Opening film | When Father Was Away on Business directed by Emir Kusturica |
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Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Golden Leopard: Alpine Fire directed by Fredi M. Murer |
Artistic director | David Strieff |
Festival date | Opening: 8 August 1985 Closing: 18 August 1985 |
Website | LFF |
The 38th Locarno Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 August 1985 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] [2] The opening film was the Cannes Palme D'or winner When Father Was Away on Business directed by Emir Kusturica. [1] It was shown in the Piazza Grande, the 5,000 seat open-air theater, along with films such as The Official Story and Desperately Seeking Susan , which drew the largest festival crowd of over 5,000 people. [1] [3] The festival also screened all 16 hours of the German film Heimat directed by Edgar Reitz. [4]
It was a record year for Locarno with the highest levels of attendance in its history, over 50,000 people, and a budget of around $600,000. Most of the money came from the local and state government. The only non-state sponsor was the Swiss Bank Union. In response to this growth, the Locarno festival organization expressed a desire to build a new 950-seat theater for future festivals. Artistic director David Strieff also wanted to add one day to the festival in order to re-screen all the winning films, as the festival did this year. [5]
The TV competition also grew with 17 television films in competition, another 77 in an information section, and 23 countries represented. Two additional screening rooms were needed, along with the original three, to accommodate the audience. [6]
One noteworthy attendee was guest of honor Elisabeth Kopp, the first woman to serve in the Swiss Federal Council the executive governing body of Switzerland. [4]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Alpine Fire directed by Fredi M. Murer. [7] [8] The film also won the Ecumenical award for best film, but Murer rejected that award saying that the ecumenical jury didn't understand the movie. [3]
The following films were screened in these sections: [9]
Feature Films In Competition / Main Program | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Desert Hearts | Donna Deitch | 1985 | USA | |
Dongdong De Jiaqi | A Summer at Grandpa's | Hou Hsiao-Hsien | 1984 | Taiwan |
Elsa, Elsa | Didier Haudepin | 1985 | France | |
Fast Talking | Ken Cameron | 1984 | Australia | |
Fetish & Dreams | Steff Gruber | 1985 | Switzerland | |
Himatsuri | Fire Festival | Mitsuo Yanagamachi | 1984 | Japan |
Huang Tudi | Yellow Earth | Chen Kaige | 1984 | China |
Höhenfeuer | Alpine Fire | Fredi M. Murer | 1985 | Switzerland |
Inganni | Luigi Faccini | 1985 | Italia | |
La Sonata A Kreutzer | The Kreutzer Sonanta | Gabriella Rosaleva | 1985 | Italia |
Le Medecin De Gafire | The Doctor from Gafire | Mustapha Diop | 1984 | Niger |
Liebe Und Tod | Love and Death | Nanna Rélia | 1985 | Germany |
Mukhamukham | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 1984 | India | |
Signal 7 | Rob Nilsson | 1984 | USA | |
Sladkii Sok Vnuti Travi | Sweet Juice Inside the Grass | Amanbek Alpiev, Serguei Bodrov | 1985 | Russia |
Tagediebe | Marcel Gisler | 1985 | Germany | |
The Way It Is | Eric Mitchell | 1984 | USA |
Television Movies In Competition | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Contact | Alan Clarke | 1985 | Great Britain | |
Cztery Pory Roku | Four Seasons | Andrzej Kondratiuk | 1985 | Poland |
Die Abschiebung | The Deportation | Marianne Lüdcke | 1985 | Germany |
Do You Remember Love | Jeff Bleckner | 1985 | USA | |
Finnegan Begin Again | Joan Micklin Silver | 1984 | Great Britain | |
Forbidden | Anthony Page | 1985 | USA | |
Gentle Sinners | Eric Till | 1985 | Canada | |
Go Tell It On The Mountain | Stan Lathan | 1985 | USA | |
Kids Don'T Tell | Sam O'Steel | 1985 | USA | |
La Città Di Miriam | The City of Miriam | Aldo Lado | 1983 | Italia |
