Vengeance *****

Todo comienza en un prólogo de velocidad vertiginosa: una familia asesinada, una esposa herida y un padre que debe vengarla, la llegada a Macao, la aparición de unos asesinos y su posterior contratación. A partir de aquí, Vengeance comienza a imprimir la mítica, tanto en su facilidad para crear imágenes icónicas (del enfrentamiento entre bandas en el parque hasta el hermoso engaño «familiar» con las banderillas, pasando por el tiroteo bajo el viento en el vertedero o la «aparición» de las víctimas bajo la luz de la luna) como en esa camaradería que nace entre el hombre ajado y los mercenarios. El honor por encima de todo, aunque los reveses acaben poniendo a estos hombres contra la espada y la pared. «Ahora trabajamos para ti», sentencian. Las cosas se complican y la película renace entonces como la historia de una doble venganza. Pero hay una desventaja, una bala alojada en su cabeza le hace a Costello perder la memoria, motivo por el que ha de apuntar todo, fotografiarlo o escribir su nombre. Este «obstáculo móvil», heredado de Hawks y que luego trabajarían Paul Schrader y el mismo Johnnie To en algunas de sus películas precedentes, modela buena parte de la comicidad sobre la que trabaja Vengeance, que podríamos entender como la película summa de Johnnie To, la que más se aplica con el mito y la que más cerca se encuentra de Melville. Es también un filme muy Scorsese, evidenciado además en el guiño que To le dedica al llamar Francis Costello al personaje de Johnny Hallyday. Mientras uno ve Vengeance se la puede imaginar dirigida por Scorsese, no con Jack Nicholson, pero sí con Nick Nolte o alguien parecido. Es un hermoso pálpito, quizá en tres o cuatro años tengamos una ‘venganza americana’ exactamente igual escena por escena, plano por plano. Quién sabe.

Moisés Granda

Pronto, en Lumière: Femmes, femmes (Paul Vecchiali, 1974)

Películas de culto, como tales, existen poco más de una decena. La primera versión de Tú y yo de Leo McCarey, un Renoir (La noche de la encrucijada), un Ford (Barco a la deriva), un Charlot chalado de amor (Luces de la ciudad). Añadir un Lang, un Tourneur, (Más allá de la duda, El hombre leopardo), y eso es casi todo. En las provincias de la cinefilia encontraremos más, pero no son sino un malentendido. Frédéric Miterrand, el primero en programar la película en la tele, es uno de los que supieron desde el inicio que Femmes, femmes es una de las escasas películas a las que no dejamos de abandonarnos hasta el atontamiento, como con toda obra de arte digna que se precie. Documental onírico, fotografiado con tiza, como sobre un lienzo negro, por Georges Strouvé, Femmes, femmes (1974) habla de soledad y de teatro, es decir, de cine. Se ha insistido con pesadez sobre el hecho de que las dos actrices de Vecchiali, Sonia Saviange y Hélène Surgère, volvieron a encontrarse algunos meses más tarde en Saló, de un Pasolini que literalmente adoraba la película de Vecchiali. A pesar de su gracia y de su inteligencia, Pasolini (más dotado para la semiología militante y la poesía que para el cine) jamás produjo una película tan negra y asombrosa como Femmes, femmes, oscura meditación sobre el arte y sobre el amor, tan virtuosa como un standard de Chet Baker, una balada de Billie Holiday, un solo stravinskiano de Charlie Parker.

La historia sorprende a dos mujeres de belleza ya gastada, dos diosas de maricones con el mal de los iconos, a la búsqueda de papeles, de recuerdos, de espejos. Actrices prendadas de la declamación interior, amigas/rivales, soñadoras, risueñas, recorren su pequeño apartamento como si fuera un escenario, un estudio, el cielo. La película titubea durante algún tiempo entre Beckett y Bataille, dejando finalmente a Sonia Saviange y a Hélène Surgère casarse, como en un ritual de matrimonio, con sus papeles enfermizos. Lo hacen como quien da una calada a un cigarrillo. Femmes, femmes; eso son ellas. Esa es su iglesia, su burdel, su catedral de amor.

Por Louis Scorecki (publicado originariamente en Libération, traducido del francés por Fernando Ganzo)

The Box ***

Advertencia sobre falsas pistas en esta película. No tanto Sartre como el camino que va de Kant a Schopenhauer, añadiendo Pandora y el Paraíso Terrenal. Olvidar a Lynch como referente, y reemplazarlo por el Don Siegel de Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Problema : incluir algo inquietante en cada encuadre se  convierte en una máxima estética y narrativa del film, volviéndose superficialmente turbio. Pese a lo intencionado de jugar a la serie B, provoca simpatía, y además con Cameron Díaz. FG.

Le Père de mes enfants **

Si tenemos en mente Tout est pardonné, todo lo prometido decepciona y no satisface a las expectativas. Si se trata, una vez más, de recomenzar tras la ausencia del padre, es justamente allí donde la propuesta de Hansen-Love hace agua. La metáfora es tan obvia que tendré un bobo placer al escribirla: su padre (cinematográfico) está siempre vivo. ¡Es difícil no matar al padre pero intentar sobrevivirlo! Propuesta moderada pero feliz que donde antes funcionó ahora estorba. Se huele el lubricante. Resultado: un film esquizofrénico que no se inmerge en la realidad (sino en una falsa realidad, en una simplicidad codificada), ni llega a crear atmósferas a través del artificio.

Tampoco existe ya esa fe en los personajes que se respiraba con alegría hace dos años. Conducida dócilmente por esta esquizofrenia, la película cae sobre pasajes terriblemente filmados, (dañino zoom sobre André Marcon). Volviendo a la metáfora tonta y siendo aún más explícito ¿Acaso el decorado de la productora del protagonista no es el mismo que en Irma Vep?

Lectura sintomática: la belleza de Tout est pardonée se quedaba en la retina. Los momentos de belleza de Le Père de mes enfants han de ser recordados voluntariamente. Porque existen, desde luego: todo remontará una vez que el personaje interpretado por Alice de Lencquesaing, con su parecido físico a H-L, peinada como H-L y vestida como H-L tome el peso del relato. Allí se reconocerán ambientes, se volverá a vivir, un poco más, aunque cueste nutrir con ellos todo un film.

Fernando Ganzo

Sección Oficial Gijón ‘09

Sitges’o9

Lumière acudirá al 42º Festival de Cine de Sitges

por Miguel Blanco Hortas

"Visage", de Tsai Ming-liang

Como viene siendo habitual, nuestra revista estará presente en uno de los acontecimientos más importantes del año en España: el Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico de Sitges, que se celebrará entre los días 1 y 12 de Octubre. Desde Lumière queremos contaros la actualidad de todos los festivales españoles y europeos a los que podamos acudir, para que cada lector pueda informarse de un cine marginado por el mercado, pero también de las grandes películas que están por llegar. Para ello, os traeremos crónicas diarias desde Sitges con toda la información sobre las películas más importantes.

