| Opening film | Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori |
|---|---|
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard: The Rebirth directed by Masahiro Kobayashi |
| Artistic director | Frederic Marie |
| No. of films | 338 |
| Festival date | Opening: 1 August 2007 Closing: 11 August 2007 |
| Website | LFF |
The 60th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2007 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] There were 19 films in competition, of which, 15 were world premieres and four were international premieres. Seven of the films were from first time directors. [1] The opening film of the festival was the anime Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori. [1] It was accompanied by fireworks and an opening speech from artist director Frederic Marie. [2] The Vexille screening was immediately followed by Ingmar Bergman's final film Saraband, a last minute addition, screened in dedication to Bergman who had died that Monday. [2]
Other films on the Piazza Grande, the 8,000 seat open-air theater, were Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatum and Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror . [3] Rodriguez and lead actress of Planet Terror, Rose McGowan, both attended the festival, along with Anthony Hopkins who had his directorial debut with Slipstream at the festival. [3] Two evenings on the Piazza Grande were rained out and forced audiences inside to the Fevi, the 3,200 seat theater. [4] [3] The winner of the audience prize was Death at a Funeral directed by Frank Oz. [4]
In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the festival, many directors who had brought movies to the festival over the years returned including, Claude Chabrol, Marco Bellocchio, Raul Ruiz, Mike Leigh, Fredi Murer, Yousri Nasrallah. [5] The festival also honored recently deceased directors Edward Yang and Michelangelo Antonioni with screenings of their films Yi Yi and Zabriskie Point . [6]
The Locarno Excellence Award was presented to Spanish actress Carmen Maura by Italian Nobel Prizewinner Dario Fo, who told the story of his first visit to the festival 20 years earlier. [6] [7] The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Hou Hsiao-Hsien for his achievements in cinema. [8] [9]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Ai No Yokan (The Rebirth) directed by Masahiro Kobayashi. [10] [11] [4]
The following films were screened in these sections: [13]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| That Day | 1 Journée | Jacob Berger | 2007 | Switzerland |
| 1408 | Mikael Håfström | 2007 | USA | |
| Bellissima | Luchino Visconti | 1951 | Italia | |
| Chicago 10 | Brett Morgen | 2007 | USA | |
| Cinema Mundi | Stefano De Luigi | 2007 | Italia | |
| Death at a Funeral | Frank Oz | 2007 | USA | |
| Hairspray | Adam Shankman | 2007 | USA | |
| I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster | J'Ai Toujours Rêvé D'Être Un Gangster | Samuel Benchetrit | 2006 | France |
| Knocked Up | Judd Apatow | 2007 | USA | |
| The Little Girl(Short) | La Eta Knabino(Short) | Samir | 1997 | Switzerland |
| Flight of the Red Balloon | Le Voyage Du Ballon Rouge | Hou Hsiao-hsien | 2007 | France |
| My Brother Is an Only Child | Mio Fratello È Figlio Unico | Daniele Luchetti | 2007 | Italia |
| Nothing but Ghosts | Nichts Als Gespenster | Martin Gypkens | 2007 | Germany |
| Planet Terror | Robert Rodriguez | 2007 | USA | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Paul Greengrass | 2007 | USA | |