Malkiyat Sodom | Little Sodom | Dimitar Avramov | 1985 | Bulgaria |
Meurtres Pour Memoire | Memory Murders | Laurent Heynemann | 1985 | France |
Queen Of The Road | Bruce Best | 1985 | Australia | |
Summer Lghtning | Paul Joyce | 1985 | Iceland | |
Testament | Lynne Littman | 1984 | USA | |
The Joy That Kills | Tina Rathborne | 1985 | USA |
Out of Competition — Main Program / Feature Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
A Test Of Love | Gil Brealey | 1985 | Australia | |
Desperately Seeking Susan | Susan Seidelman | 1985 | USA | |
Gyakufunsha-Kazouku | Reverse Injection is Floating | Sogo Ishii | 1984 | Japan |
Heimat | Hometown | Edgar Reitz | 1984 | Germany |
Hurlevent | Howl | Jacques Rivette | 1985 | France |
Il Giocatore Invisibile | The Invisible Player | Sergio Genni | 1985 | Switzerland |
La Historia Oficial | The Official History | Licia Punzo | 1984 | Argentina |
Les Enfants | Children | Marguerite Duras, Jean Marc Turin | 1984 | France |
Mask | Peter Bogdanovich | 1985 | USA | |
Maya Miriga | Nirad N. Mohapatra | 1984 | India | |
Mishima | Paul Schrader | 1985 | USA | |
Moj Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu | My Father on the Official Path | Emir Kusturica | 1985 | Yugoslavia |
My First Wife | Paul Cox | 1984 | Australia | |
Notre Mariage | Our Marriage | Valeria Sarmiento | 1984 | France |
Redl Ezredes | Colonel Redl | Istvan Szabo | 1985 | Hungary, Austria |
Segreti Segreti | Secret Secrets | Giuseppe Bertolucci | 1985 | Italia |
Wetherby | David Hare | 1985 | Great Britain |
Out-of-Program Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Biancheng | BI Ancheng | Ling Zifeng | China | |
Die Büchse Der Pandora | The Pandora's Box | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | 1929 | Germany |
El Pueblo Nunca Muere | The People Never Die | Mathias Knauer | Switzerland | |
L'Ecole Du Flamenco | The Flamenco School | Walter Marti, Reni Mertens | Switzerland | |
Schlangenzauber | Snake Magic | Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch | Switzerland | |
Trains Speciaux | Special Trains | Krsto Papic | Yugoslavia |
Special Program | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Borderline | Kenneth Macpherson | 1930 | Switzerland | |
De Tijd | Time | Johan van der van der Keuken | 1984 | Netherlands |
Diles Que No Me Maten | Tell Them not to Kill Me | Freddy Siso | 1984 | Venezuela |
Gregorio | Fernando Espinosa, Stefan Kaspar | 1984 | Peru | |
Han Ye | Han Y'E | Que Wen | 1984 | China |
Kaiser Und Eine Nacht | Emperor and One Night | Markus Fischer | 1985 | Germany, Switzerland |
Laska V Pasazi | Laska in the Passage | Jaroslav Soukup | 1984 | Czech Republic |
Le The Au Harem D'Archimede | The the Au Harem d'Archimede | Mehdi Charef | 1985 | France |
Lily In Love | Karoly Makk | 1985 | USA | |
Mister Mirror | Franco Cavani | 1985 | Switzerland | |
Pier Paolo | Matteo Emery | 1985 | Switzerland | |
The Time Of Harvey Milk | Robert Epstein, Richard Schmiechen | 1984 | USA | |
Tokyo Melody | Elisabeth Lennard | 1984 | France | |
Tokyo-Ga | Wim Wenders | 1985 | Germany | |
Vakantie Van De Filmer | Holiday from the Filmmaker | Johan van der van der Keuken | 1974 | Netherlands |
Carte Blanche Selections from Umberto Eco | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Bad Day At Black Bock | John Sturges | 1954 | USA | |
Paisà | Countryman | Roberto Rossellini | 1946 | Italia |
Stagecoach | John Ford | 1939 | USA | |
The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | 1956 | USA | |
Way Out West | James W. Home | 1937 | USA | |
Yankee Doodle Dandy | Michael Curtiz | 1942 | USA | |
You Can'T Take It With You | Frank Capra | 1938 | USA |
Retrospective Boris Barnet (1902-1965) - Boris Barnet Actor | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Chakhmatnaïa Goriatchka | Chakhmatnaïa Goriachka | Vsevolod Poudovkine | 1925 | Russia |
Neobytchaïnye Priklutcheniya Mistera Westa V Strnye Bolschevikov | Lev Kouléchov | 1924 | Russia | |