"Nucingen Haus", de Raoul Ruiz

Este año, Sitges continúa con la dinámica de presentarse como un festival más global, por mucho que siga presente el cine fantástico. Raya Martin, Raoul Ruiz, Werner Herzog, Luc Moullet o Tsai Ming-liang se relacionan de manera natural con Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, Duncan Jones o George A. Romero. En Sitges, el cine de autor se acerca a lo fantástico (la Historia como fantasma en Martin o Raoul Ruiz, la erosión violenta de la memoria en Tsai, las aventuras temporales de Werner Herzog), pero también lo fantástico adquiere un valor más allá del mero exploit, especialmente en los casos del cine político de George A. Romero y de la cruda obra existencial de Shinya Tsukamoto. En estos trasvases entre lo intelectual y lo popular es donde Sitges nos gusta más, por mucho que también presente películas de impronta comercial, como la esperada secuela de [REC], Valhalla Rising de Nicolas Winding Refn o Goemon, de Kazuaki Kiriya, el director de Casshern.

"Survival of the Dead", de George A. Romero

Otro aspecto a señalar es el de las nacionalidades. El polo asiático siempre es el que más expectación atrae, debido a la importancia que tiene la cultura popular japonesa en nuestra educación, cada vez con un arco de actuación más amplio. Lo japonés arrastra al resto de países que se aprovechan de ese mercado, como China (con su vertiente hongkonesa), Corea del Sur o Tailandia. Soi Cheang, Park Chan-wook, Johnnie To o Hitoshi Matsumoto, revelación hace un par de años con Dai Nipponjin, además del anime, con el segundo Rebuild de Evangelion a la cabeza, son los platos fuertes de un menú variado, que de nuevo se mueve entre la producción de género y el cine de autor más radical (Raya Martin). Y tras la franja oriental, los EEUU, donde viejos maestros como George A. Romero y Joe Dante vuelven con energías renovadas. Ambos resucitaron del olvido hace unos años con películas de zombies: Romero con su apocalíptica Land of the Dead y Dante con el furioso trabajo televisivo Homecoming. Autores vueltos a la vida que reclaman para sí un discurso perdido en Hollywood, el político, hasta que la catástrofe del 11-S y de la administración Bush, los volvió a colocar en la primera línea de la parrilla.

"Independencia", de Raya Martin

Pero también es remarcable la escena española dentro del fantástico. Una obra deslumbrante como [REC] colocó a España en el mapa del cine de género, pero también se mostró como una obra contemporánea y audaz en cuestiones estéticas. La reválida llega a este Sitges con la segunda parte, donde Balagueró y Plaza regresan al escenario de su primer triunfo. Comandan una remesa de títulos realizados por directores españoles divididos entre las producciones realizadas en nuestro país y las de los que emigraron a Hollywood en busca de reconocimiento. Su triunfo demuestra que este nuevo fantástico español no viene únicamente a cambiar las cosas en nuestro país, sino que es capaz de introducirse en el sistema estadounidense, tanto en su vertiente más comercial (Jaume Collet-Serra) como en la independiente (los hermanos Pastor). Los “toqueteos” del cine español con el género fantástico a lo largo de la Historia son objeto también de un ciclo para rescatar películas límite de este género, como El espíritu de la colmena. Y por último, la presencia británica, otro cine en decadencia que emerge de sus cenizas a través del género. Hace unos años asistimos asombrados al advenimiento de una obra genial: The Descent, de Neil Marshall. El éxito absoluto de aquella película, un poco similar al caso de [REC], propicia una secuela, aunque aquí sin los responsables originales, salvo la presencia del maestro David Julyan a cargo del score. Este compositor también aparece en los créditos de Heartless, presente en la sección oficial, y tampoco olvidamos la obra maestra que realizó para una de las películas de terror más importantes del año pasado, Eden Lake. Otro ciclo tratará de iluminar esta nueva ola de cine de terror británico.

"Un lac", de Philippe Grandrieux

En Sitges se cumplen los dos objetivos de todo festival. Ofrecer buen cine, pero también tener un valor informativo. Cultivar al espectador en películas de diferentes procedencias y con objetivos diversos, para que tenga una idea lo más precisa posible de lo que se mueve en el mundo del cine, más allá de la dictadura del mercado. Frente a otros festivales que abogan por patrones de calidad caducos, el de Sitges, a través de un género popular como el fantástico, consigue atraer a Catalunya, a principios de octubre, a muchos de los autores más radicales del panorama internacional (Raya Martin, Philippe Grandieux). La mitad del trabajo ya está realizado, ahora tan sólo queda admirar (y valorar) las películas.

Fire and Rain

James Benning, Viennale ‘09

A Religiosa Portuguesa

Cast

Leonor Baldaque • Ana Moreira • Adrien Michaux • Beatriz Batarda • Diogo Dória • Carloto Cotta • Francisco Mozos • special appearance Camané and Aldina Duarte

Crew

written and directed Eugène Green • cinematography Raphäel O’Byrne • sound Vasco Pimental • editor Valérie Loiseleux • sound editor Georges-Henri Mauchant • mix Stéphane Thiébaut • art direction Zé Branco • assistant director Bruno Lourenço • continuity Renata Sancho • production manager Ângela Cerveira • executive producer Luís Urbano • co-producer Martine Clermont-Tonnerre • producers Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar

35MM | 1:1.85 | Dolby SRD | 127’

© O SOM E A FÚRIA, MACT PRODUCTIONS 2009

Synopsis

Julie de Hauranne, a young French actress who speaks her mother’s language, Portuguese, but has never been to Lisbon, goes there for the first time to act in a film inspired by Guilleragues’ Letters of a Portuguese Nun. She is soon fascinated by a nun who comes to pray every night at the Nossa Senhora do Monte Chapel on Graça Hill. During her stay, the young woman has a number of encounters, which, much like her previous existence, seem ephemeral and without consequence. But one night, after finally speaking with the nun, she glimpses her destiny and the meaning of her life.

LOCARNO´09

THE PORTUGUESE NUN, the latest film by Eugéne Green produced by O SOM E A FÚRIA, was selected do Locarno’s international competition. The festival will be held in this Swiss town between the 5th and 15th August.

This is Green’s fourth feature film since “Le Pont des Arts” and his first spoke in Portuguese. THE PORTUGUESE NUN features the Portuguese actors Leonor Baldaque, Ana Moreira, Beatriz Batarda, Carloto Cotta and Diogo Dória, and the French actor Adrien Michaux, as well as the special participations of fado singers Camané and Aldina Duarte, which are fundamental, according to the director, to convey the musical soul of Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city and one of the main characters of this film.

Throughout THE PORTUGUESE NUN we get to know Julie de Hauranne, a young French actress who speaks her mother’s language, Portuguese, and that arrives to Lisbon for the first time to act in a film inspired by Guilleragues’ Letters of a Portuguese Nun. She is soon fascinated by a nun who comes to pray every night at the Nossa Senhora do Monte Chapel on Graça Hill. During her stay, the young woman has a number of encounters, which, much like her previous existence, seem ephemeral and without consequence. But one night, after finally speaking with the nun, she glimpses her destiny and the meaning of her life.

