24th Locarno Film Festival
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Leopard: First feature films: Second feature films: |
| Festival date | Opening: 6 August 1971 Closing: 15 August 1971 |
| Website | Locarno Film Festival |
The 24th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1971 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] Following the resignation of Sandro Bianconi and Freddy Buache the year before the directors of the festival became a committee of seven.[1][2]
The festival returned to is traditional summer schedule and open-air screenings.[1][2] The constructed open-air screen was the biggest in Europe at the time, twenty by ten meters.[2] Interestingly, no Swiss films were featured at the festival.[1]
The festival awarded six Golden Leopards, the festival's top prize, this year.[3] Three for best first features, two for best second features, and one for best "third world" feature.[3]The first feature films awarded were On the Point of Death directed by Mario Garriba, They Have Changed Their Face directed by Corrado Farina, and The Friends directed by Gérard Blain.[3]The Golden Leopards for best second features were awarded to Private Road by Barney Platts-Mills, Znaki Na Drodze by J. Piotrowsky.[3] In the category of "third world" cinema Mexico: The Frozen Revolution directed by Raymundo Gleyzer won the Golden Leopard.[3]
Jury
The jury consisted of Russian actor and director Sergei Bondarchouk, Brazilian director David Neves, French producer Georges Roitfel, Swiss TV director Jurg Federspiel, and Italian thespian Francesca Romana Coluzzi.[1]
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:[4]
Main Program
Main Program / Feature Films In Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Fable (The Slave) | Al Freeman Jr. | 1971 | USA | |
| Apa Ca Un Bivol Negru | Water Like a Black Buffalo | Andrei C. Balenau, Peter Bokor | 1970 | Romania |
| Brother John | James Goldestone | 1971 | USA | |
| Ciao, Gulliver | So Long Gulliver | Carlo Tuzii | 1970 | Italia |
| Hanno Cambiato Faccia | They Have Changed Their Face | Corrado Farina | 1971 | Italia |
| Ich Liebe Dich - Ich Töte Dich | I Love you - I Kill you | Uwe Brandner | 1971 | Germany |
| Il Punto Di Morte | On the Point of Death | Mario Garriba | 1971 | Italia |
| Krasnaia Ploschad | Slabbid | Vassili Ordynski | 1970 | Russia |
| Le Sauveur | The Savior | Michel Mardore | 1971 | France |
| Les Amis | The Friends | Gérard Blain | 1970 | France |
| Lucie A Zazrazy | Lucie and the Rescue | Ota Koval | 1970 | Czech Republic |
| Mexico, La Revolucion Congelada | Mexico: the Frozen Revolution | Raymundo Gleyzer | 1971 | Argentina |
| Private Road | Barney Platts-Mills | 1971 | Great Britain | |
| Question De Vie | Life Question | André Théberge | 1971 | Canada |
| Take The Money And Run | Woody Allen | 1969 | USA | |
| Viva La Muerte | Long Live Death | Fernando Arrabal | 1971 | Tunisia, France |
| Zeit Der Störche | Time of Storks | Siegfried Kühn | 1971 | Germany |
| Znaki Na Drodze | Signs on the Road | J. Piotrowsky | 1970 | Poland |
Short and Medium-length films in Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elephant Lore | Daybhai Bhakta | India | |
| La Pierre Qui Flotte | The Float Stone | Jean-Jacques Andrien | Belgium |
| Non Siamo Abituati A Vedere Bandiere Senza Vento | We are not Used to Seeing Windless Flags | Jobst Grapow | Italia |
Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)
Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bang Bang | Andréa Tonacci | 1971 | Brazil | |
| Breathing Together: Revolution In The Electric Family | Morley Markson | 1971 | Canada | |
| Bronco Bullfrog | Barney Platts-Mills | 1969 | Great Britain | |
| Bronte, Cronaca Di Un Massacro Che I Libri Di Storia Non Hanno Mai Narrato | Bronte, Chronicle of a Massacre that History Books Have Never Narrated | Florestano + Vancini | 1971 | Italia |
| Egi Barany | Miklós Jancsó | 1970 | Hungary | |
| Going Down The Road | Donald Shebib | 1970 | Canada | |
| Le Petit Matin | Early in the Morning | I.G. Albicocco | 1971 | France |
| Making It | John Erman | 1971 | USA | |
| Mathias Kneissl | Reinhardt Hauff | 1970 | Germany | |
| On Est Loin Du Soleil | We are Far from the Sun | Jacques Leduc | 1971 | Canada |
| Pioniere In Ingolstadt | Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1971 | Germany |
| Romance Of A Horse Thief | Abraham Polonsky | 1971 | USA | |
| Un'Anguilla Da 300 Milioni | A 300 Million Eel | Salvatore Samperi | 1971 | Italia |
