47th Locarno Film Festival

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47th Locarno Film Festival
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Jar directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh
Artistic directorMarco Mueller
Festival dateOpening: 4 August 1994 (1994-08-04)
Closing: 14 August 1994 (1994-08-14)
Website LFF
Locarno Film Festival

The 47th Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 1994 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] This year saw the first release of films with funding from the Locarno festival through its Montecinemaverita foundation. Two films funded by the festival, Bab El-Oued City directed by Merzak Allouache and El Dirigible (The Airship) directed by Pablo Dotta, were screened this year at Locarno and Cannes Film Festivals. [1]

Contents

On the Piazza Grande, the 7,000-seat open-air theater, two newly discovered John Cassettes TV movies were screened along with Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and the world premiere of Le Franc directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty. [1] While, the Leopards of Tomorrow section featured short works from film schools around the world. [1]

A trilogy of Abbas Kiarostami pictures were shown at the festival. Accompanying these screenings was a brand new documentary about Kiarostami. [2] The Locarno festival was an early champion of his work and had shown a particular interest in Iranian film. This year two Iranian films had their international premiere in competition. Both were originally shot in 1992, but had generated a lot of controversy in Iran and were only released this year. [2] [3]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Jar directed by Ebrahim Forouzesh. [4] [5] [6]

Jury

Official Sections 1994

The following films were screened in these sections: [7]

Piazza Grande

The Piazza Grande is the 7,000-seat open-air theater assembled in the town square each year. This year it had 29 x 20 meter screen. [1]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Pair Of Boots John Cassavetes 1962USA
The Emigrant Al-Mouhaguer Youssef Chahine 1994Egypt, France
Exotica Atom Egoyan 1994Canada
The Whores Le Buttane Aurelio Grimaldi 1994Italia
Le Franc Djibril Diop Mambéty 1994Senegal, Switzerland
Muriel's Wedding P. J. Hogan 1994Australia
Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino 1994USA
No Skin Senza Pelle Alessandro D'Alatri 1994Italia
Speed Jan de Bont 1994USA
Night TrainTrain De Nuit Michel Piccoli 1994France
Three Colours: Red Trois Couleurs: Rouge Krzysztof Kieślowski 1993France, Poland
Too Much SunTroppo Sole Giuseppe Bertolucci 1993Italia
Eat Drink Man Woman Yinshi Nannü Ang Lee 1994Taiwan
Crime Story 重案組 Kirk Wong 1993Hong Kong
Through the Olive Trees Zir E Darakhtan-E Zeytun Abbas Kiarostami 1994Iran

Main Competition

Main Competition of Feature Films

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
The AbadanisAbadani-Ha Kianoush Ayari 1993Iran
Babylon: Fear is Man's Best FriendBabylon: La Paura È La Migliore Amica Dell'Uomo Guido Chiesa 1994Italia
Movie Days Biodagar Fridrik Thor Fridriksson 1993Iceland
Chungking Express Chongqing Senlin Wong Kar-wai 1994Hong Kong
Like Two Crocodiles Come Due Coccodrilli Giacomo Campiotti 1993Italia, France
Emmène-MoiMichel Spinosa1994France
Ermo Zhou Xiaowen 1994China
Joe & MarieTania Stöcklin1994Switzerland
To the Starry Island Keusome Kakosipta Park Kwang-su 1993South Korea
The Jar Khomreh Ebrahim Forouzesh 1992Iran
The Flood L'InondationIgor Minaiev1993Russia, France
The Sex Lives of Belgians La Vie Sexuelle Des Belges Jan Bucquoy 1994Belgium
Crystal BookLe Livre De Cristal Patricia Plattner 1994Switzerland
Lou n'a pas dit non Anne-Marie Miéville 1994France, Switzerland
Marie's Song: I Was I Know Not WhereMaries Lied Ich War Ich Weiss Nicht WoNiko Brücher1994Germany
Border LineMetechmioPanos Karkanevatos1993Greece
Pax Eduardo Guedes 1994Portugal
Nobody Loves MePersonne ne m'aime Marion Vernoux 1993France, Switzerland
RosineLisa Fässler1994France
The Glass Shield Charles Burnett 1993USA
Viva Castro! Boris Frumin 1993Russia

