Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
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Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Golden Leopard:
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Artistic director | David Strieff |
No. of films | Over 150 programed In Competition: 18 |
Festival date | Opening: 4 August 1988 Closing: 14 August 1988 |
Website | LFF |
The 41st Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 1988 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] [2] Over 150 films were shown at the festival, with 18 in competition, 18 out-of-competition, and the rest were split between various sections, including a retrospective of Alberto Cavalcanti and a national section dedicated to British cinema. [3] [2]
The opening film was also a British film A World Apart directed by Chris Menges. However, the British Embassy refused hold it's reception on the same day as they did not want to be connected to a film that dealt with anti-apartheid activism. Festival director David Strieff described the position of the British Embassy as "outrageous". [1]
The television movie section was merged with the main program as David Strieff said the distinction between TV and theatrical movie was no longer relevant for the festival. [2] The Piazza Grande, the open-air theater, was only rained on for one night, but it forced director Nikos Panayotopoulos's highly anticipated film, The Woman Who Dreamed (I Yineka Pou Evlepe Ta Onira), to a indoor screening. [4] [5]
The festival closing ceremony was briefly interrupted by Swiss anti-apartheid activists protesting Swiss Bank Union (UBS), a festival sponsor, for doing business with apartheid South Africa. [3] [6]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to two film this year: Schmetterlinge directed by Wolfgang Becker, and Distant Voices, Still Lives directed by Terence Davies. [7] [8]
The following films were screened in these sections: [10]
Feature Films
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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36 Fillette | Junior Size 36 | Catherine Breillat | 1988 | France |
Distant Voices, Still Lives | Terence Davies | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Domani Accadrà | It's Happening Tomorrow | Daniele Luchetti | 1988 | Italia |
Dzusovy Roman | A Juicy Novel | Fero Fenic | 1984 | Czech Republic |
Eden Miseria | Christine Laurent | 1988 | France | |
Filou | Takehiro Nakajima | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Gost | Visitor | Alexandre Kaïdanovski | 1988 | Russia |
Haitian Corner | Raoul Peck | 1987 | Germany, France | |
Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai | The Catastrophe | Jahnu Barua | 1987 | India |
Hotreal | Ildiko Szabo | 1988 | Hungary | |
Kyôshû | Memory | Takehiro Nakajima | 1987 | Japan |
Macao Oder Die Rücksteite Des Meeres | Macao or the Back of the Sea | Clemens Klopfenstein | 1988 | Switzerland |
Nakhoda Khorshid | Captain Khorshid | Nasser Taghvai | 1987 | Iran |
Sama | The Trace | Néjia Ben Mabrouk | 1982 | Tunisia, Belgium |
Schlaflose Nächte | Sleepless Nights | Marcel Gisler | 1988 | Switzerland, Germany |
Schmetterlinge | Butterflies | Wolfgang Becker | 1986 | Germany |
Stesso Sangue | Same Blood | Sandro Cecca, Egidio Eronico | 1988 | Italia |
Family Viewing | Atom Egoyan | 1987 | Canada [11] |
Out of Competition
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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A Winter Tan | Jackie Burroughs, Louise Clark | 1987 | Canada | |
A World Apart | Chris Menges | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam | Bill Couturié | 1987 | USA | |
Doc's Kingdom | Robert Kramer | 1987 | France | |
Hai Zi Wang | H AI Zi Wang | Chen Kaige | 1987 | China |
Hong Gaoliang | Hong GA o Beautiful | Zhang Yimou | 1987 | China |
Hotel Terminus - The Life And Times Of Klaus Barbie | Marcel Ophuls | 1988 | USA | |
I Yineka Pou Evlepe Ta Onira | The Woman Who Dreamed | Nikos Panayotopoulos | 1988 | Greece |
Komissar | Commissar | Aleksandr Askoldov | 1967 | Russia |
Krotki Film O Zabijaniu | A Short Film About Killing | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1987 | Poland |
Les Noces Barbares | Barbaric Wedding | Marion Hänsel | 1987 | France, Belgium |
Pelle Erobreren | Pelle the Conqueror | Bille August | 1987 | Denmark |
Phera | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | 1986 | India | |
Salaam Bombay! | Mira Nair | 1988 | India, France | |
Sur | On | Fernando Solanas | 1988 | Argentina |
Una Donna Spezzata | A Broken Woman | Marco Leto | 1988 | Italia |
Special Program | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Amore A Cinque Stelle | Five Star Love | Roberto Giannarelli | 1988 | Italia |
Cuore Di Ladro | Thief's Heart | Fabrizio Giordani | 1988 | Italia |
De Bruit Et De Fureur | Of Noise and Fury | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 1986 | Switzerland |
Der Schuh Des Patriarchen | The Patriarch's Shoe | Bruno Moll | 1988 | Switzerland |
