The 76th Locarno Film Festival offers 11 sections, 3 competitions and 20 awards, highlighting both quality and variety. It is a Festival that explores cinema from every perspective, discovering in-the-present filmmakers and films destined to have a future.
Concorso internazionale
The Concorso Internazionale explores new territories in moviemaking. This year’s selection of 17 titles, all world premieres and one as an international premiere, will be competing for the Pardo d’oro – the Grand Prize of the Festival of the City of Locarno to the best film with CHF 75,000 to be shared equally between the director and the producer. Also to be awarded are the Special Jury Prize, Pardo for Best Direction and 2 Pardos for Best Performance.
The 76th Locarno Film Festival offers 11 sections, 3 competitions and 20 awards, highlighting both quality and variety. It is a Festival that explores cinema from every angle, discovering in-the-present filmmakers and films destined to have a future.
Concorso internazionale
The Concorso Internazionale explores new territories in moviemaking. This year’s selection of 17 titles, all world premieres and one as an international premiere, will be competing for the Pardo d’oro – the Grand Prize of the Festival of the City of Locarno to the best film with CHF 75,000 to be shared equally between the director and the producer. Also to be awarded are the Special Jury Prize, Pardo for Best Direction and 2 Pardos for Best Performance.
The films in this competition are:
Animal
Directed by Soria Exarchou
Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Romania
Home
Directed by Leonor Teles
Portugal
The Human Surge 3
Directed by Eduardo Williams
Argentina, Portugal, Netherlands, Taiwan, Brazil, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka
Essential Truths of the Lake
Directed by Lav Diaz
Philippines, France, Portugal, Singapore, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
The Permanent Picture
Directed by Laura Ferrés
Spain, France
Lousy Carter
Directed by Bob Byington
USA
The Invisible Fight
Directed by Rainer Sarnet
Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland
Patagonia
Directed by Simone Bozzelli
Italy
Stepne
Directed by Maryna Vroda
Rossosperanza
Directed by Annarita Zambrano
Italy, France
Manga D’Terra
Directed by Basil Da Cunha
Switzerland, Portugal
Critical Zone
Directed by Ali Ahmadzadeh
Iran, Germany
Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World
Directed by Radu Jude
Romania, Luxembourg, France, Croatia
Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere
Directed by Sylvain George
France, Switzerland
Sweet Dreams
Directed by Ena Sendijarevi?
Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, Réunion
The Vanishing Soldier
Directed by Dani Rosenberg
Israel
Yannick
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
France
Concorso Cineasti del presente competition offers a selection of first and second feature films, primarily world premieres, directed by emerging global talents. It’s devoted to the discovery of tomorrow’s cinema, which deserves to be supported beyond all genre distinctions. Besides the traditional Pardo d’oro and Award for Directing, as of this year will also offers two prizes for the best performance.
Films in this competition are:
CAMPING DU LAC by El.onore Saintagnan
Belgium/France
EIN SCHÖNER ORT by Katharina Huber
Germany
EXCURSION by Una Gunjak
Bosnia-Herzegovina/Croatia/ Serbia/France/Norway/Qatar –
FAMILY PORTRAIT by Lucy Kerr
USA
HAO JIU BU JIAN (DREAMING & DYING)
by Nelson Yeo
Singapore/Indonesia
LA MORSURE by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
France
NEGU HURBILAK by Colectivo Negu
Spain
ON THE GO by Mar.a Gis.le Royo, Julia de Castro
Spain
RIMDOGITTANGA (RAPTURE) by Dominic Sangma
India/China/Switzerland/Netherlands/Qatar
RIVI.RE by Hugues Hariche
Switzerland/France
TODOS LOS INCENDIOS by Mauricio Calder.n Rico
Mexico
TOUCHED by Claudia Rorarius
Germany
UND DASS MAN OHNE TÄUSCHUNG ZU LEBEN VERMAG
by Katharina Lüdin
Germany/Switzerland
WHISPERS OF FIRE & WATER by Lubdhak Chatterjee
India
XI DU (WEST BORDER) by Yan LUO
China
Pardi di domani competition focus is on expressive experimentation and innovative formal poetry, showcasing short and medium length films as world or international premieres. The section consists of three competitions: Concorso internazionale, with works by emerging filmmakers from all over the world; Concorso nazionale, for Swiss productions; and Concorso Corti d’autore, with short works by established directors.
