46th Locarno Film Festival

46th Locarno Film Festival

Location	Locarno, Switzerland
Founded	1946
Awards	Golden Leopard: The Place on a Grey Tricorne directed by Ermek Shinarbayev
Artistic director	Marco Mueller
No. of films	Over 200 screened In Competition: 22 (17 World Premieres)
Festival date	Opening: 5 August 1993 (1993-08-05) Closing: 15 August 1993 (1993-08-15)
Website	LFF
Locarno Film Festival
47th 45th

The 46th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1993 in Locarno, Switzerland. ^[1] The competition featured 22 film all of which had international premieres, ^[1] with 17 out of 22 being world premieres. ^[2] Samuel Fuller was award the Leopard of Honor, for his lifetime achievement in the film industry. ^[3] A retrospective of Sasha Guitry was held and, in total, the festival screened over 200 films. ^[3] As was custom to accommodate the international jury, the films in competition were screened with four language translations simultaneously. ^[3]

The Chinese government tried to stop Locarno from screening the independent film Beijing Bastard directed by Zhang Yuan. The film was described as the first Chinese youth culture rock-and-roll picture. The Chinese government felt it could ban the film outside and inside China, despite the fact that the film was financed in Hong Kong, saying it had not approved the script and it was shot inside the country. Artistic director Marco Mueller declined the government's request and Beijing Bastard had its world premiere at Locarno. ^[4] In response, the Chinese government pulled the Chinese film An Innocent Babbler from the festival and gave it to the Venice festival. ^[2]

A restored print of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist was shown on the Piazza Grande, the festival's 6,500 seat open-air theatre, to a full house. Bertolucci presented the film himself and seem stunted at the size of the crowd and said he'd love to show more films at Locarno. ^[5]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Place on a Grey Tricorne directed by Ermek Shinarbayev. ^{[6] [7]}

Jury

• Oliver Assayas, French director ^[3]
• Valeria Golino, Italian actress
• Francesco Clemente, Italian critic and painter
• Kathryn Bigelow, American director

Official Sections 1993

The following films were screened in these sections: ^{[8] [9]}

Piazza Grande

Piazza Grande

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Forty Guns		Samuel Fuller	1957	USA
The Conformist	Il Conformista	Bernardo Bertolucci	1970	Italia, Germany
The Great Pumpkin	Il Grande Cocomero	Francesca Archibugi	1993	Italia, France
Libera		Pappi Corsicato	1993	Italia
My Crazy Life	Mi Vida Loca	Allison Anders	1993	USA
Oh... Rosalinda!!		Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger	1955	Great Britain
Raining Stones		Ken Loach	1993	Great Britain
Shimmer		John Hanson	1993	USA
Sleepless In Seattle		Nora Ephron	1993	USA
Man Down	Un Homme À La Mer	Jacques Doillon	1993	France
The Puppetmaster	Ximeng Rensheng	Hou Hsiao-Hsien	1993	Taiwan
The Wedding Banquet		Ang Lee	1993	Taiwan, USA

Main Competition

Feature films

Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Au Nom Du Christ	In the Name of Christ	Roger Gnoan M'Bala	1993	Ivory Coast, Switzerland
Azghyin Ushtykzyn' Azaby		Yermek Shinarbayev	1993	Kazakhstan
Beijing Zazhong	Beijing Za	Zhang Yuan	1993	Hong Kong
Bhaji On The Beach		Gurinder Chadha	1993	Great Britain
Dazed And Confused		Richard Linklater	1993	USA
Hartverscheurend	Love Hurts	Mijke de Jong	1993	Netherlands
Kaspar Hauser - Verbrechen Am Seelenleben Eines Menschen	Kaspar Hauser - Crimes in a Person's Soul Life	Peter Sehr	1993	Germany
Korazu Zaru	Coraza Branches	Kenchi Iwamoto	1993	Japan
L'Ecrivain Public	Public Writer	Jean-François Amiguet	1993	Switzerland, France
L'Ordre Du Jour	The Agenda	Michael Khleifi	1993	Belgium, France
La Ribelle	The Rebel	Aurelio Grimaldi	1993	Italia
La Rusna Pearsa		Dino Simonett	1993	Switzerland, Germany
La Vida Conyugal	Conjugal Life	Carlos Carrera	1992	Mexico
Les Gents Normaux N'Ont Rien D'Exceptionnel	Normal People are not Exceptional	Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa	1993	France
Ludwig 1881		Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini	1993	Switzerland, Germany
Marcides	Mercedes	Yousry Nasrallah	1993	Egypt, France
Travolta Et Moi	Travolta you Wicked Hi	Patricia Mazuy	1993	France
Two Small Bodies		Beth B.	1993	Germany, USA
Veleno	Poison	Bruno Bigoni	1993	Italia
When Pigs Fly		Sara Driver	1993	USA, Germany
Zghvardze		Dito Tsintsadze Tsintsadze	1993	Georgia
Zhiyao Wei Ni Huo Yitian	Z Hi Medicine Wei NIH UO Y i Day	Chen Guofu	1993	Taiwan

