The 35th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1982 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] This was David Strieff's first year as director following the departure of Jean-Pierre Brossard.[2] A retrospective of Powell and Pressburger films was screened, which coincided with the burgeoning recognition of their work as "auteurs" in film circles.[3][2]Michael Powell attended the festival and gave a talk about auteurism with Swiss director Markus Imhoof, and Gaumont studio head Daniel Toscan du Plantir.[3]
Douglas Sirk attended the screening of documentary Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht "Querelle" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder Shoots "Querelle"), and sung its praises telling the director Dieter Schidor, a long-time Fassbinder collaborator, that it was "...a real film, much more than a documentary."[2][4] This was despite the omission of a 14-minute interview Rainer Werner Fassbinder gave hours before his death that had to be cut due to a German court injunction.[5][4] Fassbinder's mother got the injunction as she did not want people to see footage of him sick.[5][4]
No Golden Leopard or any other festival prizes were awarded this year, despite this year being considered a good one at Locarno, because the jury claimed the best films could not be ranked over each other and four films were given Special Mentions.[6][7][5][2] It was revealed that the Jury felt that the mix of art-house films against expensive prestige and commercial productions was unfair.[8][5][6] Festival organizers quickly assembled an ad-hoc jury to award a Special Locarno Prize and 10,000 Francs to Das Letzte Loch (The Last Hole) directed by Herbert Achternbusch.[9][7]
Special Locarno Prize 1982: Das Letzte Loch (The Last Hole) directed by Herbert Achternbusch[9][7]
FIPRESCI International Jury
FIPRESCI Prize: Klassengeflüster (Class Murmurs) directed by Nino Jacusso and Franz Richenbach[7]
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