Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
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Founded | 1946 |
Festival date | Opening: 29 June 1950 Closing: 9 July 1950 |
Website | Locarno Film Festival |
The 5th Locarno Film Festival was held from 29 June to 9 July 1950 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] The festival returned to its no official prizes standard this year; however, the attending international critics decided to vote anyways and declared When Willie Comes Marching Home by John Ford the best picture of the festival. [2]
The following films were screened in the sections: [3] [4]
Pre-Program | |||
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Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
A Day With Brumas | |||
Actualite Cines | |||
Back Alley Oproar | Fritz Freleng | 1948 | USA |
Ginger Nutt's Forest Dragon | Bert Felsead | 1950 | United Kingdom |
La Vie Secrete Des Visages | Albert Guyot | 1945 | France |
Caffe Garibaldi | |||
Luxembourg | |||
Il Museo Dei Sogni | Luigi Comencini | 1950 | Italy |
Paint Pot Symphony | Connie Rasinski | 1949 | USA |
Pattern Of Progress | John Krish | 1948 | United Kingdom |
Rippling Romance | Bob Wickersham | 1945 | USA |
Musique En Boîte (March Of Time) | |||
Processione Abruzzese | |||
Scendono A Natale | |||
Settimana Incom | Italian News Reel |
Retrospective Film Review | ||||
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English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
A Nous La Liberte | René Clair | 1931 | France | |
Il Museo Dei Sogni | Luigi Comencini | Italy | ||
The Italian Straw Hat | Le Chapeau De Paille D'Italie | René Clair | 1928 | France |
Nascita Di Charlot | Gianni Comencini, Luigi Rognoni | Italy | ||
Road to Life | Putevka V Zizn | Nikolaï Ekk | 1931 | Russia |
Vent'Anni D'Arte Muta | Emilio Scarpa | Italy |
Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
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Dankalia | E.A. Wittlin | Switzerland | ||
La Grande Voliere | Georges Péclet | 1948 | France | |
La Soif Des Hommes | Thirst of Men | Serge de Poligny | 1949 | France |
Oinggongs Mishi | Zhu Shilin | 1948 | Hong Kong |
Special Sections / Documentary Film Review (Special Program Under the Patronage of UNESCO) | ||||
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English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
Droits De L'Enfant, Droits De L'Homme | Jean Brenek | Canada, France | ||
L'Onu A L'Oeuvre | E. Genkalski | Poland | ||
L'Or Des Forèts | Theodor Christensen | Sudan | ||
Picture In Your Mind | Philip Stapp | USA | ||
Savoir C'Est Pouvoir | Carlos Jimenez | Mexico | ||
Program Dedicated To Israel, India And Africa | ||||
Art Indigene | Belgium | |||
Daybreak In Udi | John Taylor | 1949 | Great Britain | |
Ladakh Diary | ||||
Melody Of Hindustany Glimpses Of Ghandhiji | Parulka | India | ||
Omer Festival | Israel | |||
Program Dedicated To Retrospective Documentary Film | ||||
Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis | Berlin, Die Symphonie Einer Grossstadt | Walter Ruttmann | 1927 | Germany |
Nanook Of The North | Robert Flaherty | 1922 | USA | |
Ninety Degrees South | Herbert G. Ponting | 1912 | Great Britain | |
Pini Di Roma | Mario Costa | 1944 | Italy | |
Turksib | Victor Tourine | 1929 | Russia |