The 34th Locarno Film Festival was held from 31 July to 10 August 1981 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] This was Jean-Pierre Brossard's last year as festival director.[2] It included a popular retrospective of 1950s U.S. films and midnight showings of films such as Polyester directed by John Waters.[1]
The screening of Pier Palo Pasolini's Salo was so crowded that it was screened twice due to audience demand.[1] There was a planned surprise showing of jury member Andrzej Żuławski's1972 film The Devil , which had been banned by the Polish government, but the print never arrived causing Zulawski to wonder at the time if it was still banned.[1] Indeed it continued to be banned in Poland until 1987.[3][4]
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to
Official Sections 1981
The following films were screened in these sections:[5]
Main Program
Feature Films In Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Al Hal
Is it
Ahmed El Maanouni
Morocco
Beto Nervio Y Super-Super, Contra La Noche Negra
Beto Nervio and Super-Super, Against Black Night
Miguel Bejo
Argentina
Breakdown
Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
USA
Celeste
Percy Adlon
Germany
Chakra
Rabindra Dharmaraj
India
Diana E Django
Diana and Django
Solveig Nordlund
Portugal
Diva
Jean-Jacques Beneix
France
Djeli, Conte D'Aujourd'Hui
Djeli, Today's Tale
Fadika Kramo-Lanciné
Ivory Coast
Duetto
Duet
Tomao Sherman
Italia
Dziecinne Pytani
Childish Asked
Janus Zaorski
Poland
E Nachtlang Füürland
E Night Long Füürland
Clemens Klopfenstein, Remo Legnazzi
Switzerland
Fürchte Dich Nicht, Jakob!
Don't be Afraid, Jakob!
Radu Gabrea
Germany
Muerte De Un Magnate
Death of a Tycoon
Francisco Jose Lombardi
Peru
Narcisz Es Psyche
Gabor Body
Hungary
One More Chance
Sam Firstenberg
USA
Pixote
Hector Babenco
Brazil
Seuls
Only
Francis Reusser
Switzerland
The Dark End Of The Street
Jan Egleson
USA
Un Aller Simple
A One-Way Ticket
Hadj Rahim
Algérie
Out of Competition
Feature Films - Out of Competition
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Production Country
Akaler Sandhane
Lonely
Mrinal Sen
India
Czlowiek Z Zelaza
Iron Man
Andrzej Wajda
Poland
Francisca
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
La Femme De L'Aviateur
The Aviator's Wife
Éric Rohmer
France
Looks And Smiles
Ken Loach
Great Britain
Mephisto
Istvan Szabo
Hungary
Ricomincio Da Tre
I Start Again from Three
Massimo Troisi
Italia
Special section / Out of Program
L'Erroneo Fu
The Erroneous Was
Brenno Martignoni
Switzerland
Madame Wang
Paul Morrissey
1980
USA
Possession
Andrzej Zulawski
France, Germany
Algerian Special Sections
Algerian Special Sections / Week
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Boualem Zi El Gouden
Boulmem Zi-Elements
Moussa Haddad
1980
Algérie
Chebka
Ghaouti Bendeddouche
1976
Algérie
El Faham
El Understands
Mohamed Bouamari
1972
Algérie
La Nouba Des Femmes Du Mont Chenoua
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua
Assia Djebar
1978
Algérie
Le Retour
The Return
Benamar Bakhti
1980
Algérie
Omar Gatlato
Merzak Allouache
1976
Algérie
Ouled Er Rih
T
Brahim Tsaki
1979
Algérie
Rakem 49
Rakem
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
1980
Algérie
Rih El Aures
House and
Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina
1966
Algérie
Special Sections
American Cinema of the 1950s
American Cinema of the 1950s
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
A Place In The Sun
George Stevens
1951