| The Drummer | Kenneth Bi | 2007 | Hong Kong | |
| The Screening(Short) | Ariane Michel | 2007 | France | |
| Vexille | Fumihiko Sori | 2007 | Japan | |
| We Want Roses Too | Vogliamo Anche Le Rose | Alina Marazzi | 2007 | Italia |
| Waitress | Adrienne Shelly | 2007 | USA | |
| Winners And Losers | Lech Kowalski | 2007 | USA | |
| Yi Yi | Edward Yang | 2000 | Taiwan | |
| Zabriskie Point | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1970 | USA | |
Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Perfect Day | Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige | 2005 | France | |
| The Rebirth | Ai No Yokan | Masahiro Kobayashi | 2007 | Japan |
| Boys Of Tomorrow | Dong-seok Noh | 2006 | South Korea | |
| Capitaine Achab | Philippe Ramos | 2007 | France | |
| Summit Circle | Contre Toute Espérance | Bernard Émond | 2007 | Canada |
| Extraordinary Rendition | Jim Threapleton | 2007 | Great Britain | |
| Free to Leave | Freigesprochen | Peter Payer | 2007 | Austria |
| Sooner or Later | Früher Oder Später | Ulrike von Ribbeck | 2007 | Germany |
| Out of Bounds | Fuori Dalle Corde | Fulvio Bernasconi | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Haïti Chérie | Claudio Del Punta | 2007 | Italia | |
| Joshua | George Ratcliff | 2007 | USA | |
| The Yellow House | La Maison Jaune | Amor Hakkar | 2007 | France |
| Thieves | Ladrones | Jaime Marques | 2007 | Spain |
| Possible Lives | Las Vidas Posibles | Sandra Gugliotta | 2007 | Argentina, Germany |
| The Best of Me | Lo Mejor De Mí | Roser Aguilar | 2006 | Spain |
| Memories (Jeonju Digital Project 2007) | Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki, Eugène Green | 2007 | South Korea | |
| The Golden Helmet | O Capacete Dourado | Jorge Cramez | 2007 | Portugal |
| The Rest is Silence | Restul E Tacere | Nae Caranfil | 2007 | Romania |
| Slipstream | Anthony Hopkins | 2007 | USA | |
| Beneath the Rooftops of Paris | Sous Les Toits De Paris | Huner Saleem | 2007 | France |
The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers. [14]
Filmmakers of the Present
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Seh | They Save | Naghi Nemati | 2007 | Iran |
| Comme À Ostende | Like in Ostend | Delphine Lehericey | 2007 | Belgium |
| Estrellas | Stars | Federico León, Marcos Martínez | 2007 | Argentina |
| Guillaume Et Les Sortilèges | Guillaume and the Spells | Pierre Léon | 2007 | France |
| Imatra | Corso Salani | 2007 | Italia | |
| Japan Japan | Lior Shamriz | 2007 | Germany | |
| Juízo | Judgment | Maria Ramos | 2007 | Brazil |
| Lo Bueno De Llorar | The Good Thing About Crying | Matías Bize | 2007 | Spain |
| Loren Cass | Chris Fuller | 2007 | USA | |
| Never Sleeps | Jerome Baur, Benoit Falize, Philippe Flechaire | 2006 | France | |
| Nirakar Chhaya | Formless Shade | Ashish Avikunthak | 2007 | India |
| Nos Vies Privées | Our Private Lives | Denis Côté | 2007 | Canada |
| Nu Te Supara, Dar... | Don't be Upset, but ... | Adina Pintilie | 2007 | Romania |
| Nuage | Cloud | Sébastien Betbeder | 2007 | France |
| Phantom Love | Nina Menkes | 2007 | USA | |
| Tagliare Le Parti In Grigio | Cut the Parts into Gray | Vittorio Rifranti | 2007 | Italia |
| Tejút | Milky Way | Benedek Fliegauf | 2007 | Hungary |
| Tussenstand | Interim | Mijke de Jong | 2007 | Netherlands |
| Xia Wu Gou Jiao | Zhang Yuedong | 2007 | China | |
