Taking place August 7-17, the official selection for the 77th Locarno Film Festival has been unveiled, featuring a stellar-looking slate of highly anticipated films. Highlights include Hong Sangsoo’s second feature of the year, By the Stream, starring Kim Minhee, Kwon Haehyo, and Cho Yunhee; Ramon Zürcher’s The Sparrow in the Chimney, Wang Bing’s second part of his Youth trilogy, Youth (Hard Times), as well as new films by Radu Jude, Bertrand Mandico, Courtney Stephens, Ben Rivers, Gürcan Keltek, Denis Côté, Kevin Jerome Everson, Fabrice Du Welz (featuring Abel Ferrara!), and many more. Also of particular note is the world premiere of Tarsem Singh’s restored cut of The Fall, which features a slightly different edit as he recently noted.
Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival said, “We are very excited and happy with our selection for Locarno’s 77th edition, which we believe represents the best of contemporary filmmaking. We have taken special care in highlighting those works that, while broadening the possibilities of cinema, are also consciously trying to spark a more meaningful conversation with the audience. The Festival thus continues to offer itself up as a platform for intersectional dialogue. The selection presents, as expected, celebrated auteurs, while also introducing new directors who we are certain will play a major role with their films in the future. We are especially proud of our opening film, Le Déluge, the sophomore work by Gianluca Jodice, which features Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet in two career defining performances, recreating the last days of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI. Two superb star turns that we celebrate by honoring both with our coveted Excellence Award Davide Campari.”
See the lineup below.
Piazza Grande
ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet
GAUCHO GAUCHO by Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
LE DÉLUGE by Gianluca Jodice
LE PROCÈS DU CHIEN by Laetitia Dosch
MEXICO 86 by César Díaz
REINAS by Klaudia Reynicke
RITA by Paz Vega
SAUVAGES by Claude Barras
SEW TORN by Freddy Macdonald
SHAMBHALA by Min Bahadur Bham
THE FALL (RESTORED CUT) by Tarsem Singh
THE PIANO by Jane Campion
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof
TIMESTALKER by Alice Lowe
UNE FEMME EST UNE FEMME by Jean-Luc Godard
Concorso Internazionale
AGORA by Ala Eddine Slim
AKIPLĖŠA (TOXIC) by Saulė Bliuvaitė
BOGANCLOCH by Ben Rivers
CENT MILLE MILLIARDS by Virgil Vernier
THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY by Ramon Zürcher
FOGO DO VENTO (FIRE OF WIND) by Marta Mateus
GREEN LINE by Sylvie Ballyot
LA MORT VIENDRA by Christoph Hochhäusler
LUCE by Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino
MOND by Kurdwin Ayub
QING CHUN (KU) (YOUTH (HARD TIMES)) by Wang Bing
SUYOOCHEON (BY THE STREAM) by Hong Sangsoo
SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll
SESES (DROWNING DRY) by Laurynas Bareiša
SULLA TERRA LEGGERI by Sara Fgaier
TRANSAMAZONIA by Pia Marais
YENI ȘAFAK SOLARKEN (NEW DAWN FADES) by Gürcan Keltek
Concorso Cineasti del Presente
CRICKETS, IT’S YOUR TURN by Olga Korotko
DER FLECK by Willy Hans
FARIO by Lucie Prost
FEKETE PONT (LESSON LEARNED) by Bálint Szimler
FOUL EVIL DEEDS by Richard Hunter
HANAMI by Denise Fernandes
HOLY ELECTRICITY by Tato Kotetishvili
INVENTION by Courtney Stephens
JOQTAU by Aruan Anartay
KADA JE ZAZVONIO TELEFON (WHEN THE PHONE RANG) by Iva Radivojević
KOUTÉ VWA (LISTEN TO THE VOICES) by Maxime Jean-Baptiste
LES ENFANTS ROUGES by Lotfi Achour
MONÓLOGO COLECTIVO by Jessica Sarah Rinland
OLIVIA & LAS NUBES by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
REAL by Adele Tulli
Pardi di Domani – Concorso Internazionale
400 CASSETTES by Thelyia Petraki
B(L)IND THE SACRIFICE by Nakhane
DESPRE IMPOSIBILITATEA UNUI OMAGIU (ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF AN HOMAGE) by Xandra Popescu
DULL SPOTS OF GREENISH COLOURS by Sasha Svirsky
FREAK by Claire Barnett
GENDER REVEAL by Mo Matton
GIMN CHUME (HYMN OF THE PLAGUE) by Ataka51
ICEBERGS by Carlos Pereira
LINNUD LÄINUD (ON WEARY WINGS GO BY) by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
