75th Locarno Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmBullet Train by David Leitch
Closing filmEverything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André Schäfer
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Awards
Hosted byAssociazione Festival del film Locarno
Artistic directorGiona A. Nazzaro
No. of films226
Festival dateOpening: 3 August 2022 (2022-08-03)
Closing: 13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)
Website75 Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film Bullet Train by David Leitch.[1] The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk's films in its Retrospettiva section.[2][3]

The festival closed on 13 August with the Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit.) by André Schäfer. Rule 34 by Julia Murat was awarded the Golden Leopard and The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro Comodin Special Jury Prize.[4]

On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS, to Swiss-Belgian film Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven days of the festival, along with the film professionals.[5]

Events

Rotonda by la Mobiliare - Come together!

This event was held from July 29 to August 14. It is Locarno Film Festival's communal space, featuring a wide range of entertainment and discoveries, open and accessible to all. It constituted following platforms:

Exhibition SocialSim by Hito Steyerl

VR Experience

In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)

Film Festival Tour by Ascona-Locarno

Exhibition René Burri

Skies by Kollektiv Beton @ BaseCamp

A 24h long talk on the Future of Attention

Juries

International Competition

Filmmakers of the Present

Leopards of Tomorrow

First Feature

Green Pardo WWF

Sections

Sources:[6][7]

Pre-Festival

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
No Dogs or Italians Allowed Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens Alain Ughetto France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

Piazza Grande

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Angry Annie Annie Colère Blandine Lenoir France
Bullet Train (opening film) David Leitch United States
Delta Michele Vannucci Italy
Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (closing film) Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit André Schäfer Switzerland, Germany
Home of the Brave Laurie Anderson United States
Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk
Last Dance Delphine Lehericey Switzerland, Belgium
Medusa Deluxe Thomas Hardiman United Kingdom
My Neighbor Adolf Leonid Prudovsky Israel, Poland, Colombia
Paradise Highway Anna Gutto United States, Germany, Switzerland
Piano Piano Nicola Prosatore Italy
Printed Rainbow Gitanjali Rao India
Semret Caterina Mona Switzerland
The Sleeping Car Murders Compartiment tueurs Costa-Gavras France
A Woman Une femme de notre temps Jean Paul Civeyrac
You Will Not Have My Hate Vous n'aurez pas ma haine Kilian Riedhof Germany, France, Belgium
Where the Crawdads Sing Olivia Newman United States

International competition (Concorso internazionale)

Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner
English Title Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Adventures of Gigi the Law Gigi la legge Alessandro Comodin Italy, France, Belgium
At Night the Cats Are Brown De noche los gatos son pardos Valentin Merz Switzerland
Declaration Ariyippu Mahesh Narayanan India
Fairytale Skazka Alexander Sokurov Belgium, Russia
Human Flowers of Flesh Helena Wittmann Germany, France
I Have Electric Dreams Tengo sueños eléctricos Valentina Maurel Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Il Pataffio Francesco Lagi Italy
Matter Out of Place Nikolaus Geyrhalter Austria
Piaffe Ann Oren Germany
Rule 34 Regra 34 Julia Murat Brazil
Sermon to the Fish Balıqlara xütbə Hilal Baydarov Azerbaijan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey
Saturn Bowling Bowling Saturne Patricia Mazuy France, Belgium
Serviam – I Will Serve Serviam – Ich will dienen Ruth Mader Austria
Stella in Love Stella est amoureuse Sylvie Verheyde France
Stone Turtle Woo Ming Jin Malaysia, Indonesia
Tales of the Purple House Hikayat elbeit elorjowani Abbas Fahdel Lebanon, Iraq, France
Tommy Guns Nação Valente Carlos Conceição Portugal, France, Angola

Filmmakers of the present competition (Concorso Cineasti del presente)

