The 35th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1982 in Locarno, Switzerland. This was David Strieff's first year as director following the departure of Jean-Pierre Brossard. A retrospective of Powell and Pressburger films was screened, which coincided with the burgeoning recognition of their work as "auteurs" in film circles. Michael Powell attended the festival and gave a talk about auteurism with Swiss director Markus Imhoof, and Gaumont studio head Daniel Toscan du Plantier.
Douglas Sirk attended the screening of documentary Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht "Querelle" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder Shoots "Querelle"), and sung its praises telling the director Dieter Schidor, a long-time Fassbinder collaborator, that it was "...a real film, much more than a documentary." This was despite the omission of a 14-minute interview Rainer Werner Fassbinder gave hours before his death that had to be cut due to a German court injunction. Fassbinder's mother got the injunction as she did not want people to see footage of him sick.
No Golden Leopard or any other festival prizes were awarded this year, despite this year being considered a good one at Locarno, because the jury claimed the best films could not be ranked over each other and four films were given Special Mentions. It was revealed that the Jury felt that the mix of art-house films against expensive prestige and commercial productions was unfair. Festival organizers quickly assembled an ad-hoc jury to award a Special Locarno Prize and 10,000 Francs to Das Letzte Loch (The Last Hole) directed by Herbert Achternbusch.
Jury Markus Imhoof, Swiss film director Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish film director and screenwriter Judith Elek, Hungarian film director Sandro Zambetti, Italian film critic Daniel Toscan du Plantir, Gaumont studio chief Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections: Main Program
In Competition - Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country AtThe Horse Alo Ozgenturk Turkey Das Letzte Loch The Last Hole Herbert Achternbusch Germany Forty Deuce Paul Morrissey USA Imagi Ninghtem Aribam Syam Sharma India Klassengeflüster Class Murmurs Nino Jacusso, Franz Richenbach Switzerland La Boda The Wedding Thaelman Urgelles Venezuela La Plaza Del Diamante The Diamond Square Francesc Betriu Spain Les Jocondes Jean-Daniel Pillault France Panelkapcsolat The Prefab People Béla Tarr Hungary Parti Sans Laisser D'Adresse Left without Leaving an Address Jacqueline Veuve Switzerland Processo A Caterina Ross The Trial of Caterina Ross Gabriella Rosaleva Italia Quartetto Basileus Baselus Quartet Fabio Carpi Italia Thorvald Og Linda The Ballad of Linda Sven Gronlykke and Lene Gronlykke Denmark To Ergostasio The Factory Tassos Psarras Greece Traveller Joe Comerford Iceland Uno Entre Muchos One among many Ariel Zuñiga Mexico Wênd Kûuni God's Gift Gaston Kaboré France
Out of Competition - Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country Doro No Kawa The Side of the Doro Kohei Oguri Japan Hammett Wim Wenders USA Irezumi Tattoo Yoichi Takabayshi Japan La Notte Di San Lorenzo The Night of San Lorenzo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italia Megall Az Idö The Time Péter Gothar Hungary Melvin And Howard Jonathan Demme USA Moonlighting Jerzy Skolimovski Great Britain Mourir A Trente Ans Half a Life Roman Goupil France Yol Way Serif Gören Turkey
Retrospective - Powell & Pressburger Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country 49th Parallel Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1941 Great Britain A Canterbury Tale Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1944 Great Britain A Matter Of Life And Death Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1946 Great Britain An Airman's Letter To His Mother Michael Powell 1941 Great Britain Black Narcissus Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1947 Great Britain Gone To Earth Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1950 Great Britain I Know Where I'M Going Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1945 Great Britain Peeping Tom Michael Powell 1960 Great Britain The Edge Of The World Michael Powell 1937 Great Britain The Elusive Pimpernel Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1950 Great Britain The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1943 Great Britain The Red Shoe'S Sketches Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1948 Great Britain The Small Back Room Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1949 Great Britain The Spy In Black Michael Powell 1939 Great Britain The Tales Of Hoffmann Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1951 Great Britain The Thief Of Bagdad Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell 1940 Great Britain The Volunteer Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1943 Great Britain
