Opening film | Gone With The Wind directed by Victor Fleming |
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Closing film | Mystery Train directed by Jim Jarmusch |
Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Golden Leopard: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae |
Artistic director | David Strieff |
Festival date | Opening: 3 August 1989 Closing: 13 August 1989 |
Website | LFF |
The 42nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1989 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] The opening film of the festival was Gone With The Wind. [2] Attendance at the Piazza Grande, the open-air theater, reached a new record high with 8,900 tickets sold for the closing film Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train. [3] [4] Over 100,000 people attended the festival. [5]
A retrospective of the films of Preston Sturges also was a hit with audiences, especially film professionals, and film historian Donald Spotto along with Sturges' widow, Sandy Sturges, both attended the festival. [6] [3] Three episodes of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog were also crowd favorites with the festival having to turn away crowds every night. [3]
Variety reporter, Edna Fairaru remarked that this year showed the importance of festival selection as the film Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?, which experienced walk-outs at the Cannes film festival, was loved at Locarno by audiences and critics alike when it won top prize. [3]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? directed by Yong-Kyun Bae. [7] [8] [9]
The following films were screened in these sections: [10]
International Competition - Feature Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
A Setima Letra | José Dias de Souza, Simao dos Reis | 1989 | Portugal | |
Affettuose Lontananze | Affectionate Distance | Sergio Rossi | 1989 | Italia |
Chil-Su Oa Man-Su | Park Kwang-su | 1988 | South Korea | |
Denj Angela | Days Angela | Nikolaï Makarov, Sergueï Selianov | 1989 | Russia |
Der Siebente Kontinent | The Seventh Continent | Michael Haneke | 1989 | Austria |
Dharmaga Tongjoguro Kan Khadalgun? | Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? | Bae Yong-kyun | 1989 | South Korea |
Dreissig Jahre | Thirty Years | Christoph Schaub | 1989 | Switzerland |
Estaciò Central | Josep Anton Salgot | 1989 | Spain | |
Khaneh-Ye Dust Kojast? | Where Is the Friend's House? | Abbas Kiarostami | 1988 | Iran |
Kornblumenblau | Cereal | Leszek Wosiewicz | 1988 | Poland |
Niupeng | Dai Sijie | 1989 | France, Germany | |
Piano Panier Ou La Recherche De L'Equateur | Piano Basket or the Search for Ecuador | Patricia Plattner | 1989 | Switzerland |
Piravi | Shaji N. Karun | 1988 | India | |
Prisoners Of Inertia | Jeffrey Noyes Scher | 1989 | USA | |
Riding The Rails | Neil Hollander | 1988 | USA | |
Shadow Man | Piotr Andrejew | 1988 | Netherlands | |
The Top Of His Head | Peter Mettler | 1989 | Canada | |
Verfolgte Wege | Persecuted Paths | Uwe Janson | 1988 | Germany |
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Ab, Bad, Khak | Water, Wind, Dust | Amir Naderi | 1985 | Iran |
Abschied Vom Falschen Paradies | Farewell to the Wrong Paradise | Tevfik Baser | 1988 | Germany |
Amori In Corso | Loves in Progress | Giuseppe Bertolucci | 1988 | Italia |
Ariel | Aki Kaurismäki | 1988 | Finland | |
Arusi-Ye-Khuban | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | 1989 | Iran | |
Boulevards D'Afrique - Bac Ou Mariage | Boulevards d'Afrique - Bac or Wedding | Tam-Sir Doueb, Jean Rouch | 1988 | France |
Caracas | Michael Schottenberg | 1989 | Austria | |
El Kaala | The Citadel | Mohamed Chouikh | 1988 | Algérie |
El dorado | Géza Bereményi | 1988 | Hungary | |
Gone With The Wind | Victor Fleming | 1939 | USA | |
Gorod Zero | The City of Zero | Karen Chakhnazarov | 1989 | Russia |
Krotki Film O Milosci | A Short Film About Love | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 | Poland |
La Bande Des Quatre | The Band of Four | Jacques Rivette | 1988 | France, Switzerland |
Mentiras Piadosas | Pious Lies | Arturo Ripstein, Arturo Ripstein | 1988 | Mexico |
Mielött Befejezi Röptet A Denever | Before you Finish Flying the Denever | Péter Timar | 1989 | Hungary |
Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | 1989 | USA | |
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso | Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | 1989 | Italia |
Rosa De Areia | Rose | Margarida Cordeiro, Antonio Reis | 1989 | Portugal |
Schwarze Sünde | Black Sin | 1989 | France | |
Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh | 1989 | USA | |
Tennessee Nights | Nicolas Gessner | 1989 | USA, Switzerland | |
Une Histoire De Vent | A History of Wind | Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan | 1988 | France |
Yaaba | Idrissa Ouédraogo | 1989 | Burkina Faso, France |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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Dekalog, Dziesiec | Dekalog: Ten | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 | Poland |
Dekalog, Dziewiec | Dekalog: Nine | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 | Poland |
Dekalog, Jeden | Dekalog: One | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 | Poland |
Geister Und Gäste | Ghosts and Guests | Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch | 1989 | Switzerland |
Hamlet Goes Business | Aki Kaurismäki | 1987 | Finland | |
