| 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 should not 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 Institute 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 |