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69th Locarno Film Festival
Festival official poster
Opening filmThe Girl With All the Gifts by Colm McCarthy
Closing filmMohenjo Daro by Ashutosh Gowariker
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Awards
Hosted byAssociazione Festival del film Locarno
Festival dateOpening: 3 August 2016 (2016-08-03)
Closing: 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
WebsiteLocarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
70th
68th

The 69th Festival del film Locarno was held 3–13 August 2016 in Locarno, Switzerland.

The line-up consisted of ten sections:

Carlo Chatrian was the festival’s Artistic Director.[1] The primary Selection Committee included Mark Peranson (Head of Programming), Lorenzo Esposito, Sergio Fant, and Aurélie Godet.[2] The Leopards of Tomorrow section was programmed by Alessandro Marcionni (Head), Gonzalo De Pedro Amatria, Liz Harkman, and Bruno Quiblier. The Retrospective program was curated by Olaf Möller and Roberto Turigliatto.[3]

Sections

Sources:[4][5]

Piazza Grande

Title Original title Country Director
The Day the Rains Came [1959] Am Tag als der Regen kam West Germany Gerd Oswald
Ceasefire Cessez-le-feu France Emmanuel Courcol
The Train of Salt and Sugar Comboio de Sal e Açucar Portugal, Mozambique, France, South Africa, Brazil Licínio Azevedo
Heaven Will Wait Le ciel attendra France Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
I, Daniel Blake United Kingdom, France, Belgium Ken Loach
Interchange Malaysia, Indonesia Dain Iskandar Said
Into the Forest Dans la forêt France, Sweden Gilles Marchand
Jason Bourne United States Paul Greengrass
Mohenjo Daro India Ashutosh Gowariker
Moka France, Switzerland Frédéric Mermoud
Paula Germany, France Christian Schwochow
Endless Poetry Poesía sin fin France, Chile Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Tunnel Teo-neol South Korea Kim Seong-hun
The Girl With All the Gifts United Kingdom, United States Colm McCarthy
Vincent France, Belgium Christophe Van Rompaey
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Vor der Morgenröte - Stefan Zweig in Amerika Germany, France, Austria Maria Schrader

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International Competition (Concorso internazionale)

Title Original title Country Director
Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces Al Ma' wal Khodra wal Wajh al Hassan Egypt Yousry Nasrallah
Bangkok Nites Japan, France, Thailand, Laos Katsuya Tomita
Correspondências Portugal Rita Azevedo Gomes
By the Time It Gets Dark Dao khanong Thailand, Netherlands, France, Qatar Anocha Suwichakornpong
The Dreamed Path Der traumhafte Weg Germany Angela Schanelec
Godless Bezbog Bulgaria, Denmark, France Ralitza Petrova
Hermia & Helena United States, Argentina Matías Piñeiro
Mister Universo Austria, Italy Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Scarred Hearts Inimi cicatrizate Romania, Germany Radu Jude
The Young One Jeunesse France, Portugal Julien Samani
Wet Woman in the Wind Kaze ni nureta onna Japan Akihiko Shiota
The Idea of a Lake La idea de un lago Switzerland, Argentina, Qatar Milagros Mumenthaler
The Apple of My Eye La prunelle de mes yeux France Axelle Ropert
Marija Germany, Switzerland Michael Koch
The Ornithologist O Ornitólogo Portugal, France, Brazil João Pedro Rodrigues
The Last Family Ostatnia rodzina Poland Jan Matuszynski
Glory Slava Bulgaria, Greece Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov

[6][8]

Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)

Filmmakers of the Present is the festival's competition for first or second feature films.