***

12 34 56 62ndLocarno Film Festival
5-15 | 8 | 2009
Line-up 2009

Film Festival Locarno
The Official Juries
The Jury of the International Competition
Jean-Marie Blanchand, former Director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (France)
Pascal Bonitzer, screenwriter and filmmaker (France)
Nina Hoss, actress (Germany)
Luis Miñarro, producer (Spain)
Jonathan Nossiter, filmmaker (Brazil/USA)
Alba Rohrwacher, actress (Italy)
HONG Sangsoo, filmmaker (South Korea)

The Jury of the Filmmakers of the Present Competition
Matías Bize, filmmaker (Chile)
Denis Côté, filmmaker (Canada)
Brillante Mendoza, filmmaker and producer (Philippines)
Angela Schanelec, filmmaker (Germany)
Ghassan Salhab, filmmaker (Lebanon)

The Jury for the Best First Feature
Esmeralda Calabria, film editor (Italy)
Sepideh Farsi, filmmaker (Iran)
Enrique Rivero, filmmaker (Mexico)

The Jury of the Leopards of Tomorrow Competitions
Céline Bolomey, actress (Switzerland)
Denis Delcampe, producer (Belgium)
Maike Mia Höhne, curator “Berlinale Shorts“ (Germany)
Najwa Najjar, screenwriter and filmmaker (Palestine)
Adrian Sitaru, filmmaker (Romania)

Leopard of Honour – Swisscom

Best Independent Producer Award – Raimondo Rezzonico Prize: Martine
Marignac

Piazza Grande

Film Festival Locarno
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
by Marc Webb – United States – 2008 – 97 min
with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace Moretz,
Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg
Production: Watermark Production
Swiss distributor: Fox – Warner
European Première – Opening film

BLUE SOFA – Short film
by Giuseppe Baresi, Pippo Delbono and Lara Fremder – Italy – 2009 – 19 min
with Bobò, Pippo Delbono, Lucia Della Ferrera, Nelson Lariccia
Production: Ultimo Minuto
World Première

CHINGISIYN HOYOR ZAGAL (The Two Horses of Genghis Khan)
by Byambasuren Davaa – Germany –  2009 – 90 min
with Urna Chahar-Tugchi, Hicheengui Sambuu, Chimed Dolgor
Production: Grasland Film GbR
International sales: Atrix Films GmbH
Swiss distributor: Rialto Film AG
World Première – Closing film

GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN
by Christoph Schaub – Switzerland – 2009 – 87 min
with Corinna Harfouch, Bruno Ganz, Stefan Kurt, André Jung, Teresa Harder
Production: T&C Film AG
International sales: T&C Edition AG
Swiss distributor: Columbus Film AG
World Première

LA GUERRE DES FILS DE LA LUMIERE CONTRE LES FILS DES TENEBRES
by Amos Gitai – France – 2009 – 101 min
with Jeanne Moreau, Eric Elmosnino, Mireille Perrier, Jerome Kœnig, Gerard Benhamou
Production: Agav Films Paris/France 2
World Première

LA VALLE DELLE OMBRE (The Valley)
by Mihály Györik – Switzerland/Italy/Hungary – 2009 – 90 min
with Teco Celio, Andrea Osvart, Jean François Balmer, Mari Töröcsik, Péter Kokics,
Diego Gaffuri
Production: Riforma Film SA
Co-production: Downtown Pictures/RTSI/Archangel SA/Focus Film
International sales: Nonstop Sales – Millenium Group
Swiss distributor: Frenetic Films AG
World Première

Piazza Grande

Film Festival Locarno
LES DERNIERS JOURS DU MONDE
by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu – France/Spain/Taiwan – 2009 – 130 min
with Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Frot, Karin Viard, Sergi Lopez, Clotilde Hesme,
Omahyra Mota
Production: Soudaine compagnie/Arena Films/France2 Cinéma/Mallerich
Films/Estrategia Audiovisual
Co-production: Filmagic Pictures Co. (Taiwan)
International sales: Wild Bunch
World Première

LES YEUX DE SIMONE – Short film
by Jean-Louis Porchet – Switzerland/France – 2009 – 7 min
with Irène Jacob, Pierre Blondeau, Simone Blondeau
Production: Cab Productions
Co-production: Ymc Productions
World Première

MY SISTER’S KEEPER
by Nick Cassavetes – United States – 2009
with Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Abigail Breslin, Heather Wahlquist,
Jason Patric
Production: Curmudgeon Films/Gran Via Productions/Mark Johnson Productions
Swiss distributor: Fox-Warner

PETIT INDI
by Marc Recha – Spain/France – 2009 – 92 min
with Eduardo Noriega, Sergi Lopez, Eulàlia Ramon, Marc Soto
Production: Parallamps Companyia Cinematografica/ Noodles Production
International sales: Celluloid Dreams
World Première

POM POKO (Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko)
by Isao Takahata – Japan – 1994 – 119 min
Production: Studio Ghibli
Swiss distributor: Frenetic Films
Tribute to Isao Takahata

REDLINE
by Takeshi Koike – Japan – 2009 – 100 min
Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Co-production: Madhouse
World Première

SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT
by Detlev Buck – Germany – 2009 – 105 min
Piazza Grande

Film Festival Locarno
with David Kross, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Anatole Taubman, Mario Adorf
Production: Boje Buck Produktion GmbH
World Première

SOUNDS AND SILENCE
by Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer – Switzerland – 2009 – 88 min
Production: Recycled TV/Biograph Film
Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi
World Première – Tribute of the Festival to the 20th Critique’s Week

UNTER BAUERN – RETTER IN DER NACHT
by Ludi Bœken – Germany/France – 2009 – 100 min
with Veronica Ferres, Armin Rohde, Margarita Broich, Martin Horn, Lia Hœnsbrœch
Production: Filmform Köln GmbH
Co-production: Pandora Film Production/ 3L Filmverleih/ Acajou Films/ WDR/ ARTE
World Première

Manga Night
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM I (Kido senshi gandamu I)
by Ryoji Fujiwara and Yoshiyuki Tomino – 1981 – 148 min
Production: Nippon Sunrise

LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES (Tsumiki no ie) – Short film
by Kunio Kato – 2008 – 12 min
Production: Robot Communications Inc.

FIRST SQUAD: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
by Yoshiharu Asino, Misha Shprits, Aljoscha Klimov – Canada/Russia/Germany
– 2009 – 70 min
Production: Molot Entertainment/Studio 4° C
International Première

Film Festival Locarno
International Competition

A RELIGIOSA PORTUGUESA
by Eugène Green – Portugal/France – 2009 – 127 min
with Leonor Baldaque, Adrien Michaux, Eugène Green
Production: O som e a Fúria
Co-production: Mact Productions
World Première

AKADIMIA PLATONOS
by Filippos Tsitos – Greece/Germany – 2009 – 103 min
with Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastas Kozdine, Titika Saringouli
Production: Pan Entertainment SA
Co-production: Twenty Twenty Vision
International sales: Pan Entertainment SA
World Première

AU VOLEUR
by Sarah Leonor –  France – 2009 – 96 min
with Guillaume Depardieu, Florence Loiret Caille
Production: Les Films Hatari
World Première – First Film

BUBEN.BARABAN
by Aleksei Mizgiryov – Russia – 2009 – 105 min
with Natalia Negoda, Dmitry Kulichkov, Yelena Lyadova, Sergei Neudachin
Production: Central Partnership
International Première

