| Opening film | Brideshead Revisited directed by Julian Jarrold |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Back Soon directed by Solveig Anspach |
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard: Parque Vía directed by Enrique Rivero. |
| Artistic director | Frederic Marie |
| Festival date | Opening: 6 August 2008 Closing: 16 August 2008 |
| Website | LFF |
The 61st Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 August 2008 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] The opening film of the festival was the European premiere of Brideshead Revisited directed by Julian Jarrold. [2] The closing film of the festival was the European premiere of Back Soon directed by Solveig Anspach. [2]
This was a successful year at the festival for distribution deals with five of 18 films in-competition getting international distribution deals at the festival. [3] [4] Of the fourteen films in competition that started the festival looking for a sales agent ten found a seller. [5]
Gianfranco Pannone's documentary II sol del'awenire(Tomorrow's Sun) attracted controversy from Italian Minister of Culture Sandro Bondi. The film has sections about the Red Brigades, the Italian Marxist-Leninist group in the 70s and 80s. Bondi said this was offense to family members of those killed in the Years of Lead. [6] He suggested the state shouldn't have funded the picture, which drew criticism from industry professionals at Locarno who defended the film. [6]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Parque Via directed by Enrique Rivero. [7] [8] This was the first Mexican film to win the Golden Leopard. [3]
The following films were screened in these sections: [9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Films | André Delvaux | 1989 | Belgium | |
| Destiny | Al-Massir | Youssef Chahine | 1997 | France |
| Back Soon | Sólveig Anspach | 2008 | Iceland | |
| Berlin Calling | Hannes Stoehr | 2008 | Germany | |
| Brideshead Revisited | Julian Jarrold | 2007 | United Kingdom | |
| Chaos Theory | Marcos Siega | 2007 | USA | |
| Choke | Clark Gregg | 2007 | USA | |
| Dead in 3 Days 2 | In 3 Tagen Bist Du Tot 2 | Andreas Prochaska | 2008 | Austria |
| Khamsa | Karim Dridi | 2008 | France | |
| The Girl from Monaco | La Fille De Monaco | Anne Fontaine | 2008 | France |
| Lecture 21 | Lezione 21 | Alessandro Baricco | 2008 | Italy |
| Marcello Marcello | Denis Rabaglia | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Night and the City | Jules Dassin | 1950 | USA | |
| North Face | Nordwand | Philipp Stölzl | 2008 | Germany |
| Outlander | Howard McCain | 2008 | USA | |
| Red Wood Pigeon | Palombella Rossa | Nanni Moretti | 1989 | Italy |
| One Day You'll Understand | Plus Tard Tu Comprendras | Amos Gitai | 2008 | France |
| Retouches (short) | Georges Schwizgebel | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Son of Rambow | Garth Jennings | 2007 | France | |
| The Eternity Man | Julien Temple | 2008 | Australia | |
| I know (short) | Vem (short) | Jan Cvitkovič | 2008 | Slovenia |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Scenes of Life | 33 Sceny z zycia | Malgoska Szumowska | 2008 | Germany |
| Daytime Drinking | NOH Young-Seok | 2008 | South Korea | |
| Dioses | Josué Méndez | 2008 | Peru | |
| All That She Wants | Elle Veut Le Chaos | Denis Côté | 2008 | Canada |
| Katia's Sister | Het Zusje Van Katia | Mijke de Jong | 2007 | Netherlands |
| Kisses | Lance Daly | 2008 | Ireland | |
| Feast of Villains | Liu Mang De Sheng Yan | Pan Jianlin | 2008 | China |
| Black Sea | Mar Nero | Federico Bondi | 2008 | Italy |
| March | März | Klaus Händl | 2008 | Austria |
| Nowhere Promised Land | Nulle Part Terre Promise | Emmanuel Finkiel | 2008 | France |
| Parque Via | Enrique Rivero | 2008 | Mexico | |
| Sleep Furiously | Gideon Koppel | 2007 | United Kingdom | |
| Autumn | Sonbahar | Özcan Alper | 2008 | Germany |
