55th Locarno Film Festival

55th Locarno Film Festival
Opening filmThe Importance of Being Ernest directed by Oliver Parker
Closing filmPossession directed by Neil LaBute
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Longing directed by Iain Dilthey
Artistic directorIrene Bignardi
Festival dateOpening: 1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)
Closing: 11 August 2002 (2002-08-11)
WebsiteLFF

The 55th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 2002 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] Films from 30 countries were shown at the festival.[2] The opening film was The Importance of Being Ernest directed by Oliver Parker.[2] Shown on the Piazza Grande, the 7,000-seat open-air theater, the closing film of the festival was the world premiere of Possession directed by Neil LaBute.[2][1] The Leopard of Honor was awarded to American actor and director Sydney Pollack, who flew himself to Locarno as co-pilot in his own personal plane.[2][3][4]

The festival also held the European premiere of M. Night Shyamalan's Signs and Christopher Nolan's Insomnia.[1] Other noteworthy films at the festival were Secretary directed by Steven Shainberg and Gus Van Sant's Gerry in competition.[2] All films screened on the Piazza Grande were world or international premieres.[4]

A sections were held for Indian films called "Indian Summer"[5] and another for films from Afghanistan called "Afghan Day", which was attended by the Afghani Culture Minister and featured some films that made in secret under the Taliban.[1][6] Director Peter Bogdanovich also presented a retrospective of filmmaker Allan Dwan.[5]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Longing directed by Iain Dilthey.[7][8][6]

Official Jury

Official sections

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

Piazza Grande

The Piazza Grande is the 7,000-seat open-air theater built each year in the town square. All films screened on the Piazza Grande this year were world or international premieres.[4]

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Ali G Indahouse Mark Mylod 2002 Great Britain
Bend It Like Beckham Gurinder Chadha 2002 USA, Great Britain
Birdseye Stephen Beckner, Mike Huber 2002 Switzerland, USA
Corto Maltese , La Cour Secrète Des Arcanes Corto Maltese, the Secret Courtyard of Mysteries Pascal Morelli 2002 France, Italia
Dead Or Alive: Final Takashi Miike 2001 Japan
Hommage À Positif: L'Armata Brancaleone Hommage to Positif: For Love and Gold Mario Monicelli 1966 Italia
Insomnia Christopher Nolan 2002 USA
L'Idole The Idol Samantha Lang 2002 France
My Little Eye Marc Evans 2001 Great Britain
Novo Jean-Pierre Limosin 2002 France, Switzerland
Passage Shirin Neshat 2001 USA
Possession Neil LaBute 2002 USA
Signs M. Night Shyamalan 2002 USA
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman 2002 USA, Czech Republic
The Importance of Being Earnest Oliver Parker 2002 Great Britain, USA
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sydney Pollack 1969 USA
Oligarch Tycoon Pavel Lounguine 2002 France, Russia

International Competition

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Aime Ton Père Love your Father Jacob Berger 2002 France, Switzerland
Al Primo Soffio Di Vento To the First Breath of Wind Franco Piavoli 2002 Italia
Blue Moon Andrea Maria Dusl 2002 Austria
Das Verlangen The Longing Iain Dilthey 2002 Germany
Diskoli Apocheretismi: O Babas Mou Difficult Expression: My Pope Penny Panayotopoulou 2002 Greece, Germany
Gerry Gus Van Sant 2001 USA
La Cage The Cage Alain Raoust 2002 France
Ma Vraie Vie À Rouen My Real Life in Rouen Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau 2002 France
Man, Taraneh, Panzdah Sal Daram Man, Taranheh, Panzdah Sal Daram Rassul Sadr Ameli 2002 Iran
Meisje Girl Dorothée Van den Berghe 2002 Belgium, Netherlands
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Aparna Sen 2002 India
Okay Jesper W. Nielsen 2001 Denmark
Oltre Il Confine Beyond the Border Rolando Colla 2002 Switzerland, Italia
One Hour Photo Mark Romanek 2002 USA
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Rebecca Miller 2001 USA
René Alain Cavalier 2002 France
Revengers Tragedy Alex Cox 2001 Great Britain
Secretary Steven Shainberg 2002 USA
Sophiiiie! Michael Hofmann 2002 Germany
Szép Napok Nice Days Kornél Mundruczó 2002 Hungary
Tan De Repente So Suddenly Diego Lerman 2002 Argentina
Xiang Ji Mao Yi Yang Fei MENG Jing Hui 2002 China