COMPLICES
by Frédéric Mermoud – France/Switzerland – 2009 – 93 min
with Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Nina Meurisse, Cyril Descours
Production: Tabo Tabo Films
Co-production: Saga Production
International sales: Pyramide International
World Première – First Film

FRONTIER BLUES
by Babak Jalali – Iran/Great Britain/Italy – 2009 – 96 min
with Mahmoud Kalteh, Abolfazl Karimi, Khajeh-Araz Dordi, Behzad Shahrivari, Karima
Adebibe, Hossein Shams
Production: Caspian films
World Première – First Film

LA CANTANTE DE TANGO
by Diego Martinez Vignatti – Belgium/Argentina – 2009 – 110 min
with Eugenia Ramirez Miroi, Bruno Todeschini
Production: Tarantula Belgique
Co-production: Minds/ Meet/ Mobilis Productions/ Trivial Media/ De Productie/ RTBF
International Competition

Film Festival Locarno
World Première

LA DONATION
by Bernard Émond – Canada – 2009 – 95 min
with Élise Guilbault, Jacques Godin, Françoise Graton, Angèle Coutu, Éric Hoziel,
Aubert Pallascio
Production: ACPAV
International sales: Les Films Séville
World Première

LA INVENCIÓN DE LA CARNE
by Santiago Loza – Argentina – 2009 – 82 min
with Umbra Colombo, Diego Benedetto
Production: Mirá Cine
World Première
L’INSURGÉE
by Laurent Perreau – France – 2009 – 100 min
with Michel Piccoli, Pauline Etienne, Eric Caravaca, Marie Kremer, Clément Roussier,
Johanna Ter Steege
Production: Galatée Films
International sales: Films Distribution
World Première – First Film

NOTHING PERSONAL
by Urszula Antoniak – Netherlands/Ireland – 2009 – 85 min
with Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea
Production: Rinkel Film & TV
Co-production: Family Affair Films/ Fastnet films
World Première – First Film

OS FAMOSOS E OS DUENDES DA MORTE
by Esmir Filho – Brazil/France – 2009 – 90 min
with Henrique Larre, Ismael Caneppele, Tuane Eggers
Production: Dezenove som e imagem
Co-production: Umedia/ Warner Bros. Brasil
World Première – First Film

SHAM MOH (At the End of Daybreak)
by HO Yuhang – Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea – 2009 – 98 min
with Chui Tien You, Wai Ying Hung (Kara), Ng Meng Hui
Production: Paperheart
Co-production: October Pictures/ Pusan International Film Festival
World Première

SHE, A CHINESE
International Competition

Film Festival Locarno
by Xiaolu GUO – Great Britain/France/Germany – 2009 – 98 min
with LU Huang, Wei Yi Bo, Geoffrey Hutchings, Chris Ryman
Production: Tigerlily Films/ Warp X/ UK Film Council/ Film4/ Screen Yorkshire/ EM
Media/ Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
World Première

SHIRLEY ADAMS
by Oliver Hermanus – South Africa/United States – 2009 – 92 min
with Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Emily Child, Theresa Sedras
Production: DV8 Films
Co-production: Centropolis Entertainment
International Première – First Film

SUMMER WARS
by Mamoru Hosoda – Japan – 2009 – 114 min
Production: NTV/ Madhouse/ Kadokawa Group Publishing co., D.N. dreampartners,
Warner Bros. Pictures Japan/ YTV  / VAP
International Première
THE SEARCH
by Pema Tseden – Chine – 2009 – 117 min
with Manla Kyab, Tsondrey, Lumo Tso
Production: Himalaya Audio & Visual Culture Communication Co,Ltd
International Première

WAKARANAI (Where Are You?)
by Masahiro Kobayashi – Japan – 2008 – 104 min
with Yuto Kobayashi, Ryo Kawai, Makiko Watanabe, Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokio
Emoto
Production: Monkey Town Productions
World Première

Out of Competition
LA PAURA
by Pippo Delbono – France – 2009 – 69 min
Production: Les Films d’Ici
Co-production: Quidam Production, Le Forum des Images
International Première

Filmmakers of the Present Competition

Film Festival Locarno

A FUGA, A RAIVA, A DANÇA, A BUNDA, A BOCA, A CALMA, A VIDA DA MULHER
GORILA
by Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande – Brazil – 2009 – 82 min
with Flora Dias, Morena Cattoni, Alberto Moura Jr, Pedro Freire
Production: Duas Mariola
International Première – First Film

CASTRO
by Alejo Moguillansky – Argentina – 2008 – 87 min
with Edgardo Castro, Julia Martínez Rubio, Alberto Suárez, Carla Crespo, Esteban
Lamothe, Gerardo Naumann
Production: El Pampero Cine
Co-production: Costa Films
International Première

HÄLSNINGAR FRÅN SKOGEN (Greetings From the Woods)
by Mikel Cee Karlsson – Sweden –  2009 – 75 min
Production: Plattformproduktion
International Première – First Film

IVUL
by Andrew Kötting – France/Switzerland – 2009 – 95 min
with Aurélia Petit, Jean-Luc Bideau, Adélaïde Leroux, Jacob Auzanneau, Tchili, Manon
Aubriot, Capucine Aubriot
Production: Sciapode
Co-production: Box Productions
World Première

KÆRLIGHEDENS KRIGERE (Warriors of Love)
by Simon Staho – Denmark – 2009 – 93 min
with Josefin Ljungman, Shima Niavarani
Production: XX Film ApS.
World Première

KÖPRÜDEKILER (Men on the Bridge)
by Asli Özge – Germany/Turkey/Netherlands – 2009 – 87 min
with Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgöz, Umut Ilker, Cemile Ilker
Production: Endorphine Production gmbh
Co-production: Yeni Sinemacilik, Kaliber Film
International Première

LA REINE DES POMMES
by Valérie Donzelli – France – 2009 – 84 min
with Valérie Donzelli, Béatrice De Staël, Jérémie Elkaïm, Laure Marsac
Production: Balthazar Productions
World Première – First Film
Filmmakers of the Present Competition

Film Festival Locarno

MIRNA
by Corso Salani – Italy – 2009 – 80 min
with Magalì Lopez
Production: Vivo Film
World Première

MUSASHI: THE DREAM OF THE LAST SAMURAI
(Miiyamoto Musashi: Soken ni haseru yume)
by Mizuho Nishikubo – Japan – 2009 – 72 min
Production: Production I.G
International Première

NIKOTOKO TOU (Nikotoko Island)
by Takuya Dairiki and Takashi Miura – Japan –  2008 – 47 min
with Keisuke Matsuda, Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura
Production: Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura
International Première

OCTOBER COUNTRY
by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher – United States – 2009 – 80 min
Production: Wishbone Films
International Première – First Film

PIOMBO FUSO
by Stefano Savona – Italy – 2009 – 80 min
Production: Pulsemedia S.r.l
World Première

SOGNO IL MONDO IL VENERDÌ
by Pasquale Marrazzo – Italy – 2009 – 90 min
with Anis Garbi, Giovanni Brignola, Laura Ferrari, Elena Callegari, Domenico Balsamo
Production: N.O.I film sas
Co-production: The Family
World Première