| Story of Jen | François Rotger | 2008 | France | |
| The Market - A Tale Of Trade | Ben Hopkins | 2008 | Germany | |
| Doomed Love | Um Amor De Perdição | Mário Barroso | 2008 | Portugal |
| Another Man | Un Autre Homme | Lionel Baier | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Yuri's Day | Yuriev Den | Kirill Serebrennikov | 2008 | Russia |
The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers. [10]
Filmmakers of the Present
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Zona | And Zona | Sandro Aguilar | 2008 | Portugal |
| Alicia En El Pais | Alicia in the Country | Esteban Larrain | 2008 | Chile |
| Beket | Boe | Davide Manuli | 2008 | Italy |
| El Brau Blau | The Blue Brau | Daniel V. Villamediana | 2008 | Spain |
| El Sueño Del Perro | Dog's Dream | Paulo Pécora | 2008 | Argentina |
| Filmefobia | Filmia | Kiko Goifman | 2008 | Brazil |
| Je Ne Suis Pas Morte | I'm not Dead | Jean-Charles Fitoussi | 2008 | France |
| Kinogamma Part One: East | Siegfried | 2008 | France | |
| Kinogamma Part Two: Far East | Siegfried | 2008 | France | |
| La Forteresse | The Fortress | Fernand Melgar | 2008 | Switzerland |
| La Orilla Que Se Abisma | The Shore that is Abyssed | Gustavo Fontan | 2008 | Argentina |
| La Vie Ailleurs | Life Elsewhere | David Teboul | 2008 | France |
| Napoli Piazza Municipio | Naples Piazza Municipio | Bruno Oliviero | 2008 | Italy |
| Par Dzimteniti | For the Homeland | Laila Pakalniņa, Maris Saadi | 2008 | Latvia |
| Prince of Broadway | Sean Baker | 2008 | USA | |
| Shorei X | First Order X | Kohki Yoshida | 2007 | Japan |
| Welate Efsane | Legal Country | Rahim Zabihi | 2008 | Germany |
Filmmakers of the Present - Out of Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avant Que Tu Reviennes | Before you Come Back | Pascal Rambert | 2008 | France |
| Giu' Le Mani | John the Hands | Danilo Catti | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Le Petit Chaperon Rouge | Little Red Riding Hood | Shinji Aoyama | 2008 | France |
| Malika S'Est Envolee | Malika Took Off | Jean-Paul Civeyrac | 2008 | France |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baixio Das Bestas | Basso Das Beasts | Cláudio Assis | 2006 | Brazil |
| Blanca | Alejo Crisóstomo | 2006 | Guatemala | |
| Cochochi | Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas | 2007 | Mexico | |
| Cuando Me Toque A Mi | When I Touch Me | Víctor Arregui | 2008 | Ecuador |
| Desde Lejos | From Afar | Alejandro Fernandez Almendras | 2006 | Chile |
| El Amarillo | The Yellow | Sergio Martín Mazza | 2006 | Argentina |
| El Camino | The Way | Ishtar Yasin | 2008 | Costa Rica |
| El Cielo, La Tierra Y La Lluvia | Heaven, Earth and Rain | José Luis Torres Leiva | 2008 | Chile |
| El Cuarto Del Fondo | The Bottom Room | Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge | 2007 | Uruguay |
| El Árbol | The Tree | Gustavo Fontan | 2007 | Argentina |
| Ellas Se Aman | They Love Each Other | Laura Astorga | 2008 | Costa Rica |
| En La Barra Hay Un Cerebro | In the Bar There is a Brain | Oscar Ruiz Navia | 2005 | Colombia |
| En La Cama | In Bed | Matías Bize | 2005 | Chile |
| Familia Tortuga | Tortuga Family | Ruben Imaz Castro | 2006 | Mexico |
| I Love Pinochet | Marcela Said Cares | 2001 | Spain | |
| Interior Bajo Izquierda | Interior under Left | Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal | 2008 | Peru |
| Jogo De Cena | Playing | Eduardo Coutinho | 2008 | Brazil |
| La Sombra Del Caminante | The Shadow of the Walker | Ciro Guerra | 2005 | Colombia |
| Lo Más Bonito Y Mis Mejores Años | The Most Beautiful and My Best Years | Martin Boulocq | 2005 | Bolivia |
| Lo Que Trae La Lluvia | What Brings the Rain | Alejandro Fernandez Almendras | 2007 | Chile |
| Madeinusa | Claudia Llosa | 2006 | Spain | |
| Postales De Leningrado | Postcards from Leningrad | Mariana Rondón | 2007 | Venezuela |
| Qak'Aslemal | Hcklemal | Alejo Crisóstomo | 2007 | Guatemala |
