| Opening film | The Importance of Being Ernest directed by Oliver Parker |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Possession directed by Neil LaBute |
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard: The Longing directed by Iain Dilthey |
| Artistic director | Irene Bignardi |
| Festival date | Opening: 1 August 2002 Closing: 11 August 2002 |
| Website | LFF |
The 55th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2002 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] Films from 30 countries were shown at the festival. [2] The opening film was The Importance of Being Ernest directed by Oliver Parker. [2] Shown on the Piazza Grande, the 7,000-seat open-air theater, the closing film of the festival was the world premiere of Possession directed by Neil LaBute. [2] [1] The Leopard of Honor was awarded to American actor and director Sydney Pollack, who flew himself to Locarno as co-pilot in his own personal plane. [2] [3] [4]
The festival also held the European premiere of M. Night Shyamalan's Signs and Christopher Nolan's Insomnia. [1] Other noteworthy films at the festival were Secretary directed by Steven Shainberg and Gus Van Sant's Gerry in competition. [2] All films screened on the Piazza Grande were world or international premieres. [4]
A sections were held for Indian films called "Indian Summer" [5] and another for films from Afghanistan called "Afghan Day", which was attended by the Afghani Culture Minister and featured some films that made in secret under the Taliban. [1] [6] Director Peter Bogdanovich also presented a retrospective of filmmaker Allan Dwan. [5]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Longing directed by Iain Dilthey. [7] [8] [6]
The following films were screened in these sections: [9]
The Piazza Grande is the 7,000-seat open-air theater built each year in the town square. All films screened on the Piazza Grande this year were world or international premieres. [4]
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali G Indahouse | Mark Mylod | 2002 | Great Britain | |
| Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | 2002 | USA, Great Britain | |
| Birdseye | Stephen Beckner, Mike Huber | 2002 | Switzerland, USA | |
| Corto Maltese , La Cour Secrète Des Arcanes | Corto Maltese, the Secret Courtyard of Mysteries | Pascal Morelli | 2002 | France, Italia |
| Dead Or Alive: Final | Takashi Miike | 2001 | Japan | |
| Hommage À Positif: L'Armata Brancaleone | Hommage to Positif: For Love and Gold | Mario Monicelli | 1966 | Italia |
| Insomnia | Christopher Nolan | 2002 | USA | |
| L'Idole | The Idol | Samantha Lang | 2002 | France |
| My Little Eye | Marc Evans | 2001 | Great Britain | |
| Novo | Jean-Pierre Limosin | 2002 | France, Switzerland | |
| Passage | Shirin Neshat | 2001 | USA | |
| Possession | Neil LaBute | 2002 | USA | |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | 2002 | USA | |
| The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman | 2002 | USA, Czech Republic | |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Oliver Parker | 2002 | Great Britain, USA | |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Sydney Pollack | 1969 | USA | |
| Oligarch | Tycoon | Pavel Lounguine | 2002 | France, Russia |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aime Ton Père | Love your Father | Jacob Berger | 2002 | France, Switzerland |
| Al Primo Soffio Di Vento | To the First Breath of Wind | Franco Piavoli | 2002 | Italia |
| Blue Moon | Andrea Maria Dusl | 2002 | Austria | |
| Das Verlangen | The Longing | Iain Dilthey | 2002 | Germany |
