USA The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek Preston Sturges 1943 USA The Palm Beach Story Preston Sturges 1942 USA The Power And The Gory William K. Howard 1933 USA The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock Preston Sturges 1947 USA Unfaithfully Yours Preston Sturges 1948 USA
Independent Sections
New Swiss Films Swiss / Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Bankomatt Villi Hermann 1989 Switzerland, Italia Der Wald The Forest Friedrich Kappeler 1988 Switzerland Duende Elf Jean-Blaise Junod 1989 Switzerland, France Georgette Meunier Cyrille Rey, Tania Stöcklin 1989 Switzerland Johnny Sturmgewehr Johnny Assault Rifle Ueli Mamin 1989 Switzerland La Nuit De L'Eclusier The Night of the L'Eclusier Franz Rickenbach 1989 Switzerland Lüzzas Walkman Walkman Christian Schocher 1989 Switzerland Noch Ein Wunsch Another Wish Thomas Koerfer 1989 Switzerland Pestalozzi's Mountain Peter von Gunten 1989 Switzerland Was Geht Mich Der Frühling An What Does Spring Come to Me Heinz Bütler 1988 SwitzerlandSwiss / Short FilmsOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction countryCanal LiliMartial Wannaz1988SwitzerlandL'Île D'AmourThe Island of LoveRobert Bouvier1989SwitzerlandLa NefThe NaveClaude Champion1988SwitzerlandLate ShowRobert Müller, Martin Stricker1988SwitzerlandMost TangoAnges Weber1989SwitzerlandThe Three SoldiersKamal Musale Musale1988Switzerland Official Awards Official Jury International Competition
Golden Leopard: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae Silver Leopard: Piravi directed by Shaji N. Karun Bronze Leopard: Where Is the Friend's House? directed by Abbas Kiarostami, The Seventh Continent directed by Michael Haneke Bronze Leopard (Best Actor): Adam Karnien in Kornblumenblau Special Mention, Official Jury: Niupeng directed by Dai Sijie
FIPRESCI Jury
International Critics Award: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae Honorable Mention FIPRESCI: Where Is the Friend's House? directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Ecumenical Jury
Ecumenical Jury Prize: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae Ecumenical Jury special Mention: Where Is the Friend's House? directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Youth Jury
First Prize: Verfolgte Wege directed by Uwe Janson Second Prize: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae Third Prize: Chil-Su Oa Man-Su directed by Park Kwang-Su Barclay Award Jury
First prize, Barclay Award: Where Is the Friend's House? directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Second prize, Barclay Award: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae Source:
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