Title Original title Country Director
Afterlov Greece Stergios Paschos
Withered Green Akhdar yabes Egypt Mohammed Hammad
Destruction Babies Disutorakushon beibîzu Japan Tetsuya Mariko
Donald Cried United States Kris Avedisian
The Human Surge El auge del humano Argentina, Brazil, Portugal Eduardo Williams
The Future Perfect El futuro perfecto Argentina Nele Wohlatz
Still Life Gorge coeur ventre France Maud Alpi
I Had Nowhere to Go Germany Douglas Gordon
The Nest Il nido Switzerland, Italy Klaudia Reynicke
Solo, Solitude Istirahatlah kata-kata Indonesia Yosep Anggi Noen
Daydreams L'indomptée France Caroline Deruas
This Time Tomorrow Mañana a esta hora Colombia, Canada Lina Rodríguez
Pescatori di corpi Switzerland Michele Pennetta
The Challenge Italy, France, Switzerland Yuri Ancarani
Dark Skull Viejo Calavera Bolivia, Qatar Kiro Russo

[6][9]

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

Leopards of Tomorrow is the festival's competitive program for short films, with separate international and Swiss sections.

International Competition (Concorso internazionale)

Title Original title Country Director
A liña política Spain Santos Díaz
À Noite Fazem-se Amigos Portugal Rita Barbosa
Fox Alepou Greece Jacqueline Lentzou
An Aviation Field United States, Portugal, Brazil Joana Pimenta
Old Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-central, Desirable Neighborhood Apartament interbelic, în zona superbă, ultra-centrală Romania Sebastian Mihăilescu
Au loin, Baltimore France Lola Quivoron
Cilaos France Camilo Restrepo
Clan Netherlands Stefanie Kolk
Deep Blue United States Joe Nankin
Till the End of the Day Dgis bolomde Georgia Anna Sarukhanova
Each To Their Own New Zealand Maria Ines Manchego
Estilhaços Portugal José Miguel Ribeiro
Etage X Germany Francy Fabritz
Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw) United States Renee Zhan
The Committee Kommittén Sweden, Norway, Finland Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi
L'immense retour (Romance) Belgium, France Manon Coubia
Las vísceras Spain, France Elena López Riera
Manodopera France, Greece Loukianos Moshonas
Non Castus Chile Andrea Castillo
Our Friend the Moon Nuestra amiga la luna Spain Velasco Broca
On The Ropes Lebanon Manon Nammour
Long Live the Emperor Que vive l'Empereur France Aude Léa Rapin
Rhapsody France Constance Meyer
Setembro Portugal, Bulgaria Leonor Noivo
Among the Black Waves Sredi cheornyh voln Russia Anna Budanova
Transition Tranzicija Serbia Milica Tomovic
Umpire Belgium Leonardo Van Dijl
Valparaiso Italy Carlo Sironi

Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)

Title Original title Country Director
Cabane France Simon Guélat
Côté cour Switzerland Lora Mure-Ravaud
The Bridge Over the River Die Brücke über den Fluss Switzerland Jadwiga Kowalska
Digital Immigrants Switzerland Norbert Kottmann, Dennis Stauffer
Dormiente Switzerland Tommaso Donati
Genesis Switzerland Lucien Monot
Iceberg France Mathieu Z’Graggen
La femme et le TGV Switzerland Timo von Gunten
La Leçon Switzerland Tristan Aymon
La sève Switzerland Manon Goupil
Les dauphines Belgium Juliette Klinke
Lost Exile Switzerland Fisnik Maxhuni

[10]

Signs of Life

Title Original title Country Director
300 Miles Syria, Lebanon Orwa Al Mokdad
People That Are Not Me Anashim shehem lo ani Israel Hadas Ben Aroya
Ascent Netherlands, Japan Fiona Tan
Beduino Brazil Júlio Bressane
Pow Wow United States Robinson Devor
All the Cities of the North Svi severni gradovi Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro Dane Komljen
Rat Film United States Theo Anthony
The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me Poland, Switzerland Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal

[6][11]

Out of Competition (Fuori concorso)

Feature-length

Title Original title Country Director
Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté Switzerland Nicolas Wadimoff
L'amatore Italy Maria Mauti
The Nature of Things La natura delle cose Italy Laura Viezzoli
False Confessions Les fausses confidences France Luc Bondy
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu Portugal João Botelho
Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte… Germany Corinna Belz
Journey of Hope [1991] Reise der Hoffnung Switzerland, Italy, Germany Xavier Koller
A Jew Must Die Un Juif pour l'example Switzerland Jacob Berger
A Young Girl In Her Nineties Une jeune fille de 90 ans France Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian
Zaineb Hates the Snow Zaineb takrahou ethelj Tunisia, France, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates Kaouther Ben Hania
Where Is Rocky II? [Art Basel selection] France, Germany, Belgium, Italy Pierre Bismuth