| Santiago | João Salles | 2006 | Brazil | |
| Stranded, I'Ve Come From A Plane That Crashed On The Mountains... | Gonzalo Arijon | 2007 | France | |
| Temporal | Paz Fabrega | 2006 | Costa Rica | |
| Wadley | Matias Meyer | 2008 | Mexico | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambini In Città | Children in the City | Luigi Comencini | 1946 | Italy |
| Beautiful Losers | Joshua Leonard, Aaron Rose | 2008 | USA | |
| Cimap! Cento Italiani Matti A Pechino | Cimap! One Hundred Italians Crazy in Beijing | Giovanni Piperno | 2008 | Italy |
| Comment Albert Vit Bouger Les Montagnes | How Albert Saw the Mountains Move | Harold Vasselin | 2008 | France |
| Das Herz Von Jenin | The Heart of Jenin | Leon Geller, Marcus Vetter | 2008 | Germany |
| Diario Di Una Schizofrenica | Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl | Nelo Risi | 1968 | Italy |
| El Somni | The Dream | Christophe Farnarier | 2008 | Spain |
| Freddy Buache, Passeur Du 7Ème Art | Freddy Buache, 7th Art Passer | Michel Van Zele | 2007 | France |
| Gasolina | Gasoline | Julio Hernández Cordón | 2008 | Guatemala |
| Gegege No Kitaro Sennen Noroi Uta | Gegege No Kitaro 1,000 Yen Curse Song | Katsuhide Motoki | 2008 | Japan |
| Gegege No Kitaro | Greege's Kitaro | Katsuhide Motoki | 2007 | Japan |
| Gegege No Kitaro | Greege's Kitaro | Yukio Kaizawa | 2007 | Japan |
| Hakaba Kitaro | Hakaaba Kitaro | Masatoshi Chioka | 2007 | Japan |
| Il Sol Dell'Avvenire | Tomorrow's Sun | Gianfranco Pannone | 2008 | Italy |
| Kumo To Tulip | Catholics | Kenzō Masaoka | 1943 | Japan |
| L'Idiot | The Idiot | Pierre Léon | 2008 | France |
| Luftbusiness | Airbusiness | Dominique De Rivaz | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Momotaro, Umi No Shinpei | Momotaro, Sea New Soldiers | Mitsuyo Seo | 1945 | Japan |
| Muallaf | Yasmin Ahmad | 2008 | Malaysia | |
| Non Chiederci La Parola | Don't Ask Us the Word | Elisabetta Sgarbi | 2008 | Italy |
| Parafernalia | Paraphernalia | Massimo Coppola, Giovanni Giommi | 2008 | Italy |
| Pelléas Et Mélisande, Le Chant Des Aveugles | Pelléas and Mélisande, the Song of the Blind | Philippe Béziat | 2008 | France |
| Petites Historias Das Crianças | Children's Histories Petites | Guido Lazzarini, Gabriele Salvatores, Fabio Scamoni | 2008 | Italy |
| Possibili Rapporti. Due Poeti, Due Voci | Possible Relationships. Two Poets, Two Voices | Nelo Risi | 2008 | Italy |
| Preparativi Di Fuga | Escape Preparations | Tommaso Cotronei | 2008 | Italy |
| Rata Nece Biti (Non Ci Sara' La Guerra) | Rata Nece Biti (There will be No War) | Daniele Gaglianone | 2008 | Italy |
| Servicios Prestados | Services Provided | Diego Lerman | 2008 | Argentina |
| Sognavo Le Nuvole Colorate | I Dreamed of the Colored Clouds | Mario Balsamo | 2008 | Italy |
| Stolperstein | Stumbling Block | Dörte Franke | 2007 | Germany |
| Strade Trasparenti | Transparent Roads | Augusto Contento | 2008 | France |
| Umarete Wa Mita Keredo | I Saw the Japanese when I Was Born, but | Yasujirō Ozu | 1932 | Japan |
| Un Petit Coin De Paradis | A Little Corner of Paradise | Jacqueline Veuve | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Und Das Am Montagmorgen | And that on Monday Morning | Luigi Comencini | 1959 | Germany |
Here And Away - Borders of Europe: Six Films by Corso Salani
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confini D'Europa # 1 - Ceuta E Gibilterra | Borders of Europe # 1 - Ceuta and Gibraltar | Corso Salani | 2006 | Italy |
| Confini D'Europa # 2 - Rio De Onor | Borders of Europe # 2 - Rio De Onor | Corso Salani | 2006 | Italy |
| Confini D'Europa # 3 - Imatra. Versione Integrale | Borders of Europe # 3 - Imatra. Full Version | Corso Salani | 2007 | Italy |
| Confini D'Europa # 4 - Talsi | Borders of Europe # 4 - Tali | Corso Salani | 2007 | Italy |
| Confini D'Europa # 5 - Chisinau | Borders of Europe # 5 - Chisinau | Corso Salani | 2007 | Italy |
