72nd_Locarno_Film_Festival
72nd Locarno Film Festival
Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland
The 72nd annual Locarno Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2019.[1] The debut feature by Italian director-producer Ginevra Elkann's Magari opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth was screened as closing film.[2]
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Quick Facts Opening film, Closing film ...
 Official poster of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival by Jannuzzi Smith. | |
| Opening film | Magari |
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| Closing film | To the Ends of the Earth |
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard (Vitalina Varela) |
| Festival date | 7–17 August 2019 |
| Website | Website |
| Locarno Film Festival chronology | |
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International Competition
- Catherine Breillat, French filmmaker, novelist and professor - Jury President
- Ilse Hughan, Dutch producer
- Emiliano Morreale, Italian film critic
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
- Angela Schanelec, German filmmaker
Filmmakers of the Present
- Jake Perlin, American producer - Jury President
- Shengze Zhu, Chinese filmmaker and producer
- Yolande Zauberman, French filmmaker
Leopards of Tomorrow
- Bi Gan, Chinese filmmaker - Jury President
- Alice Diop, French filmmaker
- Mike Plante, American short films programmer at Sundance Film Festival
Moving Ahead
- Michael Boyce Gillespie, American film theorist and historian - Jury President
- Aline Schmid, Swiss producer
- Eduardo Williams, Argentinian filmmaker
Best First Feature Prizes
- Margherita Chiti, Italian distributor - Jury President
- Frédéric Jaeger, German artistic director of Berlin Critics’ Week
- Jacqueline Lyanga, American festival director
Piazza Grande
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| English Title | Original Title | Director | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7500 | Patrick Vollrath | Germany, Austria | |
| Adoration | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium, France | |
| Camille | Boris Lojkine | France | |
| Days of the Bagnold Summer | Simon Bird | United Kingdom | |
| Diego Maradona | Asif Kapadia | ||
| Instinct | Halina Reijn | Netherlands | |
| The Girl with a Bracelet | La Fille au bracelet | Stéphane Demoustier | France, Belgium |
| A Letter to Freddy Buache | Lettre à Freddy Buache | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| If Only (Opening Film) | Magari | Ginevra Elkann | Italy, France |
| New Acid | Basim Magdy | France, Switzerland | |
| Notre Dame | Valérie Donzelli | France, Belgium | |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| To the Ends of the Earth (Closing Film) | Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar |
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International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
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| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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| The Fever | A Febre | Maya Da-Rin | Brazil, France, Germany |
| Echo | Bergmål | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland, France, Switzerland |
| Cat in the Wall | Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova | Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France | |
| A Voluntary Year | Das freiwillige Jahr | Ulrich Köhler [de], Henner Winckler | Germany |
| Douze Mille | Nadège Trebal | France | |
| During Revolution | Fi Al-Thawra | Maya Khoury | Syria, Sweden |
| The Science of Fictions | Hiruk-pikuk si al-kisah | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia, Malaysia, France |
| Maternal | Hogar | Maura Delpero | Italy, Argentina |
| Isadora's Children | Les Enfants d'Isadora | Damien Manivel | France, South Korea |
| Endless Night | Longa noite | Eloy Enciso | Spain |
| O Fim do Mundo | Basil Da Cunha | Switzerland | |
| Height of the Wave | 파고 | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| Technoboss | João Nicolau | Portugal, France | |
| South Terminal | Terminal Sud | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France |
| The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Joe Talbot | United States | |
| Vitalina Varela | Pedro Costa | Portugal | |
| A Girl Missing | よこがお | Koji Fukada | Japan, France |
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Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
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| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143 Sahara Street | 143 rue du désert | Hassen Ferhani | Algeria, France, Qatar |
| Bird Island | L'Île aux oiseaux | Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa | Switzerland |
| The Cold Raising The Cold | Lengmo weiyang lengmo | Rong Guang Rong | Italy |
| The Dove and the Wolf | La Paloma y el Lobo | Carlos Lenin | Mexico |
| Ham on Rye | Tyler Taormina | United States | |
| Here for Life | Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson | United Kingdom | |
| Ivana the Terrible | Ivana cea Groaznica | Ivana Mladenović | Romania, Serbia |
| Love Me Tender | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland | |
| Mariam | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan | |
| Nafi's Father | Baamum Nafi | Mamadou Dia | Senegal |
| Oroslan | Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia, Czech Republic | |
| Overseas | Yoon Sung-a | Belgique, France | |
| Space Dogs | Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter | Austria, Germany | |
| The Tree House | Nhà Cây | Minh Quý Trương | Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, France, China |
| Wonders in the Suburbs | Merveilles à Montfermeil | Jeanne Balibar | France |
| The Young Observant | L'apprendistato | Davide Maldi | Italy |
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Moving Ahead
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| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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| (tourism studies) | Joshua Gen Solondz | United States | |
