The 63rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 2010 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival featured 40 world premieres, of which half were from first time directors. The opening film of the festival was the world premiere of Benoît Jacquot’s film Au Fond Des Bois (Deep in the Woods). The closing film of the festival was the world premiere of Sommervogel (Little Paradise) directed by Paul Riniker.
The festival had a new artistic director, Olivier Père, following the departure of Federic Marie. Père began his new tenure with noteworthy competition films like the gay underground film L.A. Zombie directed by Bruce LaBruce and the six-hour Chinese documentary Karamay directed by Xu Xin, which contains no score or voice-over. The festival also featured the debut of director Gareth Edwards with his film Monsters, on the Piazza Grande.
Père paired down the festival to focus on the Piazza Grande, Competition, Out of Competition and Filmmakers of the Present categories. Père removed the Here and Elsewhere (Ici et Ailleurs) section and redefined the Filmmakers of the Present competition to exclusively for directors with first or second features.
Pere also created a new connected Industry Days event from 7 to 9 August to try and increase the sale of films at the festival.
The Piazza Grande, the 8,000-seat open-air theater, included a newly restored print of the film To Be Or Not To Be, which was part of a much larger retrospective of director Ernst Lubitsch that included 15 of his feature films. Lubitsch's daughter, Nicola Lubitsch, attend the festival. The Open Doors section focused on films from Central Asian. The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Jia Zhangke and Alain Tanner. The excellence award was given to Chiara Mastroianni.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Winter Vacation (Han Jia) directed by Li Hongqi.
Official Jury Eric Khoo, Singaporean director, Jury president Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress Melvil Poupaud, French actor and director Lionel Baier, Swiss director Joshua Safdie, American filmmaker
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:
Piazza Grande Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Au Fond Des Bois Deep in the Woods Benoît Jacquot 2010 France Cyrus Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass 2009 USA Das Letzte Schweigen The Last Silence Baran Odar 2010 Germany Gadkii Utenok Utenok's Committing Garri Bardine 2010 Russia Hugo Koblet - Pédaleur De Charme Hugo Koblet - Charming Pedaller Daniel von Aarburg 2010 Switzerland Kóngavegur Roy Valdís Oskarsdottir 2010 Iceland L'Avocat Lawyer Cédric Anger 2010 France Monsters Gareth Edwards 2010 Great Britain Rammbock: Berlin Undead Marvin Kren 2010 Germany Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Jalmari Helander 2010 Finland Rubber Quentin Dupieux 2010 France Sommervögel Little Paradise Paul Riniker 2010 Switzerland Svet-Ake Light-Ake Aktan Arim Kubat 2010 Kyrgyzstan The Human Resources Manager Eran Riklis 2010 Israel Uomini Contro Men Against Francesco Rosi 1970 ItaliaTo Be Or Not To BeErnst Lubitsch1942USA
International Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country Bas-Fonds Shallows Isild Le Besco France Beli Beli Svet White White World Oleg Novkovic Serbia Beyond The Steppes Vanja D'Alcantara Belgium Cold Weather Aaron Katz USA Curling Denis Côté Canada Han Jia Li Hongqi China Homme Au Bain Man in a Bath Christophe Honoré France Im Alter Von Ellen At the Age of Ellen Pia Marais Germany Karamay XU Xin China La Petite Chambre The Small Room Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond Switzerland La.Zombie Bruce LaBruce Germany Luz Nas Trevas – A Volta Do Bandido Da Luz Vermelha Light in Darkness - The Return of the Bandit of Red Light Helena Ignez Mello, Icaro C. Martins Brazil Morgen Morning Marian Crisan France Periferic Peripheral Bogdan George Apetri Romania Pietro Daniele Gaglianone Italia Saç Hair Tayfun Pirselimoglu Turkey Songs Of Love And Hate Katalin Gödrös Switzerland Womb Benedek Fliegauf Germany