Filmmakers of the Present

Filmmakers of the Present / In Progress

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Aurevoiretmerci Arnold Pasquier 2001 France
Two Michel Snow Arnold Pasquier 2002 France

Filmmakers of the Present / Out of Competition

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Aleph Bay-E Afgan Mohsen Makhmalbaf 2002 Iran
Berlin. Die Sinfonie Der Grosstadt Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis Walter Ruttmann, Thomas Schadt 1927 Germany
Cuore Napoletano Neapolitan Heart Paolo Santoni 2002 Italia
Derrida Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Kofman 2002 USA
Después De La Evasion After the Evasion Antonio Llorens 2002 Spain
Essen, Schlafen, Keine Frauen Eating, Sleeping, No Women Heiner Stadler 2002 Germany
Etrangère Stradder Danielle Arbid 2002 France
Hoover Street Revival Sophie Fiennes 2002 Great Britain, France
Il Salumificio The Salami Factory Alessandra Tantillo 2002 Italia
Jour De Marché Market Day Jacqueline Veuve 2002 Switzerland
Keep In Touch Jean-Claude Rousseau 1987 France
L'Acqua In Mezzo Water in the Middle Daria Menozzi 2002 Italia
L'Impatience Impatience Antoine Fumat 2002 France
L'Implacabile Tenente Rossi The Relentless Lieutenant Rossi Francesco Calogero 2002 Italia
Le Bruit, L Odeur Et Quelques Étoiles Noise, Smell and some Stars Eric Pittard 2002 France, Belgium
Le Nom Du Feu Fire Name Eugène Green 2002 France
Les Guerriers De La Beauté Beauty Warriors Pierre Coulibeuf 2002 France, Belgium
Les Jours Où Je N'Existe Pas The Days when I Do not Exist Jean-Charles Fitoussi 2002 France
Lettre A Roberto Letre to Roberto Jean-Claude Rousseau 2002 France
Lost Paradise Pierre Coulibeuf 2002 France
Mage Wam Atha Mage Wam Atha aka Pickpocket (My Left Hand) Linton Semage 2002 Sri Lanka
My Room Le Grand Canal Anne-Sophie Brabant, Pierre Gerbaux 2002 France
Nikita Kino The Plane that Came to Vivian Ostrovsky 2002 France
Provisoires Amis PROVIREMENTS Jacques Meilleurat 2002 France
Ricco Rich Mike Wildbolz 2002 Switzerland
Ritratti Luigi Meneghello Portraits Luigi Meneghello Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Paolini 2002 Italia
Royal Bonbon Royal Bobs Charles Najman 2001 France, Canada
Ruzegar-E Ma Rakhshān Banietemad 2002 Iran
Réalisations Achievements Arnold Pasquier France
Slepa Pega Blind Spot Hanna Slak 2002 Slovenia
Todo Juntos All Together Federico León 2002 Argentina
Wanted Kim Hopkins 2002 Great Britain
Yok Mang No Mang Eungsu Kim 2002 Korea
Yönden As Far as Marie Jaoul de Poncheville 2002 France
Zappaterra César Meneghetti, Elisabetta Pandimiglio 2002 Italia
Zur Lage To the Situation 2002 Austria

