Misplaced Pages

74th Locarno Film Festival

Festival official poster
Opening film	Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
Closing film	Respect by Liesl Tommy
Location	Locarno, Switzerland
Founded	1946
Awards	Golden Leopard Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas (Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash) By Edwin
Hosted by	Associazione Festival del film Locarno
No. of films	Programmed: 209 World premieres: 100
Festival date	Opening: 4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) Closing: 14 August 2021 (2021-08-14)
Website	74 Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
75th 73rd

The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, which had its world premiere on 4 August. The 74th edition of Locarno Film Festival hosted 14 films including 7 world premieres in Piazza Grande among which half were European productions. More than 75,000 spectators attended the festival. 50% less than the attendance rate in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

Rotonda by la Mobiliare - Come together!

This event will be held from 30 July to 14 August. It is Locarno Film Festival’s communal space, which embraces existing audience and greets new people. It will have following platforms:

• Art
• Virtual Reality
• Forum
• Talks
• Music
• Food and beverage
• Kids town
• Come together

Locarno Talks la Mobiliare

During the course of the film festival, it will be a stage for exchanging and debating ideas and perspectives. It will have encounters with people from the world of art, photography, cinema music, politics and science.

Cinema and Youth

This is an initiative open to 28 final year students of high school or vocational school of Switzerland and Northern Italy, aged between 18 and 23. They will be privileged viewers as they may watch the screenings, meet directors and actors/actresses, attend specially organized introductory lectures on film language. In addition they will have access to the sidebar events.

Juries

International competition

• Eliza Hittman, American filmmaker (Jury President)
• Kevin Jerome Everson, American artist and filmmaker
• Philippe Lacôte, filmmaker from Ivory Coast
• Leonor Silveira, Portuguese actress
• Isabella Ferrari, Italian actress

Filmmakers of the present competition

• Agathe Bonitzer, French actress
• Mattie Do, Laotian American filmmaker
• Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director

Leopards of Tomorrow

• Kamal Aljafari, Palestinian filmmaker and artist
• Marie-Pierre Macia, French Producer
• Adina Pintilie (Romanian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and curator)

First Feature

• Amjad Abu Alala, Sudanese filmmaker
• Karina Ressler, Austrian editor
• Katharina Wyss, Switzerland filmmaker

Sections

The following films were selected to receive screening in the sections below:

Pre-Festival

• LYNX by Laurent Geslin
• Tomorrow My Love by Gitanjali Rao

Piazza Grande

International competition (Concorso internazionale)

Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner

Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)

Highlighted title indicates winner

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

International competition (Concorso internazionale)

Highlighted title indicates winner

National competition (Concorso nazionale)

Highlighted title indicates winner

Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore)

Highlighted title indicates winner

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

Open Doors Screenings

History (s) of cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma)

Retrospective (Retrospettiva)

Locarno Kids

Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse)

International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)

Official Awards

The following awards were presented for films shown in competition:

International Competition

• Golden Leopard: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Edwin

• Special Jury Prize: A New Old Play by Qui Jiongjiong

• Best Direction Award: Abel Ferrara for Zeros and Ones

• Best Actor Award: Mohamed Mellali, Valero Escolar for The Odd-Job Men

• Best Actress Award: Anastasiya Krasovskaya, Gerda by Natalya Kudryashova
• Special Mentions:
  • Soul Of A Beast by Lorenz Merz
  • The Sacred Spirit by Chema García Ibarra

Filmmakers of the Present Competition

• Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: Brotherhood by Francesco Montagner
• Special Jury Prize: L’Été L’éternité by Émilie Aussel
• Best Emerging Director: Hleb Papou for Il Legionario
• Leopard for the Best Actress: Saskia Rosendahl for No One’s With the Calves
• Leopard for the Best Actor: Gia Agumava for Wet Sand

Leopards of Tomorrow

International Competition

• Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film:
  • Neon Phantom by Leonardo Martinelli
• Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition:
  • The Demons of Dorothy by Alexis Langlois
• Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering:
  • Eliane Esther Bots for In Flow of Words
• Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award:
  • Home for Myriam Uwiragiye Birara
• Special Mentions:
  • First Time (The Time For All But Sunset – Violet) by Nicolaas Schmidt