Filmmakers of the Present

Filmmakers of the Present - Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Au Nom Du DuceOn Behalf of the Duce Kira Muratova 1994Israel, France
Cortile CascinoCascino CourtyardMichael Roemer, Robert M. Young1961USA
Dans La Vallee De La WupperIn the Wupper ValleeKira Mouratova1994Israel, France
Déjà S'Envole La Fleur MaigreAlready Fly Away the Skinny FlowerPaul MeyerBelgium
FoixLuc Moullet1994France, Georgia
Les Enfants Jouent À La RussieChildren Play Russia Jean-Luc Godard 1993Switzerland, France
Lothringen!Lorraine!Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub1994Germany
Queen Mary '87Danièle Huillet1993Israel, France
Seule, GeorgieAlone, Georgie Otar Iosseliani 1994France, Georgia
Toujours PlusEver moreLuc Moullet1994France, Georgia
Tracking Down Maggie Nick Broomfield 1994USA
TV Nation Michael Moore 1993USA
Veillees D'Armes (Le Journalisme En Temps De Guerre)Weapons (Journalism in Wartime)Marcel Ophuls1994France, Georgia
Zenshin ShosetsuTheory of the Whole Body Kazuo Hara 1994Japan

Leopards of Tomorrow

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) in Competition

Canadian Short Films – In Competition
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
At The RacesDaniel Conrad1994Canada
Ave Verum CorpusHail True BodyLuise-Marie Beauchamp, Alain Des Rochers1993Canada
BlueDon McKellar1992Canada
Frank'S CockMike Hoolboom1993Canada
Girl From MoushGariné Torossian1993Canada
Le Petit Musee De VelasquezThe Small Velasquez MuseumBernar Hébert1994Canada
Le RetraitéThe Retiree Yves Bélanger 1994Canada
Mama'S Boy Tony Asimakopoulos 1992Canada
Off Key Karethe Linaae1994Canada
Rew F. Fwd Denis Villeneuve 1994Canada
Stroke Mark Sawers 1992Canada
The Night I Was WedLori Lansens1993Canada
The Passion Of Rita Camilleri Valerie Buhagiar 1993Canada
The Roccotello FilesAndrew Nisker1993Canada
The StationTrenton Carlson1993Canada
Weight Of The WorldBrian Stockton1994Canada
Without Rockets Gary Yates 1994Canada
You Love Me & I Hate YouRosamund Owen1994Canada
American Short Films – In Competition
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Avenue XLeslie McCleave1993USA
Brief GardensNora Hoppe1993USA
BulletheadDavid Munro1993USA
Central Park Sande Zeig 1994USA
Cigarettes And Coffee Paul Thomas Anderson 1992USA
DanceGary Goldberg1993USA
Dropping The Bomb On My StreetNora Maccoby1994USA
Family RemainsTamara Jenkins1993USA
LeftoversPaul Reuter1992USA
MaintenanceJesse Feigelman1994USA
Night RideAndrew Garrison1993USA
Notes On A ScaleKenn Kashima1994USA
OllywooJon Stout1994USA
OutsideMatt Danciger1993USA
Pleasant Hill, U.S.A.Joshua Wintrigham1993USA
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade George Hickenlooper1994USA
That HappensLeonardo Veras1994USA
The CageNoah Lerner1994USA
The Clean Up Jane Weinstock 1993USA
The Last Good Breath Kimberly Peirce 1993USA
The Obit Writer Brian Cox 1993USA
The Salesman And Other AdventuresHannah Weyer1994USA
The Smell Of Burning AntsJay Rosenblatt1994USA
Think TankJames Carman1993USA
Ti-Boy'S WifeRichard Blue Lormand1993USA
Tommy'SBarry Ellsworth1993USA
Swiss Short Films – In Competition
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
8, Rue VavinMichael Peterli1993Switzerland
B8 - E 1!Stefan Jäger1994Switzerland
Bel CantoBellyFrançois Bovy1994Switzerland
Berg PartikelMountain ParticleRichard Vetterli1994Switzerland
Cap VertFrançois Kohler1994Switzerland
CelineHedi Bäbler1993Switzerland
GänsehautGoose FleshLaszlo Kish, Kurt Reinhard1993Switzerland
Il LattaioLactaMichelangelo Gandolfi1994Switzerland
JagdzeitJaggaRolando Colla1994Switzerland
Le Songe D'IsaacIsaac's Dream Ursula Meier 1994Switzerland
Nu Comme Un PoissonNaked Like a FishPatrick Bürge1994Switzerland
Regarde-MoiLook at MeElisabeth Aubert1993Switzerland
The Amazing AlexanderMisha Gyorik1993Switzerland
Und TschüssAnd GoodbyeWalter Feistle, Stephane Schneider1993Switzerland
Villes Mises En Scène: Cergy-Pontoise Une Ville Bien Dans Son TempsCities Staged: Cergy-Pontoise a City Well in Its TimeStefan Meichtry, Felix Schaad1994Switzerland

