| Opening film | O sole mio by Giacomo Gentilomo |
|---|---|
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Hosted by | Pro Locarno |
| Festival date | Opening: 23 August 1946 Closing: 2 September 1946 |
| Website | Locarno Film Festival |
The 1st Locarno Film Festival was held from 23 August til 2 September 1946 at the Grand Hotel in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] [2] The opening film was My Sun (O sole mio) by Giacomo Gentilomo. [2]
The festival was founded by Beretta Bolla, Riccardo Bolla, film critic Vinicio Beretta, Locarno theater owner André Mondini, and Giuseppe Padlin of the distribution house Sefi Film. [1]
The following films received screenings in the sections below: [3] [4]
Highlighted title indicates winner
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| And Then There Were None | René Clair | United States | |
| Hangover Square | John Brahm | United States | |
| His Young Wife | Le miserie del Signor Travet | Mario Soldati | Italy |
| The Hour of Truth | La hora de la verdad | Norman Foster | Mexico |
| The House on 92nd Street | Henry Hathaway | United States | |
| Inês de Castro (1944) | José Leitao de Barros | Portugal, Spain | |
| The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) | William A. Wellman | United States | |
| "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) | Mister V | Leslie Howard | United Kingdom |
| Strange Fate | Étrange destin | Louis Cuny | France |
| Under the Bridges | Unter den Brücken | Helmut Käutner | Germany |
Highlighted title indicates winner & indicates screenplay winner
| English title | Original Ttile | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathing Beauty | Georges Sidney | United States | |
| Biraghin | Carmine Gallone | Italy | |
| Dead of Night | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer | United Kingdom | |
| The Dolly Sisters | Irving Cummings | United States | |
| Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | ||
| Interlude | I Dodens Vantrum | Hasse Elkman | Sweden |
| Ivan the Terrible | Иван Грозный | Sergei Eisenstein | Soviet Union |
| The Keys Of The Kingdom | John M. Stahl | United States | |
| Life Begins Anew | La Vita Ricomincia | Mario Mattoli | Italy |
| My Sun | O sole mio | Giacomo Gentilomo | |
| Blind Desire | La Part De L'Ombre | Jean Delannoy | France |
| Rome Open City | Roma Città Aperta | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| The Song of Bernardette | Henry King | United States | |
| The Temptation of Barbizon | La Tentation De Barbizon | Jean Stelli | France |
| Tonight And Every Night | Victor Saville | United States | |
| Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|
| A Defeated People | Humphrey Jennings | United Kingdom |
| Bau Des Kraftwerkes Rupperswil-Auenstein | Valerian Schmidely | Switzerland |
| Die Gewerkschaften | Switzerland | |
| Faim | Rudy Hornacker | Netherlands |
| Kinder In Not | A. Forter | Switzerland |
| La Feerie Des Automates | Victor Borel | Switzerland |
| La Lapponie | Arne Sucksdorff | Sweden |
| La Parade Sportive A Moscou | Vladimir Beljaew, Wenjer | Soviet Union |
| Naissance Du Cinema | Roger Leenhardt | France |
| Steel | Ronald Riley | United Kingdom |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Slavko Vorkapich | United States |
| Typical Pictures Of Swiss Life | Valerian Schmidely | Switzerland |
| Vinden Fran Väster | Arne Sucksdorff | Sweden |