46th Locarno Film Festival

46th Locarno Film Festival
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Place on a Grey Tricorne directed by Ermek Shinarbayev
Artistic directorMarco Mueller
No. of filmsOver 200 screened
In Competition: 22 (17 World Premieres)
Festival dateOpening: 5 August 1993 (1993-08-05)
Closing: 15 August 1993 (1993-08-15)
WebsiteLFF
Locarno Film Festival

The 46th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1993 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] The competition featured 22 film all of which had international premieres,[1] with 17 out of 22 being world premieres.[2] Samuel Fuller was award the Leopard of Honor, for his lifetime achievement in the film industry.[3] A retrospective of Sasha Guitry was held and, in total, the festival screened over 200 films.[3] As was custom to accommodate the international jury, the films in competition were screened with four language translations simultaneously.[3]

The Chinese government tried to stop Locarno from screening the independent film Beijing Bastard directed by Zhang Yuan. The film was described as the first Chinese youth culture rock-and-roll picture. The Chinese government felt it could ban the film outside and inside China, despite the fact that the film was financed in Hong Kong, saying it had not approved the script and it was shot inside the country. Artistic director Marco Mueller declined the government's request and Beijing Bastard had its world premiere at Locarno.[4] In response, the Chinese government pulled the Chinese film An Innocent Babbler from the festival and gave it to the Venice festival.[2]

A restored print of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist was shown on the Piazza Grande, the festival's 6,500 seat open-air theatre, to a full house. Bertolucci presented the film himself and seem stunted at the size of the crowd and said he'd love to show more films at Locarno.[5]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Place on a Grey Tricorne directed by Ermek Shinarbayev.[6][7]

Jury

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Official Sections 1993

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The following films were screened in these sections:[8][9]

Piazza Grande

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Piazza Grande

English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Forty Guns Samuel Fuller 1957 USA
The Conformist Il Conformista Bernardo Bertolucci 1970 Italia, Germany
The Great Pumpkin Il Grande Cocomero Francesca Archibugi 1993 Italia, France
Libera Pappi Corsicato 1993 Italia
My Crazy Life Mi Vida Loca Allison Anders 1993 USA
Oh... Rosalinda!! Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1955 Great Britain
Raining Stones Ken Loach 1993 Great Britain
Shimmer John Hanson 1993 USA
Sleepless In Seattle Nora Ephron 1993 USA
Man Down Un Homme À La Mer Jacques Doillon 1993 France
The Puppetmaster Ximeng Rensheng Hou Hsiao-Hsien 1993 Taiwan
The Wedding Banquet Ang Lee 1993 Taiwan, USA

Main Competition

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Feature films

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Au Nom Du Christ In the Name of Christ Roger Gnoan M'Bala 1993 Ivory Coast, Switzerland
Azghyin Ushtykzyn' Azaby Yermek Shinarbayev 1993 Kazakhstan
Beijing Zazhong Beijing Za Zhang Yuan 1993 Hong Kong
Bhaji On The Beach Gurinder Chadha 1993 Great Britain
Dazed And Confused Richard Linklater 1993 USA
Hartverscheurend Love Hurts Mijke de Jong 1993 Netherlands
Kaspar Hauser - Verbrechen Am Seelenleben Eines Menschen Kaspar Hauser - Crimes in a Person's Soul Life Peter Sehr 1993 Germany
Korazu Zaru Coraza Branches Kenchi Iwamoto 1993 Japan
L'Ecrivain Public Public Writer Jean-François Amiguet 1993 Switzerland, France
L'Ordre Du Jour The Agenda Michael Khleifi 1993 Belgium, France
La Ribelle The Rebel Aurelio Grimaldi 1993 Italia
La Rusna Pearsa Dino Simonett 1993 Switzerland, Germany
La Vida Conyugal Conjugal Life Carlos Carrera 1992 Mexico
Les Gents Normaux N'Ont Rien D'Exceptionnel Normal People are not Exceptional Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa 1993 France
Ludwig 1881 Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini 1993 Switzerland, Germany
Marcides Mercedes Yousry Nasrallah 1993 Egypt, France
Travolta Et Moi Travolta you Wicked Hi Patricia Mazuy 1993 France
Two Small Bodies Beth B. 1993 Germany, USA
Veleno Poison Bruno Bigoni 1993 Italia
When Pigs Fly Sara Driver 1993 USA, Germany
Zghvardze Dito Tsintsadze Tsintsadze 1993 Georgia
Zhiyao Wei Ni Huo Yitian Z Hi Medicine Wei NIH UO Y i Day Chen Guofu 1993 Taiwan