| Confini D'Europa # 6 - Yotvata | Borders of Europe # 6 - YOTTAVA | Corso Salani | 2007 | Italy |
Here And Away - Jeonju Digital Project 2008
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectations | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | 2008 | South Korea | |
| The Alphabet Of My Mother | Nacer Khemir | 2008 | South Korea | |
| The Birthday | Idrissa Ouédraogo | 2008 | South Korea | |
Here And Away - Special Program
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbox3 The Film | Patricia Boillat, Elena Gugliuzza | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Quattro Giorni Con Vivian | Four Days with Vivian | Silvio Soldini | 2008 | Italy |
Here And Away / Leopards of Domani - Author's Short Films (Corti D'autore)
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akmeni | Stone | Laila Pakalniņa | 2008 | Latvia |
| Balastiera#186 | Ballast # 186 | George Chiper, Adina Pintilie | 2007 | Romania |
| Basette | Base | Gabriele Mainetti | 2008 | Italy |
| Elso Szerelem | First Love | Ildikó Enyedi | 2008 | Haiti |
| Monsieur Sélavy - The Way It Is | Peter Volkart | 2008 | Switzerland | |
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani)
| Leopards of Tomorrow - Special Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Banquise | Ice Floe | Claude Barras, Céderic Louis | 2005 | Switzerland |
| Bonne Journée Monsieur M. | Good Day Mr. | Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume | 1999 | Switzerland |
| Die Mücke | The Mosquito | Andrej Zolotuchin | 2003 | Switzerland |
| Geranienfriede | Geranium Peace | Marcel Hobi | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Hang Over | Rolf Brönnimann | 2005 | Switzerland | |
| Herr Würfel | Mr. Cubes | Rafael Sommerhalder | 2004 | Switzerland |
| Jeu | Game | Georges Schwizgebel | 2006 | Switzerland |
| Joyeux Noël Félix | Merry Christmas Félix | Izabela Rieben, Sami Ben Youssef | 2004 | Switzerland |
| Nosferatu Tango | Zoltán Horvát | 2002 | Switzerland | |
| Poldek | Claudius Gentinetta | 2004 | Switzerland | |
| Rush | Claude Luyet, Xavier Robel | 2004 | Switzerland | |
| Tarte Aux Pommes | Apple Pie | Isabelle Favez | 2006 | Switzerland |
| Une Nuit Blanche | A White Night | Maja Gehrig | 2005 | Switzerland |
| Wolkenbruch | Cloudburst | Simon Eltz | 2005 | Switzerland |
| International Competition (Concorso Internazionale) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Babin | Isamu Hirabayashi | 2008 | Japan | |
| Bagh Dad Bar Ber | Massoud Bakhshi | 2008 | Iran | |
| Camille E Mariuccia | Camille and Mariuccia | Samuele Romano | 2008 | United Kingdom |
| Ciobanul Zburator | The Flying Shepherd | Catalin Musat | 2008 | Romania |
| Cuilos | Paz Fabrega | 2008 | Costa Rica | |
| Dez Elefantes | Ten Elephants | Eva Randolph | 2008 | Brazil |
| Directions | Kasimir Burgess | 2008 | Australia | |
| En Compagnie De La Poussière | In the Company of Dust | Jacques Molitor | 2008 | Belgium |
| Fata Galbena Care Rade | The Face Yellow that Laughs | Constantin Popescu | 2008 | Romania |
| Kaupunkilaisia | Townspeople | Juho Kuosmanen | 2008 | Finland |
| La Battue | The Battered | Guy Édoin | 2008 | Canada |
| La Route Du Nord | The North Road | Carlos Chahine | 2008 | France |
| Las Gafas | The Glasses | Alberto García Martín | 2008 | Spain |
| Le Feu, Le Sang, Les Étoiles | Fire, Blood, Stars | Caroline Deruas | 2008 | France |
| Magellan | LI Huajun | 2007 | China | |
| Manden Og Mågen | The Man and the Gull | Daniel Borgman | 2007 | Denmark |
| Mörder | Murderer | Johannes Wende | 2008 | Germany |
| One In Four | Matti Harju | 2008 | United Kingdom | |
| Resolution | Pavel Oreshnikov | 2008 | Russia | |
| The Graffiti Of Mr Tupaia | The Graffi of Mr Tupaia | Christopher Dudman | 2008 | New Zealand |
| Toi Que J'Eusse Aimée | You that I Would Have Loved | Emmanuel Broussouloux | 2007 | France |
| Vucko | Matevz Luzar | 2007 | Slovenia | |
