36th Locarno Film Festival

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36th Locarno Film Festival
Opening film Confidentially Yours directed by François Truffaut
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Princess directed by Pal Erdöss
Artistic directorDavid Strieff
Festival dateOpening: 5 August 1983 (1983-08-05)
Closing: 14 August 1983 (1983-08-14)
Website LFF
Locarno Film Festival

The 36th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 14 August 1983 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] A new section and competition for TV movies was introduced this year. Ninety-four TV films were submitted with eighteen being selected for the competition, in-all around 70 TV movies were screened at the festival. [1] [2]

Contents

At the last year's festival no Golden Leopard, the top prize, was awarded by the Jury after they clashed with festival organizers over the competition featuring both art house and expensive commercial productions that made them hard to compare. To address the problem this year the organizers gave artistic director David Strieff sole power over the film selection, rather than using a committee. [3]

Additionally, all films in competition were show under the same conditions, unlike in the year before. The Piazza Grande, the 5,000 seat open-air theater, was reserved for out of competition films that would have bigger audiences. [3]

The opening film was François Truffaut's brand new Confidentially Yours . The festival also held a 20 film retrospective on Japanese filmmaker, Mikio Naruse, [3] whose film Yearning had won Hideko Takamine a best actress award at the 17th Locarno Film Festival 19 years before. [4] [5]

Despite the improvements, the Locarno festival still struggled against its rival the Venice Film Festival, which, one day before the Locarno festival, convinced distributor Orion to take the film Breathless out of Locarno and give it to Venice. [3]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Princess directed by Pal Erdöss. [6] [4]

Jury, TV competition

Source: [1]

Official sections

The following films were screened in these sections: [7]

Main competition

Feature films

Main Program / Feature Films In Competition
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Ady Kiraly Katonat! The Princess Pal ErdössHungary
Alexandre Jean-Francois Amiguet Switzerland
Come Dire...Gianluca FumagalliItalia
Ferestadeh The Mission Parviz Sayyad Iran, USA
GrenzenlosJosef RödlGermany
Hamsin Daniel Wachsman Israel
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads Spike Lee USA
Kazoku Gēmu The Family Game Yoshimitsu Morita Japan
L'AllegementThe UnburdeningMarcel SchüpbachSwitzerland
La Java Des Ombres Roman Goupil France
Paesaggio Con FigureLandscape with FiguresSilvio SoldiniItalia
Planeta KrawiecTailor Planet Jerzy Domaradzki Poland
RodnikArkadi SirenkoRussia
Sargento GetulioSergeant GetulioHermano PennaBrazil
System Ohne SchattenClosed Circuit Rudolf Thome Germany

Television movies

Main Program / TV-Movies In Competition

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
A Voyage Aroung My FatherAlvin RakoffGreat Britain
DominoThomas BraschGermany
Harrys'GameHarry's GameLawrence Gordon ClarkGreat Britain
Il Passo FalsoThe False StepPaolo PoetiItalia
IvanhoeDouglas CamfieldUSA
Kentucky WomanWalter DonigerUSA
L'IsolaThe IslandPino PassalacquaItalia
La MarseillaiseMichel BernyFrance
La MetamorphoseLa MetamorphosisJean-Daniel VerhaegheFrance
Life Of The Party: The Story Of BeatriceLamont JohnsonUSA
MeretteMetteJean-Jacques LagrangeSwitzerland
Miss LonelyheartsMichael DinnerUSA
Non RecuperablesNon -RecoveryFrank ApprederisFrance
OldsmobileKjell Ake Andersson, Kjell SundvallSudan
That Dangerous AgeA. ProshkinRussia
The AccidentDonald BrittainCanada
The Shadow RidersAndrew V. Mc LaglenUSA
To The LighthouseColin GreggGreat Britain

Out of competition (Fuori Concorso)

Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
AnaCaveMargarida Cordeiro, Antonio RéisPortugal
BreathlessJim McBrideUSA
CarmenCarlos SauraSpain
Colpire Al CuoreHeartGianni AmelioItalia
Dolina IssyTadeusz KonwickiPoland
El SurThe SouthVíctor EriceSpain
L'EquateurEcuadorSerge GainsbourgFrance
L'Homme BlesseThe Man HurtsPatrice ChéreauFrance
Merry Christmas Mr LawrenceNagisa OshimaJapan
Narayama Bushi KoHeijoyama SetsukoShohei ImamuraJapan
Pauline A La PlagePauline at the BeachÉric RohmerFrance
RemembranceColin GreggGreat Britain
Sans SoleilSunlessChris MarkerFrance
Tiempo De RevanchaRevenge TimeAdolfo AristarainArgentina
Toute Une NuitOvernightChantal AkermanBelgium
VisszaesokRetrospectiveZsolt Kézdi-KovacsHungary
Vivement DimancheStrongly SundayFrançois TruffautFrance

Special sections

Brazilian National Week

Brazilian National Week
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A QuedaA RemainRui Guerra, Nelson Xavier1976Brazil
Ato De ViolenciaI Attach ViolenceEduardo Escorel1980Brazil
Eles Nåo Usam Black-TieThey Do not Use Black TieLeon Hirszman1981Brazil
O Amuleto De OgumOgum's AmuletNelson Pereira dos Santos1974Brazil
O Hemen Que Virou SucoThe Man Who Became JuiceJoåo Batista de Andrade1980Brazil
Tudo BemAll GoodArnaldo Jabor1977Brazil

