38th Locarno Film Festival

38th Locarno Film Festival
Opening filmWhen Father Was Away on Business directed by Emir Kusturica
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: Alpine Fire directed by Fredi M. Murer
Artistic directorDavid Strieff
Festival dateOpening: 8 August 1985 (1985-08-08)
Closing: 18 August 1985 (1985-08-18)
WebsiteLFF

The 38th Locarno Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 August 1985 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1][2] The opening film was the Cannes Palme D'or winner When Father Was Away on Business directed by Emir Kusturica.[1] It was shown in the Piazza Grande, the 5,000 seat open-air theater, along with films such as The Official Story and Desperately Seeking Susan, which drew the largest festival crowd of over 5,000 people.[1][3] The festival also screened all 16 hours of the German film Heimat directed by Edgar Reitz.[4]

It was a record year for Locarno with the highest levels of attendance in its history, over 50,000 people, and a budget of around $600,000. Most of the money came from the local and state government. The only non-state sponsor was the Swiss Bank Union. In response to this growth, the Locarno festival organization expressed a desire to build a new 950-seat theater for future festivals. Artistic director David Strieff also wanted to add one day to the festival in order to re-screen all the winning films, as the festival did this year.[5]

The TV competition also grew with 17 television films in competition, another 77 in an information section, and 23 countries represented. Two additional screening rooms were needed, along with the original three, to accommodate the audience.[6]

One noteworthy attendee was guest of honor Elisabeth Kopp, the first woman to serve in the Swiss Federal Council the executive governing body of Switzerland.[4]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Alpine Fire directed by Fredi M. Murer.[7][8] The film also won the Ecumenical award for best film, but Murer rejected that award saying that the ecumenical jury didn't understand the movie.[3]

Official Sections

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

Main Competition

Feature Films

Feature Films In Competition / Main Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Desert Hearts Donna Deitch 1985 USA
Dongdong De Jiaqi A Summer at Grandpa's Hou Hsiao-Hsien 1984 Taiwan
Elsa, Elsa Didier Haudepin 1985 France
Fast Talking Ken Cameron 1984 Australia
Fetish & Dreams Steff Gruber 1985 Switzerland
Himatsuri Fire Festival Mitsuo Yanagamachi 1984 Japan
Huang Tudi Yellow Earth Chen Kaige 1984 China
Höhenfeuer Alpine Fire Fredi M. Murer 1985 Switzerland
Inganni Luigi Faccini 1985 Italia
La Sonata A Kreutzer The Kreutzer Sonanta Gabriella Rosaleva 1985 Italia
Le Medecin De Gafire The Doctor from Gafire Mustapha Diop 1984 Niger
Liebe Und Tod Love and Death Nanna Rélia 1985 Germany
Mukhamukham Adoor Gopalakrishnan 1984 India
Signal 7 Rob Nilsson 1984 USA
Sladkii Sok Vnuti Travi Sweet Juice of the Grass Amanbek Alpiev, Serguei Bodrov 1985 Russia
Tagediebe Marcel Gisler 1985 Germany
The Way It Is Eric Mitchell 1984 USA

Television Movies

Television Movies In Competition
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Contact Alan Clarke 1985 Great Britain
Cztery Pory Roku Four Seasons Andrzej Kondratiuk 1985 Poland
Die Abschiebung The Deportation Marianne Lüdcke 1985 Germany
Do You Remember Love Jeff Bleckner 1985 USA
Finnegan Begin Again Joan Micklin Silver 1984 Great Britain
Forbidden Anthony Page 1985 USA
Gentle Sinners Eric Till 1985 Canada
Go Tell It On The Mountain Stan Lathan 1985 USA
Kids Don'T Tell Sam O'Steel 1985 USA
La Città Di Miriam The City of Miriam Aldo Lado 1983 Italia
Malkiyat Sodom Little Sodom Dimitar Avramov 1985 Bulgaria
Meurtres Pour Memoire Memory Murders Laurent Heynemann 1985 France
Queen Of The Road Bruce Best 1985 Australia
Summer Lghtning Paul Joyce 1985 Iceland
Testament Lynne Littman 1984 USA
The Joy That Kills Tina Rathborne 1985 USA

