71st Locarno Film Festival
{{short description|Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox Film festival
|name = 71st Locarno Film Festival
|image =File:71st_Locarno_Film_Festival_Logo.jpg
|caption = Festival official poster
| opening = Liberty directed by Leo McCarey
| closing =I Feel Good by Benoît Delépine and Gustave KervernI
| location = {{flatlist|
- Locarno, Switzerland}}
| founded = 1946
| awards = {{Plainlist|
}}
| host = Associazione Festival del film Locarno
| number =
| date = Opening: {{Start date|2018|8|1|df=y}}
Closing: {{End date|2018|8|11|df=y}}
| website = [https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/home.html Locarno Film Festival]
| chronology =
| main = Locarno Film Festival
| previous = 71st
| next = 72nd
|artistic_director=Carlo Chatrian}}
The 71st Locarno Film Festival was held from 1st to August 11, 2018 in Locarno, Switzerland.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Ariston |date=2018-07-11 |title=Locarno: International Lineup Features Films From Masters, Up-and-Coming Directors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/locarno-film-festival-2018-lineup-1126249/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} The opening film of the festival was silent film, Liberty (1929) directed by Leo McCarey.{{Cite web |title=2018 Locarno Film Festival - Press Kit |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/dam/jcr:8b660afa-f4c0-4c8a-9103-7138c21fd63e/LF71-CS-EN-06.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240821091627/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/dam/jcr:8b660afa-f4c0-4c8a-9103-7138c21fd63e/LF71-CS-EN-06.pdf |archive-date=2024-08-21 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Locarno Film Festival}} The closing film of the festival was Benoît Delépine and Gustave KervernI's film I Feel Good.
The jury awarded the Golden Leopard, the festival's highest prize, to A Land Imagined by Yeo Siew Hua.{{Cite web |last=Nordine |first=Michael |date=2018-08-11 |title=Locarno Film Festival 2018 Awards: 'A Land Imagined' Takes Home the Golden Leopard |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/locarno-film-festival-2018-awards-a-land-imagined-golden-leopard-1201993236/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}
Director Jia Zhang-ke was president of the jury. Ethan Hawke also attended the festival and received an excellence award. Select films from the Cinema of the Present competition were available for free online as part of the festival.{{Cite news |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=2018-08-06 |title=Let Locarno come to you |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/06/locarno-film-festival-2018-streaming-festival-scope |access-date=2025-04-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} It was artistic director Carlo Chatrian's last year at the festival before moving on to run Berlinale.
Jury
= International Competition Jury =
- Jury President: Jia Zhang-ke, Filmmaker (China)
- Emmanuel Carrère, Writer (France)
- Sean Baker, Filmmaker (United States of America)
- Tizza Covi, Filmmaker (Italy/Austria)
- Isabella Ragonese, Actress (Italy)
= Films of the Present Jury (Concorso Cineasti del presente) =
- President: Andrei Ujică, Filmmaker (Romania)
- Ben Rivers, Filmmaker (United Kingdom)
- Lætitia Dosch, Actress (Switzerland/France)
= Leopards of Tomorrow Jury (Pardi di Domani) =
- Jury President: Yann Gonzalez, Filmmaker (France)
- Deepak Rauniyar, Filmmaker (Nepal)
- Marta Mateus, Filmmaker (Portugal)
= The Jury of Signs of Life =
- Emilie Bujès, Festival Director (Switzerland)
- Josh Siegel, Curator (United States of America)
- Tiziana Finzi, Curator (Italy)
= First Feature Jury =
Official Sections
= Piazza Grande =
The following films were selected to be screened at the Piazza Grande
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Piazza Grande |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Blackkklansman
| Spike Lee | 2018 | USA |
| Blaze
| Ethan Hawke | 2018 | USA |
| Coincoin Et Les Z'Inhumains. E01-02
| Bruno Dumont | 2018 | France |
| I Feel Good
| Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | 2018 | France |
| In The Cut
| Jane Campion | 2003 | Great Britain |
| Le Vent Tourne
| Bettina Oberli | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Les Beaux Esprits
| Vianney Lebasque | 2018 | France |
| Liberty
| Leo McCarey | 1929 | USA |
| L'Ordre Des Médecins
| David Roux | 2018 | France |
| The Guest
| Duccio Chiarini | 2018 | Italia |
| Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag
| Lino Brocka | 1975 | Philippines |
| Pájaros De Verano
| Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra | 2018 | Colombia |
| Ruben Brandt, Collector
| Milorad Krstić | 2018 | Hungary |
| Se7En
| David Fincher | 1995 | USA |
| Searching
| Aneesh Chaganty | 2018 | USA |
| The Equalizer 2
| Antoine Fuqua | 2018 | USA |
| Un Nemico Che Ti Vuole Bene
| Denis Rabaglia | 2018 | Italia |
| Was Uns Nicht Umbringt
| Sandra Nettelbeck | 2018 | Germany |
Piazza Grande: Prefestival
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Piazza Grande: Prefestival |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Grease
| Randal Kleiser | 1978 | USA |
= International Competition =
The International Competition is the main section of the Locarno Film Festival, features new works in competition for the Golden Leopard.{{cite web |title=Concorso Internazionale |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/film-sections/concorso-internazionale.html |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Locarno Film Festival}}
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | International Competition |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Production Country |
| A Family Tour
| Liang Ying | Taiwan |
| A Land Imagined
| Siew Hua Yeo | Singapour |
| Alice T.