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) Out-of-Competition

Atom Egoyan - Special Program
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
En PassantPassing Atom Egoyan 1992Canada
Howard In Particular Atom Egoyan 1979Canada
Open House Atom Egoyan 1982Canada
Peep House Atom Egoyan 1981Canada
Special Program Direct By "¿"
SmokingMatthew Modine1994USA
The Last SupperDaryl Hannah1993USA
Swiss Animation
Cadavre ExquisExquisite CorpseSchweizer Trickfimgruppe1993Switzerland
Hoffen Auf Bessere ZeitenHope for Better TimesJonas Raeber1993Switzerland
Thaumatrope- Robert Fulton TannerDolores Camenisch1993Switzerland
UnkoFor ThemRemo Höpfliger1994Switzerland
Zehn Kleine NegerleinTen Little NegroesJochen Ehmann1993Switzerland
À La Recherche D'AdèleIn Search of AdèleMartial Wannaz1993Switzerland
Über Den Tag HinausBeyond the DayRobi Müller1994Switzerland
Tribute To the 30th Anniversary of the Solothurn Film Festival (Hommage aux 30 ans des Journées cinématographiques de Soleure)
BlumengedichtFlower Poem Peter von Gunten 1967Switzerland
C'Etait Un Dimanche En Automne...It Was a Sunday in the Fall ...Claude Champion1970Switzerland
ChicoreeFredi M. Murer1966Switzerland
Fed-Up Villi Hermann 1969Switzerland
Le Panier À ViandeThe Meat BasketHedi Bäbler, Yves Yersin1966Switzerland
Pic-NicGeorg Randanowicz1967Switzerland
Vita Parcoeur Rolf Lyssy 1970Switzerland

Retrospective – Frank Tashlin

Cartoons

Frank Tashlin / Cartoons
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Behind the Meat Ball Frank Tashlin 1945USA
Booby Hatched Frank Tashlin 1944USA
Brother Brat Frank Tashlin 1944USA
Censored Frank Tashlin 1944USA
Cinderella Goes to a Party Frank Tashlin 1942USA
Corny Concerto Frank Tashlin 1943USA
Cracked Ice Frank Tashlin 1938USA
Hare Remover Frank Tashlin 1946USA
Have You Got Any Castles? Frank Tashlin 1938USA
I Got Plenty of Mutton Frank Tashlin 1944USA
Little Beau Porky Frank Tashlin 1936USA
Little Pancho Vanilla Frank Tashlin 1938USA
Nasty Quacks Frank Tashlin 1945USA
Now That Summer Is Gone Frank Tashlin 1938USA
Plane Daffy Frank Tashlin 1944USA
Porky at the Crocadero Frank Tashlin 1938USA
Porky in the North Woods Frank Tashlin 1936USA
Porky Pig's Feat Frank Tashlin 1943USA
Porky The Fireman Frank Tashlin 1938USA
Porky's Double Trouble Frank Tashlin 1937USA
Porky's Poultry Plant Frank Tashlin 1936USA
Porky's Railroad Frank Tashlin 1937USA
Porky's Romance Frank Tashlin 1937USA
Porky's Spring Planting Frank Tashlin 1938USA
Puss n' Booty Frank Tashlin 1943USA
Scrap Happy Daffy Frank Tashlin 1943USA
Speaking of the Weather Frank Tashlin 1937USA
Tales of Two Mice Frank Tashlin 1945USA
The Case of the Stuttering Pig Frank Tashlin 1937USA
The Fox and the Grapes Frank Tashlin 1941USA
The Home Front Frank Tashlin 1943USA
The Major Lied 'Til Dawn Frank Tashlin 1938USA
The Stupid Cupid Frank Tashlin 1944USA
Swooner Crooner Frank Tashlin 1944USA
The Unruly Hare Frank Tashlin 1945USA
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos Frank Tashlin 1937USA
Wholly Smoke Frank Tashlin 1938USA
You're an Education Frank Tashlin 1938USA