Highlighted title indicates award winner

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
A Perfect Day for Caribou Jeff Rutherford United States
Arnold Is a Model Student Arnon pen nakrian tuayang Sorayos Prapapan Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Philippines
Astrakan David Depesseville France
Before I Change My Mind Trevor Anderson Canada
Fragments From Heaven Adnane Baraka Morocco, France
How Is Katia? Yak Tam Katia? Christina Tynkevych Ukraine
It Is Night in America É Noite na América Ana Vaz Italy, France, Brazil
Little Ones Petites Julie Lerat-Gersant France
Love Dog Bianca Lucas Poland, Mexico, United States
Matadero Santiago Fillol Argentina, Spain, France
Nightsiren Svetlonoc Tereza Nvotová Slovakia, Czech Republic
Our Lady of the Chinese Shop Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês Ery Claver Angola
Petrol Alena Lodkina Australia
Safe Place Sigurno mjesto Juraj Lerotić Croatia
Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? Den siste våren Franciska Eliassen Norway

Leopards of tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

International competition (Concorso internazionale)

Highlighted title indicates award winner

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
AirHostess-737 Thanasis Neofotistos Greece
At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago Andrew Stephen Lee United States
Neighbour Abdi Buurman Abdi Douwe Dijkstra Netherlands
Castells Blanca Camell Galí France, Spain
Dancing Colors M. Reza Fahriyansyah Indonesia
Daron, Daron Colbert Kevin Steen United States
Pillow Face Faccia di cuscino Saverio Cappiello Italy
Hardly Working Total Refusal Austria
Diamond Kid L'Enfant au diamant Pierre Edouard Dumora France
Shadow of the Butterflies L'Ombre des papillons Sofia El Khyari France, Portugal, Qatar, Morocco
Lake of Fire NEOZOON Germany
Balls Lopte Gorana Jovanović Serbia, Slovenia
Moon That Cracks Over the Darkness of My Loneliness Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad Lucila Mariani Argentina
Mother Prays All Day Long Madar tamame rooz doa mikhanad Hoda Taheri Germany
In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket Mini-mini-pokke no okina niwa de YUKI Yoko Japan
Misaligned Marta Magnuska Poland, Latvia
Money and Happiness Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia
Mulika Maisha Maene Democratic Republic of Congo
Sovereign Soberane Wara Cuba
Tiger Stabs Tiger SHEN Jie China

National Competition (Concorso nazionale)

Highlighted title indicates award winner

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Brandon Roi Romain Jaccoud Switzerland
The Newt Congress Der Molchkongress Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser
Euridice, Euridice Lora Mure-Ravaud
Fairplay Zoel Aeschbacher
Heart Fruit Kim Allamand
Heartbeat Michèle Flury
I'm the Only One I Wanna See Lucia Martinez Garcia
Gods of the Supermarket Les Dieux du supermarché Alberto Gonzalez Morales
Limits Limites Simon de Diesbach
Serafina Noa Epars, Anna Simonetti

Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d'autore)

Highlighted title indicates award winner

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Asterión Francesco Montagner Czech Republic, Slovakia
At Dusk Au crépuscule Miryam Charles Canada
Big Bang Carlos Segundo France, Brazil
Song for the Buried City Chant pour la ville enfouie Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval France
Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel France
Paradiso, XXXI, 108 Kamal Aljafari Palestine, Germany
Poitiers Jérôme Reybaud France
Nothing Will Be the Same Again Rien ne sera plus comme avant Elina Löwensohn France
Last Screening Songy Seans Darezhan Omirbaev Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
That's How the Summer Ended Tako se je končalo poletje Matjaž Ivanišin Slovenia, Hungary, Italy

Pardi do domani: Evento speciale

Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Let's make something ('Mano destra, Mano sinistra', 'Limes', 'Ci andavo in bicicletta', 'Lorem Ipsum', 'Buio', 'Virilio|Brecht', 'Nido di Pietra', 'La visita', 'Happy Homes', 'Sonnenstube', 'The Fortunates', 'Please make it work') Younes Ben Slimane, Caterina Biasiucci, Matilde Casari, Ben Donateo, María Silvia Esteve, Antonio Valerio Frascella, Reto Gelshorn, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Agnese Làposi, Davide Palella, Moona Pennanen, Daniel Soares Switzerland