| Diskoli Apocheretismi: O Babas Mou | Difficult Expression: My Pope | Penny Panayotopoulou | 2002 | Greece, Germany |
| Gerry | Gus Van Sant | 2001 | USA | |
| La Cage | The Cage | Alain Raoust | 2002 | France |
| Ma Vraie Vie À Rouen | My Real Life in Rouen | Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | 2002 | France |
| Man, Taraneh, Panzdah Sal Daram | Man, Taranheh, Panzdah Sal Daram | Rassul Sadr Ameli | 2002 | Iran |
| Meisje | Girl | Dorothée Van den Berghe | 2002 | Belgium, Netherlands |
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | Aparna Sen | 2002 | India | |
| Okay | Jesper W. Nielsen | 2001 | Denmark | |
| Oltre Il Confine | Beyond the Border | Rolando Colla | 2002 | Switzerland, Italia |
| One Hour Photo | Mark Romanek | 2002 | USA | |
| Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Rebecca Miller | 2001 | USA | |
| René | Alain Cavalier | 2002 | France | |
| Revengers Tragedy | Alex Cox | 2001 | Great Britain | |
| Secretary | Steven Shainberg | 2002 | USA | |
| Sophiiiie! | Michael Hofmann | 2002 | Germany | |
| Szép Napok | Nice Days | Kornél Mundruczó | 2002 | Hungary |
| Tan De Repente | So Suddenly | Diego Lerman | 2002 | Argentina |
| Xiang Ji Mao Yi Yang Fei | MENG Jing Hui | 2002 | China | |
Filmmakers of the Present / In Progress
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurevoiretmerci | Arnold Pasquier | 2001 | France | |
| Two Michel Snow | Arnold Pasquier | 2002 | France | |
Filmmakers of the Present / Out of Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleph Bay-E Afgan | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | 2002 | Iran | |
| Berlin. Die Sinfonie Der Grosstadt | Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis | Walter Ruttmann, Thomas Schadt | 1927 | Germany |
| Cuore Napoletano | Neapolitan Heart | Paolo Santoni | 2002 | Italia |
| Derrida | Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Kofman | 2002 | USA | |
| Después De La Evasion | After the Evasion | Antonio Llorens | 2002 | Spain |
| Essen, Schlafen, Keine Frauen | Eating, Sleeping, No Women | Heiner Stadler | 2002 | Germany |
| Etrangère | Stradder | Danielle Arbid | 2002 | France |
| Hoover Street Revival | Sophie Fiennes | 2002 | Great Britain, France | |
| Il Salumificio | The Salami Factory | Alessandra Tantillo | 2002 | Italia |
| Jour De Marché | Market Day | Jacqueline Veuve | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Keep In Touch | Jean-Claude Rousseau | 1987 | France | |
| L'Acqua In Mezzo | Water in the Middle | Daria Menozzi | 2002 | Italia |
| L'Impatience | Impatience | Antoine Fumat | 2002 | France |
| L'Implacabile Tenente Rossi | The Relentless Lieutenant Rossi | Francesco Calogero | 2002 | Italia |
| Le Bruit, L Odeur Et Quelques Étoiles | Noise, Smell and some Stars | Eric Pittard | 2002 | France, Belgium |
| Le Nom Du Feu | Fire Name | Eugène Green | 2002 | France |
| Les Guerriers De La Beauté | Beauty Warriors | Pierre Coulibeuf | 2002 | France, Belgium |
| Les Jours Où Je N'Existe Pas | The Days when I Do not Exist | Jean-Charles Fitoussi | 2002 | France |
| Lettre A Roberto | Letre to Roberto | Jean-Claude Rousseau | 2002 | France |
| Lost Paradise | Pierre Coulibeuf | 2002 | France | |
| Mage Wam Atha | Mage Wam Atha aka Pickpocket (My Left Hand) | Linton Semage | 2002 | Sri Lanka |
| My Room Le Grand Canal | Anne-Sophie Brabant, Pierre Gerbaux | 2002 | France | |
| Nikita Kino | The Plane that Came to | Vivian Ostrovsky | 2002 | France |
| Provisoires Amis | PROVIREMENTS | Jacques Meilleurat | 2002 | France |
