Golden Leopard
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The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival
, an international film festival held annually in Locarno
, Switzerland
since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968. The festival was not held in 1951 and the prize was not awarded in 1956 and 1982. As of 2009 René Clair
& Jiří Trnka
are the only two directors to have won the award twice, both of them winning in consecutive years.
- The award went by the name of Grand Prize for several years.
- The festival did not take place in 1951.
- Three films tied in 1953.
- Five films tied in 1954.
- The festival did not take place in 1956.
- The award was known as the Golden Sail in 1958.
- The 1959 winning film was awarded for Best Direction.
- The award was known as the Golden Sail for the next six years.
- In 1966 & 1967 a youth jury picked and awarded a Grand Prize.
- The award has been known as the Golden Leopard since 1968.
- Four films tied in 1969.
- Four films tied in 1970.
- In 1971 there were two categories for the Golden Leopard. Three films won Best First Feature:
- In 1971 there were two categories for the Golden Leopard. Two films won Best Second Feature:
- The official jury decided not to award a Golden Leopard in 1982; instead they issued four special mentions.
* denotes first win for a nation
Locarno International Film Festival
The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
, an international film festival held annually in Locarno
Locarno
Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968. The festival was not held in 1951 and the prize was not awarded in 1956 and 1982. As of 2009 René Clair
René Clair
René Clair born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Paris and grew up in the Les Halles quarter. He attended the Lycée Montaigne and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver. After the war, he started a career as a journalist...
& Jiří Trnka
Jirí Trnka
Jiří Trnka was a Czech puppet maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best known for his work in animation with puppets, which began in 1946...
are the only two directors to have won the award twice, both of them winning in consecutive years.
Winners
- The award was known as Best film for the first two years.- And Then There Were NoneAnd Then There Were None (1945 film)And Then There Were None is a 1945 film adaption of Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery novel And Then There Were None directed by René Clair....
, René ClairRené ClairRené Clair born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Paris and grew up in the Les Halles quarter. He attended the Lycée Montaigne and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver. After the war, he started a career as a journalist...
, }, 1946 - Le Silence est d'or, René Clair, }, 1947
- The award went by the name of Grand Prize for several years.
- Germany Year ZeroGermany Year ZeroGermany Year Zero is a 1948 film directed by Roberto Rossellini. It is the final film in Rossellini's war film trilogy . Germany Year Zero takes place in post-war Germany, unlike the others, which take place in German-occupied Rome and post-war Italy, respectively...
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, }, 1948 - La Ferme des sept péchés, Jean-Devaivre, , 1949
- When Willie Comes Marching HomeWhen Willie Comes Marching HomeWhen Willie Comes Marching Home is a 1950 World War II comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet. It is based on the 1945 short story When Leo Comes Marching Home by Sy Gomberg.-Plot:...
, John FordJohn FordJohn Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
, , 1950
- The festival did not take place in 1951.
- HuntedHunted (film)Hunted is a black-and-white British film directed by Charles Crichton and released in 1952. Hunted is a crime drama in the form of a chase film, starring Dirk Bogarde, and written by Jack Whittingham and Michael McCarthy...
, Charles CrichtonCharles CrichtonCharles Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios...
, }, 1952
- Three films tied in 1953.
- Julius CaesarJulius Caesar (1953 film)Julius Caesar is an 1953 MGM film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the uncredited screenplay, and produced by John Houseman. The original music score is by Miklós Rózsa...
, Joseph L. MankiewiczJoseph L. MankiewiczJoseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of All About Eve , which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J...
, , 1953 - Kompozitor GlinkaKompozitor GlinkaKompozitor Glinka is a 1952 Soviet film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov....
, Grigori AleksandrovGrigori AleksandrovGrigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973...
, }, 1953 - The Glass WallThe Glass WallThe Glass Wall is a black-and-white 1953 film directed by Maxwell Shane. The film was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.-Plot:...
, Maxwell ShaneMaxwell ShaneMaxwell Shane was an American movie and television director, screenwriter, and producer.-Biography:Before embarking in a career in show business, Shane studied law at USC and UCLA law schools. He later became a journalist and moved on to become a Hollywood publicist and later, a screenwriter. Most...
, , 1953
- Five films tied in 1954.
- Bajaja, Jiří TrnkaJirí TrnkaJiří Trnka was a Czech puppet maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best known for his work in animation with puppets, which began in 1946...
, }, 1954 - Gate of Hell, Teinosuke KinugasaTeinosuke Kinugasa-External links:* *...
, }, 1954 - Les fruits sauvages, Hervé BrombergerHervé BrombergerHervé Bromberger was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1951 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Paris Vice Squad * Three Fables of Love...
, , 1954 - RotationRotation (film)Rotation is a 1949 film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and produced under the auspices of Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft in East Germany...
, Wolfgang StaudteWolfgang StaudteWolfgang Staudte , born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken....
, }, 1954 - The Sheep Has Five LegsThe Sheep Has Five LegsThe Sheep Has Five Legs is a 1954 French film directed by Henri Verneuil. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.- Cast :*Fernandel as Édouard Saint-Forget / Les quintuplés : Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré...
, Henri VerneuilHenri VerneuilHenri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.-Biography:...
, /}, 1954 - Carmen JonesCarmen JonesCarmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical starring Muriel Smith in the title role, later made into a 1954 musical film; the play also ran for a season in 1991 at London's Old Vic and most recently in London's Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre in 2007. It is an updating of the Georges Bizet...
, Otto PremingerOtto PremingerOtto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-American theatre and film director.After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel...
, , 1955 - The Emperor's NightingaleThe Emperor's NightingaleThe Emperor's Nightingale is a 1949 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the fairy tale The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in an American dubbed version.-Cast:* Helena Patočková as the...