THE ANCHORAGE
by C.W. Winter and Anders Edström – United States/Sweden – 2009 – 88 min
Production: General asst.
Co-production: Anders Edström
World Première – First Film

THE MARSDREAMERS
by Richard Dindo – Switzerland/France – 2009 – 83 min
Production: Lea Produktion
Co-production: Les Films d’Ici
World Première
Filmmakers of the Present Competition

Film Festival Locarno

TODOS MIENTEN
by Matias Piñeiro – Argentina – 2009 – 75 min
with Romina Paula, Maria Villar, Julia Martínez Rubio, Pilar Gamboa, Julian Tello, Julian
Larquier Tellarini
Production: Revolver Films
Co-production: Universidad de Cine, El Pampero Cine
International Première

UN TRANSPORT EN COMMUN
by Dyana Gaye – France – 2009 – 49 min
with Umban Gomez de Kset, Mbègne Kassé, Anne Jeanine Barboza, Bigué N’Doye,
Adja Fall
Production: Andolfi
World Première – First Film

Golden Leopard     Special Jury Prize
Filmmakers of the Present Competition   Filmmakers of the Present Competition
City of Locarno

Film Festival Locarno
Leopards of Tomorrow – International Competition
• ABSENT by Guillermo Asensio Alegre, Spain
• ALICE AU PAYS S’ÉMERVEILLE by Marie-Eve Signeyrole, France
• BEAST by Lars P Arendt, Denmark
• BELIEVE by Paul Wright, United Kingdom
• BRAVE DONKEY by Gaysorn Thavat, New Zealand
• DIESIS I by Franke Frigo, Italy
• EDGAR by Fabian Busch, Germany
• GESTREEPT (Striped) by Jonas Baeckeland and Toon Mertens, Belgium
• GJEMSEL (Hide and Seek) by Aleksandra Niemczyk, Norway
• KOKON by Till Kleinert, Germany
• KURJUUDEN KUNINGAS (Love in Vain) by Mikko Myllylathi, Finland
• LA VIE COMMENCE by Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Canada
• POSLEDNIY DEN’ BULKINA I.S. (The Last Day of Bulkin I.S.) by Aleksey Andrianov,
Russia
• MANDARIN PEEL by Anna McGrath, Australia
• MIRA by Gregorio Graziosi, Brazil
• MIXTAPE by Peter Corina and Timothy Pfeffer, United States
• NO COUNTRY FOR CHICKEN by Huang Huang, China
• PALMELE by George Chiper, Romania
• SIX by Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, Japan/France
Leopards of Tomorrow

Film Festival Locarno
• SIYUR MUDRACH (Guided Tour) by Benjamin Freidenberg, Israel
• TÚNELES EN EL RÍO by Igor Galuk, Argentina
• UM DIA FRIO by Claudia Varejão, Portugal
• VARIÁCIÓK (Variations) by Krisztina Esztergalyos, Hungary
• VIVRE ENCORE UN PEU by David Lambert, Belgium

Leopards of Tomorrow – National Competition
• À CÔTÉ by Basil Da Cunha
• BRANDSTIFTER by Felix von Muralt
• CONNIE by Judith Kurmann
• DÉJÀ by Antonin Schopfer
• FREUD’S MAGIC POWDER by Edouard Gétaz
• KISS WHO by Riccardo Bernasconi
• KITSCH PANORAMA by Gilles Monnat
• LA SALLE DES MAÎTRES by Tareq Daoud
• LAS PELOTAS by Chris Niemeyer
• LE TÉMÉRAIRE by Lila Ribi
• NACHTSPAZIERGANG by Christof Wagner
• SCHÖNZEIT by Irene Ledermann
• VAS-Y JE T’AIME by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo

Special Programme – “Auteur’s Shorts”
This special programme, organized in collaboration with the Ici & Ailleurs section has,
for some years now, highlighted short films by established auteurs and well-known
figures in the film industry. This selection of shorts is the ideal complement to the
Leopard of Tomorrow’s two competitions, which are dedicated to the discovery of
new talent.
• LOOKING AT ANIMALS by Marc Turtletaub, USA
• LOST DOG by Sylvie Michel, Germany
• MIRROR by Joachim Ladefoged, Denmark
• NUE by Catherine Bernstein, France
• PREMIER ANNIVERSAIRE by Pascal Rambert, France

Film Festival Locarno
Ici & Ailleurs

APRÈS LA CHUTE
by Hiner Saleem – France/Germany – 2009 – 63 min
Production: Agat Films & Cie
Co-production: Mîtosfilm
World Première

BABA’S SONG
by Wolfgang Panzer – Switzerland – 2009 – 98 min
Production: Vega Film
World Première

BERLIN BERLIN
by Arnaud Gerber – France – 2009 – 52 min
Production: Le Grec
World Première

BLOW HORN
by Luis Miñarro – Spain – 2009 – 79 min
Production: Eddie Saeta SA
World Première

CORDÃO VERDE
by Hiroatsu Suzuki and Rossanna Torres – Portugal – 2009 – 33 min
Production: Rossanna Torres
World Première
Ici & Ailleurs

Film Festival Locarno
CUSTODI DI GUERRA
by Zijad Ibrahimovic – Switzerland – 2009 – 52 min
Production: Ventura Film SA
Co-production: RSI
World Première

DIE KÜNSTLERIN INGEBORG LÜSCHER
by Renata Münzel – Switzerland – 2009 – 51 min
Production: Schweizer Fernsehen
World Première

DIRTY PARADISE
by Daniel Schweizer – Switzerland/France – 2009 – 76 min
Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Co-production: Maha Productions
World Première

ET MONDANA ORDINARE
by Daniela Persico – Italy –  2009 – 37 min
Production: Quarto Film
World Première

GRANDI SPERANZE
by Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi – Italy – 2009 – 77 min
Production: Montmorency Film
World Première

HANA, DUL, SED …
by Brigitte Weich and Karin Macher – Austria – 2009 – 98 min
Production: Ri Filme
World Première

HOUSING
by Federica Di Giacomo – Italy – 2009 – 91 min
Production: B&B Film
World Première

ICH BIN ENRIC MARCO
by Santiago Fillol and Lucas Vermal – Spain – 2009 –  100 min
Production: Corte y Confección de Películas s.l.l.
Co-production: Prodimag
International Première

Film Festival Locarno
IL FIGLIO DI AMLETO
By Francesco Gatti – Italy – 2009 – 73 min
Production: Quarto Film
Co-production: Semisemplice
World Première

IL MIO CUORE UMANO
by Costanza Quatriglio – Italy – 2009 – 52 min
Production: Bibi Film TV S.r.l
World Première

IN BETWEEN DAYS
by Isaki Lacuesta and Naomi Kawase – Spain – 2009 – 45 min
Production: Centro de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, Departament de Cultura
de la Generalitat de Catalunya
World Première

IN UN ALTRO MONDO
by Joseph Péaquin – Italy – 2009 – 75 min
Production: Docfilm, Fondation Grand Paradis, Ente Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso
World Première

ITIBURTINOTERZO
by  Roberta Torre – Italy – 2009 – 28 min
Production: Rosettafilm
Co-production: Accademia Perduta Romagna
International Première