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

Out of Competition — Main Program / Feature Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Test Of Love Gil Brealey 1985 Australia
Desperately Seeking Susan Susan Seidelman 1985 USA
Gyakufunsha-Kazouku Reverse Injection is Floating Sogo Ishii 1984 Japan
Heimat Hometown Edgar Reitz 1984 Germany
Hurlevent Howl Jacques Rivette 1985 France
Il Giocatore Invisibile The Invisible Player Sergio Genni 1985 Switzerland
La Historia Oficial The Official History Licia Punzo 1984 Argentina
Les Enfants Children Marguerite Duras, Jean Marc Turin 1984 France
Mask Peter Bogdanovich 1985 USA
Maya Miriga Nirad N. Mohapatra 1984 India
Mishima Paul Schrader 1985 USA
Moj Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu My Father on the Official Path Emir Kusturica 1985 Yugoslavia
My First Wife Paul Cox 1984 Australia
Notre Mariage Our Marriage Valeria Sarmiento 1984 France
Redl Ezredes Colonel Redl Istvan Szabo 1985 Hungary, Austria
Segreti Segreti Secret Secrets Giuseppe Bertolucci 1985 Italia
Wetherby David Hare 1985 Great Britain

Special Sections

Out-of-Program

Out-of-Program Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Biancheng BI Ancheng Ling Zifeng China
Die Büchse Der Pandora The Pandora's Box Georg Wilhelm Pabst 1929 Germany
El Pueblo Nunca Muere The People Never Die Mathias Knauer Switzerland
L'Ecole Du Flamenco The Flamenco School Walter Marti, Reni Mertens Switzerland
Schlangenzauber Snake Magic Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch Switzerland
Trains Speciaux Special Trains Krsto Papic Yugoslavia

Special Program

Special Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Borderline Kenneth Macpherson 1930 Switzerland
De Tijd Time Johan van der van der Keuken 1984 Netherlands
Diles Que No Me Maten Tell Them not to Kill Me Freddy Siso 1984 Venezuela
Gregorio Fernando Espinosa, Stefan Kaspar 1984 Peru
Han Ye Han Y'E Que Wen 1984 China
Kaiser Und Eine Nacht Emperor and One Night Markus Fischer 1985 Germany, Switzerland
Laska V Pasazi Laska in the Passage Jaroslav Soukup 1984 Czech Republic
Le The Au Harem D'Archimede The the Au Harem d'Archimede Mehdi Charef 1985 France
Lily In Love Karoly Makk 1985 USA
Mister Mirror Franco Cavani 1985 Switzerland
Pier Paolo Matteo Emery 1985 Switzerland
The Time Of Harvey Milk Robert Epstein, Richard Schmiechen 1984 USA
Tokyo Melody Elisabeth Lennard 1984 France
Tokyo-Ga Wim Wenders 1985 Germany
Vakantie Van De Filmer Holiday from the Filmmaker Johan van der van der Keuken 1974 Netherlands

Carte Blanche to Umberto Eco

Carte Blanche Selections from Umberto Eco
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Bad Day At Black Bock John Sturges 1954 USA
Paisà Countryman Roberto Rossellini 1946 Italia
Stagecoach John Ford 1939 USA
The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Don Siegel 1956 USA
Way Out West James W. Home 1937 USA
Yankee Doodle Dandy Michael Curtiz 1942 USA
You Can'T Take It With You Frank Capra 1938 USA

Retrospective - Boris Barnet

Retrospective Boris Barnet (1902-1965) - Boris Barnet Actor
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Chakhmatnaïa Goriatchka Chakhmatnaïa Goriachka Vsevolod Poudovkine 1925 Russia
Neobytchaïnye Priklutcheniya Mistera Westa V Strnye Bolschevikov Lev Kouléchov 1924 Russia
Retrospective Boris Barnet (1902-1965) - Boris Barnet Director
Alienka Boris Barnet 1962 Russia
Annouchka Boris Barnet 1959 Russia
Borietz I Klooun Boripet the Clown Boris Barnet 1957 Russia
Dievouchka S Korobkoï DIEVOCHKA S Korobkoï Boris Barnet 1927 Russia
Dom Na Troubnoï House on the Troubno Boris Barnet 1928 Russia
I Podvig Razv Edtchika And a Feat in the Edcechika Boris Barnet 1947 Russia
Miss Mend Boris Barnet 1926 Russia
Okraïna Zokraïna Boris Barnet 1933 Russia
Ou Samovo Sinevo Moria Silence Has a Blue Sea Boris Barnet 1936 Russia
Poet Boris Barnet 1957 Russia
Poloustanok Pelustanok Boris Barnet 1963 Russia
Starii Naezdnik Old Rider Boris Barnet 1959 Russia

