The Selection
Alongside the good news of being selected in The Films After Tomorrow, the filmmakers invited to Locarno 2020 also received a list featuring thousands of films, specifically all the films that have ever played at the Locarno Film Festival, one of the oldest cinematic events in the world. Their task was simple: to choose one film each for public viewing. One film only, one that struck them, impressed them, fascinated them, inspired them; one with which they would craft a special program, A Journey in the Festival's History, which will come to life online and in cinemas in Locarno on August 5-15.
These are the 20 films choses by the directors of The Films After Tomorrow:
Germania, anno zero, by Roberto Rossellini – Italy / France / Germany – 1948
Locarno3 - Grand Prix, Prize for best original screenplay (ex æquo), and Best director (second prize)
Picked by Pierre-François Sauter
Online and physical screening
Comizi d’amore, by Pier Paolo Pasolini – Italy – 1964
Locarno17
Picked by Anna Luif
Online screening
Terra em Transe (Entranced Earth), by Glauber Rocha – Brazil – 1967
Locarno20 - Youth Jury Grand Prix, FIPRESCI International Critics’ Prize, and Swiss Critics’ Prize
Picked by Lisandro Alonso
Online and physical screening
Charles mort ou vif, by Alain Tanner – Switzerland – 1969
Locarno22 - Pardo d’oro and Youth Jury prize
Picked by Raphaël Dubach e Mateo Ybarra
Online and physical screening
Invasión, by Hugo Santiago – Argentina – 1969
Locarno 22 - International Jury Special Mention
Picked by Andreas Fontana
Online and physical screening
In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod, by Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz – Federal Republic of Germany – 1974
Locarno27
Picked by Juliana Rojas
Online screening
India Song, by Marguerite Duras – France – 1975
Locarno28
Picked by Helena Wittmann
Online screening
Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare), by Kidlat Tahimik – Philippines – 1977
Locarno 30
Picked by Verena Paravel e Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Online screening
E Nachtlang Füürland, by Clemens Klopfenstein and Remo Legnazzi – Switzerland – 1981
Locarno34
Picked by Michael Koch
Online and physical screening
Stranger Than Paradise, by Jim Jarmusch – USA/Federal Republic of Germany – 1984
Locarno37 - Grand Prix Pardo d’oro, Grand Prix of the City of Locarno, Ecumenical and Youth Jury Special Mentions
Picked by Marí Alessandrini
Online and physical screening
Kǒng bù fèn zǐ (The Terrorizers), by Edward Yang – Taiwan – 1986
Locarno40 - Special Jury Grand Prix, Pardo d’argento, Second Prize of the City of Locarno
Picked by Eric Baudelaire
Online screening
O Bobo, by José Álvaro Morais – Portugal – 1987
Locarno40 - Grand Prix Pardo d’oro, Grand Prix of the City of Locarno and CICAE Jury Prize
Picked by Miguel Gomes
Online screening
Der siebente Kontinent, by Michael Haneke – Austria – 1989
Locarno 42 - Pardo di bronzo, Ernest Artaria Prize, Fourth Prize of the City of Locarno
Picked by Lav Diaz
Online and physical screening
Metropolitan, by Whit Stillman – USA – 1990
Locarno43 - Pardo d’argento, Special Jury Grand Prix and Second Prize of the City of Locarno
Picked by Axelle Ropert
Online and physical screening
Rapado, by Martín Rejtman – Argentina/Netherlands – 1992
Locarno45
Picked by Lucrecia Martel
Online screening
Au Nom du Christ, by Roger Gnoan M’Bala – Ivory Coast/Switzerland – 1993
Locarno46 - Youth Jury “Environment is quality of life Prize
Picked by Mohammed Soudani
Online and physical screening
Noon-O-Goldoon (A Moment of Innocence), by Mohsen Makhmalbaf – Iran/France – 1996
Locarno49 - Youth jury second prize “Nouveau cinéma” and Official’s Jury Special Mention
Picked by Miko Revereza
Online screening
Cavalo Dinheiro (Horse Money), by Pedro Costa – Portugal – 2014
Locarno67 - Pardo for Best Director
Picked by WANG Bing
Online screening
No Home Movie, by Chantal Akerman – Belgium/France – 2015
Locarno68
Picked by Cyril Schäublin
Online screening
M, by Yolande Zauberman – France – 2018
Locarno71 - Special Jury Prize and Youth Jury “Environment is quality of life” prize
Picked by Elie Grappe
Online and physical screening
The Program
All the films will be available online for free in VOD in Switzerland on the Locarno Film Festival Website.
Ten of the twenty titles selected will also be presented at Locarno in physical screenings in theaters, also thanks to prints made available by Cinémathèque suisse, again from 5 through 15 August, with the season hosted at the Pala Cinema and Gran Rex in Locarno and Pala Video in Muralto.
For viewers outside of Switzerland, MUBI will also host the selection of A Journey in the Festival's History on its platform, and will launch its fifth Direct from Locarno in August, with a selection of films from last year's edition.
