The 8th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 July to 11 July 1954 in Locarno, Switzerland. The Locarno Film Festival remained an official International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF, festival, and as such it gave out no official awards.
This was in light of the International Federation of Film Producers Association announcing its goal of reducing the number of competitive festivals each year to one and including Locarno in the D category of "festivals of national character." At Locarno, additional agreements were reached between the producers association and cultural organizations with an interest in Children's films.
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:
Pre-Program
Pre-Program / Cinematographic News Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country Actualites Françaises N. 26 French News N. 26 France Cine Journal Suisse N. 630, N. 631 Cine Journal Switzerland N. 630, N. 631 Switzerland Fox Movietone N. 442, N. 443 USA La Settimana Incom, N. 258, N. 259 The Week In, N. 258, N. 259 Italy Neue Deutsche Wochenschau New German Weekly Show Germany No Do Color N. 2 Spain Noticiario No Do No Do Spain Pathe Journal N. 26, N. 27 France
Programme Principal
Programme Principal Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Bad Boy Kurt Neumann 1949 USA Carnival Story Kurt Neumann 1954 USA Carosello Napoletano Neapolitan Carousel Ettore Gianini 1954 Italy Das Licht Der Liebe The Light of Love R.A. Stemmle 1954 Austria Die Geschichte Vom Kleinen Muck The Story of Little Muck Wolfgang Staudte 1953 Germany Egy Kerecsen Solyom Törtenete Istvan Homoki-Nagy1951 Hungary Eine Frau Von Heute A Woman of Today Paul Verhoeven 1954 Germany Jigoku-Mon Gate of Hell Teinosuke Kinugasa 1953 Japan Kein Hüsung Arthur Pohl 1954 Germany La Grande Speranza Submarine Attack Duilio Coletti 1954 Italy Latuko Edgar M. Queeny 1952 USA Le Mouton À Cinq Pattes The Sheep Has Five Legs Henri Verneuil 1954 France Les Etoiles Du Ballet Russe The Stars of the Russian Ballet Russia Les Femmes S'En Balancent The Women Couldn't Care Less Bernard Borderie 1954 France Les Fruits Sauvages Wild Fruits Hervé Bromberger 1954 France Maddalena Augusto Genina 1954 Italy Mesic Nada Rekou The Moon Over the River Václav Krška 1953 Czech Republic Mr. Drake's Duck Val Guest 1951 Great Britain Musoduro In the Spring Giuseppe Bennati 1953 Italy Panique Panic Julien Duvivier 1946 France Princ Bajaja Prince Bayaya Jiří Trnka Czech Republic Przygoda Na Mariensztacie Adventure in Marienstadt Leonard Buczkowski 1954 Poland Rakoczi Hadnagya Rakoczy's Lieutenant Frigyes Ban 1954 Hungary Rotation Wolfgang Staudte 1949 Germany So Big Robert Wise 1953 USA
Short Films - Preview Program Avant-Programme Courts métrages Pre-Program Short Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Amour Et Chimeres France Die Kamera War Auch Dabei The Camera Was There Too Germany Donald's DiaryJack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts1954 USA Donzère Mondragon Pierre Jallaud, François Villiers1953 France Festival International Du Film De Locarno, 1946-1954 Switzerland Going, Going, GoshChuck Jones1952 USA Helpless HippoConnie Rasinski1953 USA Jala India Jerez Y Los Caballos Jerez and the Horses Spain L'Homme Et La BeteThe Man and the Beast Marc de Gastyne France L'Oeuvre De Wit StowszThe Work of Wit Stowsz Poland L'Île Du BonheurThe Island of Happiness Spain La Vire-Cailloux Evrard de Rouvre1954 France Land Of Enlightment India Le Chaton Desobeissant Russia Le Hibou Et Le Pivert Poland Le Mystere De La Licorne The Mystery of the Unicorn Jean-Claude See France Le Pommier Aux Pommes D'Or Czech Republic Le Verger De Pere Laurent The Orchard of Pere Laurent Poland Les Cornemusiers Tcheques Czech Republic Les Maìtres Du SportThe Master of Sport Russia Log RollersMannie Davis1953 USA Lone ChipmuckJack Kinney, Jack Hannah1954 USA Madrid Pittoresque Picturesque Madrid Spain Music Of India India Prescription For PercyMannie Davis1954 USA Rugge BearJack Hannah1953 USA The Romance Of TransportationColin Low1952 Canada Troubadour De La Joie M. Omer Boucquey 1951 France Una Goccia D'Acqua A Drop of Water Italy Uno Svizzero In Italia A Swiss in Italy Italy Water Every HareChuck Jones1952 USA Workiing For Pin Up USA
Out of Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Las Aguas Bajan Turbias Dark River Hugo del Carril 1952 Argentina
Special Sections Special Sections / Aspects of Italian Neorealist Cinema Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Ambienti E Personaggi Environments and Characters Vittorio De Sica Italy Ave Marie Fernando Cerchio 1947 Italy Barboni Dino Risi Risi 1946 Italy Canzoni Tra Due Guerre Songs Between Two Wars Antonio Marchi 1951 Italy Colpa Del Sole Alberto Moravia1951 Italy Fidanzate Di Carta Paper Girlfriends Renzo Renzi 1952 Italy I Bambini Ci Guardano The Children are Watching Us Vittorio De Sica 1944 Italy Isole Della Laguna Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras 1948 Italy L'Ospedale Del Delitto Luigi Comencini 1951 Italy La Terra Trema The Earth Trembles Luchino Visconti 1948 Italy Lungo Brenta Cesare Ardolino, Gianluigi Polidori 1951 Italy Ossessione Obsession Luchino Visconti 1942 Italy Paisan Countryman Roberto Rossellini 1946 Italy Quando Il Po' È Dolce Renzo Renzi 1953 Italy Roma, Città Aperta Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini 1945 Italy Sciuscià Shoeshine Vittorio De Sica 1946 Italy
Awards Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists
Prize of the Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists: LES FRUITS SAUVAGES by Hervé Bromberger,PRINC BAJAJA by Jiri Trnka,JIGOKU-MON by Teinosuke Kinugasa Homage to: Norman McLaren
International Critic's Jury
Prize of the International Critic's Jury: ROTATION by Wolfgang Staudte,JIGOKU-MON by Teinosuke Kinugasa,LE MOUTON À CINQ PATTES by Henri Verneuil Source:
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