14th Locarno Film Festival

Film festival in Locarno, Switzerland April 2025 Festival official poster Blast of Silence directed by Allen Baron Locarno, Switzerland 1946 Golden Sail: Fires on the Plain directed by Kon Ichikawa Opening: 1961 7 19 y Closing: 1961 7 30 y Locarno Film Festival Locarno Film Festival 13th 15th The 14th Locarno Film Festival was held from 19 to 30 July 1961 in Locarno, Switzerland.June 1, 1961 BRITISH CHOICES FOR LOCARNO. (1961). https://www.proquest.com/docview/2859070345 Kine Weekly 7 529 2800 2859070345 The festival opened with Allen Baron's film Blast of Silence, which went on to win the Swiss jury award.'Blast of silence' opens film festival in locarno. (1961). https://www.proquest.com/docview/2339646612 The Hollywood Reporter 3 166 12 2339646612 'Blast of silence' wins at Locarno. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2339658509 The Hollywood Reporter 11 166 25 2339658509 Julio Garcia Espinosa attended the festival with Cuba Dances, which according to him was the first picture from the newly nationalized Cuban film industry to compete at a "top-level" film festival in the "West".Moskowitz Gene Aug 2, 1961 Cuba's film industry under Castro explained by director at Locarno. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1017058466 Variety 1, 101 223 10 1017058466 The main prize of the festival, the Golden Sail, was awarded to Fires on the Plain directed by Kon Ichikawa. Official Sections The following films were screened in these sections:Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival... https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program-archive/film-list.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20250407044935/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program-archive/film-list.html 2025-04-07 2025-04-15 Locarno Film Festival en-US Main Program Feature Films In Competition Highlighted title indicates winner of the Golden Sail Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Blast Of Silence Allen Baron 1961 USA Cuba Baila Cuba Dances Julio García Espinosa 1961 Cuba, Mexico Die Zukunft Ist Fällig The Future is Due Günter Gräwert, Mauritz E. Houck 1961 Switzerland Fantasmi A Roma Ghosts of Rome Antonio Pietrangeli 1961 Italia La Pyramide Humaine The Human Pyramid Jean Rouch 1961 France Ludzie Z Pociagu People from the Train Kazimierz Kutz 1961 Poland Moya Tai My Xu Tao China Mutter Courage Und Ihre Kinder Mother Courage and Her Children Peter Palitzsch, Manfed Wekwerth 1961 Germany NobiFires on the Plain Kon Ichikawa 1959 Japan Nocni Host Night Host Otakar Vávra 1961 Czech Republic Odissea Nuda Naked Odyssey Franco Rossi 1961 Italia Proshaite, Golubi Pray, Golubi Yakov Seguel 1961 Russia Quand Nous Etions Petits Enfants When We Were Children Henry Brandt 1961 Switzerland Scano Boa Good Scano Renato Dall'Ara 1961 Italia Schwarzer Kies Black Gravel Helmuth Käutner 1961 Germany The Connection Shirley Clarke 1961 USA The Greengage Summer Lewis Gilbert 1961 Great Britain Tire-Au-Flanc Flank François Truffaut, Claude de Givray 1960 France Two Rode Together John Ford 1961 USA Un Taxi Pour Tobrouck A Taxi for Tobrouck Denis de la Patellière 1960 France Short Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Amig A Tawasz Ujra Eljön Until Spring Comes Again Mihaly Hars Hungary Comme Un Poisson Dans L'Eau Like a Fish in Water G. Dubucq, A. Lefert Belgium D'Un Jour A L'Autre From One Day to the Next Jean-Louis Roy Switzerland Detza I Glaroussi Detza Guéorgui Alaorkov Bulgaria Koncert Concert Zbigniew Czernelecki Poland L'Oiseau En Papier Journal The Newspaper Bird Julien Pappe France La Conquista Della Più Alta Vetta Del Mondo The Conquest of the Highest Peak in the World Wu Chun, Hsiaoying Ying China La Terra Che Non Ride The Land that Does not Laugh Giuseppe Fina Italia Le Signore The Ladies Michele Gandin Italia Le Silence Silence Édouard Luntz France Malovani Pro Kocku Paint Břetislav Pojar Czech Republic Na Ozerakh Kauakhstana Aleksandr Zguridi Russia National Youth Orchestra Robert Lapresle New Zealand Neposlouchnoto Kote Unideline Marcela Dimitrova 1961 Bulgaria Photo Souvenir Souvenir Photo Henri Fabiani France Pratele Na Sirkach Prattle Jan Kluge Czech Republic Rabindranath Tagore Satyajit Ray India Railroaded To Fame Dave Tendlar USA Ramuz, Passage D'Un Poete Ramuz, Passage of a Poet Alain Tanner Switzerland The First Fast Mail Dave Tendlar 1961 USA The House Of Treasures Mushir Ahmed India The Temples Of