LUDWIG (POWER INFERNO) by Anton Bialas
MOTHER IS A NATURAL SINNER by Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri
PUNTER by Jason Adam Maselle
QUE TE VAYA BONITO, RICO by Joel Alfonso Vargas
RAZEH–DEL by Maryam Tafakory
SOLEIL GRIS by Camille Monnier
THE CAVALRY by Alina Orlov
THE FORM by Melika Pazouki
THE NATURE OF DOGS by Pom Bunsermvicha
WASHHH by Mickey Lai
WHAT MARY DIDN’T KNOW by Konstantina Kotzamani
Pardi di Domani – Concorso Nazionale
BETTER NOT KILL THE GROOVE by Jonathan Leggett
LOOKING SHE SAID I FORGET by Naomi Pacifique
LUX CARNE by Gabriel Grosclaude
MAMAN DANSE by Mégane Brügger
MÉTROPOLE by Theo Kunz
PROGRESS MINING by Gabriel Böhmer
REVIER by Felix Scherrer
SANS VOIX by Samuel Patthey
SKY ROGERS: MANAGER DE STARS by Ciel Sourdeau
TINDERBOYS by Sarah Bucher, Carlos Tapia
Pardi di Domani – Concorso Corti d’Autore
1 HIJO & 1 PADRE by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
CHOU HE ZHUANG (LIKE WHAT WOULD SORROW LOOK) by Hao Zhou
GWE–IN ESI JEONGCHE (THE MASKED MONSTER) by Syeyoung Park
JOURS AVANT LA MORT DE NICKY by Denis Côté
LA FILLE QUI EXPLOSE by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
LES BOUCHES by Valentin Merz
MY LIFE IS WIND (A LETTER) by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE by Kevin Jerome Everson
REVOLVING ROUNDS by Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik
UPSHOT by Maha Haj
Fuori Concorso
BANG BANG by Vincent Grashaw
CARTAS TELEPÁTICAS (TELEPATHIC LETTERS) by Edgar Pêra
DRAGON DILATATION by Bertrand Mandico
ESPÈCE MENACÉE by Bruno Deville
FRÉWAKA by Aislinn Clarke
LA PASSION SELON BÉATRICE by Fabrice Du Welz
LA PRODIGIOSA TRASFORMAZIONE DELLA CLASSE OPERAIA IN STRANIERI by Samir
LA VITA ACCANTO by Marco Tullio Giordana
MA FAMILLE CHÉRIE by Isild Le Besco
OPT ILUSTRATE DIN LUMEA IDEALĂ (EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA) by Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz
SLEEP #2 by Radu Jude
Histoire(s) du Cinéma
LE ORE DELL’AMORE by Luciano Salce – Italy – 1963
JONAS QUI AURA 25 ANS EN L’AN 2000 by Alain Tanner – Switzerland, France – 1976
ONDA NOVA by Francisco C. Martins, José Antonio Garcia – Brazil – 1983
STREET OF NO RETURN by Samuel Fuller – France, Portugal – 1989
Homage to Stan Brakhage
Produced in collaboration with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
THE WONDER RING by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1955
CAT’S CRADLE by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1959
WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1959
DOG STAR MAN: PRELUDE by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1961
MOTHLIGHT by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1963
MURDER PSALM by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1981
THE DANTE QUARTET by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1987
UNTITLED (FOR MARILYN) by Stan Brakhage – USA – 1992
Retrospective
WALL STREET by Roy William Neill – USA – 1929
BROTHERS by Walter Lang – USA – 1930
THREE WISE GIRLS by William Beaudine – USA – 1932
VANITY STREET by Nicholas Grinde – USA – 1932
WASHINGTON MERRY–GO–ROUND by James Cruze – USA – 1932
MAN’S CASTLE by Frank Borzage – USA – 1933
UMPA by Archie Gottler – USA – 1933
TWENTIETH CENTURY by Howard Hawks – USA – 1934
IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK by William A. Seiter – USA – 1935
THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING by John Ford – USA – 1935
CRAIG’S WIFE by Dorothy Arzner – USA – 1936
DISORDER IN THE COURT by Preston Black – USA – 1936
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN by Frank Capra – USA – 1936
LET US LIVE by John Brahm – USA – 1939
PEST FROM THE WEST by Del Lord – USA – 1939
GIRLS UNDER 21 by Max Nosseck – USA – 1940
YOU NAZTY SPY! by Jules White – USA – 1940
UNDER AGE by Edward Dmytryk – USA – 1941
MY SISTER EILEEN by Alexander Hall – USA – 1942
THE TALK OF THE TOWN by George Stevens – USA – 1942
SAHARA by Zoltan Korda – USA – 1943
ADDRESS UNKNOWN by William Cameron Menzies – USA – 1944
NONE SHALL ESCAPE by André De Toth – USA – 1944
TOGETHER AGAIN by Charles Vidor – USA – 1944
MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER by William Castle – USA – 1946
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI by Orson Welles – USA – 1947 (Piazza Grande Second Screening) ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Rossen – USA – 1949
THE UNDERCOVER MAN by Joseph H. Lewis – USA – 1949
THE WALKING HILLS by John Sturges – USA – 1949
THE KILLER THAT STALKED NEW YORK by Earl McEvoy – USA – 1950
PICKUP by Hugo Haas – USA – 1951
THE FIRST TIME by Frank Tashlin – USA – 1952
GUN FURY by Raoul Walsh – USA – 1953
THE BIG HEAT by Fritz Lang – USA – 1953
THE GLASS WALL by Maxwell Shane – USA – 1953
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU by George Cukor – USA – 1954
MY SISTER EILEEN by Richard Quine – USA – 1955
PICNIC by Joshua Logan – USA – 1955
THE LAST FRONTIER by Anthony Mann – USA – 1955
WOMEN’S PRISON by Lewis Seiler – USA – 1955
BITTER VICTORY by Nicholas Ray – France, USA – 1957
GUNMAN’S WALK by Phil Karlson – USA – 1958
MURDER BY CONTRACT by Irving Lerner – USA – 1958
RIDE LONESOME by Budd Boetticher – USA – 1959
Open Doors Screenings
Features
BLACK MOTHER by Khalik Allah — Jamaica, USA — 2018
EAMI by Paz Encina – Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Germany, USA, Netherlands, France – 2022
LA BACHATA DE BIONICO by Yoel Morales – Dominican Republic – 2024
LA PIEL DEL AGUA by Patricia Velásquez – Costa Rica, Chile – 2024
LA PLAYA DE LOS ENCHAQUIRADOS by Iván Mora Manzano – Ecuador – 2021
LOS CAPÍTULOS PERDIDOS by Lorena Alvarado – Venezuela, USA – 2024
RAÍZ by Franco García Becerra – Peru, Chile – 2024
UNCIVILIZED by Michael Lees — Dominica — 2019
Shorts
AFORISMOS DEL LAGO by Humberto González Bustillo – Venezuela – 2021
DE REINAS Y OTROS COLORES by Juan Herrera Zuluaga – Guatemala – 2021
I LOVE PAPUCHI by Rosa María Rodríguez Pupo – Cuba — 2018
KENBE ALADA by Wendy Desert – Haiti – 2020
LAS MARAVILLAS by Rob Mendoza – Ecuador – 2024
LO QUE LOS HUMANOS VEN COMO SANGRE LOS JAGUARES VEN COMO CHICHA by Luciana Decker Orozco – Bolivia – 2023 SIRENA by Olivia De Camps – Dominican Republic – 2024
TIERRA DE LECHE by Milton Guillén, Fiona Guy Hall – Nicaragua, USA – 2023
TWA FÈY (THREE LEAVES) by Eléonore Coyette, Sephora Monteau – Haiti, Belgium – 2021
Locarno Kids Screenings
I FRATELLI DINAMITE by Nino Pagot – Italy – 1949
CLAUDE BARRAS: SIX SHORT FILMS by Claude Barras, Cédric Louis, Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix – 2005–2017 MA VIE DE COURGETTE by Claude Barras – Switzerland, France – 2016
AKIKO, DER FLIEGENDE AFFE by Veit Helmer – Germany – 2024
IGRIŠČA NE DAMO (BLOCK 5) by Klemen Dvornik – Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia – 2024
KIMINOIRO (THE COLORS WITHIN) by Naoko Yamada – Japan – 2024
LA PETITE ET LE VIEUX by Patrice Sauvé – Canada – 2024
LIVING LARGE by Kristina Dufková – Czech Republic, Slovakia, France – 2024
SLOCUM ET MOI by Jean-François Laguionie – Luxembourg, France – 2024
Semaine de la Critique
A SISTERS’ TALE by Leila Amini – Switzerland, France, Iran – 2024
DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED by Juri Rechinsky – Austria – 2024
FAMILIAR PLACES by Mala Reinhardt – Germany – 2024
FORMAS DE ATRAVESAR UN TERRITORIO by Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba – Mexico – 2024 JENSEITS VON SCHULD by Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec – Germany – 2024
LA DÉPOSITION by Claudia Marschal – France – 2024
WIR ERBEN by Simon Baumann – Switzerland – 2024
Panorama Suisse
BERGFAHRT – REISE ZU DEN RIESEN by Dominique Margot – Switzerland – 2024 BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani – Switzerland, Georgia – 2023 DIE ANHÖRUNG by Lisa Gerig – Switzerland – 2023
JAKOBS ROSS by Katalin Gödrös – Switzerland, Luxembourg – 2024
LA SCOMPARSA DI BRUNO BRÉGUET by Olmo Cerri – Switzerland – 2024
LE VENT QUI SIFFLE DANS LES GRUES by Jeanne Waltz – Portugal, Switzerland – 2024 LES PARADIS DE DIANE by Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann – Switzerland – 2024 RETOUR EN ALEXANDRIE by Tamer Ruggli – Switzerland, France – 2023
RIVERBOOM by Claude Baechtold – Switzerland – 2023
THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FURY by Nicole Vögele – Switzerland – 2024