Filmmakers of the Present / Video

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony Lee Hirsch 2002 Central African Republic
Antologia Opere Di Cioni Carpi Anthology Works by Cioni Carpi Cioni Carpi Italia
Antologia Opere Di Luigi Veronesi Anthology Works by Luigi Veronesi Luigi Veronesi Italia
Arundhati Roy Paolo Brunatto, Angelo Fontana 2002 Italia
Asir Va Entezar I Am Waiting for Mohammad Ahmadi 2002 Iran
Beacon Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller 2002 Germany, Portugal
Bernardo Bertolucci: A Cosa Serve Il Cinema? Bernardo Bertolucci: What is the Cinema For? Sandro Lai 2001 Italia
Biggie & Tupac Nick Broomfield 2001 Great Britain
Ciudad De Maria Maria City Enrique Bellande 2001 Argentina
Contes Politiques 2: Interpretations Political Tales 2: Interpretations Pierre Borker 2002 France
Dam Nations: Damage Arundhati Roy 2002 Great Britain
Diam S Keja Ho Kramer 2002 France
Dieci Minuti Alla Fine Ten Minutes at the End Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco 2002 Italia, Portugal
Dieci Racconti In Una Stanza-Delusione Ten Stories in a Room-Delusion Nuccio Ambrosino 2001 Italia
Don Vitaliano Paolo Pisanelli 2002 Italia
Happy Too Thomas Imbach 2002 Switzerland
Heaven S Crossroad Kimi Takesue 2002 USA
Kalkitos Limestone Miguel Gomes 2002 Portugal
L'Orfano The Orphan Oliviero Toscani 2002 Italia
Les Treize Vies Du Chat Lelouch The Thirteen Lives of the Cat Lelouch Isabelle Clarke 2002 France
Mario Monicelli, L'Artigiano Di Viareggio Mario Monicelli, the Craftsman of Viareggio Marco Cucurnia 2001 Italia
Nyde Enjoy Salvatore Lista 2002 France
Rax Roberto Paci Daló 2001 Italia
Remains Sandro Aguilar 2002 Portugal
Sem Terra Landless Pasquale Scimeca, Roberto Torelli 2002 Italia
Tambours Sur La Digue Drum on the Dike Ariane Mnouchkine 2002 France
Viet Nam Vietnam Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi 2002 Italia
Voz Voice Goran Kostic 2002 Yugoslavia
Vse Vertovy All Helicopters Vladimir Nepevniy 2001 Russia

Leopards of Tomorrow

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani)

