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]
Rotonda by la Mobiliare - Come together! edit 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:
Art Virtual Reality Forum Talks Music Food and beverage Kids town Come together Locarno Talks la Mobiliare edit 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.
Cinema and Youth edit 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.
Eliza Hittman , international competition jury president
International competition edit Filmmakers of the present competition edit Leopards of Tomorrow edit Kamal Aljafari , Palestinian filmmaker and artistMarie-Pierre Macia, French Producer Adina Pintilie (Romanian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and curator)First Feature edit Amjad Abu Alala , Sudanese filmmakerKarina Ressler, Austrian editor Katharina Wyss, Switzerland filmmaker Sections edit
The following films were selected to receive screening in the sections below:[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Pre-Festival edit LYNX by Laurent GeslinTomorrow My Love by Gitanjali RaoPiazza Grande edit International competition (Concorso internazionale ) edit Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winnerEnglish title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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 OmonuaNigeria, 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
Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente ) edit Highlighted title indicates winner
English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani ) edit International competition (Concorso internazionale ) edit Highlighted title indicates winner
English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
National competition (Concorso nazionale) edit Highlighted title indicates winner
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore) edit Highlighted title indicates winner
English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso) edit English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Open Doors Screenings edit English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
History (s) of cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma) edit English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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 [fr ] Docteur Chance F. J. Ossang [fr ] France, Chile
Retrospective (Retrospettiva) edit English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Locarno Kids edit English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse) edit English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique) edit English title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 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
Official Awards edit The following awards were presented for films shown in competition:[16] [17]
International Competition edit Filmmakers of the Present Competition edit Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present : Brotherhood by Francesco MontagnerSpecial Jury Prize: L’Été L’éternité by Émilie Aussel Best Emerging Director: Hleb Papou for Il Legionario Leopard for the Best Actress: Saskia Rosendahl for No One’s With the Calves Leopard for the Best Actor: Gia Agumava for Wet Sand Leopards of Tomorrow edit International Competition edit Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film:Neon Phantom by Leonardo Martinelli Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition: Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering:Eliane Esther Bots for In Flow of Words Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award:Home for Myriam Uwiragiye Birara Special Mentions:First Time (The Time For All But Sunset – Violet ) by Nicolaas Schmidt National Competition edit Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film: Strangers by Nora Longatti Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the National Competition:After A Room by Naomi Pacifique Best Swiss Newcomer Award:Flavio Luca Marano, Jumana Issa for It Must Competition of Author's Courts edit Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Author Short Film:Creature by María Silvia Esteve First Feature edit Swatch First Feature Award:She Will by Charlotte Colbert Special Mention: Holy Emy (Agia Emi ) by Araceli Lemos John Landis winner of Leopard of Honour , the lifetime achievement awardSpecial Awards edit Laetitia Casta winner of Excellence Award Davide Campari Dario Argento winner of Special Lifetime achievement awardExcellence Award Davide Campari edit Locarno Film Festival Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards edit Special Lifetime Achievement Award edit Prix du public UBS Award edit Variety Piazza Grande Award edit Rose by Aurélie Saada[21] References edit ^ "74th Locarno Film Festival (Road to Locarno74: August 4–14 2021)" . 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