| Radu Muntean | Romania |
| Diane
| Kent Jones | USA |
| Gangbyun Hotel
| Sangsoo Hong | South Korea |
| Genèse
| Philippe Lesage | Canada |
| Glaubenberg
| Thomas Imbach | Switzerland |
| La Flor
| Mariano Llinás | Argentina |
| M
| Yolande Zauberman | France |
| Menocchio
| Alberto Fasulo | Italia |
| Ray & Liz
| Richard Billingham | Great Britain |
| Sibel
| Guillaume Giovanetti, Çağla Zencirci | France |
| Tarde Para Morir Joven
| Dominga Sotomayor | Chile |
| Wintermärchen
| Jan Bonny | Germany |
| Yara
| Abbas Fahdel | Lebanon |
= Filmmakers of the Present =
The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers.{{cite web |title=Concorso Cineasti del Presente
|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/film-sections/concorso-cineasti-del-presente.html
|website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=13 April 2025}}
Filmmakers of the Present
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | Filmmakers of the Present |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Production Country |
| Alles Ist Gut
| Eva Trobisch | Germany |
| Ceux Qui Travaillent
| Antoine Russbach | Switzerland |
| Chaos
| Sara Fattahi | Austria |
| Closing Time
| Nicole Vögele | Switzerland |
| Dead Horse Nebula
| Tarık Aktaş | Türkiye |
| Familia Sumergida
| María Alché | Argentina |
| Fausto
| Andrea Bussmann | Mexico |
| Hatzlila
| Yona Rozenkier | Israel |
| Jiao Qu De Niao
| Sheng Qiu | China |
| Likemeback
| Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli | Italia |
| L'Époque
| Matthieu Bareyre | France |
| Siyabonga
| Joshua Magor | South Africa |
| Sophia Antipolis
| Virgil Vernier | France |
| Tegnap
| Bálint Kenyeres | Hungary |
| Temporada
| André Novais Oliveira | Brazil |
| Trote
| Xacio Baño | Spain |
= Leopards of Tomorrow =
Leopards of Tomorrow International Competition
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Leopards of Tomorrow International Competition |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| 3 Anos Depois
| Marco Amaral | 2018 | Portugal |
| A Cold Summer Night
| Yash Sawant | 2018 | India |
| D'Un Château L'Autre
| Emmanuel Marre | 2018 | Belgium |
| El Laberinto
| Laura Huertas Millán | 2018 | France |
| Frase D'Arme
| Federico Di Corato | 2018 | Italia |
| Fuck You
| Anette Sidor | 2018 | Sweden |
| Grbavica
| Manel Raga Raga | 2018 | Portugal |
| Heart Of Hunger
| Bernardo Zanotta | 2018 | Netherlands |
| Hi I Need To Be Loved
| Marnie Ellen Hertzler | 2018 | USA |
| Je Sors Acheter Des Cigarettes
| Osman Cerfon | 2018 | France |
| Kaukazas
| Laurynas Bareiša | 2018 | Lithuania |
| La Cartographe
| Nathan Douglas | 2018 | Canada |
| La Máxima Longitud De Un Puente
| Simón Vélez | 2018 | Colombia |
| Last Year When The Train Passed By
| Pang-chuan HUANG | 2018 | France |
| Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous
| Mélanie Charbonneau | 2018 | Canada |
| Malo Se Sjećam Tog Dana
| Leon Lučev | 2018 | Croatia |
| My Expanded View
| Corey Hughes | 2018 | USA |
| Out
| Alon Sahar | 2018 | Israel |
| Patul Lui Procust
| Andrian Împărățel | 2018 | Romania |
| Rekonstrukce
| Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák | 2017 | Czech Republic |
| Reneepoptosis
| Renee Zhan | 2018 | USA |
| Saras Intime Betroelser
| Emilie Blichfeldt | 2018 | Norway |
| Sashleli
| Davit Pirtskhalava | 2018 | Georgia |
| Smert Menya
| Mikhail Maksimov | 2018 | Russia |
| The Silence Of The Dying Fish
| Vasilis Kekatos | 2018 | Greece |
| Tourneur
| Yalda Afsah | 2018 | Germany |
| Violeta + Guillermo
| Óscar Vincentelli | 2018 | Spain |
| Words, Planets
| Laida Lertxundi | 2018 | USA |
| Zhi Shuo Yi Ci
| Hui CHEN | 2018 | China |
Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Production Country |
| Abigaïl
| Magdalena Froger | Switzerland |
| Circuit
| Delia Hess | Switzerland |
| Eva
| Xheni Alushi | Switzerland |
| Fait Divers
| Léon Yersin | Switzerland |
| Hier
| Loïc Kreyden | Switzerland |
| Ici Le Chemin Des Ânes
| Lou Rambert Preiss | Switzerland |
| In Loving Memory Of The Future
| Laurence Favre, Laurence Favre | Switzerland |
| La Source
| Yatoni Roy Cantu | Switzerland |
| Le Sens De La Marche
| Jela Hasler | Switzerland |
| Les Îles De Brissogne
| Juliette Riccaboni | Switzerland |
| Los Que Desean
| Elena López Riera | Switzerland |
| Monte Amiata
| Tommaso Donati | Switzerland |
| Selfies
| Claudius Gentinetta | Switzerland |
= Out of Competition =
Out of Competition
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Out of Competition |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Amur Senza Fin
| Christoph Schaub | 2018 | Switzerland |
| De Chaque Instant
| Nicolas Philibert | 2018 | France |
| Insulaire
| Stéphane Goël | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Mudar La Piel
| Cristóbal Fernández, Ana Schulz | 2018 | Spain |
| My Home, In Libya
| Martina Melilli | 2018 | Italia |
| Narcissister Organ Player
| Narcissister | 2017 | USA |
| Ora E Sempre Riprendiamoci La Vita
| Silvano Agosti | 2018 | Italia |
| Rūgštus Miškas
| Rugile Barzdziukaite | 2018 | Lithuania |
| Sembra Mio Figlio
| Costanza Quatriglio | 2018 | Italia |
| The Sentence
| Rudy Valdez | 2018 | USA |
| Walking On Water
| Andrey M Paounov | 2018 | USA |
Out of Competition: Shorts
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | Out of Competition: Shorts |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Production Country |
| Diversion
| Mathieu Mégemont | France |
| La Belle Affaire
| Constance Meyer | France |
| Tomatic
| Christophe Saber | France |
| À Nous Deux!