Australia / New Zealand
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
A Telephone Call For Genevieve Snow Peter Long 2002 Australia
Bowl Me Over Angie Black 2001 Australia
Confessions Of A Headhunter Sally Riley 2000 Australia
Cow Michael Bennett 2001 New Zealand
Dancing In The Dust Jenny Kendall 2002 Australia
Delivery Day Jane Manning 2001 Australia
Donuts For Breakfast Felicity Morgan-Rhind 2000 New Zealand
Harvey Peter MacDonald 2001 Australia
In Search Of Mike Andrew Lancaster 2000 Australia
Inja Dog Steven Pasvolsky 2001 Australia, Central African Republic
Into The Night Tony Krawitz 2002 Australia
Joy Cate Shortland 2000 Australia
Junk Gregory King 2001 New Zealand
Lamb Emma Freeman 2002 Australia
Lost Jo Kennedy 2000 Australia
Road Catriona MacKenzie 2000 Australia
Rubber Gloves Anthony Mullins 2000 Australia
Still Life Sima Urale 2001 New Zealand
The Bathers Elissa Down 2002 Australia
The Big House Rachel Ward 2000 Australia
The French Doors Steve Ayson 2001 New Zealand
The Other Son Heng Tang 2001 Australia
The Platform Robin Walters 2001 New Zealand
Trust Me Virginia Pitts 2000 New Zealand
Vitalogy Greg Williams 2001 Australia
Watermark 2001 New Zealand
Australia / New Zealand - Retrospective
Original title English title Director(s) Year Production country
100 A Day Gillian Armstrong 1973 Australia
Avondale Dogs Gregor Nicholas 1994 New Zealand
Bits And Pieces Simon Klaebe 1996 Australia
Bulls Chris Noonan 1973 Australia
Caravan Park Phillip Noyce 1973 Australia
Dogfood Ray Argall 1978 Australia
Eau De La Vie Life of Life Simon Bare 1994 New Zealand
Evictions Richard Lowenstein 1979 Australia
Fizz Jason Stutter 1999 New Zealand
Getting Wet P. J. Hogan 1984 Australia
Groping Alex Proyas 1980 Australia
Hinekaro Christine Parker 1994 New Zealand
It Droppeth As The Gentle Rain Bruce Beresford, Albie Thoms 1963 Australia
Kitchen Sink Alison MacLean 1989 New Zealand
Larger Than Life Ellory Elkajem 1997 New Zealand
Lemming Aid Grant Lahood 1994 New Zealand
Lovelock David Robertson 1992 New Zealand
Michael Peter Weir 1970 Australia
My First Slumber Party Shirley Barrett 1987 Australia
My Second Car Stuart McDonald 1997 Australia
O Tamaiti Of the Kids Sima Urale 1996 New Zealand
Odd Jobs Daniel Nettheim 1996 Australia
Oops! Mark Bellamy 1999 Australia
Passionless Moments Jane Campion 1984 Australia
Peel Jane Campion 1982 Australia
Planet Man Andrew Bancroft 1995 New Zealand
Rabbit On The Moon Monica Pellizzari 1988 Australia
Road To Alice Stavros Efthymiou 1992 Australia
Rust Bucket Robert Connolly 1997 Australia
Satdee Night Gillian Armstrong 1973 Australia
Sure To Rise Niki Caro 1994 New Zealand
Tears Ivan Sen 1998 Australia
The Colonel Rolf de Heer 1978 Australia
The Drover'S Wife Sue Brooks 1985 Australia
The Obituary Peter Duncan 1993 Australia
The Space Between The Door And The Floor Pauline Chan 1989 Australia
Tulip Rachel Griffiths 1998 Australia
Twilight Of The Gods Stewart Main 1995 New Zealand
Two Bob Mermaid Darlene Johnson 1996 Australia
Valley of the Stereos George Port 1992 New Zealand
Violence In The Cinema... Part 1 Dr. George Miller 1972 Australia
The Moebius Strip Vincent Pluss 2002 Switzerland
Swiss Confederation
Original title English title Director(s) Year Production country
Das Geschenk The Gift Oliver Paulus 2001 Switzerland
Das Passphoto The Passport Photo Christina Zulauf 2002 Switzerland
Dust Ruxandra Zenide 2002 Switzerland
Exit Beni Kempf 2002 Switzerland
Ibiza Bettina Oberli 2002 Switzerland
Joshua Andreas Müller 2002 Switzerland
L'Origine The Origin Daniele Torrisi 2002 Switzerland
La Colonie Pénitentiaire The Penitentiary Colony Yvan Lagger 2001 Switzerland
La Mort En Exil Death in Exile Mutlu Saray Ayten 2002 Switzerland
Le Jeu The Game Fabrice Aragno 2002 Switzerland
Mama Hat Dich Lieb Mom Loves you Carla Monti 2002 Switzerland
Nuit De Noces Wedding Night Olga Baillif 2001 Switzerland, Belgium
Petits Gestes Gestures François Rossier 2002 Switzerland
Pizza Canzone Pizza Song Jacqueline Falk 2002 Switzerland
Swapped Pierre Monnard 2001 Switzerland, England
Ungefiltert Unfiltered Alexander Szombath 2002 Switzerland

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) / Filmmakers of the Present

