72nd Locarno Film Festival

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72nd Locarno Film Festival
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Official poster of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival by Jannuzzi Smith.
Opening filmMagari
Closing film To the Ends of the Earth
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Awards Golden Leopard (Vitalina Varela)
Festival date7–17 August 2019
Website Website
Locarno Film Festival chronology
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71st

The 72nd annual Locarno Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2019. [1] The debut feature by Italian director-producer Ginevra Elkann's Magari opened the festival, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth was screened as closing film. [2]

Contents

Juries

International Competition

Filmmakers of the Present

Leopards of Tomorrow

Moving Ahead

Best First Feature Prizes

Sections

Piazza Grande

English TitleOriginal TitleDirectorProduction Country
7500 Patrick Vollrath Germany, Austria
Adoration Fabrice Du Welz Belgium, France
Camille Boris Lojkine France
Days of the Bagnold Summer Simon Bird United Kingdom
Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia
Instinct Halina Reijn Netherlands
The Girl with a Bracelet La Fille au braceletStéphane DemoustierFrance, Belgium
A Letter to Freddy Buache Lettre à Freddy Buache Jean-Luc Godard France
If Only (Opening Film)Magari Ginevra Elkann Italy, France
New AcidBasim MagdyFrance, Switzerland
Notre Dame Valérie Donzelli France, Belgium
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino United States
To the Ends of the Earth (Closing Film)Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan, Uzbekistan, Qatar

International Competition (Concorso internazionale)

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
The Fever A FebreMaya Da-RinBrazil, France, Germany
Echo Bergmål Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, France, Switzerland
Cat in the WallMina Mileva, Vesela KazakovaBulgaria, United Kingdom, France
A Voluntary YearDas freiwillige Jahr Ulrich Köhler  [ de ], Henner WincklerGermany
Douze MilleNadège TrebalFrance
During RevolutionFi Al-ThawraMaya KhourySyria, Sweden
The Science of FictionsHiruk-pikuk si al-kisahYosep Anggi NoenIndonesia, Malaysia, France
Maternal Hogar Maura Delpero Italy, Argentina
Isadora's ChildrenLes Enfants d'IsadoraDamien ManivelFrance, South Korea
Endless NightLonga noiteEloy EncisoSpain
O Fim do MundoBasil Da CunhaSwitzerland
Height of the Wave 파고 Park Jung-bum South Korea
TechnobossJoão NicolauPortugal, France
South TerminalTerminal SudRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheFrance
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot United States
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa Portugal
A Girl Missing よこがお Koji Fukada Japan, France

Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
143 Sahara Street 143 rue du désertHassen FerhaniAlgeria, France, Qatar
Bird IslandL'Île aux oiseauxMaya Kosa, Sergio da CostaSwitzerland
The Cold Raising The ColdLengmo weiyang lengmoRong Guang RongItaly
The Dove and the WolfLa Paloma y el LoboCarlos LeninMexico
Ham on Rye Tyler TaorminaUnited States
Here for LifeAndrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian JacksonUnited Kingdom
Ivana the TerribleIvana cea GroaznicaIvana MladenovićRomania, Serbia
Love Me Tender Klaudia Reynicke Switzerland
MariamSharipa UrazbayevaKazakhstan
Nafi's Father Baamum NafiMamadou DiaSenegal
OroslanMatjaž IvanišinSlovenia, Czech Republic
OverseasYoon Sung-aBelgique, France
Space DogsElsa Kremser, Levin PeterAustria, Germany
The Tree HouseNhà CâyMinh Quý TrươngSingapore, Vietnam, Germany, France, China
Wonders in the SuburbsMerveilles à MontfermeilJeanne BalibarFrance
The Young ObservantL'apprendistatoDavide MaldiItaly

