Opening film | Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino |
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Closing film | Respect by Liesl Tommy |
Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards |
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Hosted by | Associazione Festival del film Locarno |
No. of films | Programmed: 209 World premieres: 100 |
Festival date | Opening: 4 August 2021 Closing: 14 August 2021 |
Website | 74 Locarno Film Festival |
The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] The opening film of the festival was Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, which had its world premiere on 4 August. [2] The 74th edition of Locarno Film Festival hosted 14 films including 7 world premieres in Piazza Grande among which half were European productions. [3] [4] More than 75,000 spectators attended the festival. 50% less than the attendance rate in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
This event will be held from 30 July to 14 August. It is Locarno Film Festival’s communal space, which embraces existing audience and greets new people. It will have following platforms:
During the course of the film festival, it will be a stage for exchanging and debating ideas and perspectives. It will have encounters with people from the world of art, photography, cinema music, politics and science.
This is an initiative open to 28 final year students of high school or vocational school of Switzerland and Northern Italy, aged between 18 and 23. They will be privileged viewers as they may watch the screenings, meet directors and actors/actresses, attend specially organized introductory lectures on film language. In addition they will have access to the sidebar events.
The following films were selected to receive screening in the sections below: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Beckett (Opening Film) | Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | Italy | |
Free Guy | Shawn Levy | United States | |
Heat | Michael Mann | ||
Hinterland | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Austria, Luxembourg | |
Ida Red | John Swab | United States | |
Monte Verita | Stefan Jäger | Switzerland, Austria, Germany | |
National Lampoon's Animal House | John Landis | United States | |
Respect (Closing Film) | Liesl Tommy | United States, Canada | |
Rose | Aurélie Saada | France | |
Sinkhole | 싱크홀 | Kim Ji-hoon | South Korea |
The Alleys | Bassel Ghandour | Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar | |
The Terminator | James Cameron | United States /United Kingdom | |
Vortex | Gaspar Noé | France, Belgium, Monaco | |
Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty | Alessandro Rak | Italy | |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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A New Old Play | Jiao Ma Tang Hui | Qiu Jiongjiong | Hong Kong, France |
After Blue | Paradis Sale | Bertrand Mandico | France |
Cop Secret | Leynilögga | Hannes Þór Halldórsson | Iceland |
Gerda | Natalya Kudryashova | Russia | |
The Giants | I Giganti | Bonifacio Angius | Italy |
Heaven Above | Nebesa | Srdjan Dragojević | Serbia, Germany, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Juju Stories | C.J. Obasi, Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua | Nigeria, France | |
Luzifer | Peter Brunner | Austria | |
Medea | Alexander Zeldovich | Russia | |
The Odd-Job Men | Sis dies corrents | Neus Ballús | Spain |
Petite Solange | Axelle Ropert | France | |
The River | Al Naher | Ghassan Salhab | Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar |
The Sacred Spirit | Espíritu sagrado | Chema García Ibarra | Spain, France, Turkey |
Secret Name | La place d'une autre | Aurélia Georges | France |
Soul of a Beast | Lorenz Merz | Switzerland | |
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash | Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas | Edwin | Indonesia, Singapore, Germany |
Zeros and Ones | Abel Ferrara | Italy, Germany, United States | |
Highlighted title indicates winner
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Actual People | Kit Zauhar | United States | |
Holy Emy | Agia Emi | Araceli Lemos | Greece, France, USA |
Public Toilet Africa | Amansa tiafi | Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah | Ghana |
Brotherhood | Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic, Italy | |
Virgin Blue | Bu yao zai jian a, Yu hua tang | Niu Xiaoyu | China |
The Legionnaire | Il Legionario | Hleb Papou | Italy, France |
Whether the Weather Is Fine | Kun maupay man it panahon | Carlo Francisco Manatad | Philippines, France, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, Qatar |
Our Eternal Summer | L’été l’éternité | Émilie Aussel | France |
My Brothers Dream Awake | Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos | Claudia Huaiquimilla | Chile |
Mostro | José Pablo Escamilla | Mexico | |
No One's with the Calves | Niemand ist bei den Kälbern | Sabrina Sarabi | Germany |
Shankar's Fairies | Irfana Majumdar | India | |
Streams | Mehdi Hmili | Tunisia, Luxembourg, France | |
Wet Sand | Elena Naveriani | Switzerland, Georgia | |
Zahorí | Marì Alessandrini | Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, France | |
Highlighted title indicates winner
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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The Infernal Machine | A Máquina Infernal | Francis Vogner Dos Reis | Brazil |
And Then They Burn the Sea | Majid Al-Remaihi | Qatar | |
Suncatcher | Atrapaluz | Kim Torres | Costa Rica, Mexico |
Christmas | Dōng dōng de shèng dàn jié | Fengrui Zhang | China, United States |
FIRST TIME [The Time for All but Sunset - VIOLET] | Nicolaas Schmidt | Germany | |
Neon Phantom | Fantasma Neon | Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil |
Playtime | Giochi | Simone Bozzelli | Italy |
