The Emperor's Nightingale is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in the 1951 American dubbed version. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators.
Abolfazl Jalili is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He belongs to the Iranian new wave movement.
Barbed Wire is a 1991 Argentine and Italian film written and directed by Marco Bechis. The film stars Jacqueline Lustig, Martin Kalwill, and Arturo Maly.
Lü Yue is a Chinese cinematographer and film director.
Saman Salur is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in Directing.
To Love the Damned is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1980.
Masahiro Kobayashi was a Japanese film director.
O Bobo is a 1987 Portuguese film directed by José Álvaro Morais, produced by António da Cunha Telles and based on a play written by the renowned 19th-century Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano.
Prince Bayaya is a 1950 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka.
The Winner is a 1962 French film directed by François Reichenbach.
Four in the Morning is a 1965 British film directed by Anthony Simmons and starring Judi Dench. It featured a score by John Barry.
The Visionaries is a 1968 Italian film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and is inspired by the writings by Robert Musil.
On the Point of Death is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Mario Garriba. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Tűzoltó utca 25. is a 1973 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1974 Locarno International Film Festival
The Son of Amir Is Dead is a 1975 Belgian film directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1975 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley is a Greek film directed by Nikos Panayotopoulos. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1978 Locarno International Film Festival.
Schmetterlinge ("Butterflies") is a West German film directed by Wolfgang Becker. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1988 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Rebirth is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2007 Locarno International Film Festival.
Milagros Mumenthaler is a film director, and screenplay writer. Born in Argentina and raised in Switzerland, Mumenthaler filmography include two feature-length films and several short films. Back to Stay her first feature-length film was a major critical success and collected many awards in film festivals all around the world.