Leopards of Tomorrow

The Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) section featured a collection of short and medium length films from around the world. ^[3]

CEI Short Films In Competition
Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
776 Km		Oleg Goncarjonok	1993	Belarus
Avlos	Intangible	Asatrjan Alik Remikovic	1992	Armenia
Ballada O Lese	Ballada or Lese	Fedor Dobrikov	1993	Russia
Denikin	Denick	Janya Kalinitenko	1992	Russia
Dzado	Dado	Gorgij Paradzanov	1993	Russia
Gorjacij Kamen	Gorgeous Stone	Sergeij Jourdin	1993	Russia
Granitsa Na Zamke	The Border on the Castle	Sergei Lysenko	1989	Ukraina
Hai, Murgule, Hai	Is, Mugula, is	Vadim Prodan	1993	Moldova
Igra V Klassiki	Game of Classics	Valery Pugaskin	1993	Russia
Incipit Vita Nova	Begins with New Life	Hardi Volmer	1992	Estonia
Ja Veru	I Believe	Martin Tannenberg	1992	Russia
Kain		Vladimir Dychenko, Fyodor Muskarin	1992	Ukraina
Mama Esli By Ja Vernulsja	Mom if I Returned	Bakir Sharifovic Kabulov	1991	Russia, Russia
Nekrasivaja	Non -Kicking	Alexandre Grokov	1992	Russia
Neregiu	I Don't See	Audris Stonys	1991	Lithuania
Niekam Nesakyk	Don't Tell Anyone	Arvydas Lebeliunas	1991	Lithuania
Octobre	October	Abderrahmane Sissako	1993	Russia
Odin		Natalia Kalasnikova	1992	Russia
Prelude		Marc Zviguisky	1992	Russia
Pro Olju V Nevole	Pro Oils in Nevole	Segy Lepichin, Pavel Pecenkin	1992	Russia
Psalom	Psalm	Alexandre Gorjajnov	1993	Russia
Rudens Sniegas	Autumn Snow	Valdas Navasaitis	1992	Lithuania
Sashobao Dgiuri	Sadobao D Technique Sales	Gujabidse Ketevan	1993	Georgia
Sel' Kincek	Flood 'Kinkcek	Aktan Abdykalykov	1993	Kyrgyzstan
Son Gospodina Ekonomidi	The Dream of Mr. Economics	Evgueniy Krylov	1993	Russia
Telo Lenina	Lenin's Body	Vitalij Manskij	1992	Russia
Ten 'Mal'Cika	Ten 'Greek	Timur Sulejmenov	1992	Kazakhstan
Trava I Voda	Grass and Water	Viktor Tichamirov	1992	Russia
Tuckap, Stat Tamov	Tuckap, State Tamov	Andrey Karpenko	1991	Russia
Umbre	SHADOWS	Constantin Munteanu	1993	Moldova
Utrom Sel Sneg	In the Morning the Snow Sat Down	Sergej Vinokurov	1993	Russia
Vientule Minna	Lonely Minna	Renâte Câne	1992	Russia
CISA Special Program
Tweed		Etudiants CISA	1993	Switzerland
DAVI Special Program
Au Fond Du Jardin	At the Bottom of the Garden	Hélène Faucherre	1993	Switzerland
Faim	Hunger	Fulvio Bernasconi	1993	Switzerland
Les Mesaventures Du Jabot	Jobot's Measurements	Isabelle Blanc	1993	Switzerland
Nuit Blanche	White	Séverine Schellenberg	1993	Switzerland
Papillon		Janine Waeber	1993	Switzerland
Qui C'Est Pour Un	Who is for a	Thomas Thümena	1993	Switzerland
S'Tröimli		Hobby-Blobi-Lobby	1993	Switzerland
Schach	Chess	Gaby Schaedler	1993	Switzerland
Short Swiss Films In Competition
Bowling		Michael Huber	1993	Switzerland
Conduite Interieure	Interior Conduct	Antoine Panevin	1993	Switzerland
Damit Die Zeita Nicht Stehen Bleibt	So that the Time Does not Stop	Yingli Ma, Angela Meschini	1993	Switzerland, Germany
Fait Divers	Diverse	Grégoire Baer	1993	Switzerland
Game Over			1993	Switzerland
Jack Steiner Ou Le Voyageur Immobile	Jack Steiner or the Motionless Traveler	Christian Jacquenot, Jean Marc Pasquet	1993	Switzerland
La Locomotive	Locomotive	Nicolas Dufour, Wolfgang Fels	1993	Switzerland
La Sposa Contenta	The Bride Happy	Elda Guidinetti	1993	Switzerland
Le Jardin D'Eden	The Garden of Eden	Juliette Frey	1992	Switzerland, Belgium
Leopold		Mamouda Zekrya	1993	Switzerland
Liber Pater		Pascal Baumgartner	1992	Switzerland
Liquid Assets		François Rossier	1993	Switzerland
Mersal El Hawa	Marsal Hawa	Elie Khalifé	1993	Switzerland
Michu		Denis Rabaglia	1992	Switzerland
Zap		Lorenzo Gabriele	1993	Switzerland
Special ESAV Program
Cut		Patricia Nydegger	1993	Switzerland
La Synarchie	Synarchy	Patrick Riggenberger	1993	Switzerland
November Am Meer	November Am more	Romed Wyder	1993	Switzerland
Triptyque De Nuit	Night Triptych	Marion Walthert	1993	Switzerland
Special Program - School of Design (Bern)
A Wie Abelin	A Like Abelin	Judith Rutishauser	1993	Switzerland
Das Panama-Projekt	The Panama Project	Felix Schaad	1993	Switzerland
Kilroy		Daniel Kölliker	1993	Switzerland
Skaters		Stéphan Bossert, Séverine Schellenberg	1993	Switzerland
Vietnamese Short Films
Ban Toi	Ban My	Trinh Le Van	1992	Vietnam
Chi Dung		Madame Dung	1992	Vietnam
Chu Be Cu-Li	C Hub ECU-l i	Pham Nhue Gang	1992	Vietnam
Ha Noi Co Cau Long Bien	Ha Noi Co Cau Long Well	Pham Cuong	1992	Vietnam