| Leopards of Tomorrow - Special Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Article 03 | Frederic Choffat, Julie Gilbert | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Bouly, Le Campeur | Bouly, the Camper | Anthony Vouardoux | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Croire | Believe | François Rossier | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Der Illettrist | The Illetistist | Stefan Hillebrand, Oliver Paulus | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Le Ciel Sur Locarno | The Sky on Locarno | Michele Lamassa | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Selma | Bernie Forster | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Un Altro Mondo | Another World | Mohammed Soudani | 2007 | Switzerland |
Concorso Internazionale
| International Competition - Leopards of Tomorrow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anémone | Anemone | Nathalie Teirlinck | 2007 | Belgium |
| Bende Sira (Ich Bin Dran) | Bend Sira (I'm on) | Ismet Erguen | 2007 | Germany |
| Blue Collars And Buttercups | Janis Pugh | 2007 | Great Britain | |
| Braedrabylta | Grímur Hákonarson | 2007 | Iceland | |
| Dora | Sergio Basso | 2007 | Italia | |
| Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! | Sébastien Pilote | 2007 | Canada | |
| Granitsa | Border | Vanja D'Alcantara | 2006 | Belgium |
| Hoy No Estoy | I Am not Today | Gustavo Taretto | 2007 | Argentina |
| Kaffepausen | Coffee Break | Johannes Pico Geerdsen | 2007 | Denmark |
| Kin | Stephen Carroll | 2006 | Australia | |
| L'Armée Des Fourmis | The Fourmis Army | Wissam Charaf | 2007 | France |
| L'Inconnu | The Unknown | Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux | 2007 | France |
| Le Café Des Pêcheurs | Fishermen's Coffee | Al Hadi Ulad Mohand | 2007 | France |
| Mein Vater Schläft | My Father Sleeps | Grzegorz Muskala | 2007 | Germany |
| Pig And Shakespeare | Geon Kim | 2007 | South Korea | |
| Rewind | Atul Taishete | 2007 | India | |
| The Soldier'S Wife | John (J.B.) Herndon | 2007 | USA | |
| Tongue Tied | Ken Wardrop | 2007 | Ireland | |
| Valuri | Values | Adrian Sitaru | 2007 | Romania |
| Waltzes And Tangos From The Village Of Whitewater | Ivan Vladimirov | 2007 | Bulgaria | |
| Wing, The Fish That Talked Back | Ricky Rijneke | 2007 | Netherlands | |
| Zohar | Yasmine Novak | 2007 | Israel | |
| Swiss Competition – Leopards of Tomorrow | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Anche Fiori A Volte | Even Flowers Sometimes | Zijad Ibrahimovic | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Clandestins | Illegal | Shirin Mashayekh | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Fathom | Vladimir Jedlicka | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Ferien | Holiday | Memi Beltrame | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Icebergs | Germinal Roaux | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Il Neige À Marrakech | It Snows in Marrakech | Hicham Alhayat | 2006 | Switzerland |
| Landleben | Country Life | Lukas Egger | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Latitude 2023 | Florence Guillermin | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Lostage | Bettina Eberhard | 2007 | Germany | |
| Ménagerie Intérieure | Interior Menagerie | Nadège De Benoit-Luthy | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Null Grad | Claudia Lorenz | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Orloj | Astronomical Clock | Jeanne Rektorik | 2007 | Switzerland |
| René | Tobias Nölle | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Sale Gosse | Joëlle Bacchetta | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| The Little Samurai | Lorenz Merz | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| The Study Of Bunkers &Amp; Mounds In A Temperate Climate (Relatively Speaking) | Sebastian Michael | 2006 | Great Britain | |