| Ricco | Rich | Mike Wildbolz | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Ritratti Luigi Meneghello | Portraits Luigi Meneghello | Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Paolini | 2002 | Italia |
| Royal Bonbon | Royal Bobs | Charles Najman | 2001 | France, Canada |
| Ruzegar-E Ma | Rakhshān Banietemad | 2002 | Iran | |
| Réalisations | Achievements | Arnold Pasquier | France | |
| Slepa Pega | Blind Spot | Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak | 2002 | Slovenia |
| Todo Juntos | All Together | Federico León | 2002 | Argentina |
| Wanted | Kim Hopkins | 2002 | Great Britain | |
| Yok Mang | No Mang | Eungsu Kim | 2002 | Korea |
| Yönden | As Far as | Marie Jaoul de Poncheville | 2002 | France |
| Zappaterra | César Meneghetti, Elisabetta Pandimiglio | 2002 | Italia | |
| Zur Lage | To the Situation | 2002 | Austria | |
Filmmakers of the Present / Video
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony | Lee Hirsch | 2002 | Central African Republic | |
| Antologia Opere Di Cioni Carpi | Anthology Works by Cioni Carpi | Cioni Carpi | Italia | |
| Antologia Opere Di Luigi Veronesi | Anthology Works by Luigi Veronesi | Luigi Veronesi | Italia | |
| Arundhati Roy | Paolo Brunatto, Angelo Fontana | 2002 | Italia | |
| Asir Va Entezar | I Am Waiting for | Mohammad Ahmadi | 2002 | Iran |
| Beacon | Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller | 2002 | Germany, Portugal | |
| Bernardo Bertolucci: A Cosa Serve Il Cinema? | Bernardo Bertolucci: What is the Cinema For? | Sandro Lai | 2001 | Italia |
| Biggie & Tupac | Nick Broomfield | 2001 | Great Britain | |
| Ciudad De Maria | Maria City | Enrique Bellande | 2001 | Argentina |
| Contes Politiques 2: Interpretations | Political Tales 2: Interpretations | Pierre Borker | 2002 | France |
| Dam Nations: Damage | Arundhati Roy | 2002 | Great Britain | |
| Diam S | Keja Ho Kramer | 2002 | France | |
| Dieci Minuti Alla Fine | Ten Minutes at the End | Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco | 2002 | Italia, Portugal |
| Dieci Racconti In Una Stanza-Delusione | Ten Stories in a Room-Delusion | Nuccio Ambrosino | 2001 | Italia |
| Don Vitaliano | Paolo Pisanelli | 2002 | Italia | |
| Happy Too | Thomas Imbach | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Heaven S Crossroad | Kimi Takesue | 2002 | USA | |
| Kalkitos | Limestone | Miguel Gomes | 2002 | Portugal |
| L'Orfano | The Orphan | Oliviero Toscani | 2002 | Italia |
| Les Treize Vies Du Chat Lelouch | The Thirteen Lives of the Cat Lelouch | Isabelle Clarke | 2002 | France |
| Mario Monicelli, L'Artigiano Di Viareggio | Mario Monicelli, the Craftsman of Viareggio | Marco Cucurnia | 2001 | Italia |
| Nyde | Enjoy | Salvatore Lista | 2002 | France |
| Rax | Roberto Paci Daló | 2001 | Italia | |
| Remains | Sandro Aguilar | 2002 | Portugal | |
| Sem Terra | Landless | Pasquale Scimeca, Roberto Torelli | 2002 | Italia |
| Tambours Sur La Digue | Drum on the Dike | Ariane Mnouchkine | 2002 | France |
| Viet Nam | Vietnam | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi | 2002 | Italia |
| Voz | Voice | Goran Kostic | 2002 | Yugoslavia |
| Vse Vertovy | All Helicopters | Vladimir Nepevniy | 2001 | Russia |
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani)
| Australia / New Zealand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| A Telephone Call For Genevieve Snow | Peter Long | 2002 | Australia | |
| Bowl Me Over | Angie Black | 2001 | Australia | |
| Confessions Of A Headhunter | Sally Riley | 2000 | Australia | |
| Cow | Michael Bennett | 2001 | New Zealand | |
| Dancing In The Dust | Jenny Kendall | 2002 | Australia | |
