The 32nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1979 in Locarno, Switzerland. Eighteen films competed at the festival from thirteen nations. Some interesting films at the festival were the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard competitor Les Petites Fugues directed by Yves Yersin and the symbolic insane asylum picture Hospital of the Transfiguration directed by Edward Zebrowski.
On the last night of the festival, jury member and actress Bianca Jagger made an impromptu appeal for nations around the world to support her home country of Nicaragua through international aid.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Herd directed by Zeki Okten. Incarcerated screenwriter of The Herd, Yilmaz Güney, received a Special mention by the International Jury.
International Jury
Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan actress and human rights advocate , French distributor Carlo Di Palma, Italian cinematographer Pal Gabor, Hungarian film director Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor Daniel Olbrychski, Polish actor Nicos Panayotopoulos, Greek critic and screenwriter
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Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:
Main Program
Feature Films In Competition English Title Original Title Director(s)Year Production CountryThe Stud Farm A Menesgazda Andras Kovacs1978 Hungary On the Move Die Abfahrer Adolf Winkelmann1978 Germany Distance Dooratwa Buddhadeb Dasgupta1978 IndiaElvis John Carpenter1979 USAFelicite Christine Pascal1979 France The Poignant Years Gli Anni Struggenti Vittorio Sindoni Italia Zones Grauzone Fredi M. Murer1979 Switzerland Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy Immacolata E Concetta Salvatore Piscitelli1980 Italia Breakdown Kvar Miloš "Misa" Radivojević1979 Yugoslavia The DivorceeLe Divorcement Pierre Barouh1979 FranceLes Petites Fugues Yves Yersin1979 Switzerland Last Love Letzte Liebe Ingemo Engstöm1979 Germany Blood of the Railroad Workers Rallarblod Erik Solbakken1979 Norway Staromodnaya komediya Tatyana Berezantseva, Elena Savelieva1978 Russia Hospital of the Transfiguration Szpital Przemienieniea Edward Zebrowski1978 Poland The Herd Sürü Zeki Okten1978 TürkiyeThe Kirlian Witness The Plants Are Watching Jonathan Sarno1979 USAThe NewcomerLe Nouveau VenuRichard de Medeiros1976Benin*
Out of Competition Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Miss from the Wolf Panny Z Wilka Andrzej Wajda Poland Wise Blood John Huston USA
Special Sections
Open Forum Free ForumOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Albert, Warum? Albert, Why? Josef Rödl1978 Germany Angi Vera Pal Gabor1978 Hungary Armee Der Liebenden Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts Rosa von Praunheim (coordonné par)1979 Germany Assault On Precinct 13 John Carpenter1976 USA Bourbon Street Blues Douglas Sirk Germany Dalla Nube Alla Resistenza From the Clouds to the Resistance Danielle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub1979 Italia, Germany Der Eintänzer The Single Dancer Rebecca Horn1978 Germany Geschichte Der Nacht History of the Night Clemens Klopfenstein1979 Switzerland Honeymoon George Panoussopoulos1979 Greece Kalte Heimat Cold Home W. Werner Schaeffer1979 Germany Le Destin Personnel Personal Fate Paul Seban1979 France Neskolko Interwju Po Litschny Woprosam Several Interviews on Personal Issues Lana Gogoberidze Russia
Retrospective - Yasujiro Ozu Retrospective Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963)English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Late Autumn Akibiyori, 秋日和 Yasujiro Ozu 1960 Japan Late Spring Banshun, 晩春 Yasujiro Ozu 1949 Japan There Was a Father Chichi Ariki, 父ありき Yasujiro Ozu 1942 Japan Passing Fancy Dekigokoro, 出来ごころ Yasujiro Ozu 1933 Japan Equinox Flower Higanbana, 彼岸花 Yasujiro Ozu 1958 Japan The Only Son Hitori Musuko, 一人息子, Yasujiro Ozu 1936 Japan The End of Summer Kohayagawa Ke No Aki, 小早川家の秋 Yasujiro Ozu 1961 Japan The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Ochasuke No Aji, お茶漬の味 Yasujiro Ozu 1952 Japan An Autumn Afternoon Samma No Aji, 秋刀魚の味 Yasujiro Ozu 1962 Japan Tokyo Story Tokyo Monogatari, 東京物語 Yasujiro Ozu 1953 Japan Tokyo Chorus Tokyo no kōrasu, 東京の合唱 Yasujiro Ozu 1931 Japan I Was Born, But... 大人の見る絵本 生れてはみたけれど Yasujiro Ozu 1932 Japan
Swiss Information Swiss Information - Feature FilmsOriginal titleEnglish titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Behinderte Liebe Disabled Love Marlies Graf Switzerland Die Schweizermacher The Swiss Makers Rolf Lyssy Switzerland Kleine Freiheit Little Freedom Hans Schlumpf Switzerland Messidor Alain Tanner SwitzerlandSwiss Information - Short Films Flash Robi Engler Switzerland L'Eroe The Hero Armando Boneff - GC, Javier Martinez Switzerland Mais Qu'Est-Ce Qui Peut Bien M'Angoisser Comme Ça? But What can Worry Me Like That? Martial Wannoz Switzerland Ralf Die Ratte: Golf Ralf the Gears: Wave Gilbert Mayer Switzerland
Parallel Sections
Film Critics Week FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Fagyöngyök Mistletoe Judit Ember Hungary Kuznetchik Kunnetchik Boris Grigoriev Russia Matriarcat Matriarchy Liudmil Kirkov Bulgaria My Way Home Bill Douglas Great Britain Plomenie Plking Ryszard Czekala Poland Rove Khouliot Ilan Moshenson Israel Schilten Scary Beat Kuert Switzerland
Official Awards
International Jury
Golden Leopard: The Herd directed by Zeki Okten Ernest Artaria Prize: The Stud Farm directed by Andras Kovacs International Jury Special Prize: Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy directed by Salvatore Piscitelli International Jury Grand Prize: LES PETITES FUGUES to actor Michel Robin International Jury’s first Special mention: Production team for Hospital of the Transfiguration by Edward Zebrowski International Jury’s second Special mention: Screenplay of The Herd written by Yilmaz Güney FIPRESCI Jury
International Critics Award: LETZTE LIEBE by Ingemo Engstöm, The Stud Farm directed by Andras Kovacs Women’s Jury
Golden Apple: THE HERD directed by Zeki Okten, DER EINTÄNZER by Rebecca Horn Oecumenical Jury
Oecumenical Jury Prize: LES PETITES FUGUES by Yves Yersin Source:
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