| Twist | Alexia Walther | 2006 | Switzerland | |
The Open Doors section is dedicated to film and filmmakers from different regions around the world. This year the section was dedicated to films from the Middle East, including films from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine and Israel. [3]
Open Doors – Middle East (Mashrek)
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Alati Tahmol Azouhour Ila Qabriha | I Am the One Who Shows Her Grave | Hala Alabdalla, Ammar Albeik | 2006 | Syria |
| Ard Al-Khof | Daoud Abdel Sayed | 1999 | Egypt | |
| Atash | Attempted | Tawfik Abu Wael | 2004 | Israel |
| Avdei Hashem | Hadar Friedlich | 2002 | Israel | |
| Baghdad Days | Hiba Bassem | 2005 | Great Britain | |
| Be Quiet | Sameh Zoabi | 2005 | France | |
| Ertijal | Raed Andoni | 2005 | Palestine | |
| Hatiyul Hapnimi | Ra'anan Alexandrowicz | 2001 | Israel | |
| Hessed Shel Emet | Shalom Hager | 2002 | Israel | |
| Hown Wa Hounyk | Nadine Khan | 2004 | Egypt | |
| Lamma Hikyit Maryam | Assad Foulakdar | 2000 | Lebanon | |
| Le Voyage De Rabia | Rabia's Trip | Meyar Al Roumi | 2006 | France |
| Maarek Hob | Danielle Arbid | 2004 | France | |
| Or (My Treasure) | Keren Yedaya | 2004 | Israel | |
| Prêt-À-Porter Imm Ali | Imm Ali Ready-to-Wear | Dima El-Horr | 2001 | France |
| Ramad | Joana Hadjithomas | 2003 | France | |
| Sahar El Layali | Layali Magic | Hany Khalifa | 2003 | Egypt |
| Sharar | The Waste | Hazim Bitar, Saleh Kasem, Ammar Quttaineh | 2006 | Giordania |
| Taht Alsakf | Will be Alsakf | Nidal Al-Dibs | 2005 | Syria |
| Underexposure | Oday Rasheed | 2005 | Iraq | |
| Wahed Fe El Million | Nadine Khan | 2006 | Egypt | |
| Yaoumiyat Beirut: Hakaek Wa Akatheeb | Yummy Beirut: Hakek Wa Agathib | Mai Masri | 2006 | Lebanon |
| Youm El-Ethneen | Tamer El Said | 2004 | Egypt | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Minutos De Gloria | 15 Minutes of Glory | Paula de Luque | 2007 | Argentina |
| A Day in the Country | Sylvie Michel | 2007 | Germany | |
| A Friend Like None | Toh Hai Leong, Chew Tze Chuan | 2007 | Singapour | |
| Agora Tu | Now you | Jeanne Waltz | 2007 | Portugal |
| Copacabana | Martín Rejtman | 2006 | Argentina | |
| Crime and Punishment | LIANG Zhao | 2007 | China | |
| Dutti Der Riese | Dutti the Giant | Martin Witz | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Einspruch V | Objection v | Rolando Colla | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Handerson E As Horas | Handerson and the Hours | Kiko Goifman | 2007 | Brazil |
| Harat | Rock | Sepideh Farsi | 2007 | France |
| I Promessi Sposi | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | 2007 | Italia | |
| I Want to be a Pilot | Diego Quemada-Diez | 2006 | Spain | |
| Ici Et Ailleurs | Here and Elsewhere | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 1974 | France |
| Il Pianto Della Statua | The Cry of the Statue | Elisabetta Sgarbi | 2007 | Italia |
| Il Viaggio Di Gesù | The Journey of Jesus | Sergio Basso | 2007 | Italia |
| Independenta Romaniei | The Independence of Romania | Grigore Brezeanu, Aristide Demetriade | 1912 | Romania |
| Io Non Sono Un Moderato | I Am not a Moderate | Andrea Nobile | 2007 | Italia |
| Kadin | Woman | Adolfo Alix Jr. | 2007 | Philippines |
| L'An Prochain À Jérusalem | Next Year in Jerusalem | Myriam Aziza | 2006 | France |
| La Capture | Capture | Carole Laure | 2007 | Canada |