Richard Iii | Laurence Olivier | 1955 | Great Britain | |
Robbykallepaul | Dani Levy | 1988 | Germany, Switzerland | |
Route One/Usa | Robert Kramer | 1989 | France | |
Ti Ho Incontrata Domani | I Met you Tomorrow | Pio Bordoni | 1989 | Switzerland |
Varjoja Paratiisissa | Shadows in Paradise | Aki Kaurismäki | 1987 | Finland |
Voglia Di Rock | Desire for Rock | Massimo Costa | 1989 | Italia |
Tribute To Hans Richter | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements | Hans Richter | 1955 | Germany | |
Alexandre Calder | Hans Richter | 1963 | Germany | |
Diagonal Symphony | Hans Richter | 1921 | Germany | |
Dreams That Money Can Buy | Hans Richter | 1944 | Germany | |
Everything Turns | Hans Richter | 1929 | Germany | |
Filmstudie | Film Study | Hans Richter | 1926 | Germany |
Irilation | Hans Richter | 1928 | Germany | |
Race Symphony | Hans Richter | 1928 | Germany | |
Rythme 21 | Rhythmus 21 | Hans Richter | 1921 | Germany |
Rythme 23 | Rhythm 23 | Hans Richter | 1923 | Germany |
Twopence Magic | Hans Richter | 1930 | Germany | |
Vormittagsspuck | Mornings | Hans Richter | 1928 | Germany |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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Baabu Banza | Cities | Mariama Hima | 1985 | Niger |
Bal Poussière | Ball Dust | Henri Duparc | 1988 | Ivory Coast |
Camera D'Afrique | Africa Camera | Férid Boughedir | 1983 | Tunisia |
Dunia | World | S. Pierre Yaméogo | Burkina Faso | |
Falaw | Palace | Mariama Hima | 1985 | Niger |
Finye | White | Souleymane Cissé | 1982 | Mali |
Geedka Nolosha | The Tree of Life | Abdullah Mohammad Saad | 1987 | Somalia |
Jom Ou L'Histoire D'Un Peuple | Jom or the Story of a People | Ababakar Samb Makharam | 1981 | Senegal |
Le Neveu Du Peintre | The Painter's Nephew | Moustapha Dao | 1989 | Burkina Faso |
Mortu Nega | Dead Denies | Flora Gomes | 1988 | Guinea Bissau |
Parlons Grand-Mère | Let's Talk Grandmother | Djibril Diop Mambéty | 1989 | Senegal |
Segu-Janjo | It's Segoo | Mambaye Coulibaly | 1989 | Mali |
Touki-Bouki | TOUKI-BOUKKI | Djibril Diop Mambéty | 1973 | Senegal |
Toukou | All Neck | Mariama Hima | 1987 | Niger |
À Nous La Rue | To Us the Street | Moustapha Dao | 1987 | Burkina Faso |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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Barbablù Barbablù | Fabio Carpi Carpi | 1989 | Italia | |
Cavalli Si Nasce | Horses are Born | Sergio Staino Staino | 1989 | Italia |
Ladri Di Saponette | Soap Thieves | Maurizio Nichetti Nichetti | 1988 | Italia |
Maicol | Mario Brenta Brenta | 1988 | Italia | |
Mignon È Partita | Mignon Started | Francesca Archibugi Archibugi | 1988 | Italia |
Nostos - Il Ritorno | Nostos - The Return | Franco Piavoli | 1989 | Italia |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Parcs | Parks | Douglas Beer | Switzerland |
Zan Boko | Gaston Kaboré | Burkina Faso |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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Christmas In July | Preston Sturges | 1940 | USA | |
Diamond Jim | A. Edward Sutherland | 1935 | USA | |
Easy Living | Mitchell Leisen | 1937 | USA | |
Hail The Conquering Hero | Preston Sturges | 1944 | USA | |
Les Carnets Du Major Thompson | The French, They Are a Funny Race | Preston Sturges | 1955 | France |
Remember The Night | Mitchell Leisen | 1940 | USA | |
Sullivan's Travels | Preston Sturges | 1941 | USA | |
The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend | Preston Sturges | 1949 | USA | |
The Big Pond | Hobart Henley | 1930 | USA | |
The Good Fairy | William Wyler | 1935 | USA | |
The Great Mc Ginty | Preston Sturges | 1940 | USA | |
The Great Moment | Preston Sturges | 1944 | USA | |
The Lady Eve | Preston Sturges | 1941 | USA | |
The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek | Preston Sturges | 1943 | USA | |
The Palm Beach Story | Preston Sturges | 1942 | USA | |
The Power And The Gory | William K. Howard | 1933 | USA | |
The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock | Preston Sturges | 1947 | USA | |
Unfaithfully Yours | Preston Sturges | 1948 | USA |
Swiss / Feature Films | ||||
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Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Bankomatt | Villi Hermann | 1989 | Switzerland, Italia | |
Der Wald | The Forest | Friedrich Kappeler | 1988 | Switzerland |
Duende | Elf | Jean-Blaise Junod | 1989 | Switzerland, France |
Georgette Meunier | Cyrille Rey, Tania Stöcklin | 1989 | Switzerland | |
Johnny Sturmgewehr | Johnny Assault Rifle | Ueli Mamin | 1989 | Switzerland |
La Nuit De L'Eclusier | The Night of the L'Eclusier | Franz Rickenbach | 1989 | Switzerland |
Lüzzas Walkman | Walkman | Christian Schocher | 1989 | Switzerland |
Noch Ein Wunsch | Another Wish | Thomas Koerfer | 1989 | Switzerland |
Pestalozzis Berg | Peter von Gunten | 1989 | Switzerland | |
Was Geht Mich Der Frühling An | What Does Spring Come to Me | Heinz Bütler | 1988 | Switzerland |
Swiss / Short Films | ||||
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Canal Lili | Martial Wannaz | 1988 | Switzerland | |
L'Île D'Amour | The Island of Love | Robert Bouvier | 1989 | Switzerland |
La Nef | The Nave | Claude Champion | 1988 | Switzerland |
Late Show | Robert Müller, Martin Stricker | 1988 | Switzerland | |
Most Tango | Anges Weber | 1989 | Switzerland | |
The Three Soldiers | Kamal Musale Musale | 1988 | Switzerland |