USA
A Touch Of Evil
Orson Welles
1958
USA
Asphalt Jungle
John Huston
1950
USA
Baby Doll
Elia Kazan
1956
USA
Bigger Than Life
Nicholas Ray
1956
USA
Born Yesterday
George Cukor
1950
USA
Bus Stop
Joshua Logan
1956
USA
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
1959
USA
From Here To Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
1953
USA
Hollywood On Trial
David Helpern
1976
USA
Jet Pilot
Josef von Sternberg
1951
USA
North By Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock
1959
USA
Pick Up On South Street
Samuel Fuller
1952
USA
Ruby Gentry
King Vidor
1955
USA
The Hollywood Ten
John Berry
1950
USA
The Quiet American
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1958
USA
The Searchers
John Ford
1956
USA
The Thing
Howard Hawks, Christian Nyby
1951
USA
The Wild One
Laslo Benedek
1954
USA
Wild River
Elia Kazan
1959
USA
Written On The Wind
Douglas Sirk
1957
USA
Carte Blanche In Daniel Schmid
Gertrud
Carl-Theodor Dreyer
1946
Denmark
Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Luis Buñuel
1972
France
Le Diable Probablement
The Devil Probably
Robert Bresson
1977
France
Neskol'Ko Dnej Iz Zizni I.I. Oblomova
Several Days of the Life of I.I. Oblomova
Nikita Mikhalkov
1979
Russia
Salò O Le Centoventi Giornate Di Sodoma
Salò or the One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sodoma
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1976
Italia
The Shangai Gesture
Josef von Sternberg
1941
USA
Fipresci Week
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Cserepek
Pots
Istvan Gaal
Hungary
Gregory'S Girl
Bill Forsyth
Great Britain
Indeks
Index
Janusz Kijowski
1978
Poland
Laufen Lernen
Learn
Jutta Brückner
Germany
Le Sang Du Flamboyant
The Blood of the Flamboyant
François Migeat
France
Winterstadt
Bernhard Giger
Switzerland
Swiss Information
Swiss Information - Feature Films
Original Title
English Title
Director(s)
Year
Production Country
Das Boot Ist Voll
The Boat is Full
Markus Imhoof
Switzerland
Der Erfinder
The Inventor
Kurt Gloor
Switzerland
Die Rückkehr (Stolz)
The Return (Proud)
Friedrich Kappeler
Switzerland
Eine Vo Dene
A Vo Dene
Bruno Nick
Switzerland
Heritage
Walter Marti
Switzerland
Light Years Away
Alain Tanner
Switzerland
Max Frisch, Journal I-Iii
Richard Dindo
Switzerland
Moon In Taurus
Steff Gruber
Switzerland
Nestbruch
Beat Kuert
Switzerland
Reisender Krieger
Traveler Warrior
Christian Schocher
Switzerland
Samba Lento
Samba
Bruno Moll
Switzerland
Sirenen-Eiland
Sirenen Island
Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch
Switzerland
Zur Besserung Der Person
To Improve the Person
Heinz Bütler
Switzerland
Züri Brännt
Brush Brushes
Switzerland
Swiss Information - Short And Medium-Length Films
Beredino
Danilo Catti
Switzerland
Go West, Young Man
Urs Egger
Switzerland
La Facture D'Orgue
The Organ Bill
Frédéric Gonseth
Switzerland
Le Cours Des Choses
The Course of Things
Jean-Bernard Menoud
Switzerland
Poursuite
Pursuit
Robi Engler
Switzerland
Pssst
B. Willy Nussbaum
Switzerland
Revol
Mona Etter-Faloughi, Charles Herberger
Switzerland
Räume Sin Hüllen, Sind Häuten, Sind Cocons
Rooms are Covers, are Skinning, are Cocons
Lukas Strebel
Switzerland
Schnürz Und Schnörz
Schnürz and Schnörz
Tassilo Dellers, Sebastian Dellers
Switzerland
Sweet Reading
Michel Rodde
Switzerland
Official Awards
International Jury
Golden Leopard: CHAKRA by Rabindra Dharmaraj
Silver Leopard: PIXOTE by Hector Babenco
Bronze Leopard: OPÇAO, AS ROSAS DA ESTRADA by Ozualdo Ribeira Candeias