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) Production Country 41153 Özlem Sulak Turkey Aardvark Earthvark Kitao Sakurai USA Burta Balenei The Whale's Belly Ana Lungu, Ana Szel Romania Foreign Parts Véréna Paravel, J. P. Sniadecki USA Framtidens Melodi The Melody of the Future Jonas Bergergård, Jonas Holmström Sweden Ivory Tower Adam Traynor Canada Jo Pour Jonathan Jo for Jonathan Maxime Giroux Canada La Lisière The Edge Géraldine Bajard France La Vida Sublime The Life Sublime Daniel V. Villamediana Spain Mandoo Ebrahim Saeedi Iraq Memory Lane Mikhaël Hers France Nijyu Isseiki Niju, all at Once Takahiro Yamauchi Japan Norberto Apenas Tarde Norberto Only Late Daniel Hendler Uruguay Paraboles Parables Emmanuelle Demoris France Prud'Hommes Industrial Tribunal Stéphane Goël Switzerland Pulsar Alex Stockman Belgium The Fourth Portrait Mong-Hong Chung Taiwan Tilva Roš Nikola Ležaić Serbia You Are Here Daniel Cockburn Canada
Out of Competition Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Avant Les Mots Before Words Joachim Lafosse 2010 France C'Était Hier It Was Yesterday Jacqueline Veuve 2010 Switzerland Gennevilliers Bertrand Bonello, Lodge Kerrigan, Joachim Lafosse France Get Out Of The Car Thom Andersen 2010 USA Hell Roaring Creek Lucien Castaing-Taylor 2010 USA Io Sono Tony Scott, Ovvero Come L'Italia Fece Fuori Il Più Grande Clarinettista Del Jazz I Am Tony Scott, that Is, How Italy Did the Greatest Jazz Clarinetist Franco Maresco 2010 Italia Jeonju Digital Project James Benning, Denis Côté, Matías Piñeiro South Korea Les Champs Brûlants Burning Fields Catherine Libert 2010 Belgium Les Lignes Ennemies Enemy Lines Denis Côté 2010 South Korea Low Cost (Claude Jutra) Lionel Baier 2010 Switzerland Mademoiselle Else Isabelle Prim 2010 France Pig Iron James Benning 2010 South Korea Return To The Dogs Lodge Kerrigan 2009 France Rosalinda Matías Piñeiro 2010 South Korea The Indian Boundary Line Thomas Comerford 2010 USA Where The Boys Are Bertrand Bonello 2009 France
Out of Competition - Jean-Marie Straub Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Corneille - Brecht Jean-Marie Straub 2009 France Europa 2005 - 27 Octobre Europa 2005 - October 27 Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub 2006 France Joachim Gatti Jean-Marie Straub 2009 France Les Avatars De La Mort D'Empédocle Jean-Paul Toraille France O Somma Luce Or Sum Light Jean-Marie Straub 2009 France
Out of Competition - Luc Moullet Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Chef-D'Oeuvre? Masterpiece? Luc Moullet 2010 France Toujours Moins Always less Luc Moullet 2010 France
Out of Competition - Mafrouza Cycle Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country La Main Du Papillon The Butterfly Hand Emmanuelle Demoris 2010 France Mafrouza - Oh La Nuit! Mafrouza - Oh at Night! Emmanuelle Demoris 2007 France Mafrouza/Coeur Mafrouza/Heart Emmanuelle Demoris 2007 France Que Faire? What to Do? Emmanuelle Demoris 2010 France
Out of Competition - Yervant Gianikian And Angela Ricci Lucchi Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Catalogo N.3 - Odore Di Tiglio Intorno La Casa Catalog N.3 - Smell of Linden Around the House Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi 1977 Italia Film Perduto Lost Movie Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi 2008 Italia
Open Doors The 2010 Open Doors section was supported by the Swiss Foreign Ministry's Agency for Development and Cooperation. The section is meant to facilitate connections between directors and producers and co-production partners in Europe. This year Open Doors section focused on films from Central Asian.