Pardi di domani: Concorso internazionale
DE IMPERIO by Alessandro Novelli – Portugal/Spain
DU BIST SO WUNDERBAR by Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes – Germany/Brazil
EN UNDERS.GELSE AF EMPATI (A STUDY OF EMPATHY) by Hilke R.nnfeldt – Denmark/Germany
ENGAR MADARAM GERISTE BUD AAN SHAB (AS IF MOTHER CRIED THAT NIGHT) by Hoda Taheri – Germany
FAIRE UN ENFANT by Eric K. Boulianne – Canada
I LOOK INTO THE MIRROR AND REPEAT TO MYSELF by Giselle Lin – Singapore
KINDERFILM by Total Refusal, Adrian Jonas Haim, Michael Stumpf, Robin Klengel – Austria
LA VEDOVA NERA by fiume, Julian McKinnon – France
NEGAHBAN (THE GUARD) by Amirhossein Shojaei – Iran
PADO (THE WAVES) by Yumi Joung – South Korea
PÁSSARO MEMÓRIA by Leonardo Martinelli – Brazil/United Kingdom
PLEINE NUIT by Manon Coubia – Belgium/France
PRAY by Caleb Azumah Nelson – United Kingdom
SCORCHED EARTH by Markela Kontaratou – Greece/United Kingdom
SLIMANE by Carlos Pereira – Germany
SOLO LA LUNA COMPRENDERÁ by Kim Torres – Costa Rica/USA
THE CURRENCY – SENSING 1 AGBOGBLOSHIE by Elom 20ce, Musquiqui Chihying, Gregor Kasper – Germany/Taiwan/
THE LOVERS by Carolina Sandvik – Sweden
YI ZHI WU GUI DE BEN MING NIAN (A TORTOISE’S YEAR OF FATE) by Yi Xiong –
Z.O. by Loris G. Nese – Italy
Pardi di domani: Concorso nazionale
ALEXX196 & LA PLAGE DE SABLE ROSE by Lo.c Hobi – Switzerland/France
CANARD by Elie Chapuis – Switzerland/Belgium
JAIMA by Francesco Pereira – Switzerland
LETZTE NACHT by Lea Bloch – Switzerland
NIGHT SHIFT by Kayije Kagame, Hugo Radi – Switzerland
O GÜN BU GÜNDÜR, U.UYORUM (EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN FLYING) by Aylin G.kmen – Switzerland
O KRÁV? (ABOUT A COW) by Pavla Baštanov. – Czech Republic/Switzerland
REMEMBER, BROKEN CRAYONS COLOUR TOO by Urša Kastelic, Shannet Clemmings – Switzerland
SEARCHING FOR THE 5TH DIRECTION by Matthias Schüpbach – Switzerland
THE ISLAND by Julien Pujol – France/Estonia
Pardi di domani: Concorso Corti d’autore
BEEN THERE by Corina Schwingruber Ili? – Switzerland
I MITERA MOU INE AGIA (MY MOTHER IS A SAINT) by Syllas Tzoumerkas – Greece
I USED TO LIVE THERE by Ryan McKenna – Canada
INTELLIGENCE by Jeanne Frenkel, Cosme Castro – France
LOVING IN BETWEEN by Jyoti Mistry – Austria/South Africa
MÁTALOS A TODOS by Sebastian Molina Ruiz – Mexico
NOCTURNO PARA UMA FLORESTA by Catarina Vasconcelos – Portugal
RAINER, A VICIOUS DOG IN A SKULL VALLEY by Bertrand Mandico – France
THE PASSING by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan – USA
VALLEY PRIDE by Lukas Marxt – Austria/Germany
Non Competition sections of the festival are:
Piazza Grande is both the Festival’s heart and its showcase. With its giant screen (one of the biggest in Europe) endowed with truly exceptional projection quality, the Piazza Grande is one of the finest open-air venues in the world. This magnificent and unique setting is where every night festival audiences come together for a big cinematic event. The programming on the Piazza Grande offers prestigious screenings, most of them world, international or European premieres, introduced by the director and the cast.
Fuori concorso is the section exploring the form of cinematic storytelling, from without genres. It’s the pleasure of freedom and impossible juxtapositions. It’s a free zone where cinema becomes a place of continuous discovery without restrictions.
Open Doors Screenings has been committed to exploring the diverse filmmaking of Latin America and the Caribbean from 2022 until 2024. In 2023, the spotlight will be turned on films from the South American region.
To view the rest of the sections, the films in these sections and for more information,please visit
https://www.locarnofestival.ch
Locarno International Film Festival takes place Aug 2 – 12
