Locarno 72, una primera edición muy nutrida para Lili Hinstin
por Giorgia Del Don
- "El Festival de Locarno es muy respetado por que es un gran festival internacional dispuesto a correr importantes riesgos", dice la nueva directora artística de "su" festival
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Now at its 72nd edition, the Locarno Film Festival (7-17 August) is forging ever further down the path of freedom and wonderment that Carlo Chatrian embarked upon, before he handed the festival reins over to Lili Hinstin. Indeed, Hinstin shows no signs of compromising in this respect, promising that this first edition of hers will “shake up, surprise, perturb and question”. It’s a mission which is by no means straightforward, but it’s essential for a festival which describes itself as both innovative (as well as an innovator) and popular (we’re thinking of the Piazza Grande programme, and its 8,000 viewers - read the news about the parallel sections).
“This 72nd edition is characterised by the notion of shifting. The notions of time and movement which have always characterised the Festival are themselves a departure, or a shift away from the norm; from all norms. The Locarno Film Festival is outside of the norm”. Lili Hinstin’s is a line of thought that sits well with the festival’s varied and eclectic programme, which will pit seminal directors such as Pedro Costa against up and coming filmmakers such as Basil Da Cunha, both of whom have been selected for the International Competition. It’s a line-up which confirms Hinstin’s desire to open up the festival and to venture into new territories, such as virtual reality and works which are 40 to 59 minutes in length, with both types featuring in the various competitions.
Equally out of the ordinary is the 72nd Manor di Locarno Golden Leopard, which will go to the hilarious John Waters and his unclassifiable and freer than free universe. It will be a woman, however, who will receive the significant Ticinomoda Vision Award: the French-American editor Claire Atherton, a hugely important figure with a sharp and visionary eye for film who has worked with the immensely talented Chantal Akerman (who, in 2015, presented her last film No Home Movie [+lee también:
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There’s a decidedly high number of European films (both productions and co-productions) in this year’s International Competition, a category which will see great authors of the modern age - acclaimed filmmakers but also many new directors - jostling for position. A bold spirit and a desire to “move” towards new, real-life ground are attributes which can also be detected in the festival’s chosen themes, as see in the Israeli-Swedish documentary During Revolution [+lee también:
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Amongst the big directors in competition this year are Japan’s Koji Fukada with his Japan-France co-production A Girl Missing [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], A Voluntary Year [+lee también:
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There are no shortage of co-productions involving France either: The Fever [+lee también:
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entrevista: Maya Da-Rin
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entrevista: Rúnar Rúnarsson
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entrevista: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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ficha de la película] (Indonesia/Malaysia/France). In addition to Pedro Costa, Portugal will also be represented in the competition by João Nicolau with Technoboss [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]. To crown it all, flying the flag of Switzerland will be one of the country’s most interesting and promising directors, Basil Da Cunha, with his second feature film which is set on the periphery of Lisbon O Fim do Mundo [+lee también:
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International Competition
The Fever [+lee también:
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entrevista: Maya Da-Rin
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Echo [+lee también:
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entrevista: Rúnar Rúnarsson
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Cat In The Wall [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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A Voluntary Year [+lee también:
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entrevista: Henner Winckler
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Douze mille [+lee también:
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During Revolution [+lee también:
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The Science of Fictions [+lee también:
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Maternal [+lee también:
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entrevista: Maura Delpero
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Isadora's Children [+lee también:
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entrevista: Damien Manivel
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Longa noite [+lee también:
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entrevista: Eloy Enciso
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O Fim do Mundo [+lee también:
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entrevista: Basil Da Cunha
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Height of the Wave – Park Jung-bum (South Korea)
Technoboss [+lee también:
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entrevista: João Nicolau
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Terminal Sud [+lee también:
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Joe Talbot (US)
Vitaina Varela [+lee también:
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A Girl Missing [+lee también:
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(Traducción del italiano)
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