Cinema

Cinema/Cinemas
Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Chahine And Co.	Want and CO.	Jean-Louis Comolli	1993	France
De Domeinen Ditvoorst	The Domains Ditvoorst	Thom Hoffman	1992	Netherlands
Le Tombeau D'Alexandre	Alexander's Tomb	Chris Marker	1993	France
Oliveira L'Architecte	Oliveira the Architect	Paulo Rocha	1993	France
Ostrov Mjertvich'	The Island of Dead '	Oleg Kovalov	1992	Russia
Pasolini L'Enragé	Pasolini the Enraged	Jean-André Fieschi	1966	France
Scast'E		Aleksandr Medvedkin	1934	Russia
The Scorsese Machine		André S. Labarthe	1991	France

Film Surprise

Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Chtchedroïe	Chedroïe	Boris Barnet	1950	Russia

Out of Program

Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Asmara		Paolo Poloni	1993	Switzerland
Roi Blanc, Dame Rouge	White King, Red Lady	Segueï Bodrov	1992	Switzerland, Russia

Cinema Rediscovered – Valerio Zurlini

Valerio Zurlini (Cinema Ritrovato)
Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Cronaca Familiare	Family Diary	Valerio Zurlini	1962	Italia
Estate Violenta	Violent Summer	Valerio Zurlini	1959	Italia, France
Il Deserto Dei Tartari	The Tartar Desert	Valerio Zurlini	1976	Italia, France
La Prima Notte Di Quiete	The First Night of Quiet	Valerio Zurlini	1972	Italia, France
La Ragazza Con La Valigia	The Girl with the Suitcase	Valerio Zurlini	1961	Italia, France
Le Ragazze Di San Frediano	The Girls of San Frediano	Valerio Zurlini	1954	Italia
Le Soldatesse	The Camp Followers	Valerio Zurlini	1965	Italia, France
Seduto Alla Sua Destra	Black Jesus	Valerio Zurlini	1968	Italia