| Delivery Day | Jane Manning | 2001 | Australia | |
| Donuts For Breakfast | Felicity Morgan-Rhind | 2000 | New Zealand | |
| Harvey | Peter MacDonald | 2001 | Australia | |
| In Search Of Mike | Andrew Lancaster | 2000 | Australia | |
| Inja | Dog | Steven Pasvolsky | 2001 | Australia, Central African Republic |
| Into The Night | Tony Krawitz | 2002 | Australia | |
| Joy | Cate Shortland | 2000 | Australia | |
| Junk | Gregory King | 2001 | New Zealand | |
| Lamb | Emma Freeman | 2002 | Australia | |
| Lost | Jo Kennedy | 2000 | Australia | |
| Road | Catriona MacKenzie | 2000 | Australia | |
| Rubber Gloves | Anthony Mullins | 2000 | Australia | |
| Still Life | Sima Urale | 2001 | New Zealand | |
| The Bathers | Elissa Down | 2002 | Australia | |
| The Big House | Rachel Ward | 2000 | Australia | |
| The French Doors | Steve Ayson | 2001 | New Zealand | |
| The Other Son | Heng Tang | 2001 | Australia | |
| The Platform | Robin Walters | 2001 | New Zealand | |
| Trust Me | Virginia Pitts | 2000 | New Zealand | |
| Vitalogy | Greg Williams | 2001 | Australia | |
| Watermark | 2001 | New Zealand | ||
| Australia / New Zealand - Retrospective | ||||
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| 100 A Day | Gillian Armstrong | 1973 | Australia | |
| Avondale Dogs | Gregor Nicholas | 1994 | New Zealand | |
| Bits And Pieces | Simon Klaebe | 1996 | Australia | |
| Bulls | Chris Noonan | 1973 | Australia | |
| Caravan Park | Phillip Noyce | 1973 | Australia | |
| Dogfood | Ray Argall | 1978 | Australia | |
| Eau De La Vie | Life of Life | Simon Bare | 1994 | New Zealand |
| Evictions | Richard Lowenstein | 1979 | Australia | |
| Fizz | Jason Stutter | 1999 | New Zealand | |
| Getting Wet | P. J. Hogan | 1984 | Australia | |
| Groping | Alex Proyas | 1980 | Australia | |
| Hinekaro | Christine Parker | 1994 | New Zealand | |
| It Droppeth As The Gentle Rain | Bruce Beresford, Albie Thoms | 1963 | Australia | |
| Kitchen Sink | Alison MacLean | 1989 | New Zealand | |
| Larger Than Life | Ellory Elkajem | 1997 | New Zealand | |
| Lemming Aid | Grant Lahood | 1994 | New Zealand | |
| Lovelock | David Robertson | 1992 | New Zealand | |
| Michael | Peter Weir | 1970 | Australia | |
| My First Slumber Party | Shirley Barrett | 1987 | Australia | |
| My Second Car | Stuart McDonald | 1997 | Australia | |
| O Tamaiti | Of the Kids | Sima Urale | 1996 | New Zealand |
| Odd Jobs | Daniel Nettheim | 1996 | Australia | |
| Oops! | Mark Bellamy | 1999 | Australia | |
| Passionless Moments | Jane Campion | 1984 | Australia | |
| Peel | Jane Campion | 1982 | Australia | |
| Planet Man | Andrew Bancroft | 1995 | New Zealand | |
| Rabbit On The Moon | Monica Pellizzari | 1988 | Australia | |
| Road To Alice | Stavros Efthymiou | 1992 | Australia | |
| Rust Bucket | Robert Connolly | 1997 | Australia | |
| Satdee Night | Gillian Armstrong | 1973 | Australia | |
| Sure To Rise | Niki Caro | 1994 | New Zealand | |
| Tears | Ivan Sen | 1998 | Australia | |
| The Colonel | Rolf de Heer | 1978 | Australia | |
| The Drover'S Wife | Sue Brooks | 1985 | Australia | |
| The Obituary | Peter Duncan | 1993 | Australia | |
| The Space Between The Door And The Floor | Pauline Chan | 1989 | Australia | |
| Tulip | Rachel Griffiths | 1998 | Australia | |
| Twilight Of The Gods | Stewart Main | 1995 | New Zealand | |
| Two Bob Mermaid | Darlene Johnson | 1996 | Australia | |
| Valley of the Stereos | George Port | 1992 | New Zealand | |
| Violence In The Cinema... Part 1 | Dr. George Miller | 1972 | Australia | |
| The Moebius Strip | Vincent Pluss | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Swiss Confederation | ||||
