20th Locarno Film Festival

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20th Locarno Film Festival
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Artistic directorSandro Bianconi
Freddy Buache
Festival dateOpening: 22 July 1967 (1967-07-22)
Closing: 31 July 1967 (1967-07-31)
Website Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

The 20th Locarno Film Festival was held from 22 July to 31 July 1967 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] Thirteen feature films premiered at the festival. [2] Following the previous year's change, the festival continued its non-competitive, no-prize format. [3] [4] However, the gathered international critics voted to award Entranced Earth directed by Glauber Rocha best picture. [4] [3]

Contents

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections: [5]

Main Program

Feature Films

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
We Still Kill the Old Way A Ciascuno Il Suo Elio Petri 1967Italy
The DefeatA DerrotaMario Fiorani1967Brazil
Next Year, Same Time Alle Jahre Wieder Ulrich Schamoni 1967Germany
Father Apa Istvan Szabo 1966Hungary
Devil's Angels Daniel Haller1967USA
Face to FaceFace A FaceRobert ManthoulisGreece
KaneYuko Asano1967Japan
The Climax L'immorale Pietro Germi 1967Italy
The Unknown Man of Shandigor L'Inconnu De Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy 1967Switzerland
The HarvestLa CosechaMarcos Madanes1967Argentina
The Moon with TeethLa Lune Avec Les DentsMichel SoutterSwitzerland
The Crazy Night of the TanningLa Notte Pazza Del ConigliaccioAlfredo Angeli1967Italy
The Grand DadaisLe Grand DadaisPierre Granier-Deferre1967France
The Last Adventure Les Aventuriers Robert Enrico 1967France
Marat/Sade Marat-Sade Peter Brook 1967Great Britain
Martyrs of LoveMucednici Lasky Jan Nemec 1966Czech Republic
Tales of the Ninja 忍者武芸帳Nagisa OshimaJapan
Miraculous VirginPanna Zazracnica Stefan Uher 1966Czech Republic
The Dream San Purisa Djordjevic 1966Yugoslavia
Sons And DaughtersJerry StollUSA
CipherSzyfryWojciek J. Has1966Poland
Entranced Earth Terra Em Transe Glauber Rocha 1967Brazil
The Flim-Flam Man Irvin Kershner 1967USA
Military and PeaceVojna I MirSergueï Bondartchouck1967Russia

Shorts

Main / Short Films Program
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
1 +1 = 3Zdenko Gasparovic, Branko RanibtovicSwitzerland, Yugoslavia
750.00.00Alexis Grivas, Vanguelis IliopoulosGreece
A Kind Of SeeingEdward Mc ConnellGreat Britain
Behind The SpacemenWilliam JerseyUSA
Bilder Zur OdysseePictures of OdysseyLuitbert von HaeblerGermany
Charpentier Du CielSky CarpenterDon OwenCanada
ChicoreeFredi M. MurerSwitzerland
CodaMarc PaulyFrance
Czar KòlekCharmKazimierz UrbànskiPoland
Do Leicka Na CekanouTo Leicka on CekanouJiri BrdeckaCzech Republic
Dodge CityJeff DellUSA
FragmentJean-Daniel VerhaegheFrance
Hounted House CleaningUSA
KlatkiCagesMiroslaw KijowiczPoland
La Folle PassionThe Crazy PassionAnne TesgotFrance
Mere Et FilsMother and SonJan NemecNetherlands
Ombres Et MiragesShadows and MiragesMoritz De HadelnSwitzerland
Paris Sous La LuneParis under the MoonF. WarinFrance
PrecisionGeorges DufauxCanada
Proc Se Usmivas, Mono Liso?We Try to Usmives, Smooth Monkey?Jiri BrdeckaCzech Republic
RailGeoffrey JonesGreat Britain
ReflectionsNeel BlackUSA
Rodzina CzlowieczaFamily FamilyWladyslaw SlesickiPoland
Sonnenstern, Le MoralunaireErnest Ansorge, Dr. Alfred BaderSwitzerland
Sur Le VifOn the SpotGuy Chalon, Gérard GozlanFrance
TamakoBoyfriendKeiko YamanakaJapan
Through The Eyes Of A PainterShri HussaiIndia
Ultra Je T'AimeUltra I Love youPatrick LedouxBelgium
Un Musee A L'Ombre Des BouleauxA Museum in the Shade of the BirchesClaude B. Levenson, Stanley MiesegaesSwitzerland
Un Prisonnier ExemplaireAn Exemplary PrisonerMaurice FrydlandFrance
Watch The ButterflyUSA

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

Feature Films Out of Program

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Navrat Ztraceneo Syna The Return of the Prodigal Son Evald Schorm1966Czech Republic
Neznost'UnluckyEl'er Ismuhamedov1967Russia
Romance ProkridlovkuRomance Pro WingOtakar Vavra1967Czech Republic

Short Films Out of Program

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
2 + 2 = 5Hassan DalboulTunisia
BecaracZtlatko BourekYugoslavia
Il Signor Rossi Compera L'AutomobileMr. Rossi Bothers the CarBruno BozzettoItaly

Special Sections

CINEMA E Gioventù - TV Movies - Young Directors of RAI / TV (Italy)
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Celentano, Torno Sui Miei PassiCelentano, I Go Back to My StepsVincenzo GammaItaly
I Figli Degli IndustrialiThe Children of IndustrialistsGianni SerraItaly
I Giovani, Il Cinema E La ViolenzaYoung People, Cinema and ViolencePaolo GazzaraItaly
Tutti Vanno, Io RimangoEveryone Goes, I StayFilippo De LuigiItaly
Cinema E Gioventù - TV Movies
Francesco D'AssisiFrancis of AssisiLiliana Cavani1966Italy
Louis Ii De BaviereTFrédéric RossifFrance
War GamePeter Watkins1965Great Britain
Conference C.i.d.a.lc.
Le Mani Sulla CittàHands on the CityFrancesco Rosi1963Italy
Les 400 CoupsThe 400 StrokesFrançois Truffaut1959France
Los OlvidadosThe ForgottenLuis Buñuel1950Mexico
Tribute To Soviet Cinematography On the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the October Revolution
ArsenalAlexander Dovzhenko1929Russia
BanyaSerge Youtkévitch1962Russia
ChapayevChapyevSergei Vasiliev, Georgy Vasiliev1934Russia
Chelovek S KinoapparatomA Man with a Film ApparatusDziga Vertov1929Russia
Deputat BaltikiDeputy of the BalticJosif Heifits, Alexander Zarkhi1937Russia
KommunistCommunistYouly Raizman1958Russia
MatMark Donskoï1956Russia
Pervyi UchitelThe First TeacherAndrei Mikhalkov-Kontchalovsky1965Russia
PyshkaMihail Romm1934Russia
Sorok PervyiForty -FirstIakov Protazanov1927Russia
VernostFidelityPiotr Todorovsky1965Russia
Weliki PoworotS. Gourov1957Russia

Official Awards

FIPRESCI Jury

Youth Jury, feature films

Youth Jury, shortfilms

Source: [6] [7]

References

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  3. 1 2 "Pictures: Locarno Fest Prizes". Variety. Vol. 217, no. 12. 9 August 1967. p. 16. ProQuest   963116389.
  4. 1 2 Gerlach, Quentin (9 August 1967). "Awards for two films at Locarno". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. pp. e11. ProQuest   155814426.
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