Retrospective – Sacha Guitry

Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Assassins Et Voleurs	Assassins and Thieves	Sacha Guitry	1956	France
Aux Deux Colombes	Two Doves	Sacha Guitry	1949	France
Bonne Chance!	Good Luck!	Sacha Guitry	1935	France
Ceux De Chez Nous	Those from Home	Sacha Guitry	1914	France
Cinéaste De Notre Temps S'Il En Fût: Sacha Guitry	Filmmaker of Our Time if it Was: Sacha Guitry	Claude de Gvray	1964	France
Debureau	Debate	Sacha Guitry	1950	France
Donne-Moi Tes Yeux	Give Me your Eyes	Sacha Guitry	1943	France
Désiré	Desired	Sacha Guitry	1938	France
Faisons Un Rêve	Let's Have a Dream	Sacha Guitry	1936	France
Ils Étaient Neuf Célibataires	They Were Nine Singles	Sacha Guitry	1939	France
Je L'Ai Été Trois Fois	I Was Three Times	Sacha Guitry	1952	France
La Malibran	La Breit	Sacha Guitry	1944	France
La Poison		Sacha Guitry	1951	France
La Vie D'Un Honnête Homme	The Life of an Honest Man	Sacha Guitry	1952	France
Le Comédien	The Actor	Sacha Guitry	1947	France
Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary	The Fabulous Fate of Désirée Clary	Sacha Guitry	1941	France
Le Diable Boiteux	The Lame Devil	Sacha Guitry	1948	France
Le Mot De Cambronne	The Word Cambronne	Sacha Guitry	1936	France
Le Nouveau Testament	The New Testament	Sacha Guitry	1936	France
Le Roman D'Un Tricheur	The Novel of a Cheater	Sacha Guitry	1936	France
Le Trésor De Cantenac	The Treasure of Cantenac	Sacha Guitry	1950	France
Les Perles De La Couronne	The Pearls of the Crown	Sacha Guitry	1937	France
Les Trois Font La Paire	The Three Make the Pair	Sacha Guitry	1957	France
Mcdxxix-Mcmxlii (De Jeanne D'Arc A Philippe Petain)	T	Sacha Guitry	1944	France
Mon Père Avait Raison	My Father Was Right	Sacha Guitry	1936	France
Napoléon	Napoleon	Sacha Guitry	1954	France
Pasteur		Sacha Guitry	1935	France
Quadrille		Sacha Guitry	1938	France
Remontons Les Champs-Élysées	Let's Go Back the Champs-Élysées	Sacha Guitry	1938	France
Si Paris Nous Était Conté!	If Paris Was Told to Us!	Sacha Guitry	1955	France
Si Versailles M'Était Conté	Royal Affairs in Versailles	Sacha Guitry	1953	France
Toâ		Sacha Guitry	1949	France
Tu M'As Sauvé La Vie	You Saved My Life	Sacha Guitry	1951	France

Unpublished Films By Sacha Guitry

Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Arrivee Chez Sacha Guitry	Arrival at Sacha Guitry	Sacha Guitry		France
Dîner De Gala Des Ambassadeurs	Ambassadors' Gala Dinner	Sacha Guitry	1934	France
Faisons Un Rêve - Essais D'Acteurs	Let's Have a Dream - Essays of Actors	Sacha Guitry	1936	France
Film De Famille Avec Lucien Guitry	Family Film with Lucien Guitry	Sacha Guitry		France
Le Comedien - Essais D'Acteurs	The Comedian - Actors of Actors	Sacha Guitry	1947	France
Mariage - Sortie De L'Eglise	Wedding - Exit of the Church	Sacha Guitry	1939	France
Oscar Rencontre Mademoiselle Mamageot	Oscar Meets Mademoiselle Mamageot	Sacha Guitry		France
Pique-Nique En Ete	Summer Picnic	Sacha Guitry		France

Special Programs

Special Program
Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
A Tremonha De Cristal	The Crystal Tremon	Antonio Campos	1993	Portugal
Bris Tval		Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
D'Est	From the East	Chantal Akerman	1993	France, Belgium
Dva Kapitana Ii	Two Captains and	Sergeij Debizhev	1992	Russia, Germany
Filmforetallningen	The Film Forward	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Filminspelningen	Film Recording	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Gustav Iii		Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
I Am A Sex Addict		Vikram Jayanti, John Powers	1993	USA
L'Arbre, Le Maire Et La Mediathèque	The Tree, the Mayor and the Media Library	Éric Rohmer	1993	France
Le Journal De Lady M.	The Journal of Lady M.	Alain Tanner	1993	Switzerland, Belgium
Magisk Teater	Magic Theater	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Perlicki Na Dne	Perlicki on the Day	Juray Herz, Ivan Passer	1965	Czech Republic
Prinsessan Och Svinaherden	Princess and the Swine	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Rebusen	Rev Battle	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Sottovoce	Sub -Put	Claudio Pazienza	1993	Belgium, France
Trolleriforestallning	Trollfoestalling	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Uppfinnaren	The Inventor	Ingmar Bergman	1951	Sweden
Zefiro	Zephyr	José Álvaro Morais	1993	Portugal