Home | Imuhira | Myriam Uwiragiye Birara | Rwanda |
In Flow of Words | Eliane Esther Bots | Netherlands | |
Night | Layl | Ahmad Saleh | Germany, Qatar, Jordan, Palestine |
The Demons of Dorothy | Les Démons de Dorothy | Alexis Langlois | France |
Love, Dad | Milý tati | Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
Mask | Nava Rezvani | Iran | |
Dad's Sneakers | Papyni krosivky | Olha Zhurba | Ukraine |
Sound of the Night | Somleng reatrey | Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann | Cambodia |
Squish! | Tulapop Saenjaroen | Thailand, Singapore | |
Steakhouse | Špela Čadež | Slovenia, Germany, France | |
The Sunset Special | Nicolas Gebbe | Germany | |
Strawberry Cheesecake | Siyou Tan | Singapore | |
Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays | Yi yi | Giselle Lin | Singapore |
Highlighted title indicates winner
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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After a Room | Naomi Pacifique | United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland | |
Dihya | Lucia Martinez Garcia | Switzerland | |
Dream Racing | Cavales | Juliette Riccaboni | |
Four Pills at Night | Leart Rama | Kosovo, Switzerland | |
It Must | Es muss | Flavio Luca Marano, Jumana Issa | Switzerland |
The Life Underground | Loïc Hobi | ||
Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse | Kilian Vilim | ||
Real News | Luka Popadić | Switzerland, Serbia | |
Strangers | Chute | Nora Longatti | Switzerland |
Thing | Ding | Pascale Egli, Aurelio Ghirardelli | Switzerland |
Highlighted title indicates winner
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Caricaturana | Radu Jude | Romania | |
Creature | Criatura | María Silvia Esteve | Argentina, Switzerland |
Dead Flash | Bertrand Mandico | France | |
Fou de Bassan | Yann Gonzalez | ||
Gotta Fabricate Your Own Gifts | Il faut fabriquer ses cadeaux | Cyril Schäublin | Switzerland |
Happiness Is a Journey | Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan | United States, Estonia | |
Hotel Royal | Salomé Lamas | Portugal | |
How Do You Measure a Year? | Jay Rosenblatt | United States | |
Penalty Shot | Kazneni udarac | Rok Biček | Croatia, Slovenia, Austria |
Se posso permettermi | Marco Bellocchio | Italy | |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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From the Planet of the Humans | Dal pianeta degli umani | Giovanni Cioni | Italy, Belgium, France |
The Monster of the Crypt | Il mostro della cripta | Daniele Misischia | Italy |
Mad God | Phil Tippett | United States | |
Pathos Ethos Logos | Joaquim Pinto, Nuno Leonel | Portugal | |
Rampart | Marko Grba Singh | Serbia | |
She Will | Charlotte Colbert | United Kingdom | |
The Sadness | Rob Jabbaz | Taiwan | |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Aswang | Alyx Ayn Arumpac | Philippines, France, Norway, Germany, Qatar, Denmark | |
The Inseminator | Nguoi truyen giong | Bui Kim Quy | Vietnam, Germany |
The Long Walk | Bor mi vanh chark | Mattie Do | Laos, Spain, Singapore |
Manta Ray | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Thailand, France, China | |
Money Has Four Legs | Maung Sun | Myanmar | |
The Seen and Unseen | Sekala niskala | Kamila Andini | Indonesia |
The Story of Southern Islet | Keat Aun Chong | Malaysia | |
They Sing Up on the Hill | Od ba gegee | Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav, Ian Allardyce | Mongolia, United Kingdom |
Young Love | Lomorpich Rithy | Cambodia | |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Around Rocha’s Table | A Távola de Rocha | Samuel Barbosa | Portugal, Japan |
Destiny | Al-massir | Youssef Chahine | Egypt, France |
Derborence | Francis Reusser | Switzerland | |
Dick | Andrew Fleming | United States, France, Canada | |
Doctor Chance | Docteur Chance | F. J. Ossang | France, Chile |
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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12 directors for 12 cities: Genoa | 12 registi per 12 città: Genova | Alberto Lattuada | Italy |
Anna | Italy, France | ||
Love in the city | Amore in città | Alberto Lattuada, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini | Italy |
Stay as You Are | Così come sei | Alberto Lattuada | Italy, Spain |
White Sister | Bianco rosso e... | Italy, France, Spain | |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Clorofilla dal cielo blu | Victor J. Tognola | Switzerland | |
Go West | Buster Keaton | USA | |
Here My Village | Abas Aram | Iran | |
Trash - The legend of the magic pyramid | Trash - La leggenda della piramide magica | Luca Della Grotta, Francesco Dafano | Italy |
Too Far Away | Zu weit weg | Sarah Winkenstette | Germany |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Atlas | Niccolò Castelli | Switzerland, Belgium, Italy | |
The Game | Das Spiel | Roman Hodel | Switzerland |
The Girl and the Spider | Das Mädchen und die Spinne | Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | |
Mare | Andrea Štaka | Switzerland, Croatia | |
The New Gospel | Das neue Evangelium | Milo Rau | Switzerland, Germany |
Nothing but the Sun | Apenas el sol | Arami Ullón | Switzerland, Paraguay |
Your Street | Deine Strasse | Güzin Kar | Switzerland |
English title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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A Thousand Fires | Saeed Taji Farouky | France /Switzerland /Netherlands /Palestine | |
The Bad Man | Lee Yong Chao | Taiwan | |
The Balcony | Film balkonowy | Paweł Łoziński | Poland |
Bukolika | Karol Pałka | ||
How to Kill a Cloud | Tuija Halttunen | Finland /Denmark | |
Stand Up My Beauty | Heidi Specogna | Switzerland /Germany | |
Walk With Angels | Tomasz Wysokiński | Poland | |
The following awards were presented for films shown in competition: [16] [17]
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