"HGKZ "Special Program
Original title English title Director(s) Year Production country
Blush Barbara Kulcsar 1999 Switzerland
Der Astronaut The Astronaut Pierre Mennel 1995 Switzerland
Hotel Belgrad Hotel Belgrade Andrea Štaka 1998 Switzerland
Orson & Welles Felix Schaad 1995 Switzerland
Replay Isabelle Favez 1999 Switzerland
Sjeki Vatsch! Thomas Ott 2001 Switzerland
Timing Chris Niemeyer 1999
Wunderland Miracle Michael Hertig 2000 Switzerland
Special Program
Der Komplex The Complex Fabienne Boesch 2002 Switzerland
Jouer Sa Vie Play One's Life Frédéric Florey, Sandra Hebler 2002 Switzerland
Le Combat The Fight Fernand Melgar 2002 Switzerland
Ocumicho Sauvé Par Les Diables Ocumicho Saved by the Devils Frédéric Choffat, Julie Gilbert 2002 Switzerland
Saluti Da Mister Frog Greeti Da My Mystery Frog Pio Bordoni 2002 Switzerland
The Moebius Strip Vincent Pluss 2002 Switzerland

Video Competition (Concorso Video)

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
33 Kiko Goifman 2002 Brazil
9 (Dokuz) 9 (Nine) Ümit Ünal 2002 Türkiye
Aux Frontières Border Danielle Arbid 2002 France, Belgium
Cabeza De Palo Stick Head Ernesto Baca 2002 Argentina
Dracula Pages From A Virgin'S Diary Guy Maddin Canada
Estranei Alla Massa Extraneous to the Mass Vincenzo Marra 2001 Italia
Hff Goes Hollywood Rosa von Praunheim Germany
I Am From Nowhere Georg Misch 2002 Austria, Germany
Jeon Jang Keu I Hu... Jeon Jang Ke I. Seong-wook Moon, Nobuhiro Suwa 2002 Korea, China
Kafka Geht Ins Kino Kafka Goes to the Cinema Hanns Zischler 2002 France, Germany
Let'S Talk Ram Madhvani 2002 India
Love And Diane Jennifer Dworkin 2002 USA, France
O Homem-Teatro The Theater Man Edgar Pêra 2001 Portugal
Obor Kalandia Obor Adventure Sobhi al-Zobaidi 2002 Palestine
On Dirait Le Sud It Looks Like the South Vincent Pluss 2002 Switzerland
Oui Non Yes No Jon Jost France, Italia
Taxi Parisien Parisian Taxi Robert Bozzi 2002 France
Un Ora Sola Ti Vorrei I Would Like One Hour Alina Marazzi 2002 Italia, Switzerland
Yves Saint Laurent 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris David Teboul 2002 France

Tribute To

Tribute To Michel Legrand
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Les Parapluies De Cherbourg The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy 1963 France
Tribute To Roberto Rossellini
La Prise Du Pouvoir Par Louis Xiv The Taking of Power by Louis XIV Roberto Rossellini 1966 France

