| Opening film | Intervista directed by Federico Fellini |
|---|---|
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard: O Bobo directed by José Alvaro Morais |
| Artistic director | David Strieff |
| Festival date | Opening: 6 August 1987 Closing: 16 August 1987 |
| Website | LFF |
The 40th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 August 1987 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] [2] It featured films and television movies from around the globe. To celebrate the 40th Anniversary, a retrospective of 40 years of films at the Locarno Film Festival was organized. [2] Jean-Luc Godard, opened the festival with a lecture on cinema as a guest of honor. [3] The opening film of the festival, which drew a crowd of 8,000 people, was Federico Fellini's film Intervista , despite the contract disputes that had kept the film from screening since its Cannes premiere. [4]
Over 60,000 people attended screenings at the Piazza Grande open-air theater during the week. The Piazza Grande only had 5,000 seats, but thousands sat on the floor and even stood to watch some films, including Ettore Scola's The Family. More than 600 journalists attended the festival and 1,800 professional accreditation passes were given out. [5] Film festival chiefs from around the world attended, including the heads of the Berlin, Mannheim, San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Istanbul, and Cairo film festivals. [6] It was the most expensive Locarno festival ever, with a budget of around $1,200,000 (2 million Swiss francs). [7]
For the first time in the West, Russian director Aleksandr Sokourov was able to screen his movie The Lonely Voice of Man , which had been banned by the Soviet Union since 1978. [6] [8] Another Russian filmmaker, Kira Muratova, served on the festival jury and was able to screen two of her films that had also been banned in the Soviet Union. [9] Director Win Wenders attended the festival for one day and held a midnight press conference to discuss his new film Wings of Desire . [6] On the last day of the festival Colombia held a surprise screening of La Bamba. [10]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to O Bobo directed by José Alvaro Morais. [11] [12]
The following films were screened in these sections: [14] [15]
The following films were screened in the Main Competition: [14] [15]
Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner: [16]
| In Competition – Feature Films / Main Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| A Dos Aguas | The Two Waters | Carlos Olguin | 1986 | Argentina |
| A Fior Di Pelle | Skin Deep | Gianluca Fumagalli | 1987 | Italy |
| Aurelia | Giorgio Molteni | 1987 | Italy | |
| Avril Brisé | Broken April | Liria Begeja | 1987 | France |
| Checkpoint | Parviz Sayyad | 1987 | USA | |
| Dixia Qing | Love Unto Waste | Stanley Kwan | 1986 | Hong Kong |
| Hol Volt, Hol Nem Volt | A Hungarian Fairy Tale | Gyula Gazdag | 1986 | Hungary |
| Konbu Finze (Kongbu Fenzi) | Terrorizers | Edward Yang | 1986 | Taiwan |
| O Bobo | José Álvaro Morais | 1987 | Portugal | |
| Odinokij Golos Celoveka | The Lonely Voice of Man | Aleksandr Sokourov | 1987 | Russia |
| Personaggi & Interpreti | Heinz Bütler | 1987 | Switzerland | |
| Poisons | Pierre Maillard | 1987 | Switzerland, France | |
| Robinson No Niwa | Robinson's Garden | Masashi Yamamoto | 1987 | Japan |
| Sinfin | Class | Cristian Pauls | 1986 | Argentina |
| Skytturnar | White Whales | Fridrik Thor Fridriksson | 1987 | Iceland |
| Three Bewildered People In The Night | Gregg Araki | 1987 | USA | |
| With Love To The Person Next To Me | Brian McKenzie | 1987 | Australia | |
| Zjoek | Zjoek: TheArt of Forgetting | Erik van Zuylen | 1987 | Netherlands |
Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard's Eye winner: [16]
| In Competition – TV-Movies / Main Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| After Pilkington | Christopher Morahan | 1987 | Great Britain | |
| Blue Window | Norman René | 1987 | USA | |
| Coast To Coast | Sandy Johnson | 1987 | Great Britain | |
| El Caso Del Cadaver Descuartizado | The Case of Dismembered Corpse | Ricardo Franco | 1985 | Spain |
| Escape From Sobibor | Jack Gold | 1987 | Great Britain | |
| Le Rapport Du Gendarme | The Gendarme Report | Claude Goretta | 1986 | Switzerland |
| Life Story | Mick Jackson | 1987 | Great Britain | |
| Long Gone | Martin Davidson | 1987 | USA | |
| May We Borrow Your Husband | Bob Mahoney | 1986 | Great Britain | |
| Piatnò | The Stain | Aleko Tzabadze | 1986 | Russia |
| Promise | Glenn Jordan | 1986 | USA | |
| The Last Innocent Man | Roger Spottiswoode | 1987 | USA | |
| Welcome In Vienna | Alex Corti | 1985 | Austria | |
| Zischke | Martin Theo Krieger | 1986 | Germany | |
