Jump to content

20th Locarno Film Festival

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

20th Locarno Film Festival
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Artistic directorSandro Bianconi
Freddy Buache
Festival dateOpening: 22 July 1967 (1967-07-22)
Closing: 31 July 1967 (1967-07-31)
WebsiteLocarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

The 20th Locarno Film Festival was held from 22 July to 31 July 1967 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] Thirteen feature films premiered at the festival.[2] Following the previous year's change, the festival continued its non-competitive, no-prize format.[3][4] However, the gathered international critics voted to award Entranced Earth directed by Glauber Rocha best picture.[4][3]

Official Sections

[edit]

The following films were screened in these sections:[5]

Main Program

[edit]

Feature Films

[edit]
English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
We Still Kill the Old Way A Ciascuno Il Suo Elio Petri 1967 Italy
The Defeat A Derrota Mario Fiorani 1967 Brazil
Next Year, Same Time Alle Jahre Wieder Ulrich Schamoni 1967 Germany
Father Apa Istvan Szabo 1966 Hungary
Devil's Angels Daniel Haller 1967 USA
Face to Face Face A Face Robert Manthoulis Greece
Kane Yuko Asano 1967 Japan
The Climax L'immorale Pietro Germi 1967 Italy
The Unknown Man of Shandigor L'Inconnu De Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy 1967 Switzerland
The Harvest La Cosecha Marcos Madanes 1967 Argentina
The Moon with Teeth La Lune Avec Les Dents Michel Soutter Switzerland
The Crazy Night of the Tanning La Notte Pazza Del Conigliaccio Alfredo Angeli 1967 Italy
The Grand Dadais Le Grand Dadais Pierre Granier-Deferre 1967 France
The Last Adventure Les Aventuriers Robert Enrico 1967 France
Marat/Sade Marat-Sade Peter Brook 1967 Great Britain
Martyrs of Love Mucednici Lasky Jan Nemec 1966 Czech Republic
Tales of the Ninja 忍者武芸帳 Nagisa Ōshima Japan
Miraculous Virgin Panna Zazracnica Stefan Uher 1966 Czech Republic
The Dream San Purisa Djordjevic 1966 Yugoslavia
Sons And Daughters Jerry Stoll USA
Cipher Szyfry Wojciek J. Has 1966 Poland
Entranced Earth Terra Em Transe Glauber Rocha 1967 Brazil
The Flim-Flam Man Irvin Kershner 1967 USA
Military and Peace Vojna I Mir Sergueï Bondartchouck 1967 Russia

Shorts

[edit]
Main / Short Films Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
1 +1 = 3 Zdenko Gasparovic, Branko Ranibtovic Switzerland, Yugoslavia
750.00.00 Alexis Grivas, Vanguelis Iliopoulos Greece
A Kind Of Seeing Edward Mc Connell Great Britain
Behind The Spacemen William Jersey USA
Bilder Zur Odyssee Pictures of Odyssey Luitbert von Haebler Germany
Charpentier Du Ciel Sky Carpenter Don Owen Canada
Chicoree Fredi M. Murer Switzerland
Coda Marc Pauly France
Czar Kòlek Charm Kazimierz Urbànski Poland
Do Leicka Na Cekanou To Leicka on Cekanou Jiri Brdecka Czech Republic
Dodge City Jeff Dell USA
Fragment Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe France
Hounted House Cleaning USA
Klatki Cages Miroslaw Kijowicz Poland
La Folle Passion The Crazy Passion Anne Tesgot France
Mere Et Fils Mother and Son Jan Nemec Netherlands
Ombres Et Mirages Shadows and Mirages Moritz De Hadeln Switzerland
Paris Sous La Lune Paris under the Moon F. Warin France
Precision Georges Dufaux Canada
Proc Se Usmivas, Mono Liso? We Try to Usmives, Smooth Monkey? Jiri Brdecka Czech Republic
Rail Geoffrey Jones Great Britain
Reflections Neel Black USA
Rodzina Czlowiecza Family Family Wladyslaw Slesicki Poland
Sonnenstern, Le Moralunaire Ernest Ansorge, Dr. Alfred Bader Switzerland
Sur Le Vif On the Spot Guy Chalon, Gérard Gozlan France
Tamako Boyfriend Keiko Yamanaka Japan
Through The Eyes Of A Painter Shri Hussai India
Ultra Je T'Aime Ultra I Love you Patrick Ledoux Belgium
Un Musee A L'Ombre Des Bouleaux A Museum in the Shade of the Birches Claude B. Levenson, Stanley Miesegaes Switzerland
Un Prisonnier Exemplaire An Exemplary Prisoner Maurice Frydland France
Watch The Butterfly USA