| Marie Loustalot | France |
= Open Doors =
Open Doors Programmi Special
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | Open Doors Programmi Special |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Production Country |
| Laila At The Bridge
| Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei | Canada |
Open Doors Screenings
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Open Doors Screenings |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Demons In Paradise
| Jude Ratnam | 2017 | Sri Lanka |
| Live From Dhaka
| Abdullah Mohammad Saad | 2016 | Bangladesh |
| Munmo Tashi Khyidron
| Dechen Roder | 2016 | Bhutan |
| Seto Surya
| Deepak Rauniyar | 2016 | Nepal |
| The Road To Mandalay
| Midi Z | 2016 | Taiwan |
| Thundenek
| Asoka Handagama, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Prasanna Vithanage | 2018 | Sri Lanka |
| Zinda Bhaag
| Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi | 2013 | Pakistan |
Open Doors Shorts
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Open Doors Shorts |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| 298-C
| Nida Mehboob | 2018 | Pakistan |
| A Song Of Silence
| Kelzang Dorjee | 2016 | Bhutan |
| Dadyaa: The Woodpeckers Of Rotha
| Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung | 2016 | Nepal |
| Death Of A Reader
| Mahde Hasan | 2017 | Bangladesh |
| Dia
| Hamza Bangash | 2018 | Pakistan |
| Silver Bangles
| Roshan Bikram Thakuri | 2017 | Nepal |
| Sorkhe Tirah
| Diana Saqeb | 2017 | Afghanistan |
| Supermonk
| Shenang Gyamjo Tamang | 2018 | Nepal |
| The Last Post Office
| Aung Rakhine | 2018 | Bangladesh |
| The Open Door
| Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk | 2018 | Bhutan |
| Tradition
| Lanka Bandaranayake | 2016 | Sri Lanka |
| Witt Yone
| WeRa | 2016 | Birmania |
| Yar-Thi Moe
| Aung Phyoe | 2016 | Birmania |
= Signs of Life =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
|---|
| A Room With A Coconut View
| Tulapop Saenjaroen | 2018 | Thailand |
| Communion Los Angeles
| Adam R. Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund | 2018 | USA |
| Como Fernando Pessoa Salvou Portugal
| Eugène Green | 2018 | Portugal |
| Dulcinea
| Luca Ferri | 2018 | Italia |
| Gulyabani
| Gürcan Keltek | 2018 | Netherlands |
| Hai Shang Cheng Shi
| Zi Lin | 2018 | China |
| Jing Li De Ren
| Bo Hu | 2017 | China |
| La Casa De Julio Iglesias
| Natalia Marín | 2018 | Spain |
| Le Discours D'Acceptation Glorieux De Nicolas Chauvin
| Benjamin Crotty | 2018 | France |
| Sedução Da Carne
| Júlio Bressane | 2018 | Brazil |
| Sobre Tudo Sobre Nada
| Dídio Pestana | 2018 | Portugal |
| The Grand Bizarre
| Jodie Mack | 2018 | USA |
| Tirss, Rihlat Alsoo'Oud Ila Almar'I
| Ghassan Halwani | 2018 | Lebanon |
| Veslemøy'S Song
| Sofia Bohdanowicz | 2018 | Canada |
= History (s) of Cinema =
The festival's Histoire(s) du Cinema section showcases films deemed significant to the evolution of cinema. Films by the festival's career award winners are presented in this section{{cite web |title=Histoire(s) du Cinéma
|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/film-sections/histoires-du-cinema.html
|website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=13 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | History (s) of Cinema: Excellence Award Ethan Hawke |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Boyhood
| Richard Linklater | 2014 | USA |
| Dead Poets Society
| Peter Weir | 1989 | USA |
| First Reformed
| Paul Schrader | 2017 | USA |
| Seymour: An Introduction
| Ethan Hawke | 2014 | USA |
| colspan="4" |Leopard Club Award Meg Ryan |
| Sleepless In Seattle
| Nora Ephron | 1993 | USA |
| colspan="4" |Pardo D'onore Manor Bruno Dumont |
| Coincoin Et Les Z'Inhumains. E03-04
| Bruno Dumont | 2018 | France |
| Jeannette, L'Enfance De Jeanne D'Arc
| Bruno Dumont | 2017 | France |
| La Vie De Jésus
| Bruno Dumont | 1997 | France |
| L'Humanité
| Bruno Dumont | 1999 | France |
| colspan="4" |Pierre Rissient Tribute |
| Cinq Et La Peau
| Pierre Rissient | 1982 | France |
