The 46th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1993 in Locarno, Switzerland. The competition featured 22 film all of which had international premieres, with 17 out of 22 being world premieres. Samuel Fuller was award the Leopard of Honor, for his lifetime achievement in the film industry. A retrospective of Sasha Guitry was held and, in total, the festival screened over 200 films. As was custom to accommodate the international jury, the films in competition were screened with four language translations simultaneously.
The Chinese government tried to stop Locarno from screening the independent film Beijing Bastard directed by Zhang Yuan. The film was described as the first Chinese youth culture rock-and-roll picture. The Chinese government felt it could ban the film outside and inside China, despite the fact that the film was financed in Hong Kong, saying it had not approved the script and it was shot inside the country. Artistic director Marco Mueller declined the government's request and Beijing Bastard had its world premiere at Locarno. In response, the Chinese government pulled the Chinese film An Innocent Babbler from the festival and gave it to the Venice festival.
A restored print of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist was shown on the Piazza Grande, the festival's 6,500 seat open-air theatre, to a full house. Bertolucci presented the film himself and seem stunted at the size of the crowd and said he'd love to show more films at Locarno.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Place on a Grey Tricorne directed by Ermek Shinarbayev.
Jury Oliver Assayas, French director Valeria Golino, Italian actress Francesco Clemente, Italian critic and painter Kathryn Bigelow, American director Official Sections 1993
The following films were screened in these sections: Piazza Grande
Piazza Grande English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production CountryForty Guns Samuel Fuller 1957 USA The Conformist Il Conformista Bernardo Bertolucci 1970 Italia, Germany The Great Pumpkin Il Grande Cocomero Francesca Archibugi 1993 Italia, FranceLibera Pappi Corsicato 1993 Italia My Crazy Life Mi Vida Loca Allison Anders 1993 USAOh... Rosalinda!! Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1955 Great BritainRaining Stones Ken Loach 1993 Great BritainShimmer John Hanson 1993 USASleepless In Seattle Nora Ephron 1993 USA Man Down Un Homme À La Mer Jacques Doillon 1993 France The Puppetmaster Ximeng Rensheng Hou Hsiao-Hsien 1993 TaiwanThe Wedding Banquet Ang Lee 1993 Taiwan, USA
Main Competition
Feature films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Au Nom Du Christ In the Name of Christ Roger Gnoan M'Bala 1993 Ivory Coast, Switzerland Azghyin Ushtykzyn' Azaby Yermek Shinarbayev 1993 Kazakhstan Beijing Zazhong Beijing Za Zhang Yuan 1993 Hong Kong Bhaji On The Beach Gurinder Chadha 1993 Great Britain Dazed And Confused Richard Linklater 1993 USA Hartverscheurend Love Hurts Mijke de Jong 1993 Netherlands Kaspar Hauser - Verbrechen Am Seelenleben Eines Menschen Kaspar Hauser - Crimes in a Person's Soul Life Peter Sehr 1993 Germany Korazu Zaru Coraza Branches Kenchi Iwamoto 1993 Japan L'Ecrivain Public Public Writer Jean-François Amiguet 1993 Switzerland, France L'Ordre Du Jour The Agenda Michael Khleifi 1993 Belgium, France La Ribelle The Rebel Aurelio Grimaldi 1993 Italia La Rusna Pearsa Dino Simonett 1993 