Shorts

Title Country Director
A Brief History of Princess X Portugal, France, United Kingdom Gabriel Abrantes
A Train Arrives at the Station United States Thom Andersen
Animals Under Anaesthesia: Speculations on the Dreamlife of Beasts Canada Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy
Festa Italy Franco Piavoli
Indefinite Pitch United States James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Longe Portugal José Oliveira
The Hedonists China Jia Zhang-ke
The Hunchback Portugal, France Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes

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Histoire(s) du cinéma

Program Title Original title Country Director Year
Alejandro Jodorowsky The Dance of Reality La danza de la realidad France, Chile Alejandro Jodorowsky 2013
Alejandro Jodorowsky The Holy Mountain La montaña sagrada Mexico, United States Alejandro Jodorowsky 1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky Endless Poetry Poesía sin fin France, Chile Alejandro Jodorowsky 2016
Alejandro Jodorowsky Santa Sangre Italy, Mexico Alejandro Jodorowsky 1989
Bill Pullman Lost Highway France, United States David Lynch 1996
Bill Pullman Zero Effect USA Jake Kasdan 1998
David Linde Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States, China Ang Lee 2000
David Linde Y Tu Mamá También Mexico Alfonso Cuarón 2001
Howard Shore Ed Wood USA Tim Burton 1994
Howard Shore Hugo USA Martin Scorsese 2011
Howard Shore The Silence of the Lambs USA Jonathan Demme 1991
Howard Shore Videodrome Canada David Cronenberg 1983
Mario Adorf A cavallo della tigre Italy Luigi Comencini 1961
Mario Adorf The Day the Rains Came Am Tag als der Regen kam West Germany Gerd Oswald 1959
Mario Adorf The Doctor of Stalingrad Der Arzt von Stalingrad West Germany Géza von Radványi 1958
Mario Adorf La mala ordina Italy, West Germany Fernando Di Leo 1972
Mario Adorf The Devil Strikes at Night Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam West Germany Robert Siodmak 1957
Roger Corman The Intruder United States Roger Corman 1962
Roger Corman The Masque of the Red Death United States, United Kingdom Roger Corman 1964
Jonas Mekas Walden United States Jonas Mekas 1969
Abbas Kiarostami Filmando en Cuba con Abbas Kiarostami various Ramiro Pedraza, Martin Snyder, Fatema Abdoolcarim, Kai Tillman, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Briones, Alessandro Focareta, Pedro Freire 2016
Abbas Kiarostami Where is the Friend's Home? Khane-ye doust kodjast? Iran Abbas Kiarostami 1988
Clemens Klopfenstein Geschichte der Nacht Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, France Clemens Klopfenstein 1979
Clemens Klopfenstein Whoafraidwolf WerAngstWolf Italy, Switzerland Clemens Klopfenstein 2000
Jean-Louis Roy L'inconnu de Shandigor Switzerland Jean-Louis Roy 1967
Histoire(s) du cinéma: Special Program Lovers Are Wet Koibito-tachi wa nureta Japan Tatsumi Kumashiro 1973
Histoire(s) du cinéma A Destruição de Bernardet Brazil Claudia Priscilla, Pedro Marques 2016
Histoire(s) du cinéma Compêndio da Vida de um Homem Gasto e o Seu Último Desejo Perante Ela Brazil Eugenio Puppo, Ricardo Carioba 2014
Histoire(s) du cinéma Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film Germany Dominik Graf, Johannes Sievert 2016
Histoire(s) du cinéma Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach United Kingdom Louise Osmond 2016

[13]

Retrospective (Retrospettiva)

The 2016 retrospective section, Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963, was centered around filmmaking in early West Germany.