Der Wilde Mann | The Wild Man | Matt Zschokke | 1988 | Switzerland |
Fernanda | Ricky Tognazzi | 1988 | Italia | |
Il Mitico Gianluca | The Legendary Gianluca | Francesco Lazotti | 1988 | Italia |
Imago Meret Oppenheim | Pamela Robertson Pearce, Anselm Spoerri | 1988 | Switzerland | |
La Vacanza | The Holiday | Roger Guillot | 1988 | Italia |
Le Retour De L'Enfant Pauvre | The Return of the Poor Child | Martin Pierlot | 1987 | France |
Liebeserklärung | Declaration of Love | Ursula Bischof Scherer, Georg Janett | 1988 | Switzerland |
O Samba | The Samba | Daniele Costantini | 1988 | Italia |
Pour Ecrire Un Mot | To Write a Word | Walter Marti, Reni Mertens | 1988 | Switzerland |
Reisen Ins Landesinnere | Travel Inland | Matthias von Gunten | 1988 | Switzerland |
Till | Felix Tissi | 1988 | Switzerland, Germany |
Tribute To Five Ticino Stars | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Die Ehe Der Maria Braun | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1978 | Germany |
La Merveilleuse Vie De Jeanne D'Arc | The Wonderful Life of Joan of Arc | Marco de Gastyne | 1928 | France |
The Good Earth | Sidney Franklin | 1937 | USA | |
The Women | George Cukor | 1939 | USA | |
Voruntersuchung | Preliminary Examination | Robert Siodmark | 1931 | Germany |
Retrospective Alberto Cavalcanti | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Alice In Switzerland | Georges Alexath, Alberto Cavalcanti | 1942 | Great Britain | |
Au Pays Du Scalp | In the Country of Scalp | Marquis de Wavrin | 1932 | Belgium |
Champagne Charlie | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1944 | Great Britain | |
Coalface | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1936 | Great Britain | |
Coralie Et Cie | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1933 | France | |
Dead Of Night | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | 1945 | Great Britain | |
Die Windrose | That Windrosis | Joris Ivens | 1956 | Germany |
En Rade | A Rade | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1927 | France |
Film And Reality | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1942 | Great Britain | |
For Them That Trespass | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1949 | Great Britain | |
Herr Puntila Und Sein Knecht Matti | Mr. Puntila and His Servant Matti | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1955 | Austria |
La Galerie Des Monstres | The Monster Gallery | Jaque Catelain | 1924 | France |
La Prima Notte | The First Night | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1958 | India, France |
Le Truc Du Bresilien | The Brazilian Thing | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1932 | France |
Line To Tcherva Hut | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1936 | Great Britain | |
Men Of The Alps | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1939 | Great Britain | |
Message From Geneva | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1937 | Great Britain | |
Midsummer Day'S Work | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1939 | Great Britain | |
Mulher De Verdade | Real Woman | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1954 | Brazil |
New Rates | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1934 | Great Britain | |
Night Mail | Harry Watt, Basil Wright | 1936 | Great Britain | |
North Sea | Harry Watt | 1938 | Great Britain | |
O Canto Do Mar | The Canto of the Sea | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1954 | Brazil |
Pett And Pott | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1934 | Great Britain | |
Plaisir Defendus | Disable Pleasure | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1933 | France |
Rien Que Les Heures | Just Hours | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1926 | France |
Simao, O Caolho | Simao, | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1952 | Brazil |
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1947 | Great Britain | |
The Little People | Georg Pearson | 1926 | Great Britain | |
They Made Me A Fugitive | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1947 | Great Britain | |
Tour De Chant | Singing Tower | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1933 | France |
Trois Chants Pour La France | Three Songs for France | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1942 | Great Britain |
Um Homem E O Cinema | A Man and Cinema | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1976 | Brazil |
We Live In Two Worlds | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1937 | Great Britain | |
Went The Day Well? | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1942 | Great Britain | |
Yellow Caesar | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1941 | Great Britain | |
Yvette | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1927 | France |