Feature Films

Frank Tashlin / Feature Films
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Artists and Models Frank Tashlin 1955USA
Bachelor Flat Frank Tashlin 1962USA
Caprice Frank Tashlin 1967USA
Cinderfella Frank Tashlin 1960USA
Hollywood or Bust Frank Tashlin 1956USA
It's Only Money Frank Tashlin 1962USA
Marry Me Again Frank Tashlin 1953USA
Rock-A-Bye Baby Frank Tashlin 1958USA
Say One for Me Frank Tashlin 1959USA
Son of Paleface Frank Tashlin 1952USA
Susan Slept Here Frank Tashlin 1954USA
The Alphabet Murders Frank Tashlin 1966USA
The Disorderly Orderly Frank Tashlin 1964USA
The First Time Frank Tashlin 1952USA
The Geisha Boy Frank Tashlin 1958USA
The Girl Can't Help It Frank Tashlin 1956USA
The Glass Bottom Boat Frank Tashlin 1966USA
The Lemon Drop Kid Frank Tashlin,

Sidney Lanfiled

1951USA
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts Frank Tashlin 1956USA
The Man from the Diner's Club Frank Tashlin 1963USA
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell Frank Tashlin 1968USA
Who's Minding the Store? Frank Tashlin 1963USA
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin 1957USA

Cinema

Cinema/Cinemas
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Cinema De Notre Temps: Abbas KiarostamiCinema of Our Time: Abbas Kiarostami Jean-Pierre Limosin 1994France
It'S All True: Based On An Unfinished Film By Orson WellesBill Krohn, Myron Meisel1993USA, France
Linguagem De Orson WellesOrson Welles LanguageRogério Sganzerla, Rogerio Sganzerla1990Brazil
Parlons Cinema Ou Les Anti-Cours De Henri LangloisLet's Talk Cinema or the Anti-Cours of Henri LangloisHarry FischbachFrance

Film Surprise

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Feichang ZhentanFe i Field Z is Very ElasticFong Ling-ChingHong Kong

Rediscovered Cinema

Rediscovered Cinema: Gallone Opera

Rediscovered Cinema: Gallone Opera
English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
House of Ricordi Casa Ricordi Carmine Gallone 1954Italia
Casta Diva Carmine Gallone 1954Italia
Before Him All Rome Trembled Davanti A Lui Tremava Tutta Roma Carmine Gallone 1946Italia
The Force of Destiny La Forza Del Destino Carmine Gallone 1950Italia
Madame Butterfly Carmine Gallone 1954Italia
Tosca Carmine Gallone 1956Italia

Rediscovered Cinema: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Rediscovered Cinema: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
47 Dead that Speak 47 morto che parla Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1951Italia
Music on the Run Fuga A Due Voci Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1943Italia
Your Money or Your Life O La Borsa O La Vita Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1932Italia
Toto' Le Moko Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1949Italia

Swiss Cinema Rediscovered

Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Frauennot . FrauenglückFrauennot. Women's HappinessEduard Tissé1929Switzerland