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

[edit]

Feature Films Out of Program

[edit]
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Navrat Ztraceneo Syna The Return of the Prodigal Son Evald Schorm 1966 Czech Republic
Neznost' Unlucky El'er Ismuhamedov 1967 Russia
Romance Prokridlovku Romance Pro Wing Otakar Vávra 1967 Czech Republic

Short Films Out of Program

[edit]
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
2 + 2 = 5 Hassan Dalboul Tunisia
Becarac Ztlatko Bourek Yugoslavia
Il Signor Rossi Compera L'Automobile Mr. Rossi Bothers the Car Bruno Bozzetto Italy

Special Sections

[edit]
CINEMA E Gioventù - TV Movies - Young Directors of RAI / TV (Italy)
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Celentano, Torno Sui Miei Passi Celentano, I Go Back to My Steps Vincenzo Gamma Italy
I Figli Degli Industriali The Children of Industrialists Gianni Serra Italy
I Giovani, Il Cinema E La Violenza Young People, Cinema and Violence Paolo Gazzara Italy
Tutti Vanno, Io Rimango Everyone Goes, I Stay Filippo De Luigi Italy
Cinema E Gioventù - TV Movies
Francesco D'Assisi Francis of Assisi Liliana Cavani 1966 Italy
Louis Ii De Baviere T Frédéric Rossif France
War Game Peter Watkins 1965 Great Britain
Conference C.i.d.a.lc.
Le Mani Sulla Città Hands on the City Francesco Rosi 1963 Italy
Les 400 Coups The 400 Blows François Truffaut 1959 France
Los Olvidados Luis Buñuel 1950 Mexico
Tribute To Soviet Cinematography On the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the October Revolution
Arsenal Alexander Dovzhenko 1929 Russia
Banya Serge Youtkévitch 1962 Russia
Chapayev Chapyev Sergei Vasiliev, Georgy Vasiliev 1934 Russia
Chelovek S Kinoapparatom A Man with a Film Apparatus Dziga Vertov 1929 Russia
Deputat Baltiki Deputy of the Baltic Josif Heifits, Alexander Zarkhi 1937 Russia
Kommunist Communist Youly Raizman 1958 Russia
Mat Mark Donskoï 1956 Russia
Pervyi Uchitel The First Teacher Andrei Mikhalkov-Kontchalovsky 1965 Russia
Pyshka Mihail Romm 1934 Russia
Sorok Pervyi The Forty-First Yakov Protazanov 1927 Russia
Vernost Faithfulness Pyotr Todorovsky 1965 Russia
Weliki Poworot S. Gourov 1957 Russia

Official Awards

[edit]

FIPRESCI Jury

[edit]

Youth Jury, feature films

[edit]
  • Youth Jury Award, feature films: ENTRANCED EARTH by Glauber Rocha
  • Special Jury Prize, feature films: FATHER by Istvan Szabo
  • Youth Jury Mention, feature films: THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON by Evald Schorm, MUCEDNICI LASKY by Jan Némec, MARAT-SADE by Peter Brook
  • Recommendation of the Youth Jury, feature films: L’INCONNU DE SHANDIGOR by Jena-Louis Roy,SAN by Purisa Djordjevic,FACE A FACE by Robert Manthoulis

Youth Jury, shortfilms

[edit]
  • Youth Jury Mention, short films: IL SIGNOR ROSSI COMPERA L’AUTOMOBILE by Bruno Bozzetto, CHICOREE by Fredi M. Murer, MERE ET FILS by Jan Némec

Source:[6][7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "AIP entry at Locarno". Boxoffice. Vol. 91, no. 12. 10 July 1967. p. 10. ProQuest 1475978940.
  2. ^ "Pictures: Locarno film fest in 20th year; unspools avant-garde fare in A.M. (1967, Aug 09)". Variety. Vol. 217, no. 12. Los Angeles. 9 August 1967. p. 16. ProQuest 963115962.
  3. ^ a b "Pictures: Locarno Fest Prizes". Variety. Vol. 217, no. 12. 9 August 1967. p. 16. ProQuest 963116389.
  4. ^ a b Gerlach, Quentin (9 August 1967). "Awards for two films at Locarno". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. pp. e11. ProQuest 155814426.
  5. ^ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. ^ "1967 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  7. ^ "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
[edit]