| La Danse De L'Enchanteresse | The Dance of the Enchantress | Brigitte Chataignier, Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 2007 | France |
| La Nostra Chiesa | Our Church | Guido Chiesa, Enzo Mercuri | 2007 | Italia |
| La Señal De Kell | Kell's Signal | Rodrigo Moreno | 2007 | Argentina |
| Le Créneau | The Niche | Frédéric Mermoud | 2007 | France |
| Le Retour Des Cinéphiles | The Return of Moviegoers | Louis Skorecki | 2007 | France |
| Little Moth | Tao Peng | 2007 | China | |
| Morceaux De Conversations Avec Jean-Luc Godard | Pieces of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard | Alain Fleischer | 2007 | France |
| Mots D'Après La Guerre | Warning Words | Anouar Brahem | 2007 | Tunisia |
| Mujeres Elefante | Elephant Women | Adrián Caetano | 2007 | Argentina |
| Palestines | Palestinian | Etienne Beurier, Thomas Ellis, Constantin Simon | 2007 | France |
| Petite Flamme | Small Flame | Eric Morfaux | 2007 | France |
| Preussisch Gangstar | Preussian Gangstar | Irma-Kinga Stelmach, Bartosz Werner | 2007 | Germany |
| Rockarbëresh | Rockarb | Salvo Cuccia | 2007 | Italia |
| Salata Baladi | Ballad Salad | Nadia Kamel | 2007 | Egypt |
| Sally Gross - The Pleasure of Stillness | Albert Maysles, Kristen Nutile | 2007 | USA | |
| Shake the Devil Off | Peter Entell | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Stopped in Her Tracks | Susan Brockman | 1978 | USA | |
| To Walk Without Fear | Louis Kornfeld, Boro Vukadinovic | 2006 | USA | |
| Uguns | Fire | Laila Pakalniņa | 2007 | Latvia |
| Upa! Una Pelicula Argentina | UPA! an Argentine Movie | Tamae Garateguy, Santiago Giralt, Camila Toker | 2006 | Argentina |
| Urgente | Urgent | 2007 | Argentina | |
| Wierszalin | Poem | Francesco Carrozzini | 2007 | USA |
| Tribute To Edward Yang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Qingmei Zhuma | Taipei Story | Edward Yang | 1985 | Taiwan |
| Retrospective - Return To Locarno | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fest | Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| 11th | Le Beau Serge | Handsome Serge | Claude Chabrol | 1958 | France |
| 17th | Os Verdes Anos | The Green Years | Paulo Rocha | 1963 | Portugal |
| 18th | I Pugni In Tasca | Fists in the Pocket | Marco Bellocchio | 1965 | Italia |
| 22nd | Charles, Mort Ou Vif | Charles, Dead or Alive | Alain Tanner | 1969 | Switzerland |
| 22nd | Tres Tristes Tigres | Three Sad Tigers | Raúl Ruiz | 1968 | Chile |
| 25th | Bleak Moments | Mike Leigh | 1971 | Great Britain | |
| 33rd | Maledetti Vi Amerò | To Love the Damned | Marco Tullio Giordana | 1980 | Italia |
| 35th | Wênd Kûuni | God's Gift | Gaston Kaboré | 1982 | Burkina Faso |
| Buud Yam | Gaston Kaboré | 1997 | Burkina Faso | ||
| 38th | Höhenfeuer | Alpine Fire | Fredi M. Murer | 1985 | Switzerland |
| 38th | Mukhamukham | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 1984 | India | |
| 40th | Álmodozások Kora | Age of Illusions | István Szabó | 1964 | Hungary |
| 41st | 36 Fillette | Junior Size 36 | Catherine Breillat | 1988 | France |
| 42nd | Marcides | Marked | Yousry Nasrallah | 1993 | Egypt |
| 42nd | Piravi | The Birth | Shaji N. Karun | 1988 | India |
| 45th | El Cielo Sube | The SkyRises | Marc Recha | 1991 | Spain |
| 48th | Rusariye Abi | The Blue Veiled | Rakhshān Banietemad | 1995 | Iran |
| 51st | Beshkempir | Aktan Arim Kubat | 1998 | Kyrgyzstan | |
| 55th | Tan De Repente | Suddenly | Diego Lerman | 2002 | Argentina |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | José Alcala | 2005 | France | |