National Competition

• Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film:
  • Strangers by Nora Longatti
• Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the National Competition:
  • After A Room by Naomi Pacifique
• Best Swiss Newcomer Award:
  • Flavio Luca Marano, Jumana Issa for It Must

Competition of Author's Courts

• Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Author Short Film:
  • Creature by María Silvia Esteve

First Feature

• Swatch First Feature Award:
  • She Will by Charlotte Colbert
• Special Mention: Holy Emy (Agia Emi) by Araceli Lemos

Special Awards

Leopard of Honour (Pardo d’onore Manor award)

• John Landis

Excellence Award Davide Campari

• Laetitia Casta

Locarno Film Festival Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards

• In Flow of Words

Special Lifetime Achievement Award

• Dario Argento

Prix du public UBS Award

• Hinterland by Stefan Ruzowitzky

Variety Piazza Grande Award

• Rose by Aurélie Saada

References

1. "74th Locarno Film Festival (Road to Locarno74: August 4–14 2021)". Locarno Film Festival. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. Grater, Tom (1 July 2021). "Locarno Unveils 2021 Line-Up: Abel Ferrara's Ethan Hawke-Starrer 'Zeros And Ones' To World Premiere". Deadline. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
3. Del Don, Muriel (1 July 2021). "LOCARNO 2021: Locarno unveils the programme of its parallel sections". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
4. "Locarno Film Festival 74th Edition". Film Italia. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
5. "Le Festival de Locarno a renoué avec une partie de son public". rts.ch (in French). 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
6. "Locarno film festival picks "Mask", "Here My Village" from Iran". Tehran Times. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
7. "Irfana Majumdar's 'Shankar's Fairies' to have world premiere at Locarno Film Festival". The Hindu. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
8. Del Don, Giorgia (1 July 2021). "LOCARNO 2021:Locarno makes its voice heard with a 74th edition to be held in person". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
9. Del Don, Muriel (20 July 2021). "Locarno 2021:Locarno unveils the programme of its parallel sections". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
10. Tim Grierson (9 August 2021). "'Respect': Locarno Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
11. Vivarelli, Nick (1 July 2021). "Locarno Unveils Genre-Friendly Lineup Premiering Abel Ferrara's 'Zeros and Ones,' U.S. Thriller 'Ida Red'". Variety. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
12. Yoo Soo-kyung (2 July 2021). "차승원X이광수 '싱크홀', 로카르노 국제 영화제 공식 초청" [Cha Seung-won X Lee Kwang-soo's 'Sinkhole' officially invited to the Locarno International Film Festival]. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
13. "The Alleys movie to have its world premiere at Piazza Grande of Locarno Festival". Egypt Today. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
14. Hopewell, John (8 August 2021). "Neus Ballús on Locarno World Premiere 'The Odd-Job Men,' Fear of Others, How the Ordinary is Extraordinary". Variety. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
15. Lang, Jamie (11 August 2020). "Marí Alessandrini Presents Debut Feature 'Zahorí' at Locarno's The Films After Tomorrow". Variety. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
16. Kiang, Jessica (14 August 2021). "Golden Leopard Winner 'Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash' Heads Impressive Slate Of Locarno Award". Variety. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
17. Scott Roxborough (14 August 2021). "'Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash' Wins Locarno Film Festival". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
18. Scott Roxborough (21 June 2021). "Locarno Festival Honors Comedy Legend John Landis: The 'Animal House' and 'Blues Brothers' director will receive Locarno's 2021 lifetime achievement award". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
19. "Excellence Award to Laetitia Casta: "If you choose a film with your heart, you can't go wrong"". Italy 24 News. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
20. "John Landis Gives the Award to Dario Argento". Locarno Film Festival. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
21. "Hinterland and Rose Win the Prix du public UBS and the Variety Piazza Grande Award". 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

External links

• Official website

• 2021 film festivals
• 2021 festivals in Europe
• 2021 in Switzerland
• Locarno Festival
• Events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• August 2021 events in Switzerland