Leopards of Tomorrow

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The Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) section featured a collection of short and medium length films from around the world.[3]

CEI Short Films In Competition
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
776 Km Oleg Goncarjonok 1993 Belarus
Avlos Intangible Asatrjan Alik Remikovic 1992 Armenia
Ballada O Lese Ballada or Lese Fedor Dobrikov 1993 Russia
Denikin Denick Janya Kalinitenko 1992 Russia
Dzado Dado Gorgij Paradzanov 1993 Russia
Gorjacij Kamen Gorgeous Stone Sergeij Jourdin 1993 Russia
Granitsa Na Zamke The Border on the Castle Sergei Lysenko 1989 Ukraina
Hai, Murgule, Hai Is, Mugula, is Vadim Prodan 1993 Moldova
Igra V Klassiki Game of Classics Valery Pugaskin 1993 Russia
Incipit Vita Nova Begins with New Life Hardi Volmer 1992 Estonia
Ja Veru I Believe Martin Tannenberg 1992 Russia
Kain Vladimir Dychenko, Fyodor Muskarin 1992 Ukraina
Mama Esli By Ja Vernulsja Mom if I Returned Bakir Sharifovic Kabulov 1991 Russia, Russia
Nekrasivaja Non -Kicking Alexandre Grokov 1992 Russia
Neregiu I Don't See Audris Stonys 1991 Lithuania
Niekam Nesakyk Don't Tell Anyone Arvydas Lebeliunas 1991 Lithuania
Octobre October Abderrahmane Sissako 1993 Russia
Odin Natalia Kalasnikova 1992 Russia
Prelude Marc Zviguisky 1992 Russia
Pro Olju V Nevole Pro Oils in Nevole Segy Lepichin, Pavel Pecenkin 1992 Russia
Psalom Psalm Alexandre Gorjajnov 1993 Russia
Rudens Sniegas Autumn Snow Valdas Navasaitis 1992 Lithuania
Sashobao Dgiuri Sadobao D Technique Sales Gujabidse Ketevan 1993 Georgia
Sel' Kincek Flood 'Kinkcek Aktan Abdykalykov 1993 Kyrgyzstan
Son Gospodina Ekonomidi The Dream of Mr. Economics Evgueniy Krylov 1993 Russia
Telo Lenina Lenin's Body Vitalij Manskij 1992 Russia
Ten 'Mal'Cika Ten 'Greek Timur Sulejmenov 1992 Kazakhstan
Trava I Voda Grass and Water Viktor Tichamirov 1992 Russia
Tuckap, Stat Tamov Tuckap, State Tamov Andrey Karpenko 1991 Russia
Umbre SHADOWS Constantin Munteanu 1993 Moldova
Utrom Sel Sneg In the Morning the Snow Sat Down Sergej Vinokurov 1993 Russia
Vientule Minna Lonely Minna Renâte Câne 1992 Russia
CISA Special Program
Tweed Etudiants CISA 1993 Switzerland
DAVI Special Program
Au Fond Du Jardin At the Bottom of the Garden Hélène Faucherre 1993 Switzerland
Faim Hunger Fulvio Bernasconi 1993 Switzerland
Les Mesaventures Du Jabot Jobot's Measurements Isabelle Blanc 1993 Switzerland
Nuit Blanche White Séverine Schellenberg 1993 Switzerland
Papillon Janine Waeber 1993 Switzerland
Qui C'Est Pour Un Who is for a Thomas Thümena 1993 Switzerland
S'Tröimli Hobby-Blobi-Lobby 1993 Switzerland
Schach Chess Gaby Schaedler 1993 Switzerland
Short Swiss Films In Competition
Bowling Michael Huber 1993 Switzerland
Conduite Interieure Interior Conduct Antoine Panevin 1993 Switzerland
Damit Die Zeita Nicht Stehen Bleibt So that the Time Does not Stop Yingli Ma, Angela Meschini 1993 Switzerland, Germany
Fait Divers Diverse Grégoire Baer 1993 Switzerland
Game Over 1993 Switzerland
Jack Steiner Ou Le Voyageur Immobile Jack Steiner or the Motionless Traveler Christian Jacquenot, Jean Marc Pasquet 1993 Switzerland
La Locomotive Locomotive Nicolas Dufour, Wolfgang Fels 1993 Switzerland
La Sposa Contenta The Bride Happy Elda Guidinetti 1993 Switzerland
Le Jardin D'Eden The Garden of Eden Juliette Frey 1992 Switzerland, Belgium
Leopold Mamouda Zekrya 1993 Switzerland
Liber Pater Pascal Baumgartner 1992 Switzerland
Liquid Assets François Rossier 1993 Switzerland
Mersal El Hawa Marsal Hawa Elie Khalifé 1993 Switzerland
Michu Denis Rabaglia 1992 Switzerland
Zap Lorenzo Gabriele 1993 Switzerland
Special ESAV Program
Cut Patricia Nydegger 1993 Switzerland
La Synarchie Synarchy Patrick Riggenberger 1993 Switzerland
November Am Meer November Am more Romed Wyder 1993 Switzerland
Triptyque De Nuit Night Triptych Marion Walthert 1993 Switzerland
Special Program - School of Design (Bern)
A Wie Abelin A Like Abelin Judith Rutishauser 1993 Switzerland
Das Panama-Projekt The Panama Project Felix Schaad 1993 Switzerland
Kilroy Daniel Kölliker 1993 Switzerland
Skaters Stéphan Bossert, Séverine Schellenberg 1993 Switzerland
Vietnamese Short Films
Ban Toi Ban My Trinh Le Van 1992 Vietnam
Chi Dung Madame Dung 1992 Vietnam
Chu Be Cu-Li C Hub ECU-l i Pham Nhue Gang 1992 Vietnam
Ha Noi Co Cau Long Bien Ha Noi Co Cau Long Well Pham Cuong 1992 Vietnam