| Ba'D As-Sama' Al-Akhirah | With the Last Contract | Alia Arasoughly | 2007 | Palestine |
| Das Fräulein | Andrea Štaka | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Hamburger Lektionen | Hamburg Lessons | Romuald Karmakar | 2006 | Germany |
| Horst Buchholz...Mein Papa | Christopher Buchholz | 2005 | Germany | |
| Hotel Belgrad | Hotel Belgrade | Andrea Štaka | 1998 | Switzerland |
| In Memoria Di Me | In Memory of Me | Saverio Costanzo | 2007 | Italia |
| Johanna | Kornél Mundruczó | 2005 | Hungary | |
| Kurpe | The Shoe | Laila Pakalniņa | 1998 | Germany |
| L'Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio | The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio | Agostino Ferrente | 2006 | Italia |
| La Double Vie De Véronique | Véronique's Double Life | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1991 | France |
| Moacir - Arte Bruta | Moacir - Gross Art | Walter Carvalho | 2005 | Brazil |
| Platform - Zhantai | Platform - Zhan Too | Jia Zhangke | 2000 | Hong Kong |
| Satin Rouge | Red Satin | Raja Amari | 2002 | Tunisia |
| Son frère | His Brother | Patrice Chéreau | 2002 | France |
Ladies and Gentlemen (Signore e Signore)
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dramma Della Gelosia | Drama of Jealousy | Ettore Scola | 1970 | Italia |
| Giulietta Degli Spiriti | Juliet of the Spirits | Federico Fellini | 1965 | Italia |
| Il Fantasma Dell'Opera | The Phantom of the Opera | Dario Argento | 1998 | Italia |
| Il vedovo | The Widower | Dino Risi | 1959 | Italia |
| Io La Conoscevo Bene | I Knew Her Well | Antonio Pietrangeli | 1965 | Italia |
| La Ciociara | Two Women | Vittorio De Sica | 1960 | Italia |
| La Finestra Di Fronte | The Front Window | Ferzan Özpetek | 2003 | Italia |
| La Nonna Sabella | Grandmother Sabella | Dino Risi | 1957 | Italia |
| La Ragazza Con La Valigia | The Girl with the Suitcase | Valerio Zurlini | 1960 | Italia |
| La Signora Senza Camelie | The Lady Without Camelias | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1953 | Italia |
| La Stanza Del Figlio | The Son of the Son | 2001 | Italia | |
| La Stanza Del Vescovo | The Bishop's Room | Dino Risi | 1977 | Italia |
| La visita | The Visit | Antonio Pietrangeli | 1963 | Italia |
| Maledetto Il Giorno Che Ti Ho Incontrato | Cursed the Day I Met you | Carlo Verdone | 1992 | Italia |
| Malèna | Giuseppe Tornatore | 2000 | Italia | |
| Mimì Metallurgico Ferito Nell'Onore | Mimì Metallurgical Wounded in Honor | Lina Wertmüller | 1972 | Italia |
| Pane Amore E Fantasia | Bread Love and Fantasy | Luigi Comencini | 1953 | Italia |
| Piccolo Mondo Antico | Small Ancient World | Mario Soldati | 1941 | Italia |
| Teorema | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1968 | Italia | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Posthume) | (Posthumous) | Ghassan Salhab | 2007 | Lebanon |
| 3 | Suwami Nogami | 2006 | Japan | |
| A Vue | Ah ゔ Illustration | Joshua Mosley | 2004 | USA |
| Amore Asimmetrico | Asymmetrical Love | Ursula Ferrara | 1990 | Italia |
| Appunti Per Un Esserci (Studio Secondo) | Notes for Being There (Second Study) | Monica Petracci | 2006 | Italia |
| Arquivo | File | Sandro Aguilar | 2007 | Portugal |
| Attraverso | Through | Daniela Perego | 2007 | Italia |
| Blood Of A Poet | Lech Majewski | 2006 | Poland | |
| Bou | Satoru Ono | 2006 | Japan | |
| Brain Ash | Tomoharu Suzuki | 2006 | Japan | |
| Ceremony | Maria Arena | 2007 | Italia | |
| Children Of Shadows | Naoyuki Tsuji | 2006 | Japan | |
| Cinque Stanze | Five Rooms | Ursula Ferrara | 1999 | Italia |