Retrospective Boris Barnet (1902-1965) - Boris Barnet Director | ||||
Alienka | Boris Barnet | 1962 | Russia | |
Annouchka | Boris Barnet | 1959 | Russia | |
Borietz I Klooun | Boripet the Clown | Boris Barnet | 1957 | Russia |
Dievouchka S Korobkoï | DIEVOCHKA S Korobkoï | Boris Barnet | 1927 | Russia |
Dom Na Troubnoï | House on the Troubno | Boris Barnet | 1928 | Russia |
I Podvig Razv Edtchika | And a Feat in the Edcechika | Boris Barnet | 1947 | Russia |
Miss Mend | Boris Barnet | 1926 | Russia | |
Okraïna | Zokraïna | Boris Barnet | 1933 | Russia |
Ou Samovo Sinevo Moria | Silence Has a Blue Sea | Boris Barnet | 1936 | Russia |
Poet | Boris Barnet | 1957 | Russia | |
Poloustanok | Pelustanok | Boris Barnet | 1963 | Russia |
Starii Naezdnik | Old Rider | Boris Barnet | 1959 | Russia |
Tribute To Cinecittà from 1935-1985 | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Cleopatra | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1961 | USA | |
I Promessi Sposi | Mario Camerini | 1941 | Italia | |
Il Casanova Di Federico Fellini | Federico Fellini's Casanova | Federico Fellini | 1976 | Italia |
Yugoslavia National Week | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Covek Nije Tica | Covek is not a Tick | Dusan Makavejev | 1964 | Yugoslavia |
Davitel Y Protiv Davitelja | Davitel Y Against the Donor | Slobodan Sijan | 1984 | Yugoslavia |
Drouga Generacija | The Second Generation | Zelimir Zilnik | 1983 | Yugoslavia |
Nesto Izmedu | Something Between | Srdan Karanovic | 1982 | Yugoslavia |
Rdeci Boogie Ali Kaj Ti Je Deklica | Red Boogie or What is your Girlfriend | Karpo Acimovic-Godina | 1982 | Yugoslavia |
Samo Jednom Se Ljubi | Only Once Kisses you | Rajko Grlic | 1981 | Yugoslavia |
Sjecas Li Se Dolly Bell | Do you Remember Dolly Bell | Emir Kusturica | 1981 | Yugoslavia |
Slike Iz Zivota Udarnika | Images from the Life of the Striker | Bahrudin Cengic | 1972 | Yugoslavia |
Zaseda | Ambush | Zivojin Pavlovic | 1969 | Yugoslavia |
FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Lieber Karl | Dear Karl | Maria Knilli | 1984 | Germany |
Los Motivos De Berta | Berta's Reasons | José Luis Guerin | 1983 | Spain |
Noah Und Der Cow-Boy | Noah and the Cow-Boy | Hansueli Schenkel, Felix Tissi | 1985 | Switzerland |
Orinoko - Nuevo Mundo | Orinoko - New World | Diego Risquez | 1984 | Venezuela |
Qingmei Zhuma | Taipei Story | Edward Yang | 1985 | Taiwan |
Szirmok, Viragok, Koszoruk | Petals, Virags, their Wreaths | Laszlo Lugossy | 1984 | Hungary |
Windy City | Armyan Bernstein | 1984 | USA |
Swiss Information - Feature Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
After Darkness | Sergio Guerrez, Dominique Othenin-Girard | 1985 | Switzerland | |
Akropolis Now | Hans Liechti | 1984 | Switzerland | |
Der Ruf Der Sibylla | The Call of the Sibylla | Clemens Klopfenstein | Switzerland | |
Derborence | Francis Reusser | 1985 | Switzerland | |
Er Moretto: Von Liebe Leben | He Moretto: Live of Love | Simon Bischoff | 1984 | Switzerland |
Freeze: Videoladen Z!Urich, 1976-1985 Dokumentation Einer Geschichte | Freeze: Video Show! Urich, 1976-1985 Documentation of a Story | René Baumann, Marcel Müller | Switzerland | |
Je Vous Salue Marie | I Greet you Marie | Jean-Luc Godard | 1985 | Switzerland |
The Land Of William Tell | 1984 | Switzerland | ||
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films | ||||
78 Tours | Georges Schwizgebel | 1985 | Switzerland | |
Aelia | Dominique De Rivaz | 1985 | Switzerland | |
Altmanns Regel | Altmann's Rule | Manuel Siebenmann, Benno Wenz | 1984 | Switzerland |
Ave&Amp;Maria | Bianca Conti Rossini | 1984 | Switzerland | |
Cachemire | Cashmere | Eva Ceccaroli | 1985 | Switzerland |
Futur Interieur | Anterior Future | Alain Nicolet | 1985 | Switzerland |
La Quatrième Veille | The Fourth Watch | José Michel Buhler | 1985 | Switzerland |
Le Livre De Marie | Marie's Book | Anne-Marie Miéville | 1985 | Switzerland |
Lettre Mortelle | Mortal Letter | Pier Blattner | 1985 | Switzerland |