Moving Ahead

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
(tourism studies)Joshua Gen SolondzUnited States
A Topography of MemoryBurak ÇevikTurkey, Canada
Black HoleEmmanuel Grimaud, Arnaud DeshayesFrance
Color-blindBen RussellFrance, Germany
Distancing Miko Revereza United States
The Giverny Document (Single Channel)Ja'Tovia M. GaryUnited States, France
In MemoriamJean-Claude RousseauFrance
The Invisible HandOmer FastChina, Germany
KasiteritRiar RizaldiIndonesia
Krabi, 2562Ben Rivers, Anocha SuwichakornpongUnited Kingdom, Thailand
LoreSky HopinkaUnited States
The Sun, the Sun Blinded MeAnka Sasnal, Wilhelm SasnalPoland, Switzerland
OsmosisShān Zhī BěiZhou TaoChina
Ralf's ColorsRalfs FarbenLukas MarxtAustria, Germany, Spain, France
SwinguerraBárbara Wagner, Benjamin de BurcaBrazil
Those That, at a Distance, Resemble AnotherJessica Sarah RinlandUnited Kingdom, Argentina, Spain
Un film dramatiqueÉric BaudelaireFrance

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

International Competition (Concorso internazionale)

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
16 December16 de decembroAlvaro GagoSpain
A Street UnderChão de RuaTomas von der OstenBrazil
All Come From DustYounes Ben SlimaneTunisia
All the Fires the FireEfthimis Kosemund SanidisGreece
The AnimalTskhoveliAmiran DolidzeGeorgia
Black SunSiyah güneşArda ÇiltepeTurkey, Germany
Cobalt BluePyar pyar nyo yaung maing ta-lei-leiAung PhyoeMyanmar
Companions of the CaveAhlou al kahefFakhri El GhezalTunisia
Dossier of the DossierSorayos PrapapanThailand
Douma UndergroundDouma that al ardTim AlsiofiLebanon, Syria
Enduring BodyRâang Ton TaanUkrit Sa-nguanhaiThailand
Eyes on the RoadStefanie KolkNetherlands
FatherVader Isabel Lamberti Netherlands
FleshCarneCamila KaterBrazil, Spain
The Furniture MakerEl hacedor de mueblesDavid AvilesCuba
How to Tell a True Immigrant StoryAggie Ebrahimi BazazUnited States
In VitroLarissa Sansour, Søren LindUnited Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark
The Last Image of FatherPoslednja slika o ocuStefan DjordjevicSerbia
Leave of AbsenceOtpuskAnton SazonovRussia
Mom's MovieStella KyriakopoulosGreece, Spain
MthunziTebogo MalebogoSouth Africa
Our TerritoryNotre territoireMathieu VolpeBelgium
Sheep, Wolf and a Cup of Tea...Moutons, loup et tasse de thé...Marion LacourtFrance
Shiver of LoveFrisson d'amourMaxence StamatiadisFrance
TideMaréeManon CoubiaBelgium, France
UmbilicalDanski TangUnited States
UnfinishedIncompiutaSamira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano DoriaItaly
Volcano: What Does a Lake Dream?Vulcão: O Que Sonha um Lago?Diana VidrascuFrance, Portugal, Romania
White AfroAkosua Adoma OwusuGhana, United States

Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)

English TitleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
A Summer MorningUn matin d'étéPatrick MuroniSwitzerland
AlineSimon GuélatSwitzerland, France
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark Nachts sind alle Katzen grauLasse LinderSwitzerland
At the PoolÀ la piscineConsuelo Frauenfelder, Stefan Lauper
Azure MemoriesL'azzurro del cieloEnea Zucchetti
Life is One of the SimplestDas Leben ist eines der LeichtestenMarion Nyffenegger
Mama RosaDejan BaracSwitzerland
SasLéa Célestine BernasconiSwitzerland
Still WorkingJulietta Korbel
Silent StormTempête silencieuseAnaïs Moog
TerminalKim Allamand

Official Awards

The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:

International Competition

Filmmakers of the Present

Moving Ahead

Leopards of Tomorrow

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References

  1. "Information of the 72nd Film Festival". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "The 72nd Locarno Film Festival announces its opening and closing titles" . Retrieved 12 July 2019.