17th Locarno Film Festival
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Sail: Black Peter directed by Miloš Forman |
| Festival date | Opening: 22 July 1964 Closing: 3 August 1964 |
| Website | Locarno Film Festival |
The 17th Locarno Film Festival was held from 22 July to 3 August 1964 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] This was the first year the festival was officially recognized and, in part, funded by the central Swiss government.[2] This was a huge win for longtime artistic director of the festival, Vinicio Beretta, who also oversaw the festival being recognized by the Motion Picture Export Association of America (now known as the MPA) while maintaining the festival's official recognition by FIAPF.[2] Retrospectively, this year at the festival is considered important in bringing the Czech New Wave to the attention of global film critics and audiences.[3][4]
The Golden Sail award, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Black Peter directed by Miloš Forman.[5][6] Other notable winners included Hideko Takamine (Best Actress) and Gene Kelly (Best Actor).
Official Sections
The following films were screened to audiences in this section:[7]
Main Program
Main Program / Feature Films In Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bande à part | Band of Outsiders | Jean-Luc Godard | 1964 | France |
| Černý Petr | Black Peter | Miloš Forman | 1964 | Czechoslovakia |
| Comizi D'Amore | Love Meetings | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1964 | Italy |
| Danses De Notre Nation | Dances of Our Nation | Chu Chinming | China | |
| Den Stchastia | The Stchastia | Iossif Kheifitz | 1963 | Russia |
| Gade Uden Ende | Street without End | Morgens Vemmer | 1963 | Denmark |
| Go-Daan | Trilok Jetly | 1963 | India | |
| Good Neighbour Sam | David Swift | 1964 | United States | |
| Goodbye In The Mirror | Storm de Hirsch | 1964 | United States | |
| Kennwort....Reiher | The River Line | Rudolf Jugert | 1964 | Germany |
| La Calda Vita | The Warm Life | Florestano Vancini | 1963 | Italy |
| La Herencia | The Inheritance | Ricardo Alventosa | 1964 | Argentina |
| La Ragazza In Prestito | The Girl on Loan | Alfredo Giannetti | 1964 | Italy |
| Le Schiave Esistono Ancora | The Slaves Still Exist | Roberto Malenotti, Folco Quilici | 1964 | Italy |
| Les Apprentis | The Apprentices | Alain Tanner | 1964 | Switzerland |
| Midareru | Yearning | Mikio Naruse | 1964 | Japan |
| Naganiacz | Eva Petelski, Czeslaw Petelski | 1964 | Poland | |
| Nappali Sötetseg | Daytime in Front | Zoltan Fabri | 1963 | Hungary |
| New-York-Sur-Mer | Pierre Dominique Gaisseau | 1964 | France | |
| Os Verdes Anos | The Green Years | Paulo Rocha | 1963 | Portugal |
| Square Roots Of Zero | Doran William Cannon | 1963 | United States | |
| Tiempo De Amor | Love Time | Julio Diamante | 1964 | Spain |
| Trois Femmes: 1) Caroline | Three Women: 1) Caroline | Georges Dufaux, Clément Perron | Canada | |
| Trois Femmes: 2) Francoise (Il Y Eut Un Soir... Il Y Eut Un Matin) | Three Women: 2) Francoise (There Was One Evening ... There Was One Morning) | Pierre Patry | Canada | |
| Trois Femmes: 3) Solange Dans Nos Campagnes Ou Tres Peu Pour Moi, Le Soleil | Three Women: 3) Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun | Gilles Carles | Canada | |
| Vysokà Zed | The High Wall | Darel Kachyna | 1964 | Czechoslovakia |
| What A Way To Go | J. Lee Thompson | 1964 | United States | |
Main Program / Short Films In Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Caça | The Hunt | Manoel de Oliveira | 1963 | Portugal |
| A Comedy Tale Of Fanny Hill | Leslie Goodwins | United States | ||
| Begegnungen | Encounters | Hans Trommer | Switzerland | |
| Botan | Yoji Kuri | Japan | ||
| En Ny Virkelighed | A New Reality | Borge Host | Denmark | |
