72nd Locarno Film Festival

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 will open the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth will be screened as closing film.[2]

72nd Locarno Film Festival
Official poster of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival by Jannuzzi Smith.
Opening filmMagari
Closing filmTo the Ends of the Earth
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard
Festival date7–17 August 2019
WebsiteWebsite

Juries

International Competition

Filmmakers of the Present
  • Jake Perlin, Producer (USA)
  • Shengze Zhu, Filmmaker & Producer (China)
  • Yolande Zauberman, Filmmaker (France)

Leopards of Tomorrow
  • Bi Gan, Filmmaker (China)
  • Alice Diop, Filmmaker (France)
  • Mike Plante, Short films programmer at Sundance (USA)

Moving Ahead
  • Michael Boyce Gillespie, Film theorist and historian (USA)
  • Aline Schmid, Producer (Switzerland)
  • Eduardo Williams, Filmmaker (Argentina)

Best First Feature Prizes
  • Margherita Chiti, Distributor (Italy)
  • Frédéric Jaeger, Artistic Director of Berlin Critics’ Week (Germany)
  • Jacqueline Lyanga, Festival Director (USA)

Sections

Piazza Grande
Title Original title Country Director
7500 Germany, Austria Patrick Vollrath
Adoration Belgium, France Fabrice Du Welz
Camille France Boris Lojkine
Days of the Bagnold Summer UK Simon Bird
Diego Maradona UK Asif Kapadia
Instinct Netherlands Halina Reijn
The Girl with a Bracelet La Fille au Bracelet France, Belgium Stéphane Demoustier
A Letter to Freddy Buache Lettre à Freddy Buache France Jean-Luc Godard
Magari (If Only) Italy, France Ginevra Elkann
New Acid France, Switzerland Basim Magdy
Notre Dame France, Belgique Valérie Donzelli
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood USA Quentin Tarantino
To the Ends of the Earth Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar Kiyoshi Kurosawa

International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
Title Original title Country Director
The Fever A Febre Brazil, France, Germany Maya Da-Rin
Echo Bergmål Iceland, France, Switzerland Rúnar Rúnarsson
Cat in the Wall Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
A Voluntary Year Das freiwillige Jahr Germany Ulrich Köhler, Henner Winckler
Douze Mille France Nadège Trebal
During Revolution Fi Al-Thawra Syria, Sweden Maya Khoury
The Science of Fictions Hiruk-pikuk si al-kisah Indonesia, Malaysia, France Yosep Anggi Noen
Maternal Hogar Italy, Argentina Maura Delpero
Isadora's Children Les Enfants d'Isadora France, South Korea Damien Manivel
Endless Night Longa noite Spain Eloy Enciso
O Fim do Mundo Switzerland Basil Da Cunha
Height of the Wave 파고 South Korea Park Jung-bum
Technoboss Portugal, France João Nicolau
South Terminal Terminal Sud France Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
The Last Black Man in San Francisco USA Joe Talbot
Vitalina Varela Portugal Pedro Costa
A Girl Missing よこがお Japan, France Koji Fukada

Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
Title Original title Country Director
143 sahara street 143 rue du désert Algeria, France, Qatar Hassen Ferhani
Nafi's Father Baamum Nafi Senegal Mamadou Dia
Ham on Rye USA Tyler Taormina
Here for Life UK Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson
Ivana the Terrible Ivana cea Groaznica Romania, Serbia Ivana Mladenović
The Young Observant L'apprendistato Italy Davide Maldi
Bird Island L'Île aux oiseaux Switzerland Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa
The Dove and the Wolf La Paloma y el Lobo Mexico Carlos Lenin
The Cold Raising The Cold Lengmo weiyang lengmo Italy Rong Guang Rong
Love Me Tender Switzerland Klaudia Reynicke
Mariam Kazakhstan Sharipa Urazbayeva
Wonders in the Suburbs Merveilles à Montfermeil France Jeanne Balibar
The Tree House Nhà Cây Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, France, China Minh Quý Trương
Oroslan Slovenia, Czech Republic Matjaž Ivanišin
Overseas Belgique, France Yoon Sung-a
Space Dogs Austria, Germany Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

