The 29th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1976 in Locarno, Switzerland. The Locarno open-air screenings were moved inside for five nights due to rain, at the cost of $2,000 each night in lost revenue for the festival. The festival attracted controversial by screening the erotic film In the Realm of the Senses and the then recently deceased Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
Moritz de Hadeln, the festival's artistic director, also took an unusual step of paying for the American film Jackson County Jail, produced by Roger Corman, to be subtitled for Switzerland, with the belief that upon local sale the investment would pay off. Famed director Douglas Sirk, a juror at the last festival and area local, also attended the festival.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Big Night directed by Francis Reusser.
Jury
Margarethe Von Trotta, Jury President, German actress. Sven Nyvkist, Swedish cinematographer Michel Lonsdale, French thespian Rolf Lyssy, Swiss director Georguy Stoyanov, Bulgarian director Source:
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections: Main Program
Main Program / Feature Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Angst Oddvar Bull Tuhus 1976 Norway Chin Chin El Teropocho Chin Chin El Teporocho Gabriel Retes 1976 Mexico Der Gehülfe The Assistant Thomas Koerfer Switzerland Happy Day Pantelis Voulgaris 1976 Greece Il N'Y A Pas D'Oubli There is No Forgetfulness Rodrigo Gonzales, Marilu Mallet 1975 Canada Jackson County Jail Michael Miller 1976 USA Juliette Et L'Air Du Temps Juliette and the Spirit of the Times Renée Gibson 1976 France L'Affiche Rouge The Red Poster Frank Cassenti 1976 France Le Grand Soir The Big Night Francis Reusser 1976 Switzerland Les Ambassadeurs The Ambassadors Naceur Ktai 1976 Tunisia Marcia Trionfale Victory March Marco Bellocchio 1976 Italy Mirt Sost Shi AmitHarvest: 3,000 Years Haile Gerima 1975 Ethiopia Pleasantville Kenneth Locker, Vicki Polon 1976 USA Ragazzo Di Borgata Borgata Boy Giulio Paradisi 1976 Italy Sebastiane Paul Humfree, Derek Jarman 1976 Great Britain Stay Hungry Bob Rafelson 1976 USA Vera Romeyke Ist Nicht Tragbar Vera Romeyke is not Sustainable Max Willutzki 1976 Germany Vörös Requiem Red Requiem Ferenc Grunwalsky 1976 Hungary
Out of Competition Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Афоня Afonya Guerguy Danélia1975 Russia Der Fangschuss Coup de Grâce Volker Schlöndorff 1976 Germany Jonas Qui Aura 25 Ans En L'An 2000 Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Alain Tanner 1976 Switzerland M Der Mörder M Fritz Lang 1931 Germany Salò O Le Centoventi Giornate Di Sodoma Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Pier Paolo Pasolini 1976 Italy
Film Critics Week FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics Week Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Awans Promotion Janusz Zaorski Poland Der Stumme The Silent Gaudenz Meili Switzerland Es Herrscht Ruhe Im Land There is Peace in the Country Peter Lilienthal Germany Jesus Von Ottakring Jesus of Ottakring Wilhelm Pellert Austria Labirintus Labyrinth Andras Kovacs Hungary Lasse & Geir Lasse & Geir Svend Wam Norway Matches Du Dimanche Sunday Matches Todor Andreikov Bulgaria
Special Sections
Open Forum Open ForumOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Der Starke Ferdinand Strongman Ferdinand Alexander Kluge1976 Germany Flocons D'Or Werner Schroeter France, Germany Giliap Roy Andersson Sudan Grey Gardens Albert Maysles, David Maysles1975 USA L'Empire Des Sens In the Realm of the Senses Nagisa Oshima France, Japan Mamma Roma Pier Paolo Pasolini 1962 Italy Ossessione Luchino Visconti 1943 Italy Reifezeit Ripening Sohrab Shahid-Saless Germany Rogopag, Episodio La Ricotta Rogopag, Episode La Ricotta Pier Paolo Pasolini 1963 Italy Shirins Hochzeit Shirin's Wedding Helma Sanders Germany Son Nom De Venise Dans Calcutta Desert His Name of Venice in Calcutta Desert Marguerite Duras France
Swiss Information Swiss InformationOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Die Erschiessung Des Landesverräters Ernst S. The Shooting of the Traitor Ernst S. Richard Dindo Switzerland E Noialtri Apprendisti And Legal Apprentices Giovanni Doffini Switzerland Schatten Der Engel Shadow of the Angel Daniel Schmid Switzerland The Bus Bay Okan Switzerland
Tribute To Pietro Germi Tribute To Pietro Germi (1914–1974)Original titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Divorzio All'Italyna Divorce Italyn Style Pietro Germi 1961 Italy Gelosia Jealousy Pietro Germi 1953 Italy Il Brigante Di Tacca Del Lupo The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo Pietro Germi 1951 Italy Il Cammino Della Speranza Path of Hope Pietro Germi 1951 Italy Il Ferroviere The Railroad Man Pietro Germi 1956 Italy In Nome Della Legge In the Name of the Law Pietro Germi 1949 Italy L'Uomo Di Paglia A Man of Straw Pietro Germi 1958 Italy La Presidentessa Mademoiselle Gobete Pietro Germi 1952 Italy Sedotta E Abbandonata Seduced and Abandoned Pietro Germi 1964 Italy Un Maledetto Imbroglio The Facts of Murder Pietro Germi 1959 Italy
Official Awards International Jury
Golden Leopard: THE BIG NIGHT by Francis Reusser Silver Leopard: Harvest: 3,000 Years by Haile Gerima Ernest Artaria Prize: Renato Berta in JONAS QUI AURA 25 ANS EN L'AN 2000 by Alain Tanner, DER GEHÜLFE by Thomas Koerfer,LE GRAND SOIR by Francis Reusser International Jury Prize: Marco Bellocchio International Jury Mention: IL N'Y A PAS D'OUBLI by Rodrigo Gonzales and Marilu Mallet,SILNA VODA by Ivan Terziev FIPRESCI Jury
International Critics Award: JONAS QUI AURA 25 ANS EN L'AN 2000 by Alain Tanner,SHIRINS HOCHZEIT by Helma Sanders International Critics special Award: SALÒ O LE CENTOVENTI GIORNATE DI SODOMA by Pier Paolo Pasolini Oecumenical Jury
Oecumenical Jury Prize: Harvest: 3,000 Years directed by Haile Gerima Oecumenical Jury Mention: JESUS VON OTTAKRING by Wilhelm Pellert,REIFEZEIT by Sohrab Sahid-Saless,LES AMBASSADEURS by Naceur Ktai Source:
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