Title Original title Director Country Year
An Alibi for Death Ein Alibi zerbricht Alfred Vohrer Austria 1963
All Clues Lead to Berlin Die Spur führt nach Berlin František Čáp West Germany 1952
Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face Alvorada - Aufbruch in Brasilien Hugo Niebeling West Germany 1962
Autobahn Herbert Vesely West Germany 1957
Banktresor 713 Werner Klingler West Germany 1957
Bau 60 Dieter Lemmel West Germany 1960
Black Gravel Schwarzer Kies Helmut Käutner West Germany 1961
By the Dike Sluice Am Siel Peter Nestler West Germany 1962
The Captain from Cologne Der Hauptmann von Köln Slatan Dudow East Germany 1956
Chased by the Devil Vom Teufel gejagt Victor Tourjansky West Germany 1950
The Condemned Village Das verurteilte Dorf Martin Hellberg East Germany 1952
The Confession of Ina Kahr Das Bekenntnis der Ina Kahr G. W. Pabst West Germany 1954
The Cornet Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod Walter Reisch West Germany 1955
The Day the Rains Came Am Tag als der Regen kam Gerd Oswald West Germany 1959
Den Einsamen allen Franz Schömbs West Germany 1962
The Devil Strikes at Night Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam Robert Siodmak West Germany 1957
The Doctor of Stalingrad Der Arzt von Stalingrad Géza von Radványi West Germany 1958
The Dress Das Kleid Konrad Petzold East Germany 1961/1991
Durch Nacht zum Licht Hans Fischerkoesen West Germany 1955
The Eighth Day of the Week Ósmy dzień tygodnia Aleksander Ford Polish People’s Republic, West Germany 1958
Encounters In The Dark Spotkania w mroku Wanda Jakubowska Polish People’s Republic, East Germany 1960
Es muss ein Stück vom Hitler sein Walter Krüttner West Germany 1963
Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland Michael Grzimek, Bernhard Grzimek West Germany 1954
Faces in the Shadow Ansikten i skugga Peter Weiss, Christer Strömholm Sweden 1956
The Fair Kirmes Wolfgang Staudte West Germany 1960
Faust Peter Gorski West Germany 1960
Fussball Weltmeisterschaft 1954 Gerhard Grindel, Horst Wigankow, Sammy Drechsel West Germany 1954
The Glass Tower Der gläserne Turm Harald Braun West Germany 1957
The Haunted Castle Das Spukschloss im Spessart Kurt Hoffmann West Germany 1960
Holiday on Sylt Urlaub auf Sylt Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike East Germany 1957
The Indian Tomb Das indische Grabmal Fritz Lang West Germany, France, Italy 1959
It Happened in Broad Daylight Es geschah am hellichten Tag Ladislao Vajda Switzerland, West Germany 1958
Jonas Ottomar Domnick West Germany 1957
Jungens in den Flegeljahren Rudolf Werner Kipp West Germany 1956
Kahl Haro Senft West Germany 1961
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung Edgar Reitz West Germany 1962
Labyrinth Rolf Thiele West Germany 1959
Last Stop Love Endstation Liebe Georg Tressler West Germany 1958
Leuchtfeuer Wolfgang Staudte East Germany, Sweden 1954
Look at This City Schaut auf diese Stadt Karl Gass East Germany 1962
The Lost One Der Verlorene Peter Lorre West Germany 1951
Machorka-Muff Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet West Germany 1963
Mädchen in Uniform Géza von Radványi West Germany, France 1958
Das magische Band Ferdinand Khittl West Germany 1959
Many Passed By Viele kamen vorbei Peter Pewas West Germany 1956
Menschen im Werk Gerhard Lamprecht West Germany 1957
The Miracle of Father Malachia Das Wunder des Malachias Bernhard Wicki West Germany 1961
Mother Courage and Her Children Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder Manfred Wekwerth, Peter Palitzsch East Germany 1961
Neue Kunst - neues Sehen Ottomar Domnick West Germany 1950
No Way Back Weg ohne Umkehr Victor Vicas West Germany 1953
People in the Net Menschen im Netz Franz Peter Wirth West Germany 1959
Die Purpurlinie Flo Nordhoff West Germany 1959
Puschkin – Wodka für harte Männer. Elch Charles Paul Wilp West Germany 1962
Redhead Die Rote Helmut Käutner West Germany, Italy 1962
The Return of Doctor Mabuse Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse Harald Reinl West Germany, France, Italy 1961
Roses Bloom on the Moorland Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab Hans H. König West Germany 1952
Schichten unter der Dunstglocke Herbert Viktor West Germany 1959
Sky Without Stars Himmel ohne Sterne Helmut Käutner West Germany 1955
Speed Geschwindigkeit Edgar Reitz West Germany 1963
Spielbank-Affäre Arthur Pohl East Germany 1957
Das Stacheltier: Freie Marktwirtschaft Richard Groschopp East Germany 1954
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben Frank Wisbar West Germany 1959
Süden im Schatten Franz-Josef Spieker West Germany 1962
The Tiger of Eschnapur Der Tiger von Eschnapur Fritz Lang West Germany, France, Italy 1959
The Trapp Family in America Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika Wolfgang Liebeneiner West Germany 1958
Traum in Tusche Rolf Engler West Germany 1952
Das Unkraut Wolfgang Urchs West Germany 1962
Verstummte Stimmen Roger Fritz West Germany 1962
Ein Wagen und sein Werk Curt A. Engel West Germany 1953
Weißes Blut Gottfried Kolditz East Germany 1959
Werftarbeiter Wolf Hart West Germany 1951
Der Wundertisch Herbert Seggelke West Germany 1954
You Must Choose Life Wähle das Leben Erwin Leiser Switzerland, Sweden, Austria 1963