Carte Blanche to Alain Tanner

Carte Blanche To Alain Tanner
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Dyn AmoDyn I LoveStephen Dwoskin1972Great Britain
Every Day Except ChristmasLindsay Anderson1957Great Britain
Meg Ker A NepAnd Ker the NepMiklos Jancso1972Hungary
PickpocketRobert Bresson1959France
Tokyo MonogatariTokyo StoryYasujiro Ozu1953Japan
Two-Lane BlacktopMonte Hellman1971USA

Youth and cinema

Youth and Cinema (Cinema E Gioventù)
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Cammina CamminaWalk WalksErmanno OlmiItalia
Ivonne E DanielaIvonne and DanielaBrenno MartignoniSwitzerland
Una Città In CinemaA City in CinemaAndrea Canetta, Nicola GianniItalia

Out of program & Special program

Out of Program
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Prime BandeBand BonusPaolo GobettiItalia
Siamo Donne, 5. Episodio Anna MagnaniWe are Women, 5. Anna Magnani EpisodeLuchino Visconti1953Italia
TristanaLuis Buñuel1970France, Italia
Special Program
Das LuftschiffThe AirshipRainer Simon SimonGermany
Femmes FemmesWomenPaul Vecchiali1974France
TenkoseiTenkosiNobuhiko ObayaskiJapan

Retrospective - Mikio Naruse

Retrospective Mikio Naruse (1905-1969)
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Ani Imôto Mikio Naruse 1953Japan
BangikiBangiko Mikio Naruse 1954Japan
Hataraku IkkaWorking Family Mikio Naruse 1939Japan
HôrôkiHorôki Mikio Naruse 1962Japan
InazumaLightning Mikio Naruse 1952Japan
IwashigumoRugby Mikio Naruse 1958Japan
Kagiri Naki Nodô Mikio Naruse 1934Japan
Kimi To WakareteSeparate from you Mikio Naruse 1933Japan
Koshiben GanbareDo your Best, Waist Valve Mikio Naruse 1931Japan
Meshi Mikio Naruse 1951Japan
MidareruIt Gets Confused Mikio Naruse 1964Japan
NigareruIt's Painful Mikio Naruse 1956Japan
OkâsanReasonable Mikio Naruse 1952Japan
Onna Ga Kaidan O Agaru TokiWhen a Woman Goes Up the Stairs Mikio Naruse 1960Japan
Otome-Gokoro Sannin ShimaiMaiden - Shin Maternity Hospital Sisters Mikio Naruse 1935Japan
Tsuba Yo Bara No Yo NiThe Roses, the Brim Mikio Naruse 1935Japan
Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro Mikio Naruse 1938Japan
UgikomoYou Don't Worry Mikio Naruse 1955Japan
Yama No OtoMountain Otoko Mikio Naruse 1954Japan
Yogoto No YumeNighttime Dreams Mikio Naruse 1935Japan

Parallel sections

The following films were screened in these sections: [7]

Film critics week

FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
BalamosStvros TornesGreece
Der Rechte WegThe Right PathPeter Fischli, David WeissSwitzerland
In The King Of PrussiaEmile de AntonioUSA
Peppermint FriedenMarianne S.W. RosenbaumGermany
Szerencses DanielLucky DanielPal SandorHungary
Un Bruit Qui CourtA Short NoiseDaniel Laloux, Jean-Pierre SentierFrance

Swiss information

Swiss Information - Feature Films
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Dans La Ville BlancheIn the White CityAlain TannerSwitzerland
Das Ganze LebenThe Whole LifeBruno MollSwitzerland
HecateDaniel SchmidSwitzerland
L'ArgentMoneyRobert BressonSwitzerland
La Mort De Mario RicciClaude GorettaSwitzerland
Max Haufler: Der StummeMAX HAUFLER: There MuteRichard DindoSwitzerland
MelzerHeinz BütlerSwitzerland
ScissereTo SplitPeter MettlerSwitzerland
TransatlantiqueTransatlanticHans-Ulrich SchlumpfSwitzerland
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films
Killer Aus FloridaKiller from FloridaKlaus SchaffhauserSwitzerland
Les Ailes Du PapillonThe Butterfly WingsMichel RoddeSwitzerland
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films - Cinema Function Geneva
Blue LesterDominique Comtat ComtatSwitzerland
GiftCatherine IselinSwitzerland
Jalang Jalang MalagnouMichel BuhlerSwitzerland
La Nuit Du FusekiFuseki NightLeo KanemanSwitzerland
Lancelot Du Lac, Phoenix, A' DamLancelot Du Lac, Phoenix, a 'DamAlain MugnierSwitzerland
Lati Et GaborBroad and GaborTina MeirellesSwitzerland
Le Miracle Du HurlementThe Miracle of the HowlingPierre MaillardSwitzerland
Legal CrimeCédric HerbezSwitzerland
RemakeJean-Louis GautheySwitzerland

Official awards

International Jury

Source: [6] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pictures: Locarno film fest to serve up TV offerings; 92 pix submitted". Variety. Vol. 312, no. 1. 3 August 1983. pp. 7, 18.
  2. Fainaru, Edna (24 August 1983). "Radio-Television: Locarno Film Fest Opens Doors To TV Made-Fors; Scheduling's A Problem". Variety. Vol. 312, no. 4. Los Angeles. pp. 40, 64.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fainaru, Edna (10 August 1983). "Pictures: Locarno gets its act together; streiff juggles four sections as sole selector; rival fests poach". Variety. Vol. 312, no. 2. pp. 7, 34.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. "Pictures: Prizes given by locarno". Variety. Vol. 235, no. 11. 5 August 1964. p. 11. ProQuest   962829786.
  6. 1 2 "1983 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 "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.