British Week / Feature Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Business As Usual | Lezli-Ann Barrette | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Dreaming Rivers | Martina Attile | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Drowning By Numbers | Peter Greendway | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Fire Raiser | Su Braden, Trudi Davies | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Framed Youth | Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project | 1983 | Great Britain | |
Friendship'S Death | Peter Wollen | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Further And Particular | Stephen Dwoskin | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Girl Zone | Carola Klein | 1986 | Great Britain | |
Handsworth Song | John Akomfrah | 1986 | Great Britain | |
Out Of Order | Jonnie Turpie | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Rocinante | Ann Gudes, Eduardo Guedes | 1986 | Great Britain | |
Soursweet | Mike Newell | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Stormy Monday | Mike Figgis | 1988 | Great Britain | |
T. Dan Smith | Amber Film | 1988 | Great Britain | |
The Last Of England | Derek Jarman | 1987 | Great Britain | |
The Raggedy Rawney | Bob Hoskins | 1988 | Great Britain | |
This Is Not An Aids Ad | Isaac Julien | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Tumbledown | Richard Eyre | 1987 | Great Britain | |
When The Dog Bites | Penny Woolcock | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Short Films | ||||
Behind Closed Doors | Anna Thew | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Deep Red Instant Love | Rik Lander | 1988 | Great Britain | |
Lo Pay No Way | Vulture Video | 1984 | Great Britain | |
Taxi Driver Ii | George Barber | 1986 | Great Britain | |
The Hidden Wisdom | Patricia Diaz, Michelle McIntosh | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Uranium Hex | Sandra Lahire | 1987 | Great Britain | |
Water Works | Tony Hill | 1987 | Great Britain |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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La Prise Du Pouvoir Par Louis Xiv | The Taking of Power by Louis XIV | Roberto Rossellini | 1966 | France |
Miracolo A Milano | Miracle in Milan | Vittorio De Sica | 1950 | Italia |
8½ | Federico Fellini | 1962 | Italia | |
The Kid | Charlie Chaplin | 1921 | USA | |
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre | John Huston | 1948 | USA | |
Totò A Colori | Totò in Color | Steno Stefano Vanzina | 1952 | Italia |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Double Bande | Double Band | Christiane Kolla | Switzerland |
Swiss Ticino - Short Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
La Toilette De Venus | Venus Toilet | Adriano Kestenholz | 1988 | Switzerland |
Ladro Di Voci | Voices Thief | Andrea Canetta | 1987 | Switzerland |
Mah&Amp;Donna | Linda Della Casa | 1987 | Switzerland | |
Sax | Daniel de Ritis | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Un Uomo In Un Fosso | A Man in a Ditch | Dolores Camenisch | 1988 | Switzerland |
Verdemare | Unemployed | Antonio Mariotti | 1988 | Switzerland |
Swiss - Feature films | ||||
Andreas | Patrick Lindenmaier | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Arnold Böcklin 1827-1901 | Bernhard Raith | 1981 | Switzerland | |
Aus Allem Raus Und Mitten Drin | Out of Everything Out and in the Middle of it | Pius Morger | 1988 | Switzerland |
Courir Les Rues | Run the Streets | Dominique Comtat Comtat | 1988 | Switzerland |
Deshima | DES Hi | Beat Kuert | 1987 | Switzerland |
Erzählung Für Sandra | Narrative for Sandra | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Gemini, The Twin Stars | Jacques Sandoz | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Happy End | Marcel Schüpbach | 1987 | Switzerland | |
Kampf Ums Glück | Fight for Luck | Bernhard Giger | 1987 | Switzerland |
La Dame De Paris | The Lady of Paris | Anne Theurillat | 1987 | Switzerland |
La Loi Sauvage | Wild Law | Francis Reusser | 1987 | Switzerland |
La Meridienne | The Meridienne | Jean-François Amiguet | 1988 | Switzerland |
La Vallee Fantôme | The Ghost Vallee | Alain Tanner | 1987 | Switzerland |
Mario Botta Senza Luce Nessuno Spazio | Mario Botta without Light No Space | Andres Pfäffli | 1988 | Switzerland |
Schlachtzeichen | Slaughterhouse | Thomas Imbach | 1987 | Switzerland |
Si Le Soleil Ne Revenait Pas | If the Sun Was not Coming Back | Claude Goretta | 1987 | Switzerland |
Umbruch | Upheaval | Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf | 1987 | Switzerland |
Zimmer 36 | Markus Fischer | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Swiss - Animated Films | ||||
Douce Nuit | Sweet Night | Martial Wannaz | 1987 | Switzerland |
Ds Nüüni Tram | Marc Sanz | 1986 | Switzerland | |
Exercice D'Attente | Waiting Exercise | Marc Sanz | 1988 | Switzerland |
Herzens-Freude | Heart Joy | Anka Schmid | 1987 | Switzerland |
Hungry | Claudius Gentinetta | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Le Gastronaute | The Gart Zorgia | Derek White, Dutch With | 1988 | Switzerland |
Question D'Optiques | Optics | Claude Luyet | 1986 | Switzerland |
Reflex | Alexis Berset | 1987 | Switzerland |