| Come Persone | Like People | Ursula Ferrara | 1995 | Italia |
| Compilation 12 Instants D'Amour Non Partagé | Compilation 12 Moments of Unrelated Love | Frank Beauvais | 2007 | France |
| Confutatis | Luca Zoppi | 2007 | Italia | |
| Congiuntivo Futuro | Future Subjunctive | Ursula Ferrara | 1988 | Italia |
| Corpus Tracks | Audrey Coïaniz, Saul Saguatti | 2007 | Italia | |
| Crackers | David Austen | 2007 | Great Britain | |
| Das Ruinas A Rexistencia | Of the Ruins to Resistance | Carlos Adriano | 2007 | Brazil |
| Day Of Nose | Atsushi Wada | 2006 | Japan | |
| Descent | Uriel Orlow | 2006 | Great Britain | |
| Despues De La Revolucion | After the Revolution | Vincent Dieutre | 2007 | France |
| Despues Del Mar | After the Sea | Israel Adrián Caetano | 2005 | Argentina |
| Face To Face | Mika Seike | 2007 | Japan | |
| Finally | Knut Åsdam | 2006 | Norway | |
| From Locarno With Love | Gaëlle Vidalie | 2007 | France | |
| Garibaldi Vs Che Guevara | Maia Guarnaccia | 2007 | Italia | |
| Guacho | Juan Minujín | 2007 | Argentina | |
| Il Grande Sogno Di Un Nano | The Great Dream of a Dwarf | Matteo Basilé, Franco Losvizzero | 2006 | Italia |
| Il Terrorista, Lui Guarda | The Terrorist, He Looks at | Simone Covini | 2007 | Italia |
| In In | Yoshno Saito | 2006 | Japan | |
| Inch-High Samurai | Nobuhiro Aihara, Keiichi Tanaami | 2007 | Japan | |
| Infero | Hell | Cristiano Carloni, Stefano Franceschetti | 2007 | Italia |
| Johnny 316 | Erick Ifergan | 2006 | USA | |
| King Of The Forest Cycle | Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Vladimir Fridkes, Evgeny Svyatsky, AES+F | 2006 | Russia | |
| L'Agnosie Visuelle | Visual Agnosia | Guillaume Meigneux | 2007 | France |
| L'Uomo Che Non C'È Non C'È Che L'Uomo | The Man Who is not There is Only the Man | Guendalina Salini | 2007 | Italia |
| La Fin Du Monde | The End of the World | Benjamin Nuel | 2007 | France |
| La Partita | The Game | Ursula Ferrara | 2002 | Italia |
| Le Voyage En Italie | The Trip to Italy | Arnold Pasquier | 2007 | France |
| Les Terra'S Di Nadie | Les Terra's Di Nobody | César Meneghetti | 2007 | Italia |
| Loudly Death Untied | Nicholas & Sheila Pye | 2007 | Canada | |
| Lucidi Folli | Crazy Lucid | Ursula Ferrara | 1986 | Italia |
| Luna Zero | Antonello Matarazzo | 2007 | Italia | |
| Metamorphosis | Clare Langan | 2007 | Ireland | |
| Modell | Model | Pierre Reimer | 2006 | France |
| My New Picture | Bertrand Bonello | 2006 | France | |
| News | Ursula Ferrara | 2006 | Italia | |
| Not Guilty For Abel | Gaëlle Vidalie | 2007 | France | |
| Outono | Autumn | Pablo Lobato | 2007 | Brazil |
| Padri | Fathers | Luca Attilii, Fabio Massimo Iaquone | 2007 | Italia |
| Pavillon Noir | Black Pavilion | Pierre Coulibeuf | 2006 | France |
| Polistirene | Polystyrene | Anna Franceschini | 2007 | Italia |
| Quasi Niente | Almost Nothing | Ursula Ferrara | 1997 | Italia |
| Sanctus | Spirit | Leonardo Carrano, Silvio Giorcelli | 2007 | Italia |
| Seascape #1 Night, China Shenzhen 05 | 2006 | Italia | ||
| Sevilla -≫ (Oo) 06 | Sevilla - & Gt; (and) 06 | 2006 | Italia | |
| Stolen Moments | Yasmine Chatila | 2007 | USA | |
| Strange Culture | Lynn Hershman Leeson | 2007 | USA | |
| Suzie No Name | Toru Morofuji | 2006 | Japan | |
| The Half Hitching Post | Yang Fudong | 2005 | China | |
| The Last Man In Brooklyn | Roberto Bentivegna | 2006 | USA | |
| The Woman Who Saw Herself Disappear | Alice Anderson | 2006 | Great Britain | |
| Toc Toc Wunderbar | TOC TOC Wonderful | Masbedo | 2007 | Italia |
| Trecho | Stretch | Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr | 2006 | Brazil |