LA NOTTE QUANDO È MORTO PASOLINI
by Roberta Torre – Italy – 2009 – 25 min
Production: Rosettafilm
Co-production: Accademia Perduta Romagna
International Première

LE TEMPS DES GRÂCES
by Dominique Marchais – France – 2009 – 123 min
Production: Capricci Films
World Première

LES ARBITRES
by Yves Hinant – Belgium – 2009 – 77 min
Production: Entre Chien et Loup
World Première

Film Festival Locarno
LIGNES DE FRONT
by Jean-Christophe Klotz – France – 2009 – 87 min
Production: Les Films du Poisson
World Première

LO SPECCHIO
by David Christensen – Italy/Canada – 2009 – 90 min
Production : Vivo Film
Co-production : Agitprop Films
World Première

L’ULTIMA SALITA – LA VIA CRUCIS DI BENIAMINO SIMONI A CERVENO
by Elisabetta Sgarbi – Italy – 2009 – 64 min
Production: Betty Wrong
World Première

NOI CHE ABBIAMO FATTO LA DOLCE VITA
by Gianfranco Mingozzi – Italy – 2009 – 80 min
Production: Raisat S.P.A., Fondazione Federico Fellini, Media Land S.r.l.
World Première

NOTAS FLANANTES
by Clarissa Campolina – Brazil – 2008 – 47 min
Production: Teia
International Première

SO LONG NO SEE
by Véronique Goël – Switzerland – 2009 – 16 min
Production: Scherzo Films
World Première

TEHRAN BEDOUNE EJAZE (Téhéran sans autorisation)
by Sepideh Farsi – France – 2009 – 85 min
Production: Rêves d’eau Productions
World Première

TERRAS
by Maya Da-Rin – Brazil – 2009 – 80 min
Production: Cineluz
Co-production: Synapse
World Première

Film Festival Locarno
Ici & Ailleurs – Jeonju Digital Project 2009 – Visitors

BUTTERFLIES HAVE NO MEMORIES
by Lav Diaz – South Korea – 2009 – 40 min
Production: Jeonju International Film Festival
International Première

KOMA
by Naomi Kawase – South Korea/Japan – 2009 – 35 min
Production: Jeonju International Film Festival
Co-production: Kumie Inc.
International Première

LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS
by HONG Sangsoo – South Korea– 2009 – 31 min
with JUNG Yumi, MOON Sungkeun, LEE Sunkyun,KIM Jinkyoung,
EUN Heekyung
Production: Jeonju International Film Festival
International Première

Ici & Ailleurs – Voyages read aloud,
the masterpieces of japanese literature

KATAKU NO HITO
by Naomi Kawase – Japan – 2003 – 50 min
International Première

KAZE NO MATASABURO
by  Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan – 2003 – 50 min
International Première

TOKAGE
by Shinya Tsukamoto – Japan – 2003 – 50 min
International Première

YAKEATO NO IESU
by Shinji Aoyama Japan – 2003 – 50 min
International Première

Ici & Ailleurs

Film Festival Locarno
Ici & Ailleurs – Anime Now

ONE PIECE:
EPISODE OF CHOPPER: BLOOM IN THE WINTER, MIRACLE SAKURA
(Episodo obu Choppa: fuyu ni saku, kiseki no sakura)
de Junji Shimizu – Japon – 2008 – 113 min
Production: Toei Animation
European Première

TEGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN THE MOVIE :SPIRAL STONE CHAPTER
(Tengen toppa gurren lagan: ragan-hen)
de Hiroyuki Imaishi – Japon – 2009

Ici & Ailleurs – Programme Le Fresnoy

EN EL CANAL SUR DE LA CARRETA M50
by Edgar Pedroza – France – 2009 – 36 min
Production: Le Fresnoy
International Première

PLASTIC AND GLASS
by Tessa Joosse – France – 2009 – 9 min
Production: Le Fresnoy
International Première

TRACES
by Yakup Girpan – France – 2009 – 29 min
Production: Le Fresnoy
International Première

Ici & Ailleurs – pointligneplan

CONVERSATION DE SALON 4, 5, 6
by Danielle Arbid – France – 2008 – 30 min
Production: Les Films Pelléas
World Première

NOTRE AMOUR
by Arnold Pasquier – France – 2009 – 45 min
Production: Les Films de la Liberté
World Première
Ici & Ailleurs

Film Festival Locarno
Ici & Ailleurs – Programme D-Generación

INSIDE/OUTSIDE

LIMITES: PRIMERA PERSONA by Elías León Siminiani – 8 min
¿ QUÉ HAGO YO AQUI? by Daniel Cuberta – 10 min
SEMPRE UNA ESTRANYA by Laia Ramos – 8 min
DETESTO EL SENTIMENTALISMO BARATO by Jorge Torregrosa – 5 min
MICROSCOPIAS by Isaki Lacuesta – 23 min
THE CAMERA BLOWS UP by Oscar Pérez – 13 min
TEXAS SUNRISE by Lluis Escartín – 17 min

CINEMA/IMAGE

LA SORTIE by Chus Domínguez – 10 min
DE LA HOSPIDALIDAD, DERECHO DE AUTOR by Oriol Sánchez, Miguel Amorin – 15 min
ALICE IN HOLLYWOODLAND by Jesús Pérez Mirando – 7 min
MIRALLS  by Gerard Gil – 23 min
TORO’S REVENGE by María Cañas – 2 min
A.K.A FAMILIA NUCLEAR by Marc Igual – 6 min
LA INVASIÒN by Ponzalo de Pedro – 13 min
THE END by Fernando Franco – 6 min

Feature films
LA PAURA by Pippo Delbono – Italy/France – 2009 – 69 min
Production: Compagnia Pippo Delbono/ Les Films d’Ici
Coproduction: Quidam Production/ Forum des Images
International Première

GUERRA by Pippo Delbono – Italy – 2003 – 62 min
Production: (H) Films

GRIDO by Pippo Delbono – Italy – 2006 – 75 min
Production: Compagnia Pippo Delbono, Teatri Uniti, Downtown Pictures,
Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Festival di Drodesera
World Sales/Press Office: Mikado

Short films
BLUE SOFA by Pippo Delbono, Giuseppe Baresi and Lara Fremder – 2009 – 20 min
Production: Ultimo Minuto
World Première – Piazza Grande

L’INDIA CHE DANZA by Pippo Delbono – Italy – 2009 –  36 min
Production: Compagnia Pippo Delbono

Special Events

Film Festival Locarno
Films related to a play
QUESTO BUIO FEROCE by Pippo Delbono – Italy – 2008 – 76 min
Production: (H) Films
Première internationale

GENTE DI PLASTICA by Christopher Bargues – France – 90 min
Production: Centre Pompidou

HER BIT JIT by Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari – Italy – 1999 – 65 min
Production : Ganga Films

Films on Pippo Delbono
BISOGNA MORIRE by Luca Guadagnino – Italy – 2008 – 61 min
Production: First Sun

Film Festival Locarno
Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

The films that will be shown in the framework of the retrospective are (in
chronological order):

• THE WHITE SNAKE ENCHANTRESS (Hakujaden) by Taiji Yabushita – 1958 – 79 min

• BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (Kanashimi no belladonna) by Eiichi Yamamoto – 1966 –
75 min