Halebib And Belur Ram Gabale India Ucieczka Toma Tom's Escape Janusz Nasfeter Poland Xiaokedou Zhao Mama ξ AO Tadpole Zhao Mama Jiajun Qian, Te Wei China Out of Competition Feature Films - Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country El Brazo Fuerte The Strong Arm Giovanni Korporaal 1958 Mexico Paris Nous Appartient Paris Belongs to Us Jacques Rivette 1960 France Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Karel Reisz 1960 Great Britain Viridiana Luis Buñuel 1961 Spain Short Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Amadeo De Souza-Cardoso Armando da Silva Brandao Portugal Andacollo Jorge Di Lauro, Nieves Yankovic Chile Arraial Do Cabo Paulo Sareceni Brazil Bazan I'm N't Ramiro Tamayo Argentina Dagen Mijne Jaren Days My Years Max de Haas Netherlands Tetes Blanches White Heads Guy L. Coté Canada Special Sections - Tribute to Tribute To Fritz Lang Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Das Testament Der Dr. Mabuse The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Fritz Lang Germany Der Müde Tod Destiny Fritz Lang 1921 Germany Die Nibelungen Die Nibelungen Fritz Lang Germany Dr. Mabuse, Der Spiegel Dr. Mabuse, the Mirror Fritz Lang Germany Frau Im Mond Woman in the Moon Fritz Lang Germany Hangmen Street Fritz Lang 1942 USA Liliom Lily Fritz Lang France M. Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Morder M. a City is Looking for a Murderer Fritz Lang Germany Metropolis Fritz Lang 1926 Germany Scarlet Street Fritz Lang 1945 USA Secret Beyond The Door Fritz Lang 1945 USA Spione Spies Fritz Lang Germany You Only Live Once Fritz Lang 1936 USADie SpinneThe SpiderFritz Lang1919GermanyTribute To Georges Méliès (1861-1938) A La Conquete Du Pole At the Pole Conquest Georges Méliès 1912 France Barbe-Bleue Bluebeard Georges Méliès 1901 France Eruption Volcanique A La Martinique Volcanic Eruption in Martinique Georges Méliès 1902 France Hydrotherapie Fantastique Fantastic Hydrotherapy Georges Méliès 1909 France L'Affaire Dreyfus The Dreyfus Affair Georges Méliès 1898 France L'Aquarium Aux Poissons D'Or (?) The Goldfish Aquarium (?) Georges Méliès France L'Homme A La Tête De Caoutchouc The Man Has the Rubber Head Georges Méliès 1902 France Le Banquet De Mesmer Mesmer's Banquet Georges Méliès 1905 France Le Brahmane Et Le Papillon The Brahmane and the Butterfly Georges Méliès 1901 France Le Chevalier Des Neiges The Snow Knight Georges Méliès 1912 France Le Locataire Diabolique The Diabolical Tenant Georges Méliès 1909 France Le Magicien The Magician Georges Méliès 1898 France Le Melomane The Melobe Georges Méliès 1903 France Le Merveilleux Eventail Vivant The Wonderful Living Event Georges Méliès 1904 France Le Palais Des Mille Et Une Nuits The Palais of Thousand and One Nights Georges Méliès 1905 France Le Royaume Des Fees The Kingdom of Fees Georges Méliès 1903 France Le Tunnel Sous La Manche The Channel Tunnel Georges Méliès 1907 France Le Voyage A Travers L'Impossible The Journey Through the Impossible Georges Méliès 1904 France Les Bulles De Savon Viviantes Viviant Soap Bubbles Georges Méliès 1906 France Les Hallucinations Du Baron De Münchenhausen LES HALCUCIZATIONS YOU BUCH BARNING the MUNSTENDHER Georges Méliès 1911 France Les Rose Magiques Magic Rose Georges Méliès 1903 France Professeur Lusticus (?) Professor Lusticus (?) Georges Méliès France Trouble Apres Whisky (?) Georges Méliès France Voyage Dans La Lune Moon Trip Georges Méliès 1902 France Official Awards International Jury, feature films Golden Sail: FIRES ON THE PLAIN directed by Kon Ichikawa. Silver Sail: LUDZIE Z POCIAGU by Kazimierz Kutz, QUAND NOUS ETIONS PETITS ENFANTS by Herny Brandt Best First Feature Prize: THE CONNECTION by Shirley Clarke International Jury, short films Golden Sail, Short Films: RABINDRANATH TAGORE by Satyajit Ray Silver Sail, Short Films: XIAOKEDOU ZHAO MAMA by Te Wei and Jiajun Qian Swiss critics Jury Swiss critics award: BLAST OF SILENCE by Allen Baron FIPRESCI Jury FIPRESCI Award: PROSHAITE, GOLUBI by Yakov Seguel Source:1961 Locarno Film Festival https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/palmares/1961.html April 8, 2025 Locarno Film FestivalThe Festival - Palmarès https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/palmares.html 2025-04-15 Locarno Film Festival en-US References External links https://www.locarnofestival.ch/home.html Locarno 1961 Category:Locarno Film Festival by year Category:1961 film festivals Category:1961 in Switzerland