Special Programs

Special Program
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Animali CriminaliCriminal AnimalsYervant Ganikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi1994Italia, France
AriaYervant Ganikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi1994Italia, France
Az Karkheh Ta RheinThe Karkheh Ta Rhein Ebrahim Hatamikia 1993Iran
ChakmehMohammad Ali Telebi1992Iran
Desvio Al ParaisoDEVISE AL PARAISO Gerardo Herrero 1994Spain
Diario AfricanoAfrican NewspaperYervant Ganikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi1994Italia, France
Did E-Ban Ebrahim Hatamikia 1988Iran
Dieu Sait QuoiGod Knows What Jean-Daniel Pollet 1994Belgium, France
EcrireTo Write Jean-Daniel Pollet 1993France
Fate In Blu DiesisDo in Blue Diesis Silvio Soldini 1994Italia
Girls in Prison John McNaughton 1994USA
Il Congedo Del Viaggiatore CerimoniosoThe Leave of the Cerimous Traveler Giuseppe Bertolucci 1991Italia
Il Faut Qu'Une Porte Soit Ouverte Ou FermeeIt is Necessary to be Open or Closed John McNaughton 1993France
Jail Breakers William Friedkin 1994USA
Khaneh-Ye Dust Kojasti?Eat-These Dust Cosmic? Abbas Kiarostami 1987Iran
La Jeune Fille Au LivreThe Girl in the Book Jean-Louis Comolli 1994France
La Place RoyalePlace Royale John Milius France
Le DemenagementThe House Chantal Akerman 1992France
Le Geographe ManuelManuel GeographerMichel Sumpf1994France
Motorcycle Gang John Milius 1994USA
My Daddy Can Lick Your Daddy John Cassavetes 1962USA
Peremena OucastiChange of FateKira Mouratova1987Russia
Portrait D'Une Jeune Fille De La Fin Des Annees 60 À BruxellesPortrait of a Young Girl from the End of the 60s in Brussels Chantal Akerman 1993France
RoadracersRobert Rodriguez1994USA
Runaway Daughters Joe Dante 1994USA
Ruzi, Ruzagary, Cinema Mohsen Makhmalbaf 1992Iran
SaraDaryosh Mehrjui1993Iran
Shake, Rattle'N Rock Allan Arkush 1994USA
Sorority Girl Uli Edel 1994USA
Tichie StranicyQuiet PagesAleksandr Sokurov1993Russia, Germany
Uccelli - Un Film Enciclopedia Nel Tempo E Nello SpazioBirds - An Encyclopedia Film in Time and Space Tonino De Bernardi 1994Italia
UvlecenjaLearningKira Mouratova1994Russia
Va Zendegi Edameh DaradT Abbas Kiarostami 1992Iran
Yihao Tongjifan Organized Crime & Triad Bureau Kirk Wong 1994Hong Kong
Zhongan Ling Ji Rock N'Roll Cop Kirk Wong 1993Hong Kong

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. [8]

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Dreamscape: Gambling In AmericaBernie Ljdis1994Netherlands
Air / VâyuWater / VâyuVelu Veswanadhan1994India, France
Bahnhof BrestBrest Train StationGerd Kroske1994Germany
Balagan Andres Veiel 1993Germany
Ernesto Che Guevara, Le Journal De BolivieErnesto Che Guevara, the Journal De Bolivie Richard Dindo 1994Switzerland, France
La Danse Du Singe Et Du PoissonThe Dance of the Monkey and the FishPierre-Alain Meier1993Switzerland, France
Picture of Light Peter Mettler 1994Canada, Switzerland
Traveller'S TaleLars Johansson1993Denmark

Swiss Cinema

Co-Productions '94
Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Bab El-Oued City Merzak Allouache 1994Algérie, France
El DirigibleThe AirshipPablo Dotta1994Uruguay, Great Britain
Il Sogno Della FarfallaThe Dream of the Butterfly Marco Bellocchio 1994Italia, Switzerland
Sátántangó Satan's Tango Béla Tarr 1994Hungary, Germany
Spaziergang Nach SyracusWalk to SyracusLutz Leonardt, Constantin WulffAustria, Switzerland
À La Belle EtoileTo the Beautiful StarAntoine Desrosières1994France, Switzerland
Swiss Films '94
Ausgerechnet ZoeCalculated ZeeMarkus Imboden1994Switzerland
Corinna Bille, La Demoiselle SauvagePierre-André Thiébaud1994Switzerland
Corps Et ÂmesBody and SoulsAude Vermeil1994Switzerland
Der Kongress Der PinguineThe Congress of the PenguinsHans-Ulrich Schlumpf1993Switzerland
Die BettköniginThe Bed Queen Gabriel Baur 1994Switzerland
Estatico BaroccoBaroque EcstaticAdriano Kestenholz1994Switzerland
Gasser + GasserGases + GasesIwan Schumacher1994Switzerland
Grossesse NerveuseNerve PregnancyDenis Rabaglia1993Switzerland
L'Ecume Des RêvesThe School of DreamsMichel Rodde1994Switzerland, France
L'Homme Des CasernesThe Man of the BarracksBill Krohn1994Switzerland
Nicht Für Die Liebe Geboren?Not Born for Love?Angela Meschini1994Switzerland
Richard M. Brintzenhofe - The House Of CardsRolf Wäber1994Switzerland
Well Done Thomas Imbach 1994Switzerland

Official Awards

Official Jury

Ecumenical Jury

CICAE Jury

FIPRESCI Jury

Youth Jury

Source: [5] [6] [4]

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