24th Locarno Film Festival

Last updated

24th Locarno Film Festival
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard:
First feature films: Second feature films:
Festival dateOpening: 6 August 1971 (1971-08-06)
Closing: 15 August 1971 (1971-08-15)
Website Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

The 24th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1971 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] Following the resignation of Sandro Bianconi and Freddy Buache the year before the directors of the festival became a committee of seven. [1] [2]

Contents

The festival returned to is traditional summer schedule and open-air screenings. [1] [2] The constructed open-air screen was the biggest in Europe at the time, twenty by ten meters. [2] Interestingly, no Swiss films were featured at the festival. [1]

The festival awarded six Golden Leopards, the festival's top prize, this year. [3] Three for best first features, two for best second features, and one for best "third world" feature. [3] The first feature films awarded were On the Point of Death directed by Mario Garriba, They Have Changed Their Face directed by Corrado Farina, and The Friends directed by Gérard Blain. [3] The Golden Leopards for best second features were awarded to Private Road by Barney Platts-Mills, Znaki Na Drodze by J. Piotrowsky. [3] In the category of "third world" cinema Mexico: The Frozen Revolution directed by Raymundo Gleyzer won the Golden Leopard. [3]

Jury

The jury consisted of Russian actor and director Sergei Bondarchouk, Brazilian director David Neves, French producer Georges Roitfel, Swiss TV director Jurg Federspiel, and Italian thespian Francesca Romana Coluzzi. [1]

Official Sections

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

Main Program

Main Program / Feature Films In Competition

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Fable (The Slave) Al Freeman Jr. 1971USA
Apa Ca Un Bivol NegruWater Like a Black BuffaloAndrei C. Balenau, Peter Bokor1970Romania
Brother John James Goldestone 1971USA
Ciao, Gulliver So Long Gulliver Carlo Tuzii 1970Italia
Hanno Cambiato Faccia They Have Changed Their Face Corrado Farina 1971Italia
Ich Liebe Dich - Ich Töte DichI Love you - I Kill youUwe Brandner1971Germany
Il Punto Di Morte On the Point of Death Mario Garriba 1971Italia
Krasnaia PloschadSlabbidVassili Ordynski1970Russia
Le SauveurThe SaviorMichel Mardore1971France
Les AmisFriendsGérard Blain1970France
Lucie A ZazrazyLucie and the RescueOta Koval1970Czech Republic
Mexico, La Revolucion Congelada Mexico: the Frozen Revolution Raymundo Gleyzer 1971Argentina
Private Road Barney Platts-Mills 1971Great Britain
Question De VieLife QuestionAndré Théberge1971Canada
Take The Money And Run Woody Allen 1969USA
Viva La Muerte Long Live Death Fernando Arrabal 1971Tunisia, France
Zeit Der Störche Time of StorksSiegfried Kühn1971Germany
Znaki Na Drodze Signs on the RoadJ. Piotrowsky1970Poland

Short and Medium-length films in Competition

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Elephant LoreDaybhai BhaktaIndia
La Pierre Qui FlotteThe Float StoneJean-Jacques AndrienBelgium
Non Siamo Abituati A Vedere Bandiere Senza VentoWe are not Used to Seeing Windless FlagsJobst GrapowItalia

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Bang BangAndréa Tonacci1971Brazil
Breathing Together: Revolution In The Electric FamilyMorley Markson1971Canada
Bronco BullfrogBarney Platts-Mills1969Great Britain
Bronte, Cronaca Di Un Massacro Che I Libri Di Storia Non Hanno Mai NarratoBronte, Chronicle of a Massacre that History Books Have Never NarratedFlorestano + Vancini1971Italia
Egi BaranyMiklos Jancso1970Hungary
Going Down The RoadDon Shebib1970Canada
Le Petit MatinEarly in the MorningI.G. Albicocco1971France
Making ItJohn Erman1971USA
Mathias KneisslReinhardt Hauff1970Germany
On Est Loin Du SoleilWe are Far from the SunJacques Leduc1971Canada
Pioniere In IngolstadtPioneers in IngolstadtRainer Werner Fassbinder1971Germany
Romance Of A Horse ThiefAbraham Polonsky1971USA
Un'Anguilla Da 300 MilioniA 300 Million EelSalvatore Samperi1971Italia
Yehudin Menuhin, Chemin De LumiereTFrançois Reichenbach1970France