| Tribulation | Christian Barbe | 2007 | Great Britain | |
| Télépattes | Telepatops | Vivian Ostrovsky | 2007 | USA |
| Un Jour, | A Day, | Séverine Hubard | 2007 | France |
| Under Construction | Zhenchen Liu | 2007 | France | |
| Unlith | Mihai Grecu | 2007 | France | |
| Vb61 Still Death! Darfur Still Deaf? | Vanessa Beecroft | 2007 | USA | |
| Versus_ | Pasquale Napolitano | 2006 | Italia | |
| Viril | Virile | Damien Manivel | 2007 | France |
| Visités | Visited | Clément Cogitore | 2007 | France |
| Vosges | Frank Beauvais | 2006 | France | |
| Walperloh | Markus Bertuch | 2006 | Germany | |
| Well, That'S Glasses | Atsushi Wada | 2007 | Japan | |
| Weltanschauung | Worldview | Salvo Cuccia | 2006 | Italia |
| Wie Heisst Dieser Platz? | What is the Name of this Place? | Victor Alimpiev | 2006 | Austria |
| Zoo | Richard Billingham | 2006 | Great Britain | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Comunidad | The Community | Alex de la Iglesia | 2000 | Spain |
| Raimondo Rezzonico Prize To the Best Independent Manufacturer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| La ciénaga | The Swamp | Lucrecia Martel | 2001 | Argentina |
Various (Divers)
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Révolution Du Cinéma | The Film Revolution | Matteo Maccarinelli | Switzerland |
| Locarno 60 | Stefano Knuchel, Cristina Trezzini | Switzerland | |
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. [15]
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allein In Vier Waenden | Alone in Four Things | Alexandra Westmeier | Germany |
| El Paraíso De Hafner | Hafner's Paradise | Günter Schwaiger | Austria |
| La Reina Del Condón | The Queen of the Condom | Silvana Ceschi, Reto Stamm | Switzerland |
| Los Ladrones Viejos | The Old Thieves | Everardo González | Mexico |
| Lynch | blackANDwhite | USA | |
| One Minute to Nine | Tommy Davis | USA | |
| Zu Fuss Nach Santiago De Compostela | On Foot to Santiago De Compostela | Bruno Moll | Switzerland |
| Swiss Cinema Rediscovered | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Der Schuss Von Der Kanzel | The Shot from the Pulpit | Leopold Lindtberg | 1942 | Switzerland |
| Lugano | 1927 | Switzerland | ||
| Swiss Tour-Suzanne Et Son Marin | Swiss Tour-Suzanne and Her Sailor | Leopold Lindtberg | 1949 | Switzerland, USA |
| Switzerland Off The Beaten Track | 1919 | Switzerland | ||
| The Suspension Railway Of The Wetterhorn | Switzerland | |||
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakout | Mike Eschmann | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Bruno Manser - Laki Penan | Bruno MANSER - Penan | Christoph Kuehn | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Comme Des Voleurs (À L'Est) | Like Thieves (East) | Lionel Baier | 2006 | Switzerland |
| Ein Lied Für Argyris | A Song for Argyris | Stefan Haupt | 2006 | Switzerland |
| I Was a Swiss Banker | Thomas Imbach | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Marmorera | Marble | Markus Fischer | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Retour À Gorée | Back to Gorée | Pierre-Yves Borgeaud | 2006 | Switzerland |
| Sieben Mulden Und Eine Leiche | Seven Hollows and a Body | Thomas Haemmerli | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Someone Beside You | Edgar Hagen | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Wir Werden Uns Wiederseh'N | We will See Each Other | Stefan Hillebrand, Oliver Paulus | 2006 | Switzerland |
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