3rd Locarno Film Festival

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3rd Locarno Film Festival
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Founded1946
Hosted byPor Locarno
Festival dateOpening: July 1948 (1948-07)
Closing: July 1948 (1948-07)
Website Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
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The 3rd Locarno Film Festival was held in July, 1948 in Locarno, Switzerland. No official prizes were awarded at the festival this year. [1] [2] The festival was noted for using new projection technology with arc lamps to screen Technicolor films at the 2,000 seat out-door theater at the Locarno Grand Hotel. [3] [4]

Contents

Screenings

The following films screened in these sections at the 3rd Locarno Film Festival. [5]

Programme principal

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Anni, Eine Wiener Ballade Max Neufeld 1948Austria
Be Seeing You, Father Arrivederci, Papà! Camillo Mastrocinque 1948Italy
Captain From Castile Henry King 1947USA
Fight Without HateCombat Sans Haine André Michel Switzerland
How I Lost the War Come Persi La Guerra Carlo Borghesio 1947Italy
Heart and Soul Cuore Duilio Coletti 1948Italy
Fort Apache John Ford 1948USA
Germany Year Zero Germania Anno Zero Roberto Rossellini 1948Italy
Lost Youth Gioventù Perduta Pietro Germi 1947Italy
God's Angels Are EverywhereGottes Engel Sind Überall Hans Thimig 1948Austria
I Have Always Loved You Frank Borzage 1946USA
It Always Rains On Sunday Robert Hamer 1947Great Britain
It Had To Be You Rudolph Maté 1947USA
The Wandering Jew L'Ebreo Errante Goffredo Alessandrini 1948Italy
The Charterhouse of Parma La Chartreuse De Parme Christian-Jacque 1948France
La Grande Maguet Roger Richebe 1947France
La Traviata Carmine Gallone Italy
The Loves of Colette La Vie En Rose Jean Faurez 1947France
Convicted Les Condamnes Georges Lacombe 1948France
Hey Boy Proibito Rubare Luigi Comencini 1948Italy
Sleep My Love Douglas Sirk 1948USA
The Unconquered Cecil B. DeMille 1947USA
The Unfinished Dance Henry Koster 1947USA
The Voice Of The Turtle Irving Rapper 1947USA
SpringVesna Grigori Alexandrov 1947Russia

Special Sections / Private Visions

Sections spéciales / Visions privées

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Walk In The Sun Lewis Milestone 1945USA
Blanche Fury Marc Allégret 1948Great Britain
Film Without a Name Film Ohne Titel Rudolf Jugert, Helmuth Käutner 1948Germany
The Execrable Fate of Guillemette BabinGuillemette Babin Guillaume Radot 1948France
Kiss Of Death Henry Hathaway 1947USA
Miranda Ken Annakin 1948Great Britain
The Last Stage Ostatni Etap Wanda Jakubowska 1948Poland
Presentiment Predtucha Otakar Vavra 1947Czech Republic
Sitting Pretty Walter Lang 1948USA
Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton 1947USA
The October Man Roy Baker1947Great Britain
It Happened in Europe Valahol Europaban Géza Radvànyi 1947Hungary

Swiss Documentary Film Review

Revue du film documentaire Suisse

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A L'Assaut Du CielSwitzerland
Enfants De MontagneOtto RitterSwitzerland
Les Soldats Etrangers En SuisseSwitzerland
Murmures De La Foret EtSwitzerland
Nains EtrangesSwitzerland
Reiseziel AegyptenVictor StaubSwitzerland
Unvergessliche MelodieSwitzerland

Documentary Film Review / Youth and Reconstruction

Revue du film documentaire / Jeunesse et reconstruction

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Tomorrow's a Wonderful Day Adamah Helmar Lerski1947Israel
Aubervilliers Elie Lotar 1946France
Bush Christmas Ralph Keene 1947Great Britain
C'Est L'Aviron Norman McLaren 1944Canada
Calling IndonesiaJoris Ivens Ivens1945Australia
Fiddle-De-Dee Norman McLaren1947Canada
I Romantici A Venezia Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras 1948Italy
Journey Into Medicine Willard van Dyke 1947USA
La Provincia Dei Sette LaghiGigi Martello1948Italy
La-Haut Sur La MontagneNorman McLaren1946Canada
Le BâtonMarcel Gibaut1946France
Lumei Francesco Pasinetti Italy
Mapple Sugar1941Canada
Nous Construisons Les RuinesEmmanuel KaneraCzech Republic
Temptation of Mr. ProkoukPan Prokouk V Pokuseni Karel Zeman Poland
School In The Mailbox Stanley Hawes 1947Australia
Wroclaw, Ville UniversitaireJerzy BossakPoland

Documentary Film Review / Special Program under the patronage of UNESCO

Revue du film documentaire / Programme spécial sous le patronage de l'Unesco

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Hungry MindsLes Esprits Assoiffes Tom Daly 1948Canada
The People's Charter1947USA
The World Is Rich Paul Rotha Great Britain

Documentary Film Review (Revue du film documentaire)

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Television Is Here AgainP.H. DorteGreat Britain

Awards

Swiss Cinema Magazine Jury (Cine Suisse Magacine Jury)

Source: [6] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Holloway, Dorothy (28 July 1948). "Pictures: Anti-U.S. feeling sparks locarno film fete; nationalism takes over". Variety. Vol. 171, no. 8. pp. 23–24. ProQuest   1285999602.
  3. ↑ "PROJECTION EQUIPMENT AT THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL". Kinematograph Weekly. Vol. 377, no. 2151. London. 22 July 1948. p. 32. ProQuest   2732614844.
  4. ↑ Written at Zurich. "International: Latest open-air sound equipment feature of locarno film festival. Vol. 167, Iss. 5". Los Angeles: Variety. 9 July 1947. p. 13. ProQuest   1285926592 . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "1948 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.


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