| Well-Founded Concerns | Tim Cawley | 2008 | USA | |
| National Competition (Concorso Nazionale) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Am Galgen | On the Gallows | Pascal Bergamin | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Au Café Romand | At the Romand Café | Richard Szotyori | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Bachab | Bachaab | Ulrich Schaffner | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Beheading Of A Smiling Dog | Georg Lendorff | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Endsieg-Everything Changes In One Shot | Daniel Casparis, Niccolò Castelli | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Im Wendekreis Des Bären | In the Turn of the Bear | Ciril Braem | 2008 | Germany |
| La Délogeuse | The Dislogger | Julien Rouyet | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Nachglühen | Glow | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Racines | Roots | Eileen Hofer | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Schwitze | Sweat | Nicolas Steiner | 2008 | Germany |
| The Political Lunch | Julien Sulser | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Trèspassé | Widely | Ausonio De Sousa | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Un Dia Y Nada | One Day and Nothing | Lorenz Merz | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Retrospective Nanni Moretti | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Antonio Ruju, Vita Di Un Anarchico Sardo | Antonio Ruju, Life of a Sardinian Anarchist | Roberto Nanni | 2001 | Italy |
| Aprile | April | Nanni Moretti | 1998 | Italy |
| Bandiera Rossa E Borsa Nera | Red Flag and Black Bag | Andrea Molaioli | 2001 | Italy |
| Bianca | Nanni Moretti | 1984 | Italy | |
| Ca Cri Do Bo | As CRI Do Bo | Susanna Nicchiarelli | 2001 | Italy |
| Caos Calmo | Calm Chaos | Antonello Grimaldi | 2008 | Italy |
| Caro Diario | Daily Expensive | Nanni Moretti | 1993 | Italy |
| Caro Nanni | Dear Nanni | Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini | 1993 | Italy |
| Cinema Autarchico | Aidancical Cinema | Susanna Nicchiarelli | 2007 | Italy |
| Cinéma De Notre Temps, Nanni Moretti | Cinema of Our Time, Nanni Moretti | André S. Labarthe | 1990 | France |
| Colpi Di Testa | Head Shots | Loredana Conte | 2006 | Italy |
| Come Parli Frate? | How Do you Speak Friar? | Nanni Moretti | 1974 | Italy |
| Davai Bistrè! Avanti Presto! | I Gave Bistrè! Forward Early! | Mara Chiaretti | 2001 | Italy |
| Diario D'Aprile | April Diary | Andrea Molaioli | 1998 | Italy |
| Diario Di Uno Spettatore | Diary of a Spectator | Nanni Moretti | 2007 | France |
| Domani Accadrà | Tomorrow will Happen | Daniele Luchetti | 1988 | Italy |
| Due Scene Tagliate Da Caro Diario | Two Scenes Cut by Caro Diary | Nanni Moretti | 1998 | Italy |
| Ecce bombo | Except Bomb | Nanni Moretti | 1978 | Italy |
| Film Quizz | Quiz Movie | Nanni Moretti | 2008 | Italy |
| I Notturni Maestri Cantori (Ecce Bombo) | The Nocturnal Singers Master (Except Bombo) | Susanna Nicchiarelli | 2007 | Italy |
| I Quaderni Di Luisa | Luisa's Notebooks | Isabella Sandri | 2001 | Italy |
| Il Caimano | The Caiman | Nanni Moretti | 2006 | Italy |
| Il Diario Del Caimano | The Caimano Diary | Nanni Moretti | 2006 | Italy |
| Il Giorno Della Prima Di Close-Up | The Day of the First of Close-Up | Nanni Moretti | 1995 | Italy |
| Il Grido D'Angoscia Dell'Uccello Predatore | The Anguish Cry of the Predator Bird | Nanni Moretti | 2002 | Italy |
| Il Portaborse | The Door Holder | Daniele Luchetti | 1991 | Italy |
| Il Salumificio | The Salami Factory | Alessandra Tantillo | 2002 | Italy |
| In Nome Del Popolo Italiano | In the Name of the Italian People | Valia Santella | 2001 | Italy |
| Intervista Moretti (Ecce Bombo) | Interview Moretti (Except Bombo) | Susanna Nicchiarelli | 2007 | Italy |
| Intervista Nanni (Io Sono Un Autarchico) | Interview Nanni (I Am an Autarchic) | Susanna Nicchiarelli | 2007 | Italy |