Allan Dwan – The Mystery Rediscovered

Allan Dwan - The Mystery Rediscovered
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Fifty-Fifty Allan Dwan 1916 USA
Stage Struck Allan Dwan 1925 USA
A Modern Musketeer Allan Dwan 1917 USA
A Western Dreamer Allan Dwan 1911 USA
Brewster's Millions Allan Dwan 1945 USA
Calendar Girl Allan Dwan 1946 USA
Cattle Queen of Montana Allan Dwan 1954 USA
Cupid Through Padlocks Allan Dwan 1912 USA
David Harum David Fragrant Allan Dwan 1915 USA
Driftwood Allan Dwan 1947 USA
East Side, West Side Allan Dwan 1927 USA
Enchanted Island Allan Dwan 1958 USA
Escape to Burma Allan Dwan 1955 USA
Frontier Marshal Allan Dwan 1939 USA
Getting Gertie's Garter Allan Dwan 1945 USA
He Comes Up Smiling Allan Dwan 1918 USA
Heidi Allan Dwan 1937 USA
Her First Affaire Allan Dwan 1933 Great Britain
High Air (Dans La Série Screen'S Directors Playhouse) Allan Dwan 1956 USA
Manhandled Allan Dwan 1924 USA
Manhattan Madness Allan Dwan 1916 USA
Most Dangerous Man Alive Allan Dwan 1961 USA
Passion Allan Dwan 1954 USA
Pearl of the South Pacific Allan Dwan 1955 USA
Robin Hood Allan Dwan 1922 USA
Sands of Iwo Jima Allan Dwan 1949 USA
Silver Lode Allan Dwan 1954 USA
Slightly Scarlet Allan Dwan 1956 USA
Suez Allan Dwan 1938 USA
Tennessee's Partner Allan Dwan 1955 USA
That Sharp Note Allan Dwan 1915
The Distant Relative Allan Dwan 1912 USA
The Good Bad Man (Passing Through) Allan Dwan 1916 USA
The Half-Breed Allan Dwan 1916 USA
The Iron Mask Allan Dwan 1929 USA
The Joy Girl Allan Dwan 1927 USA
The Morning After (I Spy) Allan Dwan 1934 Great Britain
The Poisoned Flume Allan Dwan 1911 USA
The Power of Love Allan Dwan 1912 USA
The Reformation of Sierra Smith (the Lost Watch) Allan Dwan 1912 USA
The River's Edge Allan Dwan 1957 USA
The Woman They Almost Lynched Allan Dwan 1953 USA
Trail of the Vigilantes Allan Dwan 1940 USA
Up in Mabel's Room Allan Dwan 1944 USA
While Paris Sleeps Allan Dwan 1932 USA
Wicked Allan Dwan 1931 USA
Zaza Allan Dwan 1923 USA

In Progress

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
40-15 Annika Larsson 1999 Sweden
An Inner Dialogue With Frida Kahlo (Dialogue With Myself 3) Yasumasa Morimura 2001 Japan
Black Lagoon Aran Reo Mann 2001 USA
Castles Aran Reo Mann 2000 USA
Celovek S Kinoapparatom Chelovek with a Cinema Dziga Vertov 1929 Soviet Union
Cigar Annika Larsson 1999 Sweden
Dog Annika Larsson 2001 Sweden
Exit Magnus Wallin 1997 Sweden
Fervor Shirin Neshat 2000 USA
It S Alive Aran Reo Mann 2001 USA
Jos 6 Olis 9 If 6 Would be 9 Eija-Liisa Ahtila 1996 Finland
Limbo Magnus Wallin 1999 Sweden
Me/We, Okay, Gray Eija-Liisa Ahtila 1993 Finland
Physical Paradise Magnus Wallin 1998 Sweden
Possessed Shirin Neshat 2001 USA
Pulse Shirin Neshat 2001 USA
Rakkaus On Aarre Love is a Treasure Eija-Liisa Ahtila 2002 Finland
Rapture Shirin Neshat 1999 USA
Skyline Magnus Wallin 2000 Sweden
Tooba To the Shirin Neshat 2002 USA
Trilogy Shirin Neshat
Turbulent Shirin Neshat 1998 USA
Tänään Today Eija-Liisa Ahtila 1997 Finland