Moving Ahead
Title Original title Country Director
(tourism studies) USA Joshua Gen Solondz
A Topography of Memory Turkey, Canada Burak Çevik
Black Hole France Emmanuel Grimaud, Arnaud Deshayes
Color-blind France, Germany Ben Russell
Distancing USA Miko Revereza
In Memoriam France Jean-Claude Rousseau
Kasiterit Indonesia Riar Rizaldi
Krabi, 2562 UK, Thailand Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong
Lore USA Sky Hopinka
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me Poland, Switzerland Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
Ralf's Colors Ralfs Farben Austria, Germany, Spain, France Lukas Marxt
Osmosis Shān Zhī Běi China Zhou Tao
Swinguerra Brazil Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) USA, France Ja'Tovia M. Gary
The Invisible Hand China, Germany Omer Fast
Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another UK, Argentina, Spain Jessica Sarah Rinland
Un film dramatique France Éric Baudelaire

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

Leopards of Tomorrow is the festival's competitive program for short films, with separate international and Swiss sections.

International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
Title Original title Country Director
16 December 16 de decembro Spain Alvaro Gago
Companions of the Cave Ahlou al kahef Tunisia Fakhri El Ghezal
All Come From Dust Tunisia Younes Ben Slimane
All the Fires the Fire Greece Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis
Flesh Carne Brazil, Spain Camila Kater
A Street Under Chão de Rua Brazil Tomas von der Osten
Dossier of the Dossier Thailand Sorayos Prapapan
Douma Underground Douma that al ard Lebanon, Syria Tim Alsiofi
The Furniture Maker El hacedor de muebles Cuba David Aviles
Eyes on the Road Netherlands Stefanie Kolk
Shiver of Love Frisson d'amour France Maxence Stamatiadis
How to Tell a True Immigrant Story USA Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz
In Vitro United Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind
Unfinished Incompiuta Italy Samira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano Doria
Tide Marée Belgium, France Manon Coubia
Mom's Movie Greece, Spain Stella Kyriakopoulos
Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea... Moutons, loup et tasse de thé... France Marion Lacourt
Mthunzi South Africa Tebogo Malebogo
Our Territory Notre territoire Belgium Mathieu Volpe
Leave of Absence Otpusk Russia Anton Sazonov
The Last Image of Father Poslednja slika o ocu Serbia Stefan Djordjevic
Cobalt Blue Pyar pyar nyo yaung maing ta-lei-lei Myanmar Aung Phyoe
Enduring Body Râang Ton Taan Thailand Ukrit Sa-nguanhai
Black Sun Siyah güneş Turkey, Germany Arda Çiltepe
The Animal Tskhoveli Georgia Amiran Dolidze
Umbilical USA Danski Tang
Father Vader Netherlands Isabel Lamberti
Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream? Vulcão: O Que Sonha um Lago? France, Portugal, Romania Diana Vidrascu
White Afro Ghana, USA Akosua Adoma Owusu

Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)
Title Original title Country Director
Aline Switzerland, France Simon Guélat
Life is One of the Simplest Das Leben ist eines der Leichtesten Switzerland Marion Nyffenegger
Azure Memories L'azzurro del cielo Switzerland Enea Zucchetti
Mama Rosa Switzerland Dejan Barac
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark Nachts sind alle Katzen grau Switzerland Lasse Linder
Sas Switzerland Léa Célestine Bernasconi
Still Working Switzerland Julietta Korbel
Silent Storm Tempête silencieuse Switzerland Anaïs Moog
Terminal Switzerland Kim Allamand
A Summer Morning Un matin d'été Switzerland Patrick Muroni
At the Pool À la piscine Switzerland Consuelo Frauenfelder, Stefan Lauper

Awards

The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:

International Competition

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

References
  1. "Information of the 72nd Film Festival". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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