Switzerland, Germany La Vida Conyugal Conjugal Life Carlos Carrera 1992 Mexico Les Gents Normaux N'Ont Rien D'Exceptionnel Normal People are not Exceptional Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa 1993 France Ludwig 1881 Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini 1993 Switzerland, Germany Marcides Mercedes Yousry Nasrallah 1993 Egypt, France Travolta Et Moi Travolta you Wicked Hi Patricia Mazuy 1993 France Two Small Bodies Beth B. 1993 Germany, USA Veleno Poison Bruno Bigoni 1993 Italia When Pigs Fly Sara Driver 1993 USA, Germany Zghvardze Dito Tsintsadze Tsintsadze 1993 Georgia Zhiyao Wei Ni Huo Yitian Z Hi Medicine Wei NIH UO Y i Day Chen Guofu 1993 Taiwan
Leopards of Tomorrow The Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) section featured a collection of short and medium length films from around the world. CEI Short Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country 776 Km Oleg Goncarjonok 1993 Belarus Avlos Intangible Asatrjan Alik Remikovic 1992 Armenia Ballada O Lese Ballada or Lese Fedor Dobrikov 1993 Russia Denikin Denick Janya Kalinitenko 1992 Russia Dzado Dado Gorgij Paradzanov 1993 Russia Gorjacij Kamen Gorgeous Stone Sergeij Jourdin 1993 Russia Granitsa Na Zamke The Border on the Castle Sergei Lysenko 1989 Ukraina Hai, Murgule, Hai Is, Mugula, is Vadim Prodan 1993 Moldova Igra V Klassiki Game of Classics Valery Pugaskin 1993 Russia Incipit Vita Nova Begins with New Life Hardi Volmer 1992 Estonia Ja Veru I Believe Martin Tannenberg 1992 Russia Kain Vladimir Dychenko, Fyodor Muskarin 1992 Ukraina Mama Esli By Ja Vernulsja Mom if I Returned Bakir Sharifovic Kabulov 1991 Russia, Russia Nekrasivaja Non -Kicking Alexandre Grokov 1992 Russia Neregiu I Don't See Audris Stonys 1991 Lithuania Niekam Nesakyk Don't Tell Anyone Arvydas Lebeliunas 1991 Lithuania Octobre October Abderrahmane Sissako 1993 Russia Odin Natalia Kalasnikova 1992 Russia Prelude Marc Zviguisky 1992 Russia Pro Olju V Nevole Pro Oils in Nevole Segy Lepichin, Pavel Pecenkin 1992 Russia Psalom Psalm Alexandre Gorjajnov 1993 Russia Rudens Sniegas Autumn Snow Valdas Navasaitis 1992 Lithuania Sashobao Dgiuri Sadobao D Technique Sales Gujabidse Ketevan 1993 Georgia Sel' Kincek Flood 'Kinkcek Aktan Abdykalykov 1993 Kyrgyzstan Son Gospodina Ekonomidi The Dream of Mr. Economics Evgueniy Krylov 1993 Russia Telo Lenina Lenin's Body Vitalij Manskij 1992 Russia Ten 'Mal'Cika Ten 'Greek Timur Sulejmenov 1992 Kazakhstan Trava I Voda Grass and Water Viktor Tichamirov 1992 Russia Tuckap, Stat Tamov Tuckap, State Tamov Andrey Karpenko 1991 Russia Umbre SHADOWS Constantin Munteanu 1993 Moldova Utrom Sel Sneg In the Morning the Snow Sat Down Sergej Vinokurov 1993 Russia Vientule Minna Lonely Minna Renâte Câne 1992 RussiaCISA Special Program Tweed Etudiants CISA 1993 SwitzerlandDAVI Special Program Au Fond Du Jardin At the Bottom of the Garden Hélène Faucherre 1993 Switzerland Faim Hunger Fulvio Bernasconi 1993 Switzerland Les Mesaventures Du Jabot Jobot's Measurements Isabelle Blanc 1993 Switzerland Nuit Blanche White Séverine Schellenberg 1993 Switzerland Papillon Janine Waeber 1993 Switzerland Qui C'Est Pour Un Who is for a Thomas Thümena 1993 Switzerland S'Tröimli Hobby-Blobi-Lobby 1993 Switzerland Schach Chess Gaby Schaedler 1993 SwitzerlandShort Swiss Films In Competition Bowling Michael Huber 1993 Switzerland Conduite Interieure Interior Conduct Antoine Panevin 1993 