Special Sections
Hommage to Sergei Eisenstein The Office of Eisenstein: From Drawings to Films Bejin LougBezhin Meadow Sergei M. Eisenstein1936 Russia Dnievnik GloumovaGlumov's Diary Sergei M. Eisenstein 1923 Russia Ivan Grozni Ivan the Terrible Sergei M. Eisenstein 1944 Russia
Mexican National Cinema Week Mexican National WeekOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Cadena Perpetua Life Imprisonment Arturo Ripstein, Arturo Ripstein 1978 Mexico Cafe Tacuba Jorge Prior 1982 Mexico Canoa Canoe Felipe Cazals 1975 Mexico El Lugar Sin Limites The Place without Limits Arturo Ripstein, Arturo Ripstein 1977 Mexico En La Trampa In the Trap Raul Araiza 1978 Mexico La Isla De La Pasion The Island of the Passion Emilio Fernandez 1941 Mexico Maria De Mi Corazon MARIA DE MY HEART Jaime Humberto Hermosillo 1979 Mexico Niño Fidencio Fidencio Child Nicolas Echevarria 1980 Mexico
Carte Blanche Selections by Markus Imhoof Carte Blanche Sections by Markus Imhoof Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Fat City John Huston 1972 USA Greed Erich von Stroheim USA La Grande Illusion The Great Illusion Jean Renoir 1937 France Los Olvidados The Forgotten Luis Buñuel 1950 Mexico Opening Night John Cassavetes 1977 USA Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli Rocco and His Brothers Luchino Visconti 1960 Italia
Out of Program & Special Program Out of ProgramOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Das Schleisische Tor The Schleisian Gate Clemens Klopfenstein Germany Drimage Silvio Soldini USASpecial Program Effetto Olmi Olmi Effect Mario Brenta Italia Le Festival De Locarno Dans Le Miroir Du Cine Journal Suisse The Locarno Festival in the Cine Journal Swiss Mirror Switzerland Novy Vavilon New Babylon Grigori Kozintzev, Leonid Trauberg 1929 Russia Parsifal Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Germany Rainer Werner Fassbinder Dreht Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder Shoots "Querelle" Dieter Schidor Germany Sonezaki Shinju Sonezaki Pearl Midori Kurisaki Japan Vizsgalat Martinovics Ignac, Szaszvari Apat Es Tarsai Ügyben Examination Martinovics Ignac, Sasvari Apat and Tarsai Case Judith Elek Hungary
Parallel Screenings
Film Critics Week FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Cinq Et La Peau Five and the Skin Pierre Rissient France Dakhal Interfering Goutam Ghose India Die Zeit Böse The Time Evil Beat Kuert Switzerland Kettevalt Mennyezet Dowry Ceiling Pal Gabor Hungary Nacht Der Wölfe Night of the Wolves Rüdiger Nüchtern Germany No Eran Nadie They Were Nobody Sergio Bravo-Ramos Chile
Swiss Information Swiss Information Feature FilmsOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Claire Et L'Obscur Claire and the Dark Costa Haralambis Switzerland Das Flugjahr The Flight Year Markus Fischer Switzerland Die Unterbrochene Spur The Interrupted Track Mathias Knauer Switzerland Ludwig Hohl Alexander J. Seiler Switzerland Matlosa Villi Hermann Switzerland Unsere Eltern Haben Den Ausweis C 1. Schichtwechsel 2. Schulweg Zwischen Zwei Welten Our Parents Have the ID C 1. Shift Change 2. School Path Between Two Worlds Eduard Winiger Switzerland Windplätze Aufgerissen Wind Places Opened Pius Morger SwitzerlandSwiss Information Short And Means Films A L'Ombre De La Peste To L'ombre of the Plague Martial Wannaz Switzerland Chormann Lukas Strebel Switzerland Der Geringste Winderstand The Slightest Resistance Peter Fischli Switzerland Die Verkehrsmeldung The Traffic Message Alex Brunner Switzerland Il Ponte The Bridge Rainaldo Zambrano Switzerland Inventaire Lausannois Lausanne Inventory Yves Yersin Switzerland La Solution! Maurice Giacomini, Luca Ionel Switzerland Le Ravissement De Frank N. Stein The Delight of Frank N. Stein Georges Schwizgebel Switzerland Lettre A Freddy Buache Letter to Freddy Buache Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland Voyage Jusqu'A L'Aube Voyage to Dawn Christiane Kolla Switzerland
Official Awards International Jury
Official Jury Mention: The Prefab People by Béla Tarr Les Jocondes directed by Jean-Daniel Pillault Basileus Quartet directed by Fabio Carpi Traveller directed by Joe Comerford
Ad-Hoc Jury Special Locarno Prize 1982: Das Letzte Loch (The Last Hole) directed by Herbert Achternbusch
FIPRESCI International Jury FIPRESCI Prize: Klassengeflüster (Class Murmurs) directed by Nino Jacusso and Franz Richenbach
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