10th Locarno Film Festival

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10th Locarno Film Festival
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Festival dateOpening: July 1957 (1957-07)
Closing: July 1957 (1957-07)
Website Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
9th

The 10th Locarno Film Festival was held in mid-July 1957 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] This was the festival's return after the previous year's festival had been canceled due to conflict between film producers and Swiss film distributors over market fees. [2]

Contents

Michelangelo Antonioni's film Il grido was honored with a best picture award from the Swiss Association of Film Journalists, despite its censorship battle in Italy. [3] 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet and The Young Stranger directed by John Frankenheimer were also well received at the festival, winning Swiss-Italian Radio critic's awards. [3]

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections: [4]

Main Program

Feature Films

Main Program / Feature Films
English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Adam and EveAdam Y Eva Alberto Gout 1956Mexico
Among Those of MontparnasseChez Ceux De MontparnasseJean-Claude Bernard1957France
Don Quixote Don Quichotte Grigori Kozintzev 1957Russia
The Girl from Flanders Ein Mädchen Aus Flandern Helmuth Käutner 1956Germany
In Liberty on the Roads of the U.R.S.S.En Liberte Sur Les Routes De L'U.R.S.S. Dominique Lapierre, Jean-Pierre PedrazziniFrance
Life Was the StakeHra O Zivot Jiri Weiss 1956Czech Republic
Cry Il Grido Michelangelo Antonioni 1957Italy
Kean Vittorio Gassman 1956Italy
Song of the ForestL'Incanto Della ForestaAlberto Ancilotto1957Italy
Speaking of Murder Le Rouge Est Mis Gilles Grangier 1957France
The She-Wolves Les Louves Luis Saslavsky 1957France
Lissy Konrad Wolf 1957Germany
Fugitive in Siagon Mort En Fraude Marcel Camus 1957France
Honor Among Thieves Parola Di Ladro Nanni Loy, Gianni Puccini 1957Italy
The Admirable Crichton Lewis Gilbert 1957Great Britain
The Wayward Bus Victor Vicas1957USA
The Young Stranger John Frankenheimer 1957USA
To Dorothy, A Son Muriel Box 1954Great Britain
Twelve Angry Man Sidney Lumet 1957USA
Warning from Space Uchugin Tokio Ni Arawaru Koji Shima 1956Japan
Fantastic VisionVision FantasticaEugène Deslaw1957Spain, Switzerland

Cartoons And Documentaries

Main Program / Cartoons And Documentaries
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Bum SteerMannie DavisUSA
A Ilha Que Nasce Do MareThe Island that is Born from MareFernando GarciePortugal
Brave Little BraveMannie DavisUSA
Catching Sea CreaturesJess KizisUSA
Contadine Del MareSea Countrymen Vittorio De Seta Italy, USA
Divided By The Sea/Venezia, Perla Dell'AdriaticoDivided by the Sea/Venice, Pearl of the AdriaticGiorgio TapparelliItaly, USA
Fritz CremerHugo HermannGermany
Gag Buster Connie Rasinsky USA
Hunters Of The Sea/Cacciatori Del MareHunters of the Sea/Sea Hunters Romolo Marcellini Italy, USA
Isole Del VerbanoVerbano IslandsArmando LualdlItaly
KorablikA Little ShipB. SutevRussia
La France RomaneRomanesque FranceEdouard LogerauFrance
Laugh With The ClownsJohn SurteesGreat Britain
Le Pinceau MagiqueThe Magic BrushChin HsiChina
Loutki Jirino TrnkyPuppets of Jiří TrnkaBruno SefrankaCzech Republic
Mittsommerzeit In SuomiMittsommerzeit in EnglishHans SkaldenGermany
Mozartova PrahaMozart's PragueA.F. SulkCzech Republic
O Pintor E A Cidade The Artist and the City Manuel de Oliveira Portugal
Paysages De KoueilinKoueilin LandscapesYu KiChina
PetrodvorezA. Kajmov, K. PogodniRussia
Police DoggedConnie RasinskyUSA
Quel Ramo Del LagoThat Branch of the LakeGigi PolidoroItaly
RembrandtRotislav JurenevRussia
RhytmikReni Martens, Walter MartiSwitzerland
RubensRotislav JurenevRussia
Rythmetic Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren Canada
SamoaUSA
Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul Symphony for a Single Man Louis Cuny, Jean Image France
The Lively PondMaureen Balfe, William CormickCanada
Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom Ward Kimbal, Charles A. NicolsUSA
Venecek PisniVenecek Written Hermina Tyrlova Czech Republic

Special Sections

Feature Films Out of Program
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Die Windrose Rose of the Winds Yannick Bellon, Wu KuoyinGermany
Freedom For Ghana Sean Graham Great Britain
On The Bowery Lionel Rogosin 1955USA
Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray1955India
The Big ShowUSA
Tianxian PeiTI'an County PEIShi Hui1955China
Film Review For Youth
AngotiAngotee: Story of an Eskimo BoyDouglas Wilkinson1952Canada
C'Est L'AvironIt's Rowing Norman McLaren 1944Canada
Circus BoyCecil Musk1947Great Britain
Fiddle-De-DeeNorman McLaren1947Canada
Kawakaze No KoraThis is the River BreezeChu MorizonoJapan
LenoraEduard HofmanCzech Republic
Là-Haut Sur Ces MontagnesUp There on These MountainsNorman McLaren1944Canada
Niok, Elephant Sauvage Edmond Séchan France
One Little Indian Grant Munro 1954Canada
Pierre Et Le PortierPierre and the PorterDon Peters1955Canada
Pohadka O DrakoviDragon Hermina Tyrlova Czech Republic
Poulette GriseGray ChickenNorman McLaren1947Canada
Schneewittchen Und Die Sieben ZwergeSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs Erich Kobler 1955Germany
Starie ZnakomieOld Friends B. Dejkine, Mstislav Pachtchenko1956Russia
The Little Ballerina Lewis Gilbert 1948Great Britain
Ti-Jean S'En Va-T'-Aux ChantiersTi-Jean Goes Lumbering Jean Palardy 1953Canada

Retrospective

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Retrospective Francesca Bertini
Assunta Spina Gustavo Serena 1915Italy
Retrospective G.W. Pabst
Don Quichotte Don Quixote G.W. Pabst 1933France
Retrospective Akira Kurosawa
Ikuru Akira Kurosawa 1952Japan
Tora No O O Fumu Otokotachi The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail Akira Kurosawa1945Japan
Yoidore Tenshi Drunken Angel Akira Kurosawa1948Japan

Awards

Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists

Jury of the Swiss-Italian Radio

Source: [5] [6]

References

  1. "Pictures: 1957 film fests". Variety. Vol. 206, no. 12. 22 May 1957. p. 11. ProQuest   964051594.
  2. "International: Cancel locarno pix fest". Variety. Vol. 202, no. 13. 30 May 1956. p. 14. ProQuest   1017025656.
  3. 1 2 "Pictures: Italy's Censored 'II Grido' Cops Swiss Critics Award; Two U. S. Wins at Locarno". Variety. Vol. 207, no. 8. Los Angeles. 24 July 1957. p. 4. ProQuest   1401272299.
  4. "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. "1957 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.