Switzerland Damit Die Zeita Nicht Stehen Bleibt So that the Time Does not Stop Yingli Ma, Angela Meschini 1993 Switzerland, Germany Fait Divers Diverse Grégoire Baer 1993 Switzerland Game Over 1993 Switzerland Jack Steiner Ou Le Voyageur Immobile Jack Steiner or the Motionless Traveler Christian Jacquenot, Jean Marc Pasquet 1993 Switzerland La Locomotive Locomotive Nicolas Dufour, Wolfgang Fels 1993 Switzerland La Sposa Contenta The Bride Happy Elda Guidinetti 1993 Switzerland Le Jardin D'Eden The Garden of Eden Juliette Frey 1992 Switzerland, Belgium Leopold Mamouda Zekrya 1993 Switzerland Liber Pater Pascal Baumgartner 1992 Switzerland Liquid Assets François Rossier 1993 Switzerland Mersal El Hawa Marsal Hawa Elie Khalifé 1993 Switzerland Michu Denis Rabaglia 1992 Switzerland Zap Lorenzo Gabriele 1993 SwitzerlandSpecial ESAV Program Cut Patricia Nydegger 1993 Switzerland La Synarchie Synarchy Patrick Riggenberger 1993 Switzerland November Am Meer November Am more Romed Wyder 1993 Switzerland Triptyque De Nuit Night Triptych Marion Walthert 1993 SwitzerlandSpecial Program - School of Design (Bern) A Wie Abelin A Like Abelin Judith Rutishauser 1993 Switzerland Das Panama-Projekt The Panama Project Felix Schaad 1993 Switzerland Kilroy Daniel Kölliker 1993 Switzerland Skaters Stéphan Bossert, Séverine Schellenberg 1993 SwitzerlandVietnamese Short Films Ban Toi Ban My Trinh Le Van 1992 Vietnam Chi Dung Madame Dung 1992 Vietnam Chu Be Cu-Li C Hub ECU-l i Pham Nhue Gang 1992 Vietnam Ha Noi Co Cau Long Bien Ha Noi Co Cau Long Well Pham Cuong 1992 Vietnam
Cinema {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="5" | Cinema/Cinemas |- ! Original Title ! English Title ! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |- | Chahine And Co. | Want and CO. | Jean-Louis Comolli | 1993 | France |- | De Domeinen Ditvoorst | The Domains Ditvoorst | Thom Hoffman | 1992 | Netherlands |- | Le Tombeau D'Alexandre | Alexander's Tomb | Chris Marker | 1993 | France |- | Oliveira L'Architecte | Oliveira the Architect | Paulo Rocha | 1993 | France |- | Ostrov Mjertvich''' | The Island of Dead | Oleg Kovalov | 1992 | Russia |- | Pasolini L'Enragé | Pasolini the Enraged | Jean-André Fieschi | 1966 | France |- | colspan="2" | Scast'E | Aleksandr Medvedkin | 1934 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | The Scorsese Machine | André S. Labarthe | 1991 | France
Film Surprise Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Chtchedroïe Chedroïe Boris Barnet 1950 Russia
Out of Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Asmara Paolo Poloni 1993 Switzerland Roi Blanc, Dame Rouge White King, Red Lady Segueï Bodrov 1992 Switzerland, Russia
Cinema Rediscovered – Valerio Zurlini Valerio Zurlini (Cinema Ritrovato) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Cronaca Familiare Family Diary Valerio Zurlini 1962 Italia Estate Violenta Violent Summer Valerio Zurlini 1959 Italia, France Il Deserto Dei Tartari The Tartar Desert Valerio Zurlini 1976 Italia, France La Prima Notte Di Quiete The First Night of Quiet Valerio Zurlini 1972 Italia, France La Ragazza Con La Valigia The Girl with the Suitcase Valerio Zurlini 1961 Italia, France Le Ragazze Di San Frediano The Girls of San Frediano Valerio Zurlini 1954 Italia Le Soldatesse The Camp Followers Valerio Zurlini 1965 Italia, France Seduto Alla Sua Destra Black Jesus Valerio Zurlini 1968 Italia
Retrospective – Sacha Guitry