• KIMBA, THE WHITE LION (Janguru taitei) by Eiichi Yamamoto – 1966 – 75 min

• DORORO (Dororo to hyakkimaru) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Gisaburo Sugii – 1967

• PRINCESS KNIGHT (Ribbon no kishi) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Chikao Katsui, Kanji
Akabori – 1967

• ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (Senya ichiya monogatari) by Eiichi Yamamoto –
1969 – 128 min

• PUSS IN BOOTS (Nagagutsu wo haita neko) by Kimio Yabuki 1969 – 80 min
Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno

• CLEOPATRA: QUEEN OF SEX by Eiichi Yamamoto, Osamu Tezuka – 1970 – 112 min

• MARVELOUS MELMO (Fushigi na merumo) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Tsunehito
Nagaki – 1971

• CONAN, THE BOY IN FUTURE (Mirai shounen conan) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Hayao
Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Keiji Hayakawa – 1978

• GALAXY EXPRESS 999 (Ginga tetsudo 999) by Rintaro – 1979 – 128 min

• ASTRO BOY (Tetsuwan atom) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Osamu Tezuka – 1980

• CYBORG 009: THE LEGEND OF THE SUPER GALAXY (Cyborg 009 gekijo ban: cho ginga
densetsu) by Masayuki Akeki – 1980 – 130 min

• SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK: ARCADIA OF MY YOUTH (Waga Seishun No
Arcadia) by Tomahoru Katsumata – 1982 – 130 min

• ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS (Soukou kihei votoms) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by
Ryousuke Takahashi – 1983

• BAREFOOT GEN (Hadashi no gen) by Mamoru Shinzaki – 1983 – 83 min

• NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Kaze no tani no naushika) by Hayao
Miyazaki – 1984 – 117 min

• DAGGER OF KAMUI (Kamui no ken) by Rintaro – 1985 – 132 min

• DIRTY PAIR (Dati pea) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Norio Kashima, Toshifumi Takizawa –
1985

• DRAGON BALL (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Daisuke Nishio, Minoru Okazaki –1986

• SAINT SEIYA (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Kazuhito Kikuchi, Kozo Morishita – 1986

• CITY HUNTER (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Kenji Kodama – 1987

• AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo – 1988 – 124 min

• DRAGON BALL Z (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Daisuke Nishio –1989

• PATLABOR 2 – THE MOVIE (Kido keiatsu patoreba: the movie 2) by Mamoru Oshii –
1993 – 107 min

• DRAGON BALL GT (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Daisuke Nishio, Osamu Kasai – 1996

Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
• ESCAFLOWNE (Tenku no escaflowne) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Kazuki Akane – 1996

• GHOST IN THE SHELL (Kokaku kidotai) by Mamoru Oshii – 1996 – 82min

• REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA (Shojo kakumei utena) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by
Shichiro Hayashi – 1996

• BLUE SUBMARINE No.6 (Ao no roku-go) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Mahiro Maeda,
Masahiro Ozawa – 1998

• JIN ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE (Jin-ro) by Hiroyuki Ofiura – 1998 – 102 min

• PERFECT BLUE by Satoshi Kon – 1998 – 81 min

• GTO (Great teacher onizuka) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Naoyasu Hanyu, Noriyki Abe –
1999

• COWBOY BEBOP THE MOVIE: KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR (Kauboi bibappu:
tengoku no tobira) by Shinichiro Watanabe – 2001 – 116 min

• METROPOLIS (Metoroporisu) by Rintaro – 2001 – 109 min

• SPIRITED AWAY (Sen to chihiro no kamikakushi) by Hayao Miyazaki – 2001 – 125 min

• KILL BILL Vol.1 by Quentin Tarantino – 2003 –111 min

• LAST EXILE (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Koichi Chigira – 2003

• THE ANIMATRIX by Peter Chung, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Koji
Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe – 2003 – 102 min

• BLACK JACK (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Satoshi Kuwabara – 2004

• BURST ANGEL (Bakuretsu tenshi) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Koichi Ohata – 2004

• MUSHISHI (tv series, episodes 1-4) by Hiroshi Nagahama – 2005 – 4 x 25 min

• THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Shisha no sho) by Kihachiro Kawamoto – 2005 – 70 min

• TEKKONKINKREET (Tekkon kinkurito) by Michael Arias – 2006 – 111 min

• 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND: A CHAIN OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT THEIR DISTANCE
(Byosoku 5 senchimetoru) by Makoto Shinkai – 2007 – 62 min

• THE SKY CRAWLERS (Sukai kurora) by Mamoru Oshii – 2008 – 121 min

•
Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
Discovering Japanese Animation From its Origins

Programme organised in collaboration with the National Film Center in Tokyo

The premises of Japanese animation
The beginnings of Japanese animation
World War II and the post-war period
Ofuji Programm

Tribute to Yoshiyuki Tomino

One of the major exponents of Japanese anime, Yoshiyuki Tomino (born 1941)
revolutionised the representation of robots, endowing them with a pathos and
dramatic impact that had never been seen before. The series Mobile Suit Gundam
remains one his most notable creations, released this year on the thirtieth anniversary
of the original.

• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM I (Kido Senshi Gandamu I) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ryoji Fujiwara,
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko – 1981 – 148 min

• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM II: SOLDIERS OF SORROW (Kido Senshi Gandamu II: Ai
senshihen) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko – 1981 – 139 min

• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM III: ENCOUNTERS IN SPACE (Kido Sensi Gandamu III: Meguriai
sorahen) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko – 1982 – 144 min

• THE IDEON: TO BE INVOKED (Densetsu kyojin ideo: cho ginga densetsu) by Yoshiyuki
Tomino – 1982 – 98 min

• AURA BATTLER DUNBINE (Seisenshi dunbine) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Tomino
Yoshiyuki – 1983

Tribute to Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata (born in 1935), co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki in 1985.
Father to some of the key characters in Japanese animation (Heidi, Anne of Green
Gables), and director of some of the true masterpieces of Japanese cinema (Grave of the
Fireflies, Pom Poko).Through his experiments with narrative, innovative use of
montage, and extraordinarily expressive capacity, Takahata is one of the filmmakers
who has steered the art towards modernity.

• LITTLE NORSE PRINCE (Tiyo no oji: hols no daiboken) by Isao Takahata – 1968 – 82 min

• GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Hotaruno Haka) by Isao Takahata – 1988 – 88 mi
Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
• POM POKO (Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko) by Isao Takahata –1994 – 119 min
Film screened on the Piazza Grande.

• MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun)
by Isao Takahata – 1999 – 102 min

• AZUR ET ASMAR by Michel Ocelot – 2006 – 99 min

Focus on a Production Studio: GAINAX

Founded in the early 80s by a group of university students passionate about anime and
manga, independent studio Gainax rapidly established itself as a landmark on the
anime scenae, enthusing both audiences and critics alike. The high standard of their
animations is accompanied by a constant experimentation with form.