Cinema

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Cinema/Cinemas
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Chahine And Co. Want and CO. Jean-Louis Comolli 1993 France
De Domeinen Ditvoorst The Domains Ditvoorst Thom Hoffman 1992 Netherlands
Le Tombeau D'Alexandre Alexander's Tomb Chris Marker 1993 France
Oliveira L'Architecte Oliveira the Architect Paulo Rocha 1993 France
Ostrov Mjertvich' The Island of Dead ' Oleg Kovalov 1992 Russia
Pasolini L'Enragé Pasolini the Enraged Jean-André Fieschi 1966 France
Scast'E Aleksandr Medvedkin 1934 Russia
The Scorsese Machine André S. Labarthe 1991 France

Film Surprise

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Chtchedroïe Chedroïe Boris Barnet 1950 Russia

Out of Program

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Asmara Paolo Poloni 1993 Switzerland
Roi Blanc, Dame Rouge White King, Red Lady Segueï Bodrov 1992 Switzerland, Russia

Cinema Rediscovered – Valerio Zurlini

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Valerio Zurlini (Cinema Ritrovato)
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Cronaca Familiare Family Diary Valerio Zurlini 1962 Italia
Estate Violenta Violent Summer Valerio Zurlini 1959 Italia, France
Il Deserto Dei Tartari The Tartar Desert Valerio Zurlini 1976 Italia, France
La Prima Notte Di Quiete The First Night of Quiet Valerio Zurlini 1972 Italia, France
La Ragazza Con La Valigia The Girl with the Suitcase Valerio Zurlini 1961 Italia, France
Le Ragazze Di San Frediano The Girls of San Frediano Valerio Zurlini 1954 Italia
Le Soldatesse The Camp Followers Valerio Zurlini 1965 Italia, France
Seduto Alla Sua Destra Black Jesus Valerio Zurlini 1968 Italia