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Das Geschenk | The Gift | Oliver Paulus | 2001 | Switzerland |
| Das Passphoto | The Passport Photo | Christina Zulauf | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Dust | Ruxandra Zenide | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Exit | Beni Kempf | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Ibiza | Bettina Oberli | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Joshua | Andreas Müller | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| L'Origine | The Origin | Daniele Torrisi | 2002 | Switzerland |
| La Colonie Pénitentiaire | The Penitentiary Colony | Yvan Lagger | 2001 | Switzerland |
| La Mort En Exil | Death in Exile | Mutlu Saray Ayten | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Le Jeu | The Game | Fabrice Aragno | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Mama Hat Dich Lieb | Mom Loves you | Carla Monti | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Nuit De Noces | Wedding Night | Olga Baillif | 2001 | Switzerland, Belgium |
| Petits Gestes | Gestures | François Rossier | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Pizza Canzone | Pizza Song | Jacqueline Falk | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Swapped | Pierre Monnard | 2001 | Switzerland, England | |
| Ungefiltert | Unfiltered | Alexander Szombath | 2002 | Switzerland |
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) / Filmmakers of the Present
| "HGKZ "Special Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Blush | Barbara Kulcsar | 1999 | Switzerland | |
| Der Astronaut | The Astronaut | Pierre Mennel | 1995 | Switzerland |
| Hotel Belgrad | Hotel Belgrade | Andrea Štaka | 1998 | Switzerland |
| Orson & Welles | Felix Schaad | 1995 | Switzerland | |
| Replay | Isabelle Favez | 1999 | Switzerland | |
| Sjeki Vatsch! | Thomas Ott | 2001 | Switzerland | |
| Timing | Chris Niemeyer | 1999 | ||
| Wunderland | Miracle | Michael Hertig | 2000 | Switzerland |
| Special Program | ||||
| Der Komplex | The Complex | Fabienne Boesch | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Jouer Sa Vie | Play One's Life | Frédéric Florey, Sandra Hebler | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Le Combat | The Fight | Fernand Melgar | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Ocumicho Sauvé Par Les Diables | Ocumicho Saved by the Devils | Frédéric Choffat, Julie Gilbert | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Saluti Da Mister Frog | Greeti Da My Mystery Frog | Pio Bordoni | 2002 | Switzerland |
| The Moebius Strip | Vincent Pluss | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Kiko Goifman | 2002 | Brazil | |
| 9 (Dokuz) | 9 (Nine) | Ümit Ünal | 2002 | Türkiye |
| Aux Frontières | Border | Danielle Arbid | 2002 | France, Belgium |
| Cabeza De Palo | Stick Head | Ernesto Baca | 2002 | Argentina |
| Dracula Pages From A Virgin'S Diary | Guy Maddin | Canada | ||
| Estranei Alla Massa | Extraneous to the Mass | Vincenzo Marra | 2001 | Italia |
| Hff Goes Hollywood | Rosa von Praunheim | Germany | ||
| I Am From Nowhere | Georg Misch | 2002 | Austria, Germany | |
| Jeon Jang Keu I Hu... | Jeon Jang Ke I. | Seong-wook Moon, Nobuhiro Suwa | 2002 | Korea, China |
| Kafka Geht Ins Kino | Kafka Goes to the Cinema | Hanns Zischler | 2002 | France, Germany |
| Let'S Talk | Ram Madhvani | 2002 | India | |
| Love And Diane | Jennifer Dworkin | 2002 | USA, France | |
| O Homem-Teatro | The Theater Man | Edgar Pêra | 2001 | Portugal |
| Obor Kalandia | Obor Adventure | Sobhi al-Zobaidi | 2002 | Palestine |