Tribute To Cinecittà

See also: Cinecittà
Tribute To Cinecittà from 1935-1985
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Cleopatra Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1961 USA
I Promessi Sposi Mario Camerini 1941 Italia
Il Casanova Di Federico Fellini Federico Fellini's Casanova Federico Fellini 1976 Italia

Yugoslavian National Cinema Week

Yugoslavia National Week
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Covek Nije Tica Covek is not a Tick Dusan Makavejev 1964 Yugoslavia
Davitel Y Protiv Davitelja Davitel Y Against the Donor Slobodan Sijan 1984 Yugoslavia
Drouga Generacija The Second Generation Zelimir Zilnik 1983 Yugoslavia
Nesto Izmedu Something Between Srdan Karanovic 1982 Yugoslavia
Rdeci Boogie Ali Kaj Ti Je Deklica Red Boogie or What is your Girlfriend Karpo Acimovic-Godina 1982 Yugoslavia
Samo Jednom Se Ljubi Only Once Kisses you Rajko Grlic 1981 Yugoslavia
Sjecas Li Se Dolly Bell Do you Remember Dolly Bell Emir Kusturica 1981 Yugoslavia
Slike Iz Zivota Udarnika Images from the Life of the Striker Bahrudin Cengic 1972 Yugoslavia
Zaseda Ambush Zivojin Pavlovic 1969 Yugoslavia

Parallel Sections

Film Critics Week

FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Lieber Karl Dear Karl Maria Knilli 1984 Germany
Los Motivos De Berta Berta's Reasons José Luis Guerin 1983 Spain
Noah Und Der Cow-Boy Noah and the Cow-Boy Hansueli Schenkel, Felix Tissi 1985 Switzerland
Orinoko - Nuevo Mundo Orinoko - New World Diego Risquez 1984 Venezuela
Qingmei Zhuma Taipei Story Edward Yang 1985 Taiwan
Szirmok, Viragok, Koszoruk Petals, Virags, their Wreaths Laszlo Lugossy 1984 Hungary
Windy City Armyan Bernstein 1984 USA

Swiss Information

Swiss Information - Feature Films
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
After Darkness Sergio Guerrez, Dominique Othenin-Girard 1985 Switzerland
Akropolis Now Hans Liechti 1984 Switzerland
Der Ruf Der Sibylla The Call of the Sibylla Clemens Klopfenstein Switzerland
Derborence Francis Reusser 1985 Switzerland
Er Moretto: Von Liebe Leben He Moretto: Live of Love Simon Bischoff 1984 Switzerland
Freeze: Videoladen Z!Urich, 1976-1985 Dokumentation Einer Geschichte Freeze: Video Show! Urich, 1976-1985 Documentation of a Story René Baumann, Marcel Müller Switzerland
Je Vous Salue Marie I Greet you Marie Jean-Luc Godard 1985 Switzerland
The Land Of William Tell 1984 Switzerland
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films
78 Tours Georges Schwizgebel 1985 Switzerland
Aelia Dominique De Rivaz 1985 Switzerland
Altmanns Regel Altmann's Rule Manuel Siebenmann, Benno Wenz 1984 Switzerland
Ave&Amp;Maria Bianca Conti Rossini 1984 Switzerland
Cachemire Cashmere Eva Ceccaroli 1985 Switzerland
Futur Interieur Anterior Future Alain Nicolet 1985 Switzerland
La Quatrième Veille The Fourth Watch José Michel Buhler 1985 Switzerland
Le Livre De Marie Marie's Book Anne-Marie Miéville 1985 Switzerland
Lettre Mortelle Mortal Letter Pier Blattner 1985 Switzerland

Official Awards

International Jury

FIPRESCI Critics Jury

  • FIPRESCI Prize: Taipei Story directed by Edward Yang
  • Special Mention: The Doctor from Gafire directed by Mustapha Diop

Ecumenical Jury

Source:[8][7][10]

References

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  5. ^ Fainaru, Edna (21 August 1985). "Pictures: Locarno fest attendance soars; overcrowding mars new success". Variety. Vol. 320, no. 4. pp. 5, 29.
  6. ^ Fainaru, Edna (21 August 1985). "Radio-television: TV films A hit at locarno fest, but has event grown too big?". Variety. Vol. 320, no. 4. p. 103.
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