Retrospective – Sacha Guitry

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Assassins Et Voleurs Assassins and Thieves Sacha Guitry 1956 France
Aux Deux Colombes Two Doves Sacha Guitry 1949 France
Bonne Chance! Good Luck! Sacha Guitry 1935 France
Ceux De Chez Nous Those from Home Sacha Guitry 1914 France
Cinéaste De Notre Temps S'Il En Fût: Sacha Guitry Filmmaker of Our Time if it Was: Sacha Guitry Claude de Gvray 1964 France
Debureau Debate Sacha Guitry 1950 France
Donne-Moi Tes Yeux Give Me your Eyes Sacha Guitry 1943 France
Désiré Desired Sacha Guitry 1938 France
Faisons Un Rêve Let's Have a Dream Sacha Guitry 1936 France
Ils Étaient Neuf Célibataires They Were Nine Singles Sacha Guitry 1939 France
Je L'Ai Été Trois Fois I Was Three Times Sacha Guitry 1952 France
La Malibran La Breit Sacha Guitry 1944 France
La Poison Sacha Guitry 1951 France
La Vie D'Un Honnête Homme The Life of an Honest Man Sacha Guitry 1952 France
Le Comédien The Actor Sacha Guitry 1947 France
Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary The Fabulous Fate of Désirée Clary Sacha Guitry 1941 France
Le Diable Boiteux The Lame Devil Sacha Guitry 1948 France
Le Mot De Cambronne The Word Cambronne Sacha Guitry 1936 France
Le Nouveau Testament The New Testament Sacha Guitry 1936 France
Le Roman D'Un Tricheur The Novel of a Cheater Sacha Guitry 1936 France
Le Trésor De Cantenac The Treasure of Cantenac Sacha Guitry 1950 France
Les Perles De La Couronne The Pearls of the Crown Sacha Guitry 1937 France
Les Trois Font La Paire The Three Make the Pair Sacha Guitry 1957 France
Mcdxxix-Mcmxlii (De Jeanne D'Arc A Philippe Petain) T Sacha Guitry 1944 France
Mon Père Avait Raison My Father Was Right Sacha Guitry 1936 France
Napoléon Napoleon Sacha Guitry 1954 France
Pasteur Sacha Guitry 1935 France
Quadrille Sacha Guitry 1938 France
Remontons Les Champs-Élysées Let's Go Back the Champs-Élysées Sacha Guitry 1938 France
Si Paris Nous Était Conté! If Paris Was Told to Us! Sacha Guitry 1955 France
Si Versailles M'Était Conté Royal Affairs in Versailles Sacha Guitry 1953 France
Toâ Sacha Guitry 1949 France
Tu M'As Sauvé La Vie You Saved My Life Sacha Guitry 1951 France

Unpublished Films By Sacha Guitry

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Arrivee Chez Sacha Guitry Arrival at Sacha Guitry Sacha Guitry France
Dîner De Gala Des Ambassadeurs Ambassadors' Gala Dinner Sacha Guitry 1934 France
Faisons Un Rêve - Essais D'Acteurs Let's Have a Dream - Essays of Actors Sacha Guitry 1936 France
Film De Famille Avec Lucien Guitry Family Film with Lucien Guitry Sacha Guitry France
Le Comedien - Essais D'Acteurs The Comedian - Actors of Actors Sacha Guitry 1947 France
Mariage - Sortie De L'Eglise Wedding - Exit of the Church Sacha Guitry 1939 France
Oscar Rencontre Mademoiselle Mamageot Oscar Meets Mademoiselle Mamageot Sacha Guitry France
Pique-Nique En Ete Summer Picnic Sacha Guitry France

Special Programs

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Special Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Tremonha De Cristal The Crystal Tremon Antonio Campos 1993 Portugal
Bris Tval Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
D'Est From the East Chantal Akerman 1993 France, Belgium
Dva Kapitana Ii Two Captains and Sergeij Debizhev 1992 Russia, Germany
Filmforetallningen The Film Forward Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Filminspelningen Film Recording Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Gustav Iii Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
I Am A Sex Addict Vikram Jayanti, John Powers 1993 USA
L'Arbre, Le Maire Et La Mediathèque The Tree, the Mayor and the Media Library Éric Rohmer 1993 France
Le Journal De Lady M. The Journal of Lady M. Alain Tanner 1993 Switzerland, Belgium
Magisk Teater Magic Theater Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Perlicki Na Dne Perlicki on the Day Juray Herz, Ivan Passer 1965 Czech Republic
Prinsessan Och Svinaherden Princess and the Swine Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Rebusen Rev Battle Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Sottovoce Sub -Put Claudio Pazienza 1993 Belgium, France
Trolleriforestallning Trollfoestalling Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Uppfinnaren The Inventor Ingmar Bergman 1951 Sweden
Zefiro Zephyr José Álvaro Morais 1993 Portugal