| On Dirait Le Sud | It Looks Like the South | Vincent Pluss | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Oui Non | Yes No | Jon Jost | France, Italia | |
| Taxi Parisien | Parisian Taxi | Robert Bozzi | 2002 | France |
| Un Ora Sola Ti Vorrei | I Would Like One Hour | Alina Marazzi | 2002 | Italia, Switzerland |
| Yves Saint Laurent 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris | David Teboul | 2002 | France | |
| Tribute To Michel Legrand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Les Parapluies De Cherbourg | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | 1963 | France |
| Tribute To Roberto Rossellini | ||||
| La Prise Du Pouvoir Par Louis Xiv | The Taking of Power by Louis XIV | Roberto Rossellini | 1966 | France |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40-15 | Annika Larsson | 1999 | Sweden | |
| An Inner Dialogue With Frida Kahlo (Dialogue With Myself 3) | Yasumasa Morimura | 2001 | Japan | |
| Black Lagoon | Aran Reo Mann | 2001 | USA | |
| Castles | Aran Reo Mann | 2000 | USA | |
| Celovek S Kinoapparatom | Chelovek with a Cinema | Dziga Vertov | 1929 | Soviet Union |
| Cigar | Annika Larsson | 1999 | Sweden | |
| Dog | Annika Larsson | 2001 | Sweden | |
| Exit | Magnus Wallin | 1997 | Sweden | |
| Fervor | Shirin Neshat | 2000 | USA | |
| It S Alive | Aran Reo Mann | 2001 | USA | |
| Jos 6 Olis 9 | If 6 Would be 9 | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | 1996 | Finland |
| Limbo | Magnus Wallin | 1999 | Sweden | |
| Me/We, Okay, Gray | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | 1993 | Finland | |
| Physical Paradise | Magnus Wallin | 1998 | Sweden | |
| Possessed | Shirin Neshat | 2001 | USA | |
| Pulse | Shirin Neshat | 2001 | USA | |
| Rakkaus On Aarre | Love is a Treasure | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | 2002 | Finland |
| Rapture | Shirin Neshat | 1999 | USA | |
| Skyline | Magnus Wallin | 2000 | Sweden | |
| Tooba | To the | Shirin Neshat | 2002 | USA |
| Trilogy | Shirin Neshat | |||
| Turbulent | Shirin Neshat | 1998 | USA | |
| Tänään | Today | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | 1997 | Finland |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleph Bay-E Afgan | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | 2002 | Iran | |
| Ammasa - E - Eshq | T | Ing. Latif | 1979 | Afghanistan |
| Ashes | Said Workzai | 1990 | Afghanistan | |
| Cinema | Sebastian Schröder | |||
| Essen, Schlafen, Keine Frauen | Eating, Sleeping, No Women | Heiner Stadler | 2002 | Germany |
| Extracts From Charlie Chaplin In Kabul | Lech Kowalski | 2002 | France, Afghanistan | |
| Gherdab | Temor Hakimiar | 1996 | Afghanistan | |
| Il Piccolo Gioco | The Little Game | Paolo Grassini Grassini, Beniamino Natale | 2002 | Italia, Afghanistan |
| Inshallah: Diary Of An Afghan Woman | Randall Scerbo | 2002 | USA | |
| Kabul | Pino Settanni | 2002 | Italia | |
| Madreseh Goosheh Hayat | Farzad Tohidi | 2000 | Iran | |
| Sayed | 1990 | Afghanistan | ||
| Sougnameh Sarzamin Nimrouz | Amin Aslani | 2002 | Iran | |
| The Dispossessed | Tanghi Amirani | 2002 | Great Britain | |
| Uruj | Noor Hashem Abir, Siddiq Barmak | 1995 | Afghanistan | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamar Bhuvan | Mrinal Sen | 2002 | India | |
| Agraharathil Kazhutai | John Abraham | 1978 | India | |
| Akaler Shandhaney | In Search of Famine | Mrinal Sen | 1980 | India |
| Antarjali Jatra | The Ultimate Journey | Goutam Ghose | 1987 | India |
| Ardh Satya | Govind Nihalani | 1983 | India | |
| Bagh Bahadur | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | 1989 | India | |
