60th Locarno Film Festival

The 60th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2007 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 19 films in competition, of which, 15 were world premieres and four were international premieres. Seven of the films were from first time directors. The opening film of the festival was the anime Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori. It was accompanied by fireworks and an opening speech from artist director Frederic Marie. The Vexille screening was immediately followed by Ingmar Bergman's final film Saraband, a last minute addition, screened in dedication to Bergman who had died that Monday.

Other films on the Piazza Grande, the 8,000 seat open-air theater, were Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatum and Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. Rodriguez and lead actress of Planet Terror, Rose McGowan, both attended the festival, along with Anthony Hopkins who had his directorial debut with Slipstream at the festival. Two evenings on the Piazza Grande were rained out and forced audiences inside to the Fevi, the 3,200-seat theater. The winner of the audience prize was Death at a Funeral directed by Frank Oz.

In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the festival, many directors who had brought movies to the festival over the years returned including, Claude Chabrol, Marco Bellocchio, Raul Ruiz, Mike Leigh, Fredi Murer, Yousri Nasrallah. The festival also honored recently deceased directors Edward Yang and Michelangelo Antonioni with screenings of their films Yi Yi and Zabriskie Point.

The Locarno Excellence Award was presented to Spanish actress Carmen Maura by Italian Nobel Prizewinner Dario Fo, who told the story of his first visit to the festival 20 years earlier. The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Hou Hsiao-Hsien for his achievements in cinema.

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Ai No Yokan (The Rebirth) directed by Masahiro Kobayashi.

Official Jury Irene Jacob, Swiss actress, Jury President Romuald Karmakar, German director Walter Carvalho, Brazilian cinematographer Jia Zhangke, Chinese director

Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:

Piazza Grande English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country That Day 1 Journée Jacob Berger 2007 Switzerland1408 Mikael Håfström 2007 USABellissima Luchino Visconti 1951 ItaliaChicago 10 Brett Morgen 2007 USACinema Mundi Stefano De Luigi 2007 ItaliaDeath at a Funeral Frank Oz 2007 USAHairspray Adam Shankman 2007 USA I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster J'Ai Toujours Rêvé D'Être Un Gangster Samuel Benchetrit 2006 FranceKnocked Up Judd Apatow 2007 USA The Little Girl (Short) La Eta Knabino (Short) Samir 1997 Switzerland Flight of the Red Balloon Le Voyage Du Ballon Rouge Hou Hsiao-hsien 2007 France My Brother Is an Only Child Mio Fratello È Figlio Unico Daniele Luchetti 2007 Italia Nothing but Ghosts Nichts Als Gespenster Martin Gypkens 2007 GermanyPlanet Terror Robert Rodriguez 2007 USAThe Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass 2007 USAThe Drummer Kenneth Bi 2007 Hong KongThe Screening (Short) Ariane Michel 2007 FranceVexille Fumihiko Sori 2007 Japan We Want Roses Too Vogliamo Anche Le Rose Alina Marazzi 2007 ItaliaWaitress Adrienne Shelly 2007 USAWinners And Losers Lech Kowalski 2007 USAYi Yi Edward Yang 2000 TaiwanZabriskie Point Michelangelo Antonioni 1970 USA

International Competition Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production CountryA Perfect Day Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige 2005 France The Rebirth Ai No Yokan Masahiro Kobayashi 2007 JapanBoys Of Tomorrow Dong-seok Noh 2006 South KoreaCapitaine Achab Philippe Ramos 2007 France Summit Circle Contre Toute Espérance Bernard Émond 2007 CanadaExtraordinary Rendition Jim Threapleton 2007 Great Britain Free to Leave Freigesprochen Peter Payer 2007 Austria Sooner or Later Früher Oder Später Ulrike von Ribbeck 2007 Germany Out of Bounds Fuori Dalle Corde Fulvio Bernasconi 2007 SwitzerlandHaïti Chérie Claudio Del Punta 2007 ItaliaJoshua George Ratcliff 2007 USA The Yellow House La Maison Jaune Amor Hakkar 2007 France Thieves Ladrones Jaime Marques 2007 Spain Possible Lives Las Vidas Posibles Sandra Gugliotta 2007 Argentina, Germany The Best of Me Lo Mejor De Mí Roser Aguilar 2006 SpainMemories (Jeonju Digital Project 2007) Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki, Eugène Green 2007 South Korea The Golden Helmet O Capacete Dourado Jorge Cramez 2007 Portugal The Rest is Silence Restul E Tacere Nae Caranfil 2007 RomaniaSlipstream Anthony Hopkins 2007 USA Beneath the Rooftops of Paris Sous Les Toits De Paris Huner Saleem 2007 France

Filmmakers of the Present The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers.

Filmmakers of the Present Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country An Seh They Save Naghi Nemati 2007 Iran Comme À Ostende Like in Ostend Delphine Lehericey 2007 Belgium Estrellas Stars Federico León, Marcos Martínez 2007 Argentina Guillaume Et Les Sortilèges Guillaume and the Spells Pierre Léon 2007 France Imatra Corso Salani 2007 Italia Japan Japan Lior Shamriz 2007 Germany Juízo Judgment Maria Ramos 2007 Brazil Lo Bueno De Llorar The Good Thing About Crying Matías Bize 2007 Spain Loren Cass Chris Fuller 2007 USA Never Sleeps Jerome Baur, Benoit Falize, Philippe Flechaire 2006 France Nirakar Chhaya Formless Shade Ashish Avikunthak 2007 India Nos Vies Privées Our Private Lives Denis Côté 2007 Canada Nu Te Supara, Dar... Don't be Upset, but ... Adina Pintilie 2007 Romania Nuage Cloud Sébastien Betbeder 2007 France Phantom Love Nina Menkes 2007 USA Tagliare Le Parti In Grigio Cut the Parts into Gray Vittorio Rifranti 2007 Italia Tejút Milky Way Benedek Fliegauf 2007 Hungary Tussenstand Interim Mijke de Jong 2007 Netherlands Xia Wu Gou Jiao Zhang Yuedong 2007 China