| Io Sono Un Autarchico | I Am an Autarchic | Nanni Moretti | 1976 | Italy |
| L'Acqua In Mezzo | Water in the Middle | Daria Menozzi | 2002 | Italy |
| L'Implacabile Tenente Rossi | The Relentless Lieutenant Rossi | Francesco Calogero | 2001 | Italy |
| La Cosa | Thing | Nanni Moretti | 1990 | Italy |
| La Messa È Finita | The Mass is over | Nanni Moretti | 1985 | Italy |
| La Sconfitta | Defeat | Nanni Moretti | 1973 | Italy |
| La Seconda Volta | The Second Time | Mimmo Calopresti | 1995 | France |
| La Stanza Del Figlio | The Son of the Son | Nanni Moretti | 2001 | Italy |
| Notte Italiana | Italian Night | Carlo Mazzacurati | 1987 | Italy |
| Padre Padrone | Master Father | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | 1977 | Italy |
| Palombella Rossa Extra | Extra Red Palombella | Nanni Moretti | 2007 | Italy |
| Paté De Bourgeois | Bourgeois | Nanni Moretti | 1973 | Italy |
| Pubblico Di Merda (Sogni D'Oro) | Shit Audience (Golden Dreams) | Susanna Nicchiarelli | 2007 | Italy |
| Scalamara | Giuseppe M. Gaudino | 2001 | Italy | |
| Sogni D'Oro | Sweet Dreams | Nanni Moretti | 1981 | Italy |
| Te Lo Leggo Negli Occhi | I Read it in the Eyes | Valia Santella | 2004 | Italy |
| The Last Customer | Nanni Moretti | 2003 | Italy | |
| Zappaterra | César Meneghetti, Elisabetta Pandimiglio | 2002 | Italy | |
| Nanni Moretti - White Paper Viewer (Carta bianca Spettatore) | ||||
| Dillinger È Morto | Dillinger Died | Marco Ferreri | 1969 | Italy |
| I Sovversivi | The Subversives | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | 1967 | Italy |
| La ricotta | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1963 | Italy | |
| Lola | Jacques Demy | 1961 | Italy | |
| Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky | Love One Blonde | Miloš Forman | 1965 | Czechoslovakia |
| Nihon No Yoru To Kiri | Japanese Night and Cut | Nagisa Ōshima | 1960 | Japan |
| Nostra Signora Dei Turchi | Our Lady of the Turks | Carmelo Bene | 1968 | Italy |
| Saturday Night And Sunday Morning | Karel Reisz | 1960 | United Kingdom | |
| The Rain People | Francis Ford Coppola | 1969 | USA | |
| Walkower | Walkover | Jerzy Skolimovski | 1965 | Poland |
| Nanni Moretti - White Paper Merchant (Carta bianca Esercente) | ||||
| A Fost Sau N-A Fost? | Was it or Wasn't It? | Corneliu Porumboiu | 2006 | Romania |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito Montiel | 2006 | USA | |
| Die Zweite Heimat (Episode 1) | Heimat (Episode 1) | Edgar Reitz | 1992 | Germany |
| Die Zweite Heimat (Episode 10) | Heimat (Episode 10) | Edgar Reitz | 1992 | Germany |
| L'Imbalsamatore | The Embalmer | Matteo Garrone | 2002 | Italy |
| La Ville Est Tranquille | The City is Quiet | Robert Guédiguian | 2000 | France |
| Nema-Ye Nazdik | Close-Up | Abbas Kiarostami | 1990 | Iran |
| Riff-Raff | Ken Loach | 1991 | United Kingdom | |
| S.E.R. - Svoboda Eto Rai | SER "Freedom Here is a Paradise | Sergei Bodrov | 1989 | Soviet Union |
| Vanya on 42nd Street | Louis Malle | 1994 | USA | |
| When We Were Kings | Leon Gast | 1997 | USA | |
| Tribute To Cinémathèque Royale De Belgique | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Big Shave | Martin Scorsese | 1967 | USA | |
| Flaming Creatures | Jack Smith | 1963 | USA | |
| Free Radicals | Len Lye | 1958 | United Kingdom | |
| Hen Hop | Norman McLaren | 1949 | Canada | |
| Maudite Soit La Guerre | Cursed be War | Alfred Machin | 1914 | Belgium |
| Saïda A Enleve Manneken Pis | Saida Has Removed Manneken | Alfred Machin | 1913 | Belgium |
| Soliloquy | Steve Dwoskin | 1967 | United Kingdom | |
| Vase De Noces | See Noces | Thierry Zéno | 1974 | Belgium |
| W.R.-Misterije Organizma | W.R.-Mystery of the Organism | Dušan Makavejev | 1971 | Yugoslavia |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andarilho | Wanderer | Cao Guimarães | 2007 | Brazil |