| Et Adarim | And to Adarim | Mimish Herbst | Israel | |
| Exemple: Etretat | Example: Etretat | Monique Lepeuve | France | |
| Franz Marc | Karl F. de Vogt | Germany | ||
| Ghazala | Ghazal | Zafar Iqbal Khan | Pakistan | |
| Hangman | Les Goldman, Paul Julian | United States | ||
| Het Feest | Let's Have A Party | Paul Verhoeven | 1963 | Netherlands |
| Ideal | Břetislav Pojar | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Kuchari | Cookie | Ivan Hustava | Czechoslovakia | |
| La Cena Di San Giuseppe | San Giuseppe's Dinner | Giuseppe Ferrara | Italy | |
| La Pampa Gringa | The Gringa Pampas | Fernando Birri | 1963 | Argentina |
| La Vie Des Oiseaux En Mauritanie | The Life of Birds in Mauritania | Jean Dragesco | France | |
| Le Pele | And Before | Moritz De Hadeln, Walter Marti | Switzerland | |
| Le Rossignol De Siberie | The Rossignol De Siberie | André Paratte | Switzerland | |
| Letitia | Stig Björkman | Sudan | ||
| Poesia Dei Macchiaioli | Poetry of the Macchiaioli | Riccardo Redi, Mario Verdone | Italy | |
| Pour L'Espagne | For Spain | Frédéric Rossif | France | |
| Renk Duvarlari | Color Walls | Pierre Biro | Turkey | |
| Requiem Dla 500.000 | Requiem for 500,000 | Jerzy Bossak, Waclaw Kazmierczak | Poland | |
| Romantyczna Przygoda | Romantic Adventure | Lechosław Marszalek | Poland | |
| Schleifen | Grind | Michael Wolfensinger | Switzerland | |
| Service De Nuit | Night Service | Yu Chi | China | |
| The Performance | William Bryden | Great Britain | ||
| Transfiguration | Ludwig Dutkiewicz | Australia | ||
| Wladimir Favorsky | Feodor Tiapkine | Russia | ||
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)
Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Help! My Snowman's Burning Down | Carson Davidson | 1964 | United States | |
| Nothing But The Best | Clive Donner | 1964 | Great Britain | |
| Sedotta E Abbandonata | Seduced and Abandoned | Pietro Germi | 1964 | Italy |
| The Best Man | Franklin Schaffner | 1964 | United States | |
| Vidas Secas | Dry Lives | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | 1963 | Brazil |
Main Program / Short Films Out of Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chagall | Philippe Schffrin | 1964 | France | |
| The One Nighters | Peter Collinson | Iceland | ||
Special Sections - Tribute To
| Tribute To Andrzej Munk (1921-1961) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Błękitny krzyż | Men of the Blue Cross | Andrzej Munk | 1955 | Poland |
| Człowiek na torze | Man on the Tracks | Andrzej Munk | 1956 | Poland |
| Eroïca | Heroism | Andrzej Munk | 1957 | Poland |
| Gwiazdy Musza Polnac | The Stars Must be Hunted | Andrzej Munk | 1954 | Poland |
| Kolejarsky Slowo | Railway | Andrzej Munk | 1953 | Poland |
| Niedzielny Poranek | Sunday Morning | Andrzej Munk | 1955 | Poland |
| Pasażerka | Passenger | Andrzej Munk | 1963 | Poland |
| Spacerek Staromiejski | Staromiejski Walk | Andrzej Munk | 1959 | Poland |
| Zezowate szczęście | Bad Luck | Andrzej Munk | 1960 | Poland |
| Tribute To Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1988-1931) | ||||
| Der letzte Mann | The Last Laugh | F. W. Murnau | 1924 | Germany |
| Die Finanzen des Großherzogs | The Grand Duke's Finances | F. W. Murnau | 1924 | Germany |
| 4 Devils | F. W. Murnau | 1928 | United States | |
| Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens | Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror | F. W. Murnau | 1922 | Germany |
| City Girl | F. W. Murnau | 1930 | United States | |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | F. W. Murnau | 1927 | United States | |
| Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | Robert Flaherty, F. W. Murnau | 1931 | United States | |
| Tartuffe | F. W. Murnau | 1926 | Germany | |