Afghan Day

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Aleph Bay-E Afgan Mohsen Makhmalbaf 2002 Iran
Ammasa - E - Eshq T Ing. Latif 1979 Afghanistan
Ashes Said Workzai 1990 Afghanistan
Cinema Sebastian Schröder
Essen, Schlafen, Keine Frauen Eating, Sleeping, No Women Heiner Stadler 2002 Germany
Extracts From Charlie Chaplin In Kabul Lech Kowalski 2002 France, Afghanistan
Gherdab Temor Hakimiar 1996 Afghanistan
Il Piccolo Gioco The Little Game Paolo Grassini Grassini, Beniamino Natale 2002 Italia, Afghanistan
Inshallah: Diary Of An Afghan Woman Randall Scerbo 2002 USA
Kabul Pino Settanni 2002 Italia
Madreseh Goosheh Hayat Farzad Tohidi 2000 Iran
Sayed 1990 Afghanistan
Sougnameh Sarzamin Nimrouz Amin Aslani 2002 Iran
The Dispossessed Tanghi Amirani 2002 Great Britain
Uruj Noor Hashem Abir, Siddiq Barmak 1995 Afghanistan

Indian Summer

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Aamar Bhuvan Mrinal Sen 2002 India
Agraharathil Kazhutai John Abraham 1978 India
Akaler Shandhaney In Search of Famine Mrinal Sen 1980 India
Antarjali Jatra The Ultimate Journey Goutam Ghose 1987 India
Ardh Satya Govind Nihalani 1983 India
Bagh Bahadur Buddhadeb Dasgupta 1989 India
Dasi B. Narsing Rao 1988 India
Elippathayam Adoor Gopalakrishnan 1981 India
Halodhia Choraya Baodhan Khai Halodia Jahnu Barua 1987 India
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones Pradip Krishen 1989 India
Iruvar The Duo Mani Ratnam 1997 India
Junoon The Obsession Shyam Benegal 1978 India
Kairee Carrie Amol Palekar 1999 India
Kaliyattam Tasting Jayaraj 1998 India
Kandukondain, Kandukondain Saw, Saw Rajiv Menon 2000 India
Marattam Mare Govindan Aravindan 1988 India
Maya Miriga Nirad Mohapatra 1983 India
Mirch Masala Hot Spice Ketan Mehta 1986 India
Mr India Shekhar Kapur 1987 India
Muhafiz Idiom Ismail Merchant 1993 India, Great Britain
Naseem Saeed Mirza 1995 India
Ondanondu Kaaladalli Once Upon a Time Girish Karnad 1978 India
Piravi The Birth Shaji N. Karun 1988 India
Shatranj Ke Khilari The Chess Players Satyajit Ray 1977 India
Sholay Ramesh Sippy 1975 India
Siddheshwari Mani Kaul 1989 India
Tabarana Kathe Girish Kasaravalli 1987 India
Thaneer Thaneer K. Balachander 1981 India
The Terrorist Santosh Sivan 1998 India
Umrao Jaan Muzaffar Ali 1981 India
Utsab Rituparno Ghosh 1999 India
Yugant Aparna Sen 1995 India

Events

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Das Boot Ist Voll The Boat is Full Markus Imhoof 1980 Switzerland
Monsieur Batignole Mr Batignole Gérard Jugnot 2002 France
The Return From India Menahem Golan

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. [10]

Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country
Behind Me Mit Bruno Ganz Behind Me with Bruno Whole Norbert Wiedmer Switzerland
Cinemania Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak Germany
Forget Baghdad-Jews And Arabs-The Iraqi Connection Samir Switzerland, Germany
Gaza Strip James Longley USA
Guerre Sans Images - Algérie, Je Sais Que Tu Sais War without Images - Algeria, I Know you Know Mohammed Soudani Switzerland, France
Ich Hiess Sabina Spielrein I Was Called Sabina Spielrein Elisabeth Màrton Sweden, Switzerland
Rocha Que Voa Flying Rock Eryk Rocha Brazil

Swiss Cinema

Rediscovered

Swiss Cinema Rediscovered
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Weyerhuus René Guggenheim 1940 Switzerland