Short and Medium-length films - Out of Competition

Short and Medium-length films Outside Competition
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
A Sense Of ResponsibilityAlan BallGreat Britain
BüntetöexpidìciòCriminalDeszö MagyarHungary
Come Into My ParlourC. EvansGreat Britain
Le Voyage De Herve Le BihamThe Journey of Herve Le BihanLaszlo ZsaboFrance
Vrijeme VampiraVampire TimeNikola MajdacYugoslavia

Retrospective - Cinema And Resistance

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Aldo Dice: 26 X 1Fernando Cerchio1945Italia
De Rode EngeThe Red ScaryLau Lauritzen1945Denmark
Hangmen Aldo DieFritz Lang1942USA
Il Sole Sorge AncoraThe Sun Still ArisesAldo Vergano1946Italia
Il TerroristaThe TerroristGianfranco De Bosio1963Italia
La Bataille Du RailRail BattleRené Clément1946France
La Verte MoissonThe Green HarvestFrançois Villiers1959France
Lettere Di Condannati A Morte Della Resistenza ItalianaLetters of Condemned to Death of the Italian ResistanceFausto Fornari1953Italia
Ljubljana Pozdravlja-OsvoboditeljeLjubljana Welcomes-InsultsMarijan Förster1946Yugoslavia
Normandie-NiemenNormandy-NiemenJean Dréville1960France, Russia
Ostatni EtapLast StageWanda Jakubowska1948Poland
PaisàCountrymanRoberto Rossellini1946Italia
Partizanske DokumentePartisan DocumentsJoze Gale1950Yugoslavia

Special Sections - Animated Films

Animated Films - Feature Films
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Il Cavaliere InesistenteThe Non -Existent KnightPino Zac1969Italia
Animated Films - Short Films (In Preview)
A RacsTGyula Macskassy, György VarnaiHungary
Chewingo HomeDaniel SuterSwitzerland
Die OrdnungThe OrderBohumil StepanGermany
DiggingJim DuffyUSA
EggsJohn HubleyUSA
HorizontHorizonJerzy KotowskyPoland
Il MessaggioThe MessageGiulio GianiniItalia
Il Signor Rossi Al CampingMr. Rossi at the CampsiteBruno BozzettoItalia
Jeton: Le WesternJean MeunierFrance
Last To GoGérald PottertonCanada
Les PelerinsThe PérrinesGérard ValletSwitzerland
Linea 3Line 3Osvaldo CavandoliItalia
Linea 4Line 4Osvaldo CavandoliItalia
Love AffairRoy EvansGreat Britain
MelyvizMarcell JankovicsHungary
My Son, The KingBob KurtzUSA
NaslednitsiHeirsIvan Vesselinov1970Bulgaria
No ArksAbu AbrahamGreat Britain
Ogni RegnoEvery KingdomSecondo BignardiItalia
Paradise LostEvelyn LambartCanada
PatatomanieJean ImageFrance
PatchworkClaude Luyet, Manuel OteroFrance
PreacherPavel ProchazkaSwitzerland
Rainbow BearBill MelendezUSA
ScarabusGérald Frydman1971Belgium
Simon SaysAnestos TritchonisUSA
Stara PannaSpinsterL. NaibauerovaCzech Republic
SyncromieNorman McLarenCanada
The Dream Of The SphynxJim GoreUSA
Trimata GloupatsiThe Three FoolsDoniou Donev1970Bulgaria

Official Awards

International Jury

Source: [5] [6] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pictures: Locarno fest, in shadow of cannes, puts accent on tourist-angled films". Variety. Vol. 264, no. 2. 25 August 1971. p. 7. ProQuest   962895461.
  2. 1 2 3 Cordoba, Cyril (23 February 2023). "From the Grand Hotel to the Piazza Grande: The Locarno Film Festival's Quest for Legitimacy (1946–77)". Journal of Festive Studies. 4 (1). University of Fribourg, Switzerland: 23–46. doi: 10.33823/jfs.2022.4.1.104 . Archived from the original on 7 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Pictures: Locarno winners". Variety. Vol. 264, no. 2. 25 August 1971. p. 7. ProQuest   962895493.
  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. "1971 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.