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Open Doors

Beginning in 2016, the Open Doors screening and development section initiated a three-year focus on eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Feature-length

Title Original title Country Director Year
Are You Listening! Shunte Ki Pao! Bangladesh Kamar Ahmad Simon 2012
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait Bhutan, Hong Kong Khyentse Norbu 2016
Highway Nepal, United States Deepak Rauniyar 2012
The Emerald Jungle Mya ga naing Myanmar Maung Tin Maung 1934
Return to Burma Taiwan, Myanmar Midi Z 2011
Television Bangladesh Mostofa Sarwar Farooki 2012
The Black Hen Kalo Pothi Nepal Min Bahadur Bham 2015
The Monk Myanmar, Czech Republic The Maw Naing 2014
Under Construction Bangladesh Rubaiyat Hossain 2015

Shorts

Title Original title Country Director Year
3 Year 3 Month Retreat Lo Sum Choe Sum Bhutan Dechen Roder 2015
720 Degrees Bangladesh Ishtiaque Zico 2010
A Forgotten Story Bhutan Tashi Gyeltshen 2010
Chandra Nepal, United Kingdom, China Asmita Shrish, Fateme Ahmadi 2015
I am Time Bangladesh Mahde Hasan 2013
Insein Rhythm Myanmar, Germany Soe Moe Aung 2013
Side Glances of Dragon Myanmar We Ra Aung 2014
Sweetie Pie Myanmar, Germany Sai Kong Kham 2011
The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite Nepal Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung 2013
The Container Bangladesh, South Korea Abu Shahed Emon 2012
The Monk in the Forest Bhutan Karma Wangchuk 2015
The Shame Laaz Nepal Sushan Prajapati 2015

[16][17]

Jury films

The festival presents films associated with jurors for the various competitive sections.

Title Original title Country Director Year
Bleak Street La calle de la amargura Mexico, Spain Arturo Ripstein 2015
You and the Night Les rencontres d'après minuit France, Switzerland Yann Gonzalez 2013
Soy Nero Germany, France, Mexico Rafi Pitts 2016
Frances Ha United States Noah Baumbach 2012
Ta’ang Hong Kong, France Wang Bing 2016
Suspiria Italy Dario Argento 1977
The Lobster Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France Yorgos Lanthimos 2015
Struggle for Life La loi de la jungle France Antonin Peretjako 2016
Köpek Switzerland Esen Isik 2015
Eyes Find Eyes France, United States Sean Price Williams, Jean-Manuel Fernandez 2011
Speed Geschwindigkeit West Germany Edgar Reitz 1963
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung West Germany Edgar Reitz 1962
La herida Spain Fernando Franco 2013
Boxcar Bertha United States Martin Scorsese 1972
Wolf and Sheep Denmark, France, Sweden, Afghanistan Shahrbanoo Sadat 2016
Battle of the Queens Kampf der Königinnen Germany, Switzerland Nicolas Steiner 2011

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