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28th Locarno Film Festival
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Leopard: The Son of Amir is Dead directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien
Artistic directorMoritz de Hadeln
Festival dateOpening: 31 July 1975 (1975-07-31)
Closing: 10 August 1975 (1975-08-10)
WebsiteLocarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

The 28th Locarno Film Festival was held from 31 July to 10 August 1975 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] Hungarian director Peter Bacso made a return appearance at the festival with his film Let Go of My Beard!, and Norwegian writer-director Anja Breien's film Wives competed as one of two films from Norway.[2] The festival also featured Legacy, directed by Karen Arthur, which won best first feature.[3]

In years past, the Locarno festival was often accused by the Swiss press of being too left-wing.[2][4] This time, however, it was attacked by a conservative British critic, Alexander Walker of The Evening Standard.[2][4] Walker wrote a letter of protest to festival director Moritz de Hadeln himself, which garnered some criticism in the press and annoyance from De Hadeln.[2][4] Walker defended his letter in Variety and said the festival was filled with "communist propaganda".[4] Walker complained about films which depicted the communist resistance to the fascist government of Mussolini and Italian fascism specifically in The Suspect, Down the Ancient Staircase and especially in ABCinema, a documentary on the making of Bernardo Bertolucci's film 1900.[4]

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Son of Amir is Dead directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien.[3][5]

Official Sections

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The following films were screened in these sections:[6]

Main Program

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Main Program / Feature Films In Competition

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Chamula Archibaldo Burns Mexico
Ereszd El A Szakallamat Let Go of My Beard! Peter Bacso 1975 Hungary
Fluchtgefahr Escape Risk Markus Imhoof 1974 Switzerland
Fru Inger Til Ostrat Mrs. Inger to Ostrat Sverre Udnaes 1975 Norway
Hustruer Wives Anja Breien 1975 Norway
In Gefahr Und Grösster Not Bringt Der Mittelweg Den Tod In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz 1974 Germany
India Song Marguerite Duras 1975 France
Kind Van De Zon Children of the Sun René van Nie 1975 Netherlands
Kochajmy Sie Love Thy Neighbor Krzysztof Wojciechowski 1975 Poland
Konfrontation Assassination in Davos Rolf Lyssy 1975 Switzerland
La Pomme Rouge The Red Apple Tolomouch Okeev 1975 Russia
Le Fils D'Amr Est Mort The Son of Amir is Dead Jean-Jacques Andrien 1975 Belgium
Legacy Karen Arthur 1975 USA
Looping Kurt Tetzlaff 1975 Germany
Per Le Antiche Scale Down the Ancient Staircase Alessandro Bolognini 1975 Italia
Silna Voda High-Water Ivan Terziev 1975 Bulgaria
Spomen Remembrance Ivan Nitchev 1974 Bulgaria
The Mourning Suit Leonard Yakir 1975 Canada
Vetchni Vremena Eternal Times Assen Chopov 1974 Bulgaria
Xala Ousmane Sembène 1975 Senegal

Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

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Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition

Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
C'Eravamo Tanto Amati We Were so Loved Ettore Scola 1974 Italy
French Connection II John Frankenheimer 1975 United States
Il Sospetto The Suspect Francesco Maselli 1975 Italy
L'Heritage The Legacy Mohamed Bouamari 1975 Algeria
Pas Si Mechant Que Ca Not so Nasty Claude Goretta Switzerland
Pas Si Mechant Que Ça Not so Bad as that Claude Goretta 1974 Switzerland
Quing Song Ling Liu Guoquan, Jing Shusen 1973 China
The Street Fighter Walter Hill USA
Ziemia Obiecana Promised Land Andrzej Wajda 1975 Poland

Film Critics Week

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FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
ABiCinema ABCinema Giuseppe Bertolucci Italy
Falsche Bewegung False Movement Wim Wenders Germany
Noua Nine Adbelaziz Tolbi Algeria
The Family Lodewijk de Boer Netherlands
Vegul End Gyula Maar Hungary
Wir Bergler In Den Bergen Sind Eigentlich Nicht Schuld, Dass Wir Da Sind We Who Dwell In The Mountains Cannot Be Blamed For Being There Fredi M. Murer Switzerland
Zair El Fagre Mamduh Shukry Egypt

Special Sections

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Open Forum
English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Allonsanfan Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani Italy
Film About A Woman Who... Yvonne Rainer 1974 USA
Flaming Creatures Jack Smith 1963 USA
Far from Home در غربت Sohrab Shahid-Saless 1975 Germany, Iran
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Chantal Akerman 1975 Belgium
The Red Snowball Tree Kalina Krasnaja Vasiliy Shukshin 1974 Russia
Kaskara Dore O. 1974 Germany
Makimono Werner Nekes 1974 Germany
My Little Loves Mes Petites Amoureuses Jean Eustache 1974 France
Moses and Aron Moses Und Aron Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub Germany
The Travelling Players O Thiassos Theo Angelopoulos 1975 Greece
French Provincial Souvenirs d'en France André Téchiné 1975 France
The Honeymoon Killers Leonard Kastle 1970 USA
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Tobe Cooper 1974 USA
Swiss Films For Ticino
A Bus Buseto Remo Legnazzi Switzerland
A Strike is Not a Sunday School Ein Streik Ist Keine Sonntagsschule Nina Stürm, Hans Stürm Switzerland
Totò, Portrait of An Actor (1898-1967)
Destination Piovarolo Destinazione Piovarolo Domenico Paolella 1955 Italy
Hands Off Me! Fermo Con Le Mani Gero Zambuto 1937 Italy
Cops and Robbers Guardie E Ladri Stefano "Steno" Vanzina 1951 Italy
The Two Marshals I Due Marescialli Sergio Corbucci 1961 Italy
Big Deal on Madonna Street I Soliti Ignoti Mario Monicelli 1948 Italy
The Three Thieves I Tre Ladri Lionello De Felice 1954 Italy
The Gold of Naples - Episode Il Guappo L'Oro Di Napoli Episodio Il Guappo Vittorio De Sica 1954 Italy
Totò in Hell Totò All'Inferno Camillo Mastrocinque 1954 Italy
Toto vs. the Four Totò Contro I Quattro Stefano "Steno" Vanzina 1963 Italy
Totò Diabolicus Stefano "Steno" Vanzina 1962 Italy

Official Awards

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According to the festival's website, the official awards were as follows:[5][3]

International Jury

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Oecumenical Jury

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  • Oecumenical Jury Prize: NOUA by Adbelaziz Tolbi
  • Oecumenical Jury Mention: HUSTRUER by Anja Breien

FIPRESCI Jury

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References

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  1. ^ "Locarno, Nyon festivals set for Aug., Oct". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 236, no. 20. Hollywood, CA. 12 May 1975. p. 49. ProQuest 2931985842.
  2. ^ a b c d Moskowitz, Gene (27 August 1975). "Pictures: Swiss Francs, Temperature High But Locarno Fest Impressed". Variety. Vol. 280, no. 3. Los Angeles. p. 17. ProQuest 1401276919.
  3. ^ a b c "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e Walker, Alexander (17 September 1975). "Pictures: Walker of london on charge of 'red line bias' at locarno fest". Variety. Vol. 280, no. 6. Los Angeles. p. 20. ProQuest 1401279402.
  5. ^ a b "1975 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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