Independent Sections

Critics Week

The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival. ^[10]

Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Aileen Wournos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer		Nick Broomfield	1992	USA
Babylon 2		Trinh Le Van	1993	Switzerland
Bewogen Koper	Merging Copper	Johan van der van der Keuken	1993	Netherlands
La Veritable Histoire D'Artaud Le Momo	The Real Story of Artaud Le Momo	Gérard Mordillat, Jérôme Prieur	1993	France
Lyrische Suite-Das Untergehende Vaterland	Lyrical Suite Das Undertaking Fatherland	Harald Bergmann	1993	Germany
Pechblende		Volker Koepp	1992	Germany
Starting Place-Point De Depart		Robert Kramer	1993	France
Tanz Der Blauen Vögel	Dance of the Blue Birds	Lisa Fässler	1993	Switzerland

Swiss Cinema

Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original Title	English Title	Director(s)	Year	Production Country
Uli Der Knecht	Uli the Servant	Franz Schnyder	1954	Switzerland
Uli Der Pächter	Uli the Tenant	Franz Schnyder	1955	Switzerland
Visages D'Enfants	Children's Faces	Jacques Feyder	1923	Switzerland, France
New Swiss Movies '93
Benno Besson, L'Ami Etranger	Benno Besson, the Foreigner Friend	Philippe Macasdar	1993	Switzerland, Germany
Die Bösen Buben	The Bad Boys	Bruno Moll	1993	Switzerland
Die Insel	The Island	Martin Schaub	1993	Switzerland
En Voyage Avec Jean Mohr	Traveling with Jean Mohr	Villi Hermann	1992	Switzerland
Le Hibou Et La Baleine, Nicolas Bouvier	The Owl and the Whale, Nicolas Bouvier	Patricia Plattner	1993	Switzerland
Rund Um Die Liebe	Around Love	Ueli Mamin	1992	Switzerland
Terra Prometida (Gelobtes Land)	Terra Promentidida (Land)	Peter von Gunten	1992	Switzerland
Transit Uri	Transit	Dieter Gränicher	1993	Switzerland
Ur-Musig	UR Music	Cyrill Schläpfer	1993	Switzerland
Vivre Avec	Live		1993	Switzerland
Zärtliche Erpresserin	Tender Blackmail	Beat Lottaz	1992	Switzerland, Germany

Official Awards

Official Jury

• Golden Leopard:Azghyin USHTYKZYN’ AZABY by Ermek Shinarbayev
• Silver Leopard:Zghvardze by Dito Tsintsadze
• Bronze Leopard:Travolta Et Moi by Patricia Mazuy, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in LES GENTS NORMAUX N’ONT RIEN D’EXCEPTIONNEL by Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa, André Eisermann in KASPAR HAUSER – VERBRECHEN AM SEELENLEBEN EINE MENSCHEN by Peter Sehr
• Special Jury Prize:Hartverscheurend by Mijke de Jong
• Special Mention, Official Jury:Beijing Zazhong by Zhang Yuan

Youth Jury

• First Prize UBS:L'Ecrivain Public by Jean-Francois Amiguet
• Second Prize UBS:Bhaji On The Beach by Gurinder Chadha

Oecumenical Jury

• Oecumenical Jury Prize:Bhaji On The Beach by Gurinder Chadha
• Special oecumenical Jury Mentions:Les Gents Normaux N’ONT RIEN D’EXCEPTIONNEL by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, L’ECRIVAIN PUBLIC by Jean-Francois Amiguet

FIPRESCI Jury

• International Critics Award:Starting Place-Point De Depart by Robert Kramer, Azghyin USHTYKZYN’ AZABY by Ermek Shinarbayev

CICAE Jury

• CICAE Jury Prize:Kaspar Hauser - Verbrechen Am Seelenleben Eines Menschen by Peter Sehr

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

References

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External links

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