| Da Xiang Xi Di Er Zuo
| Bo Hu | 2018 | China |
| Ze Soboty Na Neděli
| Gustav Machatý | 1931 | Czech Republic |
| colspan="4" |Rezzonico Ted Hope Prize |
| American Splendor
| Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman | 2003 | USA |
| Happiness
| Todd Solondz | 1998 | USA |
| Manchester By The Sea
| Kenneth Lonergan | 2016 | USA |
| The Ice Storm
| Ang Lee | 1997 | USA |
| colspan="4" |Special Screenings |
| Mitt Hem Är Copacabana
| Arne Sucksdorff | 1965 | Sweden |
| Vip, Mio Fratello Superuomo
| Bruno Bozzetto | 1968 | Italia |
| Être Et Avoir
| Nicolas Philibert | 2002 | France |
| colspan="4" |Swiss Cinema Rediscovered |
| Quatre D'Entre Elles
| Claude Champion, Francis Reusser, Jacques Sandoz, Yves Yersin | 1970 | Switzerland |
| Seuls
| Francis Reusser | 1981 | Switzerland |
| Vive La Mort
| Francis Reusser | 1969 | Switzerland |
| colspan="4" |Tribute Claude Lanzmann |
| Shoah
| Claude Lanzmann | 1985 | France |
| colspan="4" |Tribute Paolo And Vittorio Taviani |
| Good Morning Babilonia
| Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani | 1987 | Italia |
| colspan="4" |Tribute Wolf-Eckart Bühler |
| Der Havarist
| Wolf-Eckart Bühler | 1984 | Repubblica Federale Tedesca |
| Leuchtturm Des Chaos
| Manfred Blank, Wolf-Eckart Bühler | 1983 | Repubblica Federale Tedesca |
| colspan="4" |Vision Award Ticinomoda Kyle Cooper |
| Spider-Man
| Sam Raimi | 2002 | USA |
| The New World
| Terrence Malick | 2005 | USA |
| The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
| Ben Stiller | 2013 | USA |
= Retrospective =
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Retrospective Leo Mccarey: Materials |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Outside The Law
| Tod Browning | 1920 | USA |
| Screen Directors Playhouse – Meet The Governor
| Leo McCarey | 1955 | USA |
| Screen Directors Playhouse – Tom And Jerry
| Leo McCarey | 1955 | USA |
| You Can Change The World
| Leo McCarey | 1950 | USA |
| colspan="4" |Leo Mccarey: Movies |
| An Affair To Remember
| Leo McCarey | 1957 | USA |
| Belle Of The Nineties
| Leo McCarey | 1934 | USA |
| Duck Soup
| Leo McCarey | 1933 | USA |
| Going My Way
| Leo McCarey | 1944 | USA |
| Good Sam – Long Version
| Leo McCarey | 1948 | USA |
| Good Sam
| Leo McCarey | 1948 | USA |
| Indiscreet
| Leo McCarey | 1931 | USA |
| Let'S Go Native
| Leo McCarey | 1930 | USA |
| Love Affair
| Leo McCarey | 1939 | USA |
| Make Way For Tomorrow
| Leo McCarey | 1937 | USA |
| My Favourite Wife
| Garson Kanin | 1940 | USA |
| My Son John
| Leo McCarey | 1952 | USA |
| Once Upon A Honeymoon
| Leo McCarey | 1942 | USA |
| Part Time Wife
| Leo McCarey | 1930 | USA |
| Rally 'Round The Flag, Boys!
| Leo McCarey | 1958 | USA |
| Ruggles Of Red Gap
| Leo McCarey | 1935 | USA |
| Satan Never Sleeps
| Leo McCarey | 1962 | USA |
| Six Of A Kind
| Leo McCarey | 1934 | USA |
| The Awful Truth
| Leo McCarey | 1937 | USA |
| The Bells Of St. Mary'S
| Leo McCarey | 1945 | USA |
| The Cowboy And The Lady
| H. C. Potter | 1938 | USA |
| The Kid From Spain
| Leo McCarey | 1932 | USA |
| The Milky Way
| Leo McCarey | 1936 | USA |
| The Sophomore
| Leo McCarey | 1929 | USA |
| Wild Company
| Leo McCarey | 1930 | USA |
| colspan="4" |Leo Mcccay: Shorts |
| A Pair Of Tights
| Hal Yates | 1929 | USA |
| A Ten-Minute Egg
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| All Wet
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| Angora Love
| Lewis R. Foster | 1929 | USA |
| Assistant Wives
| James Parrott | 1927 | USA |
| Bacon Grabbers
| Lewis R. Foster | 1929 | USA |
| Bad Boy
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Be Your Age
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Big Business
| James W. Horne | 1929 | USA |
| Big Business
| James W. Horne | 1929 | USA |
| Big Red Riding Hood
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Bromo And Juliet
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Call Of The Cuckoo
| Clyde Bruckman | 1927 | USA |
| Came The Dawn
| Arch Heath | 1928 | USA |
| Charley My Boy!