Appellation Swiss

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Brucio Nel Vento Burn in the Wind Silvio Soldini 2002 Italia, Switzerland
Ernstfall In Havanna Energy in Havana Sabine Boss 2002 Switzerland
Escape To Paradise Nino Jacusso 2001 Switzerland
Hirtenreise Ins Dritte Jahrtausend Shepherd Trip to the Third Millennium Erich Langjahr 2002 Switzerland
Julie'S Geist Julie's Spirit Bettina Wilhelm 2001 Switzerland, Germany
Meine Schwester Maria My Sister Maria Maximilian Schell 2002 Germany, Austria
Stille Liebe Silent Love Christoph Schaub 2001 Switzerland
Utopia Blues Stefan Haupt 2002 Switzerland
Von Werra From Werra Werner Schweizer 2002 Switzerland, Germany
War Photographer Christian Frei 2001 Switzerland

Official Awards

The following films and people received awards at the festival:[8][7]

International Competition

Piazza Grande

Leopards of Tomorrow Competition

  • Golden Leopard, SRG SSR idée Suisse Prize and Egli Film Prize, New Swiss Talents: Nuit De Noces directed by Olga Baillif
  • Silver Leopard, Eastman Kodak Company Prize, New Swiss Talents: Swapped directed by Pierre Monnard
  • "Action Light" Prize, New Swiss Talents: Dust directed by Ruxandra Zenide
  • Special Mention, New Swiss Talents: Still Life directed by Sima Urale
  • Golden Leopard, SRG SSR idée Suisse Prize, Australian and New Zealand Films: Delivery Day directed by Jane Manning
  • Silver Leopard, Eastman Kodak Company Prize, Australian and New Zealand Films: Lost directed by Jo Kennedy
  • Film und Video Subtitling Prize, Australian and New Zealand Films: Vitalogy directed by Greg Williams
  • Special Mention, Australian and New Zealand Films: Still Life directed by Sima Urale

"Cinema e Gioventù" – Leopards of Tomorrow Jury

  • Youth Jury Prize, New Swiss Talents, Short Films: Petits Gestes directed by François Rossier
  • Special Mention, Youth Jury, New Swiss Talents, Short Films: Dust directed by Ruxandra Zenide
  • Youth Jury Prize, Australian and New Zealand Films, Short Films: The French Doors directed by Steve Ayson
  • Special Mention, Youth Jury, Australian and New Zealand Films, Short Films: The Bathers directed by Elissa Down

Video Competition Jury

  • Golden Leopard Sony Video: Love And Diane directed by Jennifer Dworkin, Jeon Jang Keu I HU... directed by Nobuhiro Suwa and Seong-wook Moon

Ecumenical Jury

  • Oecumenical Jury Prize: La Cage directed by Alain Raoust
  • Special Mention, Oecumenical Jury: Diskoli Apocheretismi: O Babas Mou directed by Penny Panayotopoulou

FIPRESCI Jury

  • FIPRESCI Jury Prize: La Cage directed by Alain Raoust

CICAE – Art & Essai Award Jury

  • CICAE Jury Prize: Meisje directed by Dorothée Van den Berghe
  • Special Mention, CICAE Jury: Okay directed by Jesper W. Nielsen
  • Don Quijote Prize: Tan De Repente directed by Diego Lerman

NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Jury

  • NETPAC Prize: MR. AND MRS. IYER directed by Aparna Sen, Obor Kalandia directed by Sobhi al-Zobaidi, Ruzegar-E Ma directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

Youth Jury

  • First Prize, Youth Jury: Meisje directed by Dorothée Van den Berghe
  • Second Prize, Youth Jury: Mr. And Mrs. Iyer directed by Aparna Sen
  • Third Prize, Youth Jury: Tan De Repente directed by Diego Lerman
  • "The environnement is the quality of life" Prize": Man, Taraneh, Panzdah Sal Daram directed by Rassul Sadr Ameli
  • Special Mention, Youth Jury: Xiang Ji Mao Yi Yang Fei directed by MENG Jing Hui

SRG SSR idée suisse | Semain de la critique Award

  • Critics Week Prize: Forget Baghdad-Jews And Arabs-The Iraqi Connection directed by Samir

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