Open Doors Screenings Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Altyn Kyrghol Marat Sarulu 2001 Kazakhstan Azghyin Ushtykzyn'AzabyThe Place on a Grey Tricorne Ermek Shinarbayev 1993 Kazakhstan Beshkempir Aktan Arim Kubat 1998 Kyrgyzstan Fararishtay Kifti Rost Fyrishtay Kift Rost Djamshed Usmonov 2002 Tadjikistan Kaïrat Darezhan Omirbaev 1991 Kazakhstan Kelin Bride Ermek Tursunov 2009 Kazakhstan Podarok Stalinu Gift to Stalin Rustem Abdrashev 2008 Kazakhstan Povelitel Mukh The Lord of the Flies Vladimir Tyulkin 1990 Kazakhstan Saratan Cancer Ernest Abdyjaparov 2005 Kyrgyzstan Trassa Trailer Sergeï Dvortsevoy 1999 Kazakhstan Voiz Preacher Yusup Razykov 1998 Uzbekistan Yandym Bayram Abdullayev, Lora Stepanskaya 1995 Turkmenistan
Leopards of Tomorrow Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani)
20 Years of Leopards of Tomorrow 20 Years of Leopards of Tomorrow Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country 776 Km Oleg Goncarjonok 1993 Belarus All At Sea Anna Negri 1994 Great Britain Avant Le Petit Déjeuner Before Breakfast Cristi Puiu 1995 Switzerland Caravan Dag Mørk 2002 Norway Die Frucht Deines Leibes The Fruit of your Body Barbara Albert 1996 Austria Dies Irae Day of Anger Alexandre Astier 2003 France Hotel Belgrad Hotel Belgrade Andrea Štaka 1998 Switzerland Il Caricatore The Charger Eugenio Cappuccio, Massimo Gaudioso, Fabio Nunziata 1995 Italia Jeux De Plage Beach Games Laurent Cantet 1995 France L'Escalier The Staircase Frédéric Mermoud 2003 Switzerland Le Songe D'Isaac Isaac's Dream Ursula Meier 1994 Belgium Murder - They Said! Misha Gyorik 1995 Switzerland Still Life Sima Urale 2001 New Zealand The Last Good Breath Kimberly Peirce 1993 USA The Salesman And Other Adventures Hannah Weyer 1994 USA Tribu Tribe Joachim Lafosse 2001 Belgium Valuri Values Adrian Sitaru 2007 Romania West Bank Story Ari Sandel 2006 USA Zohra À La Plage Zohra at the Beach Catherine Bernstein 1995 France
International Competition International CompetitionOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country 2 Sisters Rosa Gimatdinova 2009 Russia 8:05 Diego Castro 2010 Argentina A History Of Mutual Respect Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt 2010 Portugal Diarchia Dearchy Ferdinando Cito Filomarino 2010 Italia Ensolorado Sloping Ricardo Targino 2010 Brazil Far From Manhattan Jacky Goldberg 2010 France Gömböc Ulrike Vahl 2010 Germany Husk Meg I Morgen Remember Me Tomorrow Aasne Vaa Greibrokk 2010 Norway Höstmannen The Autumn Man Jonas Selberg Augustsén 2010 Sweden Jour Sans Joie Joy Nicolas Roy 2009 Canada Khouya (Mon Frère) Khouya (My Brother) Yanis Koussim 2010 Algérie Kid'S Play CHOI Ju-yong 2009 South Korea Little Angel Suzi Jowsey Featherstone 2010 New Zealand Morning Star Jessica Lawton 2010 Australia Pour Toi Je Ferai Bataille For you I will Battle Rachel Lang 2010 Belgium Przez Szybe Through the Glass Igor Chojna 2009 Poland Roxy Shirley Petchprapa 2010 USA Sabeel Fool Khalid Al Mahmood 2010 United Arab Emirates Surgir! (L'Occident) Arise! (the West) Grégoire Letouvet 2009 France The 3,651St Day Mingxuan Zhu 2010 China The Lost Explorer Tim Walker 2010 Great Britain Twelve Going On Sixty Jonas Baeckeland 2010 Belgium Until The River Runs Red Paul Wright 2010 Great Britain Za Ramkami Behind the Frame Max Ksjonda 2009 Ukraina ¿Te Vas? Are you Going? Cristina Molino 2010 Spain
National Competition