| Yehudin Menuhin, Chemin De Lumiere | T | François Reichenbach | 1970 | France |
Short and Medium-length films - Out of Competition
| Short and Medium-length films Outside Competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Sense Of Responsibility | Alan Ball | Great Britain | |
| Büntetöexpidìciò | Criminal | Deszö Magyar | Hungary |
| Come Into My Parlour | C. Evans | Great Britain | |
| Le Voyage De Herve Le Biham | The Journey of Herve Le Bihan | Laszlo Zsabo | France |
| Vrijeme Vampira | Vampire Time | Nikola Majdac | Yugoslavia |
Retrospective - Cinema And Resistance
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldo Dice: 26 X 1 | Fernando Cerchio | 1945 | Italia | |
| De Rode Enge | The Red Scary | Lau Lauritzen | 1945 | Denmark |
| Hangmen Aldo Die | Fritz Lang | 1942 | USA | |
| Il Sole Sorge Ancora | The Sun Still Arises | Aldo Vergano | 1946 | Italia |
| Il Terrorista | The Terrorist | Gianfranco De Bosio | 1963 | Italia |
| La Bataille Du Rail | Rail Battle | René Clément | 1946 | France |
| La Verte Moisson | Green Harvest | François Villiers | 1959 | France |
| Lettere Di Condannati A Morte Della Resistenza Italiana | Letters of Condemned to Death of the Italian Resistance | Fausto Fornari | 1953 | Italia |
| Ljubljana Pozdravlja-Osvoboditelje | Ljubljana Welcomes-Insults | Marijan Förster | 1946 | Yugoslavia |
| Normandie-Niemen | Normandy-Niemen | Jean Dréville | 1960 | France, Russia |
| Ostatni Etap | Last Stage | Wanda Jakubowska | 1948 | Poland |
| Paisà | Paisan | Roberto Rossellini | 1946 | Italia |
| Partizanske Dokumente | Partisan Documents | Joze Gale | 1950 | Yugoslavia |
Special Sections - Animated Films
| Animated Films - Feature Films | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Il Cavaliere Inesistente | The Non -Existent Knight | Pino Zac | 1969 | Italia |
| Animated Films - Short Films (In Preview) | ||||
| A Racs | T | Gyula Macskassy, György Varnai | Hungary | |
| Chewingo Home | Daniel Suter | Switzerland | ||
| Die Ordnung | The Order | Bohumil Stepan | Germany | |
| Digging | Jim Duffy | USA | ||
| Eggs | John Hubley | USA | ||
| Horizont | Horizon | Jerzy Kotowsky | Poland | |
| Il Messaggio | The Message | Giulio Gianini | Italia | |
| Il Signor Rossi Al Camping | Mr. Rossi at the Campsite | Bruno Bozzetto | Italia | |
| Jeton: Le Western | Jean Meunier | France | ||
| Last To Go | Gérald Potterton | Canada | ||
| Les Pelerins | The Pérrines | Gérard Vallet | Switzerland | |
| Linea 3 | Line 3 | Osvaldo Cavandoli | Italia | |
| Linea 4 | Line 4 | Osvaldo Cavandoli | Italia | |
| Love Affair | Roy Evans | Great Britain | ||
| Melyviz | Marcell Jankovics | Hungary | ||
| My Son, The King | Bob Kurtz | USA | ||
| Naslednitsi | Heirs | Ivan Vesselinov | 1970 | Bulgaria |
| No Arks | Abu Abraham | Great Britain | ||
| Ogni Regno | Every Kingdom | Secondo Bignardi | Italia | |
| Paradise Lost | Evelyn Lambart | Canada | ||
| Patatomanie | Jean Image | France | ||
| Patchwork | Claude Luyet, Manuel Otero | France | ||
| Preacher | Pavel Prochazka | Switzerland | ||
| Rainbow Bear | Bill Melendez | USA | ||
| Scarabus | Gérald Frydman | 1971 | Belgium | |
| Simon Says | Anestos Tritchonis | USA | ||
| Stara Panna | Spinster | L. Naibauerova | Czech Republic | |
| Syncromie | Norman McLaren | Canada | ||
| The Dream Of The Sphynx | Jim Gore | USA | ||
| Trimata Gloupatsi | The Three Fools | Doniou Donev | 1970 | Bulgaria |
Official Awards
International Jury
- Golden Leopard for the best first features: On the Point of Death directed by Mario Garriba, They Have Changed Their Face directed by Corrado Farina, and The Friends directed by Gérard Blain.
- Golden Leopard for the best second features: Private Road by Barney Platts-Mills, Znaki Na Drodze by J. Piotrowsky.
- Prize for a Production of the Third World: MEXICO, LA REVOLUCION CONGELADA by Raymundo Gleyzer
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Pictures: Locarno fest, in shadow of cannes, puts accent on tourist-angled films". Variety. Vol. 264, no. 2. 25 August 1971. p. 7. ProQuest 962895461.
- ^ a b c Cordoba, Cyril (23 February 2023). "From the Grand Hotel to the Piazza Grande: The Locarno Film Festival's Quest for Legitimacy (1946–77)". Journal of Festive Studies. 4 (1). University of Fribourg, Switzerland: 23–46. doi:10.33823/jfs.2022.4.1.104. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Pictures: Locarno winners". Variety. Vol. 264, no. 2. 25 August 1971. p. 7. ProQuest 962895493.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.