| Bootleg Film | Masahiro Kobayashi | 1998 | Japan | |
| Bure Baruta | Bre Balta | Goran Paskaljević | 1998 | Macedonia |
| De La Guerre | On War | Bertrand Bonello | 2008 | France |
| Dealer | Benedek Fliegauf | 2004 | Haiti | |
| El Laberinto Del Fauno | THE FAUNE LABYRINT | Guillermo del Toro | 2006 | Mexico |
| Fuori Dalle Corde | Out of the Ropes | Fulvio Bernasconi | 2007 | Switzerland |
| L'Enfant Endormi | The Sleeping Child | Jean-Jacques Andrien | 2004 | Belgium |
| L'Uomo In Più | The Extra Man | Paolo Sorrentino | 2001 | Italy |
| La Mujer Sin Cabeza | The Headless Woman | Lucrecia Martel | 2008 | France |
| La Rabia | The Rage | Albertina Carri | 2008 | Argentina |
| Moartea Domnului Lazarescu | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Cristi Puiu | 2005 | Romania |
| Szép Napok | Nice Days | Kornél Mundruczó | 2003 | Haiti |
| The Band'S Visit | Eran Kolirin | 2007 | France | |
| Voro-Nova | Dick Rijneke, Mildred Van Leeuwaarden | 1985 | Netherlands | |
| Väter | Fathers | Dani Levy | 2002 | Germany |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kadosh | Stringent | Amos Gitai | 1999 | Israel |
| Kippur | Amos Gitai | 2000 | Israel | |
| News From Home | Amos Gitai | 2006 | France | |
| Yom Yom | Om Om | Amos Gitai | 1998 | France |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113Th | Talgat Bektursunov | 2006 | Kazakhstan | |
| 18 Beautiful Women | Lina Bertucci | 2008 | USA | |
| A Magnetic Space | Pierre Coulibeuf | 2008 | France | |
| Aka Ana | Ana | Antoine d'Agata | 2008 | France |
| Angel | Vuk Mitevski | 2008 | Macedonia | |
| Anorexia. Storia Di Un'Immagine | Anorexia. History of an Image | Leandro Manuel Emede | 2008 | Italy |
| Beijing Sky | Olivo Barbieri | 2007 | Italy | |
| Bernadette | Duncan Campbell | 2008 | United Kingdom | |
| Boca De Tabla | Table Mouth | Teresa Serrano | 2007 | Mexico |
| Claustrophobic Happiness | Tommaso Cardile | 2007 | USA | |
| Derniers Mots | Last Words | Arno Hagers, Erik Lieshout, Reinier Van Brummelen | 2008 | Netherlands |
| Desertogrigio | Maria Arena | 2008 | Italy | |
| Ea2 | Vincent Dieutre | 2007 | France | |
| El Pejesapo | The Pespo | José Luis Sepulveda | 2007 | Chile |
| Fone Fur Follies | Vivian Ostrovsky | 2008 | USA | |
| Foxglove | Kayt Jones, Jay Rodan | 2008 | USA | |
| Fuego Amigo | Figure Friend | Miguel Angel Rios | 2007 | Mexico |
| Glima | Nicolo Massazza | 2008 | Italy | |
| Grand Prix | Stephen Dean | 2006 | USA | |
| Hitler Vs Gandhi | Maia Guarnaccia | 2008 | Italy | |
| Hotel Roccalba | Roccalba Hotel | Josef Dabernig | 2008 | Austria |
| Il Ciclope | The Cyclope | Debra Werblud | 2008 | Italy |
| Immutable Dream Of Snow Lion | Riccardo Spinotti | 2008 | USA | |
| Jardim Invisivel | Invisible Garden | Roberto Bellini | 2008 | Brazil |
| Je Flotterai Sans Envie | I will Float without Desire | Frank Beauvais | 2008 | France |
| La Fura In Vivo | The Fura in Vivo | Matteo Minetto | 2008 | France |
| La Possibilite D'Une Ile | The Possibility of an Island | Michel Houellebecq | 2008 | France |
| Marlene Kuntz Vs Fräulein Else | Marlene Kuntz vs Miss Else | Paul Czinner | 1928 | Germany |
| Meeting Vincent Gallo | Julien Hallard | 2007 | France | |
| Migration | Doug Aitken | 2008 | USA | |
| Ne Pas Sonner | Do not Ring | Vivian Ostrovsky | 2008 | France |
| Our City Dreams | Chiara Clemente | 2008 | USA | |
| Our Lady'S Forever | Anna Konik | 2007 | Poland | |
| Paper Collection | Shannon Plumb | 2007 | USA | |
| Plan Iode | Plan Iodiode | Jeanne Susplugas | 2008 | France |
| Pripyat | Nicky Larkin | 2007 | Ireland | |
| Saltos | Jumping | Gregorio Graziosi | 2008 | Brazil |
| Sebastião, O Homem Que Bebia Querosene | Sebastião, the Man Who Drank Kerosene | Carlosmagno Rodrigues | 2007 | Brazil |
| Sekwens | Sequence | Robert Sowa | 2007 | Poland |
| Solidao Publica | Daniel Aragão | 2008 | Brazil | |
| Tell | Erwin Wurm | 2008 | Austria | |