• DAICON III by Hiroyuki Yamaga – 1981 – 6 min

• WINGS OF HONNEAMISE (Oritsu uchugun oneamisu no tsubasa) by Hiroyuki Yamaga –
1987 – 121 min

• NADIA – SECRET OF BLUE WATER (Fushigi no umi no nadia) (tv series, episodes 1&2)
by Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi – 1989

• OTAKU NO VIDEO by Takeshi Mori – 1991 – 50 min

• NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Shin Seiki Evangelion) (tv series, the first two and the
last two episodes) by Hideaki Anno – 1995

• FLCL (Furi kuri) by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masahiko Otsuka – 1999 – 4 x 30 min

• EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE (Evangerion shin gekijoban: Jo)
by Hideaki Anno – 2007 – 98 min

• TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN THE MOVIE: CRIMSON LOTUS CHAPTER
by Hiroyuki Imaishi – 2008 – 100 min

Tribute to Ichiro Itano

One of the best animators on the contemporary scene, Ichiro Itano (born 1959)
brilliantly combines traditional animation with use of modern Computer Graphics. His
battle scenes in Macross, in which the trails of the projectiles and missiles draw a vortex
of lines and forms in space, have passed into legend. He also created one of the most
original of recent series, Gantz.

Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
• BLASSREITER (SPECIAL EDITION) (Burasuraita – special edition) by Ichiro Itano
– 2009 – 100 min

• GANTZ (SPECIAL EDITION) by Ichiro Itano – 2009 – 100 min

• METROPOLIS (Metoroporisu) by Rintaro – 2001 – 109 min

• SPIRITED AWAY (Sen to chihiro no kamikakushi) by Hayao Miyazaki – 2001 – 125 min

• KILL BILL Vol.1 by Quentin Tarantino – 2003 –111 min

• LAST EXILE (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Koichi Chigira – 2003

• THE ANIMATRIX by Peter Chung, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Koji
Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe – 2003 – 102 min

• BLACK JACK (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Satoshi Kuwabara – 2004

• BURST ANGEL (Bakuretsu tenshi) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Koichi Ohata – 2004

• MUSHISHI (tv series, episodes 1-4) by Hiroshi Nagahama – 2005 – 4 x 25 min

• THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Shisha no sho) by Kihachiro Kawamoto – 2005 – 70 min

• TEKKONKINKREET (Tekkon kinkurito) by Michael Arias – 2006 – 111 min

• 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND: A CHAIN OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT THEIR DISTANCE
(Byosoku 5 senchimetoru) by Makoto Shinkai – 2007 – 62 min

• THE SKY CRAWLERS (Sukai kurora) by Mamoru Oshii – 2008 – 121 min

•
Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
Discovering Japanese Animation From its Origins

Programme organised in collaboration with the National Film Center in Tokyo

The premises of Japanese animation
The beginnings of Japanese animation
World War II and the post-war period
Ofuji Programm

Tribute to Yoshiyuki Tomino

One of the major exponents of Japanese anime, Yoshiyuki Tomino (born 1941)
revolutionised the representation of robots, endowing them with a pathos and
dramatic impact that had never been seen before. The series Mobile Suit Gundam
remains one his most notable creations, released this year on the thirtieth anniversary
of the original.

• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM I (Kido Senshi Gandamu I) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ryoji Fujiwara,
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko – 1981 – 148 min

• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM II: SOLDIERS OF SORROW (Kido Senshi Gandamu II: Ai
senshihen) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko – 1981 – 139 min

• MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM III: ENCOUNTERS IN SPACE (Kido Sensi Gandamu III: Meguriai
sorahen) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko – 1982 – 144 min

• THE IDEON: TO BE INVOKED (Densetsu kyojin ideo: cho ginga densetsu) by Yoshiyuki
Tomino – 1982 – 98 min

• AURA BATTLER DUNBINE (Seisenshi dunbine) (tv series, episodes 1&2) by Tomino
Yoshiyuki – 1983

Tribute to Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata (born in 1935), co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki in 1985.
Father to some of the key characters in Japanese animation (Heidi, Anne of Green
Gables), and director of some of the true masterpieces of Japanese cinema (Grave of the
Fireflies, Pom Poko).Through his experiments with narrative, innovative use of
montage, and extraordinarily expressive capacity, Takahata is one of the filmmakers
who has steered the art towards modernity.

• LITTLE NORSE PRINCE (Tiyo no oji: hols no daiboken) by Isao Takahata – 1968 – 82 min

• GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Hotaruno Haka) by Isao Takahata – 1988 – 88 mi
Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
• POM POKO (Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko) by Isao Takahata –1994 – 119 min
Film screened on the Piazza Grande.

• MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun)
by Isao Takahata – 1999 – 102 min

• AZUR ET ASMAR by Michel Ocelot – 2006 – 99 min

Focus on a Production Studio: GAINAX
• DAICON III by Hiroyuki Yamaga – 1981 – 6 min

• WINGS OF HONNEAMISE (Oritsu uchugun oneamisu no tsubasa) by Hiroyuki Yamaga –
1987 – 121 min

• NADIA – SECRET OF BLUE WATER (Fushigi no umi no nadia) (tv series, episodes 1&2)
by Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi – 1989

• OTAKU NO VIDEO by Takeshi Mori – 1991 – 50 min

• NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Shin Seiki Evangelion) (tv series, the first two and the
last two episodes) by Hideaki Anno – 1995

• FLCL (Furi kuri) by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masahiko Otsuka – 1999 – 4 x 30 min

• EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE (Evangerion shin gekijoban: Jo)
by Hideaki Anno – 2007 – 98 min

• TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN THE MOVIE: CRIMSON LOTUS CHAPTER
by Hiroyuki Imaishi – 2008 – 100 min

Tribute to Ichiro Itano

Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation

Film Festival Locarno
• BLASSREITER (SPECIAL EDITION) (Burasuraita – special edition) by Ichiro Itano
– 2009 – 100 min

• GANTZ (SPECIAL EDITION) by Ichiro Itano – 2009 – 100 min

FID MARSEILLE’ 09: PALMARÉS

Grand prix de la Compétition Internationale MATERIAL Thomas Heise / Allemagne

Mention Spéciale attribuée à LUNCH BREAK Sharon Lockhart / États-Unis

Grand Prix de la Compétition Française VIDEOMAPPINGS : AIDA, PALESTINE Till Roeskens / France,Territoires Palestiniens

Prix Georges de Beauregard International RUINAS Manuel Mozos / Portugal

Mention spéciale attribuée à UNTIL THE NEXT RESURRECTION Oleg Morozov / Russie

Prix Georges de Beauregard National THE CAT, THE REVEREND AND THE SLAVE Alain della Negra et Kaori Kinoshita / France

Prix Premier SEARCHING FOR HASSAN Edouard Beau / France

Mention spéciale attribuée à LES RACINES DU BROUILLARD Dounia Bovet-Wolteche / Belgique

Prix des Médiathèques HINTERLAND Marie Voignier / France

Mention Spéciale attribuée à SUR PLACE 4 REVENANTS DES GUERRES LIBANAISES Monika Borgmann et Lokman Slim / Liban

Prix du Groupement National des Cinémas de Recherche (GNCR) EX-AEQUO

THE CAT, THE REVEREND AND THE SLAVE Alain della Negra et Kaori Kinoshita / France

LE PLEIN PAYS Antoine Boutet / France

Prix Marseille Espérance MANIQUERVILLE Pierre Creton / France