Leopard of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) Leopards of Tomorrow - Special Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Article 03 Frederic Choffat, Julie Gilbert 2007 Switzerland Bouly, Le Campeur Bouly, the Camper Anthony Vouardoux 2007 Switzerland Croire Believe François Rossier 2007 Switzerland Der Illettrist The Illetistist Stefan Hillebrand, Oliver Paulus 2007 Switzerland Le Ciel Sur Locarno The Sky on Locarno Michele Lamassa 2007 Switzerland Selma Bernie Forster 2006 Switzerland Un Altro Mondo Another World Mohammed Soudani 2007 Switzerland

International Competition Concorso Internazionale International Competition - Leopards of Tomorrow Anémone Anemone Nathalie Teirlinck 2007 Belgium Bende Sira (Ich Bin Dran) Bend Sira (I'm on) Ismet Erguen 2007 Germany Blue Collars And Buttercups Janis Pugh 2007 Great Britain Braedrabylta Grímur Hákonarson 2007 Iceland Dora Sergio Basso 2007 Italia Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! Sébastien Pilote 2007 Canada Granitsa Border Vanja D'Alcantara 2006 Belgium Hoy No Estoy I Am not Today Gustavo Taretto 2007 Argentina Kaffepausen Coffee Break Johannes Pico Geerdsen 2007 Denmark Kin Stephen Carroll 2006 Australia L'Armée Des Fourmis The Fourmis Army Wissam Charaf 2007 France L'Inconnu The Unknown Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux 2007 France Le Café Des Pêcheurs Fishermen's Coffee Al Hadi Ulad Mohand 2007 France Mein Vater Schläft My Father Sleeps Grzegorz Muskala 2007 Germany Pig And Shakespeare Geon Kim 2007 South Korea Rewind Atul Taishete 2007 India The Soldier'S Wife John (J.B.) Herndon 2007 USA Tongue Tied Ken Wardrop 2007 Ireland Valuri Values Adrian Sitaru 2007 Romania Waltzes And Tangos From The Village Of Whitewater Ivan Vladimirov 2007 Bulgaria Wing, The Fish That Talked Back Ricky Rijneke 2007 Netherlands Zohar Yasmine Novak 2007 Israel

Swiss Competition Swiss Competition – Leopards of Tomorrow Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Anche Fiori A Volte Even Flowers Sometimes Zijad Ibrahimovic 2007 Switzerland Clandestins Illegal Shirin Mashayekh 2007 Switzerland Fathom Vladimir Jedlicka 2007 Switzerland Ferien Holiday Memi Beltrame 2007 Switzerland Icebergs Germinal Roaux 2007 Switzerland Il Neige À Marrakech It Snows in Marrakech Hicham Alhayat 2006 Switzerland Landleben Country Life Lukas Egger 2007 Switzerland Latitude 2023 Florence Guillermin 2006 Switzerland Lostage Bettina Eberhard 2007 Germany Ménagerie Intérieure Interior Menagerie Nadège De Benoit-Luthy 2007 Switzerland Null Grad Claudia Lorenz 2006 Switzerland Orloj Astronomical Clock Jeanne Rektorik 2007 Switzerland René Tobias Nölle 2007 Switzerland Sale Gosse Joëlle Bacchetta 2007 Switzerland The Little Samurai Lorenz Merz 2006 Switzerland The Study Of Bunkers & Mounds In A Temperate Climate (Relatively Speaking) Sebastian Michael 2006 Great Britain Twist Alexia Walther 2006 Switzerland

Open Doors: Screenings The Open Doors section is dedicated to film and filmmakers from different regions around the world. This year the section was dedicated to films from the Middle East, including films from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine and Israel.

Open Doors – Middle East (Mashrek) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Ana Alati Tahmol Azouhour Ila Qabriha I Am the One Who Shows Her Grave Hala Alabdalla, Ammar Albeik 2006 Syria Ard Al-Khof Daoud Abdel Sayed 1999 Egypt Atash Attempted Tawfik Abu Wael 2004 Israel Avdei Hashem Hadar Friedlich 2002 Israel Baghdad Days Hiba Bassem 2005 Great Britain Be Quiet Sameh Zoabi 2005 France Ertijal Raed Andoni 2005 Palestine Hatiyul Hapnimi Ra'anan Alexandrowicz 2001 Israel Hessed Shel Emet Shalom Hager 2002 Israel Hown Wa Hounyk Nadine Khan 2004 Egypt Lamma Hikyit Maryam Assad Foulakdar 2000 Lebanon Le Voyage De Rabia Rabia's Trip Meyar Al Roumi 2006 France Maarek Hob Danielle Arbid 2004 France Or (My Treasure) Keren Yedaya 2004 Israel Prêt-À-Porter Imm Ali Imm Ali Ready-to-Wear Dima El-Horr 2001 France Ramad Joana Hadjithomas 2003 France Sahar El Layali Layali Magic Hany Khalifa 2003 Egypt Sharar The Waste Hazim Bitar, Saleh Kasem, Ammar Quttaineh 2006 Giordania Taht Alsakf Will be Alsakf Nidal Al-Dibs 2005 Syria Underexposure Oday Rasheed 2005 Iraq Wahed Fe El Million Nadine Khan 2006 Egypt Yaoumiyat Beirut: Hakaek Wa Akatheeb Yummy Beirut: Hakek Wa Agathib Mai Masri 2006 Lebanon Youm El-Ethneen Tamer El Said 2004 Egypt

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