| The Crystal Gaze | Ursula Mayer | 2007 | United Kingdom | |
| The Deboard | Tobias Zielony | 2008 | Germany | |
| The Earring | Nicholas & Sheila Pye | 2008 | Canada | |
| The Moving Town | Alberto Nacci | 2008 | Italy | |
| This Smell Of Sex | Danielle Arbid | 2008 | France | |
| Together | Shannon Plumb | 2008 | USA | |
| Tramas | Plots | Augusto Contento | 2008 | France |
| Trance (1-10) | José Luis Torres Leiva | 2008 | Chile | |
| Trip On A Piece Of Wood | Sebastian Gandt | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Vols | Veaceslav Druta | 2007 | France | |
| Walpurgis | Wapurgis | Frédéric Choffat | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Wart. La Bellezza Della Tragedia | Wart. the Beauty of the Tragedy | Leandro Manuel Emede | 2007 | Italy |
| Zadnja Zelja | The Last Cabbage | Daniel Lambo | 2008 | Belgium |
| 10 Years of Point, Ligne, Plan | ||||
| A Place We Call Home | Emmanuelle Laure Antille | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Brasilia/Chandigarh | Louidgi Beltrame | 2008 | France | |
| Can You Go Quickly To The Sun ? | Catherine Dalfin | 2008 | France | |
| Invisible To The Rest | Emmanuelle Laure Antille | 2006 | Switzerland | |
| Pendant Ce Temps, Dans Une Autre Partie De La Forêt | Meanwhile, in Another Part of the Forest | Arnold Pasquier | 2007 | France |
| Perfect Day | Ange Leccia | 2007 | France | |
| Rice Bowl Hill Incident | Christian Merlhiot | 2008 | Japan | |
| Image Forum Program | ||||
| Mitate -Resemble- | Nobuhiro Aihara, Kazuhiro Goshima, Takashi Ishida, Tomoyasu Murata, Takena Nagao, Masahiro Osuga, Ryohei Shimada, Keiichi Tanaami, Mitsuo Toyama | 2008 | Japan | |
| Le Fresnoy Insitute Program | ||||
| Abena | Amel Elkamel | 2008 | France | |
| All Work | Nicolas Giraud | 2008 | France | |
| Brises | Enrique Ramirez | 2008 | France | |
| Faire Le Mur | Wall | Bertille Bak | 2008 | France |
| Planet A | Momoko Seto | 2008 | France | |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe | Todd Haynes | 1995 | USA | |
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. [11]
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apology Of An Economic Hit Man | Stelios Kouloglou | 2008 | Greece | |
| Bill - Das Absolute Augenmass | Bill - The Absolute Size of the Eye | Erich Schmid | 2008 | Switzerland |
| Estrada Real Da Cachaça | Royal Road of Cachaça | Pedro Urano | 2008 | Brazil |
| Fyra Fruar Och En Man | Four Wives and a Man | Nahid Persson Sarvestani | 2007 | Sweden |
| Latawce | Kites | Beata Dzianowicz | 2008 | Poland |
| No More Smoke Signals | Fanny Bräuning | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Nobody'S Perfect | Niko von Glasow | 2008 | Germany | |
| Swiss Cinema Rediscovered | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Der 10. Mai | Late 10. May | Franz Schnyder | 1957 | Switzerland |
| Mein Persien-Flug 1924-1925 | My Persia Flight 1924-1925 | Walter Mittelholzer | 1925 | Switzerland |
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auf Der Strecke | On the Line | Reto Caffi | 2007 | Germany |
| Bersten | Burst | Michael Finger | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Bird's Nest - Herzog & De Meuron In China | Christoph Schaub, Michael Schindhelm | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| Der Freund | The Friend | Micha Lewinsky | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Giorni E Nuvole | Days and Clouds | Silvio Soldini | 2007 | Italy |
| Glorious Exit | Kevin Merz | 2008 | Switzerland | |
| L'Autre Moitié | The Other Half | Rolando Colla | 2007 | Switzerland |
| La Mère | The Mother | Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Nomad's Land - Sur Les Traces De Nicolas Bouvier | Nomad's Land - In the Footsteps of Nicolas Bouvier | Gaël Métroz | 2008 | Switzerland |
| The Beast Within | Yves Scagliola | 2007 | Switzerland | |
| Témoin Indésirable | Unwanted Witness | Juan José Lozano | 2008 | Switzerland |