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Crazy Like A Fox
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Dog Shy
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Don'T Tell Everything
| Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| Double Whoopee
| Lewis R. Foster | 1929 | USA |
| Duck Soup
| Fred Guiol | 1927 | USA |
| Dumb Daddies
| Hal Yates | 1928 | USA |
| Early To Bed
| Emmett J. Flynn | 1928 | USA |
| Eve'S Love Letters
| Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| Feed 'Em And Weep
| Fred Guiol | 1928 | USA |
| Fighting Fluid
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Flaming Fathers
| Stan Laurel, Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| From Soup To Nuts
| Edgar Kennedy | 1928 | USA |
| Going Ga-Ga
| James W. Horne | 1929 | USA |
| Habeas Corpus
| James Parrott | 1928 | USA |
| Hello Baby!
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| His Wooden Wedding
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Innocent Husbands
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Is Marriage The Bunk?
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Isn'T Life Terrible?
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Jeffries Jr.
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| Jewish Prudence
| Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| Leave 'Em Laughing
| Clyde Bruckman | 1928 | USA |
| Liberty
| Leo McCarey | 1929 | USA |
| Limousine Love
| Fred Guiol | 1928 | USA |
| Long Fliv The King
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Looking For Sally
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Love 'Em And Feed 'Em
| Clyde Bruckman | 1927 | USA |
| Mama Behave
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Men O'War
| Lewis R. Foster | 1929 | USA |
| Mighty Like A Moose
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| Movie Night
| Lewis R. Foster | 1929 | USA |
| Mum'S The Word
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| No Father To Guide Him
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Outdoor Pajamas
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| Pass The Gravy
| Fred Guiol | 1928 | USA |
| Perfect Day
| James Parrott | 1929 | USA |
| Publicity Pays
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| Putting Pants On Philip
| Clyde Bruckman | 1927 | USA |
| Should Husbands Be Watched?
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Should Married Men Go Home?
| James Parrott | 1928 | USA |
| Should Men Walk Home?
| Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| Should Second Husbands Come First?
| Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| Sittin' Pretty
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| Sugar Daddies
| Fred Guiol | 1927 | USA |
| Tell' Em Nothing
| Leo McCarey | 1926 | USA |
| That'S My Wife
| Lloyd French | 1929 | USA |
| The Battle Of The Century
| Clyde Bruckman | 1927 | USA |
| The Boy Friend
| Fred Guiol | 1928 | USA |
| The Caretaker'S Daughter
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| The Finishing Touch
| Clyde Bruckman | 1928 | USA |
| The Hoose-Gow
| James Parrott | 1929 | USA |
| The Poor Fish
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| The Rat'S Knuckles
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| The Second 100 Years
| Fred Guiol | 1927 | USA |
| The Uneasy Three
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Their Purple Moment
| James Parrott | 1928 | USA |
| They Go Boom!
| James Parrott | 1929 | USA |
| Two Tars
| James Parrott | 1928 | USA |
| Us
| James Parrott | 1927 | USA |
| We Faw Down
| Leo McCarey | 1928 | USA |
| What Price Goofy?
| Leo McCarey | 1925 | USA |
| Why Girls Say No
| Leo McCarey | 1927 | USA |
| Wrong Again
| Leo McCarey | 1929 | USA |
| Wrong Again
| Leo McCarey | 1929 | USA |
| Young Oldfield
| Leo McCarey | 1924 | USA |
| You'Re Darn Tootin'
| Edgar Kennedy | 1928 | USA |
Independent Sections
= Critics Week =
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.{{cite web |title=Semaine de la Critique
|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/film-sections/semaine-de-la-critique.html
|website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=9 July 2024}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
|---|
| #Female Pleasure
| Barbara Miller | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Dani Ludila
| Damian Nenadić | 2018 | Croatia |
| Könnyű Leckék
| Dorottya Zurbó | 2018 | Hungary |
| La Huella De Tara
| Georgina Barreiro | 2018 | Argentina |
| Le Temps Des Forêts
| François-Xavier Drouet | 2018 | France |
| L'Apollon De Gaza
| Nicolas Wadimoff | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Zanani Ba Gushvarehaye Baruti
| Reza Farahmand | 2017 | Iran |
= Swiss Panorama =
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" | Swiss Panorama |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |
| Blue My Mind
| Lisa Brühlmann | 2017 | Switzerland |
| Chris The Swiss
| Anja Kofmel | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Die Vierte Gewalt
| Dieter Fahrer | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Eldorado
| Markus Imhoof | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Fortuna
| Germinal Roaux | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Genesis 2.0
| Maxim Arbugaev, Christian Frei | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Les Dames
| Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Mario
| Marcel Gisler | 2018 | Switzerland |
| Where Are You, João Gilberto?