| Tribute To Louis Lumière (1864-1948) | ||||
| N° 314 Genève (Exposition De 1896): Place Bel-Air | N ° 314 Geneva (Exhibition of 1896): Place Bel-Air | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 1134 (?) Genève (Exposition De 1896): Un Troupeau Suisse (?) | N ° 1134 (?) Geneva (Exhibition of 1896): a Swiss Herd (?) | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 1135 Lausanne: Panorama Pris D'Un Tramway | N ° 1135 Lausanne: Panorama Taken from a Tram | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 1136 Montreux: Fete Des Narcisses I. Marquises Dans Les Chaises A Porteurs | N ° 1136 Montreux: FETE DES NARCISS I. Marquesas in the Chairs with Carriers | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 1137 Montreux: Fete Des Narcisses Ii. Le Menuet | N ° 1137 Montreux: FETE DES NARCISSIES II. the Menuet | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 124 Evian: Barques | N ° 124 Evian: Boats | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 125 Evian: Embarquement | N ° 125 Evian: Boarding | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 126 Evian: Debarquement | Louis Lumière | |||
| N° 308 Bâle: Pnt Sur Le Rhin | N ° 308 Basel: PNT on the Rhine | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 309 Genève (Exposition De 1896): Cascade | T | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 312 Genève (Exposition 1896): Fête Au Village | N ° 312 Geneva (Exhibition 1896): Festival in the Village | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 313 Genève (Exposition De 1896): Rentree A L'Etable | N ° 313 Geneva (Exhibition of 1896): Returned to the Etable | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 315 Interlaken: Procession | Louis Lumière | |||
| N° 316 Lausanne: Defile Du 8Ème Bataillon | N ° 316 Lausanne: Defile of the 8th Battalion | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 317 Schaffouse: Chutes Du Rhin Vues De Pres | N ° 317 Schaffhouse: Rhine Falls Views | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 318 Schaffouse: Chutes Du Rhin Vues De Loin | N ° 318 Schaffouse: Rhine Falls Seen from Afar | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 630 Zermatt: Panorama Dans Les Alpes | N ° 630 Zermatt: Panorama in the Alps | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 631 Suisse: Exercices De Tir Par L'Artillerie | N ° 631 Switzerland: Artillery Shooting Exercises | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° 93 Lausanne: Place St. François: Scieurs De Bois | N ° 93 Lausanne: Place St. François: Wooden Sawers | Louis Lumière | ||
| N° Genève (Exposition De 1896): Cortège Arabe | Geneva Number (Exhibition of 1896): Arabic Procession | Louis Lumière | ||
Official Awards
International Jury, feature films
- Golden Sail, feature films: Black Peter by Miloš Forman
- Silver Sail for Best Actress: Hideko Takamine in Yearning
- Silver Sail for Best Actor: Gene Kelly in What a Way to Go!
- Silver Sail for the Best First Feature: Os Verdes Anos by Paulo Rocha, Vysoká Zeď by Karel Kachyňa
- International Jury Mention, feature films: The Apprentices by Alain Tanner
- International Jury Special Prize, feature films: Naganiacz by Eva Petelski and Czeslaw Petelski, Nappli Sotetseg by Zoltan Fabri
International Jury, short films
- Golden Sail, Short Films: Exemple: Etretat by Monique Lepeuve
- Silver Sail, Short Films: Hangman by Paul Julian and Les Goldman, Letitia by Stig Björkman
- International Jury Mention, short films: Begegnunen by Hans Trommer, Het Feest by Paul Verhoeven, Botan by Yoji Kuri
FIPRESCI Jury
- FIPRESCI Prize: Naganiacz by Eva Petelski and Czeslaw Petelski
Youth Jury
- Youth Jury First Award: Black Peter by Miloš Forman
- Youth Jury second award: Bande à part by Jean-Luc Godard
References
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