| Dasi | B. Narsing Rao | 1988 | India | |
| Elippathayam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 1981 | India | |
| Halodhia Choraya Baodhan Khai | Halodia | Jahnu Barua | 1987 | India |
| In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones | Pradip Krishen | 1989 | India | |
| Iruvar | The Duo | Mani Ratnam | 1997 | India |
| Junoon | The Obsession | Shyam Benegal | 1978 | India |
| Kairee | Carrie | Amol Palekar | 1999 | India |
| Kaliyattam | Tasting | Jayaraj | 1998 | India |
| Kandukondain, Kandukondain | Saw, Saw | Rajiv Menon | 2000 | India |
| Marattam | Mare | Govindan Aravindan | 1988 | India |
| Maya Miriga | Nirad Mohapatra | 1983 | India | |
| Mirch Masala | Hot Spice | Ketan Mehta | 1986 | India |
| Mr India | Shekhar Kapur | 1987 | India | |
| Muhafiz | Idiom | Ismail Merchant | 1993 | India, Great Britain |
| Naseem | Saeed Mirza | 1995 | India | |
| Ondanondu Kaaladalli | Once Upon a Time | Girish Karnad | 1978 | India |
| Piravi | The Birth | Shaji N. Karun | 1988 | India |
| Shatranj Ke Khilari | The Chess Players | Satyajit Ray | 1977 | India |
| Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | 1975 | India | |
| Siddheshwari | Mani Kaul | 1989 | India | |
| Tabarana Kathe | Girish Kasaravalli | 1987 | India | |
| Thaneer Thaneer | K. Balachander | 1981 | India | |
| The Terrorist | Santosh Sivan | 1998 | India | |
| Umrao Jaan | Muzaffar Ali | 1981 | India | |
| Utsab | Rituparno Ghosh | 1999 | India | |
| Yugant | Aparna Sen | 1995 | India | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Das Boot Ist Voll | The Boat is Full | Markus Imhoof | 1980 | Switzerland |
| Monsieur Batignole | Mr Batignole | Gérard Jugnot | 2002 | France |
| The Return From India | Menahem Golan | |||
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) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behind Me Mit Bruno Ganz | Behind Me with Bruno Whole | Norbert Wiedmer | Switzerland |
| Cinemania | Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak | Germany | |
| Forget Baghdad-Jews And Arabs-The Iraqi Connection | Samir | Switzerland, Germany | |
| Gaza Strip | James Longley | USA | |
| Guerre Sans Images - Algérie, Je Sais Que Tu Sais | War without Images - Algeria, I Know you Know | Mohammed Soudani | Switzerland, France |
| Ich Hiess Sabina Spielrein | I Was Called Sabina Spielrein | Elisabeth Màrton | Sweden, Switzerland |
| Rocha Que Voa | Flying Rock | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
| Swiss Cinema Rediscovered | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Weyerhuus | René Guggenheim | 1940 | Switzerland | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brucio Nel Vento | Burn in the Wind | Silvio Soldini | 2002 | Italia, Switzerland |
| Ernstfall In Havanna | Energy in Havana | Sabine Boss | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Escape To Paradise | Nino Jacusso | 2001 | Switzerland | |
| Hirtenreise Ins Dritte Jahrtausend | Shepherd Trip to the Third Millennium | Erich Langjahr | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Julie'S Geist | Julie's Spirit | Bettina Wilhelm | 2001 | Switzerland, Germany |
| Meine Schwester Maria | My Sister Maria | Maximilian Schell | 2002 | Germany, Austria |
| Stille Liebe | Silent Love | Christoph Schaub | 2001 | Switzerland |
| Utopia Blues | Stefan Haupt | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Von Werra | From Werra | Werner Schweizer | 2002 | Switzerland, Germany |
| War Photographer | Christian Frei | 2001 | Switzerland | |
The following films and people received awards at the festival: [8] [7]