| A Topography of Memory | Burak Çevik | Turkey, Canada | |
| Black Hole | Emmanuel Grimaud, Arnaud Deshayes | France | |
| Color-blind | Ben Russell | France, Germany | |
| Distancing | Miko Revereza | United States | |
| The Giverny Document (Single Channel) | Ja'Tovia M. Gary | United States, France | |
| In Memoriam | Jean-Claude Rousseau | France | |
| The Invisible Hand | Omer Fast | China, Germany | |
| Kasiterit | Riar Rizaldi | Indonesia | |
| Krabi, 2562 | Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong | United Kingdom, Thailand | |
| Lore | Sky Hopinka | United States | |
| The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland, Switzerland | |
| Osmosis | Shān Zhī Běi | Zhou Tao | China |
| Ralf's Colors | Ralfs Farben | Lukas Marxt | Austria, Germany, Spain, France |
| Swinguerra | Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca | Brazil | |
| Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another | Jessica Sarah Rinland | United Kingdom, Argentina, Spain | |
| Un film dramatique | Éric Baudelaire | France | |
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Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
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| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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| 16 December | 16 de decembro | Alvaro Gago | Spain |
| A Street Under | Chão de Rua | Tomas von der Osten | Brazil |
| All Come From Dust | Younes Ben Slimane | Tunisia | |
| All the Fires the Fire | Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis | Greece | |
| The Animal | Tskhoveli | Amiran Dolidze | Georgia |
| Black Sun | Siyah güneş | Arda Çiltepe | Turkey, Germany |
| Cobalt Blue | Pyar pyar nyo yaung maing ta-lei-lei | Aung Phyoe | Myanmar |
| Companions of the Cave | Ahlou al kahef | Fakhri El Ghezal | Tunisia |
| Dossier of the Dossier | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand | |
| Douma Underground | Douma that al ard | Tim Alsiofi | Lebanon, Syria |
| Enduring Body | Râang Ton Taan | Ukrit Sa-nguanhai | Thailand |
| Eyes on the Road | Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands | |
| Father | Vader | Isabel Lamberti | Netherlands |
| Flesh | Carne | Camila Kater | Brazil, Spain |
| The Furniture Maker | El hacedor de muebles | David Aviles | Cuba |
| How to Tell a True Immigrant Story | Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz | United States | |
| In Vitro | Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind | United Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark | |
| The Last Image of Father | Poslednja slika o ocu | Stefan Djordjevic | Serbia |
| Leave of Absence | Otpusk | Anton Sazonov | Russia |
| Mom's Movie | Stella Kyriakopoulos | Greece, Spain | |
| Mthunzi | Tebogo Malebogo | South Africa | |
| Our Territory | Notre territoire | Mathieu Volpe | Belgium |
| Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea... | Moutons, loup et tasse de thé... | Marion Lacourt | France |
| Shiver of Love | Frisson d'amour | Maxence Stamatiadis | France |
| Tide | Marée | Manon Coubia | Belgium, France |
| Umbilical | Danski Tang | United States | |
| Unfinished | Incompiuta | Samira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano Doria | Italy |
| Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream? | Vulcão: O Que Sonha um Lago? | Diana Vidrascu | France, Portugal, Romania |
| White Afro | Akosua Adoma Owusu | Ghana, United States | |
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Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)
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| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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| A Summer Morning | Un matin d'été | Patrick Muroni | Switzerland |
| Aline | Simon Guélat | Switzerland, France | |
| All Cats Are Grey in the Dark | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau | Lasse Linder | Switzerland |
| At the Pool | À la piscine | Consuelo Frauenfelder, Stefan Lauper | |
| Azure Memories | L'azzurro del cielo | Enea Zucchetti | |
| Life is One of the Simplest | Das Leben ist eines der Leichtesten | Marion Nyffenegger | |
| Mama Rosa | Dejan Barac | Switzerland | |
| Sas | Léa Célestine Bernasconi | Switzerland | |
| Still Working | Julietta Korbel | ||
| Silent Storm | Tempête silencieuse | Anaïs Moog | |
| Terminal | Kim Allamand | ||
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The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
International Competition
- Golden Leopard: Vitalina Varela by Pedro Costa
- Special Jury Prize: Height of the Wave by Park Jung-bum
- Best Direction Award: Damien Manivel for Isadora's Children
- Best Actor Award: Regis Myrupu for The Fever
- Best Actress Award: Vitalina Varela for Vitalina Varela
- Special Mentions:
- The Science of Fictions by Yosep Anggi Noen
- Maternal by Maura Delpero
- Swatch First Feature Awards: Nafi’s Father by Mamadou Dia
Filmmakers of the Present
- Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: Nafi's Father by Mamadou Dia
- Best Emerging Director: Hassen Ferhani for 143 sahara street
- Special Jury Prize: Ivana the Terrible by Ivana Mladenović
- Special Mention: Here for Life by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Adrian Jackson
Moving Ahead
- Moving Ahead Award: The Giverny Document (Single Channel) by Ja'Tovia M. Gary
- Special Mentions:
- Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another by Jessica Sarah Rinland
- Osmosis by Zhou Tao
Leopards of Tomorrow
- Pardino d'oro for the Best International Short Film – SRG SSR Prize: Black Sun by Arda Çiltepe
- Pardino d'oro for the Best Swiss Short Film – Swiss Life Prize: Mama Rosa by Dejan Barac
- Pardino d'argento SSR SRG for the international competition: Umbilical by Danski Tang
- Pardino d'argento Swiss Life for the national competition: Silent Storm by Anaïs Moog
- Pardi di domani Best Direction Prize: Anton Sazonov for Leave of Absence
- "Information of the 72nd Film Festival". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- "The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles". Retrieved 12 July 2019.