| Georges Gachot | 2018 | Switzerland |
| À L'École Des Philosophes
| Fernand Melgar | 2018 | Switzerland |
Other Sections
= Special Events =
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | Special Event |
|---|
| Title
! Director(s) ! Production Country |
| Mario Botta. Oltre Lo Spazio
| Loretta Dalpozzo, Michèle Volontè | Switzerland |
Official Awards
=<u>International Competition (Concorso Internazionale)</u>=
- Pardo d'oro: A LAND IMAGINED by YEO Siew Hua, Singapore / France / The Netherlands
- Premio speciale della giuria:M by Yolande Zauberman, France
- Pardo per la miglior regia: TARDE PARA MORIR JOVEN by Dominga Sotomayor, Chile / Brazil / Argentina / The Netherlands / Qatar
- Pardo per la miglior interpretazione femminile: Andra Guți for ALICE T. by Radu Muntean, Romania / France / Sweden
- Pardo per la miglior interpretazione maschile: KI Joobong for GANGBYUN HOTEL (Hotel by the River) by HONG Sangsoo, South Korea
- Special Mention: RAY & LIZ by Richard Billingham, United Kingdom
=<u>Filmmakers of the Present Competition (Concorso Cineasti del presente)</u>=
- Pardo d'oro Cineasti del presente: CHAOS by Sara Fattahi, Austria / Syria / Lebanon / Qatar
- Premio per il miglior regista emergente – Città e Regione di Locarno: DEAD HORSE NEBULA by Tarık Aktaş, Turkey
- Premio speciale della giuria Ciné+ Cineasti del presente: CLOSING TIME by Nicole Vögele, Switzerland / Germany
- Special Mention: FAUSTO by Andrea Bussmann, Mexico / Canada Rose, character of L'ÉPOQUE by Matthieu Bareyre, France
= <u>Signs of Life</u> =
- Signs of Life Award ELECTRONIC ART.FOUNDATION to the Best Film: HAI SHANG CHENG SHI (The Fragile House) by LIN Zi, China
- Fundación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award: LE DISCOURS D'ACCEPTATION GLORIEUX DE NICOLAS CHAUVIN by Benjamin Crotty, France
= <u>First Feature</u> =
- Swatch First Feature Award (Prize for Best First Feature): ALLES IST GUT by Eva Trobisch, Germany
- Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award: RŪ GŠ TUS MIŠ KAS (Acid Forest) by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Lithuania
- Special Mention: TIRSS, RIHLAT ALSOO'OUD ILA ALMAR'I (Erased, Ascent of the Invisible) by Ghassan Halwani, Lebanon
= <u>Pardi di domani</u> =
==Concorso internazionale==
- Pardino d'oro for the Best International Short Film – Premio SRG SSR: D'UN CHÂTEAU L'AUTRE by Emmanuel Marre, Belgium / France
- Pardino d'argento SRG SSR for the Concorso internazionale: HEART OF HUNGER by Bernardo Zanotta, The Netherlands
- Pardi di domani Best Direction Prize – PIANIFICA: EL LABERINTO by Laura Huertas Millán, France / Columbia / USA
- Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award: JE SORS ACHETER DES CIGARETTES by Osman Cerfon, France
- Special Mention: LA MÁXIMA LONGITUD DE UN PUENTE by Simón Vélez, Columbia / Argentina
==Concorso nazionale==
- Pardino d'oro for the Best Swiss Short Film – Premio Swiss Life: LOS QUE DESEAN by Elena López Riera, Switzerland / Spain (Locarno Short Film Nominee For The European Film Awards 2018)
- Pardino d'argento Swiss Life for the Concorso nazionale: ABIGAÏL by Magdalena Froger, Switzerland
- Best Swiss Newcomer Award: ICI LE CHEMIN DES ÂNES by Lou Rambert Preiss, Switzerland
= <u>Prix du Public UBS</u> =
- Prix du Public UBS: BLACKKKLANSMAN by Spike Lee, USA
= <u>Variety Piazza Grande Award</u> =
- Variety Piazza Grande Award: LE VENT TOURNE by Bettina Oberli, Switzerland / France
Sources:{{Cite web |title=2018 Locarno Film Festival |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/palmares/2018.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=Locarno Film Festival}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival.html}}
{{Locarno International Film Festival}}