Independent Sections

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Critics Week

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The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival.[10]

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Aileen Wournos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer Nick Broomfield 1992 USA
Babylon 2 Trinh Le Van 1993 Switzerland
Bewogen Koper Merging Copper Johan van der van der Keuken 1993 Netherlands
La Veritable Histoire D'Artaud Le Momo The Real Story of Artaud Le Momo Gérard Mordillat, Jérôme Prieur 1993 France
Lyrische Suite-Das Untergehende Vaterland Lyrical Suite Das Undertaking Fatherland Harald Bergmann 1993 Germany
Pechblende Volker Koepp 1992 Germany
Starting Place-Point De Depart Robert Kramer 1993 France
Tanz Der Blauen Vögel Dance of the Blue Birds Lisa Fässler 1993 Switzerland

Swiss Cinema

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Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Uli Der Knecht Uli the Servant Franz Schnyder 1954 Switzerland
Uli Der Pächter Uli the Tenant Franz Schnyder 1955 Switzerland
Visages D'Enfants Children's Faces Jacques Feyder 1923 Switzerland, France
New Swiss Movies '93
Benno Besson, L'Ami Etranger Benno Besson, the Foreigner Friend Philippe Macasdar 1993 Switzerland, Germany
Die Bösen Buben The Bad Boys Bruno Moll 1993 Switzerland
Die Insel The Island Martin Schaub 1993 Switzerland
En Voyage Avec Jean Mohr Traveling with Jean Mohr Villi Hermann 1992 Switzerland
Le Hibou Et La Baleine, Nicolas Bouvier The Owl and the Whale, Nicolas Bouvier Patricia Plattner 1993 Switzerland
Rund Um Die Liebe Around Love Ueli Mamin 1992 Switzerland
Terra Prometida (Gelobtes Land) Terra Promentidida (Land) Peter von Gunten 1992 Switzerland
Transit Uri Transit Dieter Gränicher 1993 Switzerland
Ur-Musig UR Music Cyrill Schläpfer 1993 Switzerland
Vivre Avec Live 1993 Switzerland
Zärtliche Erpresserin Tender Blackmail Beat Lottaz 1992 Switzerland, Germany

Official Awards

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Official Jury

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  • Golden Leopard: Azghyin USHTYKZYN’ AZABY by Ermek Shinarbayev
  • Silver Leopard: Zghvardze by Dito Tsintsadze
  • Bronze Leopard: Travolta Et Moi by Patricia Mazuy, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in LES GENTS NORMAUX N’ONT RIEN D’EXCEPTIONNEL by Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa, André Eisermann in KASPAR HAUSER – VERBRECHEN AM SEELENLEBEN EINE MENSCHEN by Peter Sehr
  • Special Jury Prize: Hartverscheurend by Mijke de Jong
  • Special Mention, Official Jury: Beijing Zazhong by Zhang Yuan

Youth Jury

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  • First Prize UBS: L'Ecrivain Public by Jean-Francois Amiguet
  • Second Prize UBS: Bhaji On The Beach by Gurinder Chadha

Oecumenical Jury

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  • Oecumenical Jury Prize: Bhaji On The Beach by Gurinder Chadha
  • Special oecumenical Jury Mentions: Les Gents Normaux N’ONT RIEN D’EXCEPTIONNEL by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, L’ECRIVAIN PUBLIC by Jean-Francois Amiguet

FIPRESCI Jury

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  • International Critics Award: Starting Place-Point De Depart by Robert Kramer, Azghyin USHTYKZYN’ AZABY by Ermek Shinarbayev

CICAE Jury

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  • CICAE Jury Prize: Kaspar Hauser - Verbrechen Am Seelenleben Eines Menschen by Peter Sehr

Source:[6][7]

References

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