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Candy Land John Swab United States
ERICA JONG - breaking the wall Kaspar Kasics Switzerland
Continental Drift (South) La dérive des continents (au sud) Lionel Baier Switzerland, France
Lola Andrew Legge Ireland, United Kingdom
Obscure night - Wild leaves (The burning ones, the obstinate) Nuit obscure - Feuillets sauvages (Les brûlants, les obstinés) Sylvain George France, Switzerland
Love Lights Objectos de Luz Acácio de Almeida, Marie Carré Portugal
Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After Onde Fica Esta Rua? ou Sem Antes Nem Depois João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata Portugal, France
Prisma Ludovico Bessegato Italy
Prologos Mantas Kvedaravičius Lithuania, Greece
W Anna Eriksson Finland

Open Doors Screenings

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
90 Minutes 90 minutos Aeden O'Connor Agurcia Honduras
Ayiti mon amour Guetty Felin Haiti, United States
Option Zero La opción cero Marcel Beltrán Brazil, Cuba, Colombia
Medea Alexandra Latishev Salazar Costa Rica, Chile
Right Near the Beach Gibrey Allen United States, Jamaica
Roza Andres Rodríguez Guatemala, Mexico
The Fishes Within Todos los peces Brenda Vanegas El Salvador
A Film About Couples Una película sobre parejas Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada Dominican Republic

Open Doors Short Films Screenings

Original Title Director Production Country
Agwe Samuel Frantz Suffren Haiti
Black Doll Akley Olton Saint Vincent, Grenadines
Hojas de K. Gloria Carrión Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Liremu Barana Elvis Caj Cojoc Guatemala, Norway
Negra soy' Laura Bermúdez Honduras
Out of many Rebecca Williams Jamaica
Scars of Our Mothers' Dreams Meschida Philip Grenada
Techos Rotos Yanillys Pérez Dominican Republic
Tundra José Luis Aparicio Ferrera Cuba
Umbra Daniela Muñoz Barroso Cuba

History(s) of Cinema (Histoire(s) du Cinéma)

English Title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Broken Blossoms D. W. Griffith United States
City of Ghosts Matt Dillon
Day of Despair O Dia do Desespero Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Die letzten Heimposamenter Yves Yersin, Eduard Winiger Switzerland
Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant United States
Get Out Jordan Peele
Heart of a Dog Laurie Anderson United States, France
Meek's Cutoff Kelly Reichardt United States
Night Moves Kelly Reichardt
Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford
Our Private Lives Nos vies privées Denis Côté Canada
The Panther Women Las mujeres panteras René Cardona Mexico
Pond Life Bill Buckhurst United Kingdom
Shock Troops Un homme de trop Costa-Gavras France, Italy
Split M. Night Shyamalan United States
Tempo d'amarsi Elio Ruffo Italy
The Written Face Daniel Schmid Switzerland, Japan

Retrospective (Retrospettiva)