The following films were screened in the 40th Anniversary - 40 Years of Festivals at Locarno section: [14] [15]
The following films were screened Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso): [14] [15]
| Out of Competition – Feature Films / Main Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Candy Mountain | Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer | 1987 | Switzerland, France | |
| Wings of Desire | Der Himmel Über Berlin | Wim Wenders | 1987 | Germany |
| The Death of Empedocles | Der Tod Des Empedokles | Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | 1986 | Germany |
| Intervista | Federico Fellini | 1987 | Italy | |
| I've Heard The Mermaids Singing | Patricia Rozema | 1987 | Canada | |
| Another Love | Ina Laska | Dušan Trančík | 1985 | Czech Republic |
| King Lear | Jean-Luc Godard | 1987 | France | |
| The Family | La Famiglia | Ettore Scola | 1986 | Italy, France |
| The Beggars | Les Mendiants | Benoît Jacquot | 1987 | Switzerland, France |
| Mills of Hell | Malom A Pokolban | Gyula Maár | 1986 | Hungary |
| The Beekeeper | O Melissokomos | Theo Angelopoulos | 1986 | Greece, France |
| Dark Eyes | Oci Ciornie | Nikita Mikhalkov | 1987 | Italy |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Stephen Frears | 1987 | Great Britain | |
| Blind Chance | Przypadek | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1987 | Poland |
| Axiliad | Siekierezada | Witold Leszczyński | 1986 | Poland |
| Under the Sun of Satan | Sous Le Soleil De Satan | Maurice Pialat | 1987 | France |
| The Theme | Tema | Gleb Panfilov | 1979 | Russia |
| A Flame in My Heart | Une Flamme Dans Mon Coeur | Alain Tanner | 1987 | Switzerland, France |
| Vera | Sérgio Toledo | 1986 | Brazil | |
| Wish You Were Here | David Leland | 1987 | Great Britain | |
| I Remember you | Ya Tebia Pomnu | Ali Khamraev | 1986 | Russia |
| In the Wild Mountains | Ye Shan | Xueshu Yan | 1985 | China |
| Yeelen | Souleymane Cissé | 1987 | Mali | |
The following films were screened in tribute to Kira Muratova: [14] [15]
| Tribute To Kira Muratova | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| The Long Farewell | Dolgie Provody | Kira Muratova | 1971 | Russia |
| Brief Encounters | Korotkie Vstreci | Kira Muratova | 1967 | Russia |
A l'occasion du 40ème anniversaire, was a special selection of films shot on-location at the Locarno Film Festival. [17] [18] The following films were screened in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Festival. [14] [15]
| 40th Anniversary Screenings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Cine-Piazza | François Kohler | Belgium, Switzerland | ||
| L'Internazionale Involontaria Del Cinema Giovane (Locarno 1946-1987) | The Involuntary International Cinema (Locarno 1946-1987) | Matteo Bellinelli | 1987 | Switzerland |
| Remake | Ansano Giannarelli | 1987 | Italy | |
The following films were screened Out of Program: [14] [15]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin, August 1945 | Berlin, Août 1945 | Jean Rouch | 1987 | |
| La Bomba | Luis Valdez | 1987 | USA | |
The following films were screened in the Swiss Information (Information Suisse) section: [14] [15]
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpenglühn | Silvia Horisberger, Norbert Wiedmer | 1971 | Switzerland | |
| Blues, Black And White | Markus Imboden | 1987 | Switzerland | |
| Dani, Michi, Renato Und Max | Dani, Michi, Renato and Max | Richard Dindo | 1987 | Switzerland |
| Der Lauf Der Dinge | The Course of Things | Peter Fischli, David Weiss | 1987 | Switzerland |
| Die Lange Nacht | The Long Night | Christof Vorster | 1987 | Switzerland |
| Du Mich Auch | You Me Too | Anja Franke, Dani Levy | 1986 | Switzerland, Germany |
| Duenki-Schott | Tobias Wyss | 1986 | Switzerland | |
| Ex Voto | Ex Vote | Erich Langjahr | 1986 | Switzerland |
| Habibi - Ein Liebesbrief | Habibi - a Love Letter | Anka Schmid | 1986 | Switzerland |
| Ikaria Bp 1447 | Pierre-Alain Meier | 1987 | Switzerland | |
| Innocenza | Innocence | Villi Hermann | 1986 | Switzerland |
| Jenatsch | Daniel Schmid | 1987 | Switzerland | |
| Karma | Hô Qunag Minh | 1986 | Switzerland | |
| L'Autre Suisse | The Other Swiss | Alvaro Bizzarri | Switzerland | |
| L'Ogre | The Ogre | Simon Edelstein | 1986 | Switzerland |
| La Dame De Pique | The Lady of Spades | Patricia Plattner | 1986 | Switzerland |
| Psychokillers | Jackie Léger | 1987 | Switzerland | |
| Rotlicht | Red Light | Urs Odermatt | 1987 | Switzerland |
| Une Certaine Josette Bauer | A Certain Josette Bauer | Elisabeth Gujer, Uli Meier | Switzerland | |
| Unterwegs | On the Way | Switzerland | ||
| Wendel | Christoph Schaub | 1987 | Switzerland | |
| Zelja Heisst Wunsch, Zivot Ist Das Leben | Zelja Means Wish, Civilo is Life | Snezana Herceg, Otto Wymann | 1986 | Switzerland |