Douglas Sirk

English Title Original title Director(s) Production Country
3 x Ehe Douglas Sirk Germany
A Scandal in Paris Douglas Sirk United States
A Time to Love and a Time to Die Douglas Sirk United States
Final agreement IR Bay (Ignacy Rosencranz), Douglas Sirk (uncredited) France, Switzerland
All I Desire Douglas Sirk United States
All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk United States
April, April! Douglas Sirk Germany
Battle Hymn Douglas Sirk United States
Boefje Douglas Sirk Netherlands
Bourbon Street Blues Douglas Sirk Germany
Captain Lightfoot Douglas Sirk United States
The Court Concert Das Hofkonzert Douglas Sirk Germany
The Girl from the Marsh Croft Das Mädchen vom Moorhof Douglas Sirk Germany
Der eingebildete Kranke Douglas Sirk Germany
Triad Dreiklang Hans Hinrich Germany
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Douglas Sirk United States
Hitler's Madman Douglas Sirk United States
Interlude Douglas Sirk United States
La Habanera Douglas Sirk Germany
Lured Douglas Sirk United States
Magnificent Obsession Douglas Sirk United States
Meet Me at the Fair Douglas Sirk United States
Mystery Submarine Douglas Sirk United States
No Room for the Groom Douglas Sirk United States
Final Accord Schlussakkord Douglas Sirk Germany
Shockproof Douglas Sirk United States
Sign of the Pagan Douglas Sirk United States
Silvesternacht - Ein Dialog Douglas Sirk Germany
Sleep, My Love Douglas Sirk United States
Slightly French Douglas Sirk United States
Sprich zu mir wie der Regen Douglas Sirk Germany
Pillars of Society Stützen der Gesellschaft Douglas Sirk Germany
Summer Storm Douglas Sirk United States
Take Me to Town Douglas Sirk United States
Taza, Son of Cochise Douglas Sirk United States
The First Legion Douglas Sirk United States
The Lady Pays Off Douglas Sirk United States
The Tarnished Angels Douglas Sirk United States
There's Always Tomorrow Douglas Sirk United States
Thunder on the Hill Douglas Sirk United States
Written on the Wind Douglas Sirk United States
To New Shores Zu neuen Ufern Douglas Sirk Germany
Zwei Windhunde Douglas Sirk Germany

Homages

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Angst essen Seele auf Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair Roman Hüben Switzerland, Germany, France
Far from Heaven Todd Haynes United States
Mirage of Life: Portrait of Douglas Sirk Mirage de la vie Daniel Schmid Switzerland
The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk Mark Rappaport United States, France

Locarno Kids

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Bombay Rose Gitanjali Rao India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar
I Don't Wanna Dance Flynn Von Kleist Netherlands
La freccia azzurra Enzo D'Alò Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg
The Red Balloon Le Ballon rouge Albert Lamorisse France
How I Learned to Fly Leto kada sam naučila da letim Radivoje Andrić Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia
Omar & Pincette Julien Sulser Switzerland
Princesse Dragon Jean-Jacques Denis, Anthony Roux France
Sihja, The Rebel Fairy Sihja - kapinaa ilmassa Marja Pyykkö Finland, Netherlands, Norway
Yuku et la fleur d'Himalaya Arnaud Demuynck, Rémi Durin Belgium, France, Switzerland

International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)

English Title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Ruthless Times - Songs of Care Armotonta menoa - Hoivatyön lauluja Susanna Helke Finland
Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain Susanna della Sala Italy
The River is not a Border Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière) Alassane Diago France, Senegal, Germany
The Visitors Veronika Lišková Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia
Fledglings Pisklaki Lidia Duda Poland
The DNA of Dignity Jan Baumgartner Switzerland
The Hamlet Syndrome Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski Poland, Germany

Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse)

English Title Original Title Director Production Country
Action Benoît Monney Switzerland
ALA KACHUU - Take and Run Maria Brendle
Dans la nature Marcel Barelli
A Piece of Sky Drii Winter Michael Koch Switzerland, Germany
Hugo in Argentina Stefano Knuchel Switzerland
Love Will Come Later Julia Furer
Loving Highsmith Eva Vitija

Official Awards

Sources:[8][9]

International Competition

Filmmakers of the Present

Leopards of Tomorrow

International Competition (Concorso Internazionale)

National Competition (Concorso Nazionale)

Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d'autore)

First Feature

Green Pardo WWF

Piazza Grande

Independent jury awards

Ecumenical Jury Award

FIPRESCI Award

European Cinemas Label Award

International Critics' Week

Junior Jury Awards

Special Awards

Matt Dillon winner of Leopard of Honour lifetime achievement award
Costa-Gavras winner of Leopard Career Award
Kelly Reichardt winner of Leopard of Honour

Sources:[11][12]

Leopard of Honour (Pardo d'onore Manor award)

Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare)

Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award)

Vision Award Ticinomoda

Premio Raimondo Rezzonico

Excellence Award Davide Campari

Leopard Club Award

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