, Jiří Trnka,
Czechoslovakia, 1955
- The festival did not take place in 1956.
- Il gridoIl gridoIl grido is a 1957 Italian black-and-white drama film, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Its title means "The Outcry", but it was originally released in the English-speaking world as The Cry. The DVD release uses the Italian title. The film stars American actor Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy...
, Michelangelo AntonioniMichelangelo AntonioniMichelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
, , 1957
- The award was known as the Golden Sail in 1958.
- Ten North FrederickTen North Frederick (film)Ten North Frederick is a 1958 American drama film starring Gary Cooper, written and directed by Philip Dunne. The screenplay is based on the 1955 novel of the same name by John O'Hara.-Plot:...
, Philip DunnePhilip DunnePhilip Dunne or Dunn may refer to:*Philip Russell Rendel Dunne , MC , Unionist M.P. 1935–1937*Philip Dunne , Hollywood screenwriter and director...
, , 1958
- The 1959 winning film was awarded for Best Direction.
- Killer's KissKiller's KissKiller's Kiss is a 1955 film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick...
, Stanley KubrickStanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career...
, , 1959
- The award was known as the Golden Sail for the next six years.
- Il bell'AntonioIl bell'AntonioIl bell'Antonio is a 1960 Italian and French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film is a based on a novel by Vitaliano Brancati and adapted for the screen by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It stars Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale.-Plot summary:...
, Mauro BologniniMauro BologniniMauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany....
, , 1960 - Fires on the PlainFires on the Plain (film)is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Kon Ichikawa, starring Eiji Funakoshi. The screenplay, written by, Natto Wada, is based on the novel Nobi by Shohei Ooka, translated as Fires on the Plain. It initially received mixed reviews from both Japanese and international critics concerning its...
, Kon IchikawaKon Ichikawawas a Japanese film director.-Early life and career:Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture. In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department...
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Japan, 1961 - Un coeur gros comme ça, François ReichenbachFrançois ReichenbachFrançois Reichenbach was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 and 1993.-Selected filmography:* America As Seen by a Frenchman...
, , 1962 - Transport z rajeTransport z rájeTransport z ráje is a Czech drama film. It was released in 1962....
, Zbyněk BrynychZbynek BrynychZbyněk Brynych was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985.-Selected filmography:* Suburban Romance * The Fifth Horseman is Fear -External links:...
, Czechoslovakia, 1963 - Black PeterBlack Peter (film)Black Peter is a 1964 film directed by Miloš Forman.It won the Golden Sail award at the Locarno International Film Festival....
, Miloš FormanMiloš FormanJan Tomáš Forman , better known as Miloš Forman , is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both gaining him the Academy Award for...
, Czechoslovakia, 1964 - Four in the MorningFour in the Morning (film)Four in the Morning is a 1965 British film directed by Anthony Simmons.-External links:...
, Anthony SimmonsAnthony Simmons (writer)Anthony "Tony" Simmons is a British writer/film producer. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido.-Career:Simmons claimed: "I wasn’t aiming to be a film director. I...
, , 1965
- In 1966 & 1967 a youth jury picked and awarded a Grand Prize.
- Každý den odvahu, Evald SchormEvald SchormEvald Schorm was a Czech film and stage director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 26 films between 1959 and 1988. Schorm was a notable exponent of the Czech Film New Wave.-Biography:...
, Czechoslovakia, 1966 - Entranced EarthEntranced EarthEntranced Earth is a 1967 Brazilian drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Award...
, Glauber Rocha, }, 1967
- The award has been known as the Golden Leopard since 1968.
- I visionariI VisionariI Visionari is a 2006 album by the Stefano Bollani Quintet . It contains most instrumental jazz music and a few songs sung by Petra Magoni and Bollani himself...
, Maurizio PonziMaurizio PonziMaurizio Ponzi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinema critic.Born in Rome, he wrote cinema reviews in several Italian magazines during the early 1960s...
, , 1968
- Four films tied in 1969.
- Charles mort ou vif, Alain Tanner, }, 1969
- Szemüvegesek, Sándor SimóSándor SimóSándor Simó was a Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 25 films and directed a further seven. His 1977 film My Father's Happy Years was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* My Father's Happy Years * Whoops -External links:...
, }, 1969 - Three Sad TigersThree Sad TigersThree Sad Tigers is a 1968 Chilean drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1969.-Cast:* Shenda Román as Amanda* Nelson Villagra as Tito* Luis Alarcón as Lucho...
, Raúl Ruiz, }, 1969 - V ogne broda net, Gleb PanfilovGleb PanfilovGleb Anatolyevich Panfilov is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova:...
, , 1969
- Four films tied in 1970.
- Lilika, Branko Plesa, }, 1970
- Mujo, Akio JissojiAkio Jissojiwas a Japanese television and film director best known outside of Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy , , and ....
, Japan, 1970 - Soleil OSoleil OSoleil O is a 1967 French/Mauritanian drama film directed by Med Hondo.-Synopsis:An African immigrant to France struggles to find work, facing racism and discrimination.-Cast:*Yane Barry as White Girl*Bernard Fresson as Friend...
, Med HondoMed HondoMed Hondo is a Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor. He emigrated to France in 1959 and began to work in film during the 1960s. He received critical acclaim for his 1967 directorial début Soleil O.-Biography:Hondo was born in 1936 in Ain Oul Beri Mathar in the...
, /}, 1970 - The End of the RoadThe End of the RoadThe End of the Road is a 1958 novel by the American writer John Barth. Its story follows Jacob Horner as he deals with an extreme case of psychological paralysis...
, Aram AvakianAram AvakianAram A. Avakian was an American film editor and director.Directed ground-breaking indie film End of the Road- Life and work :...
, , 1970
- In 1971 there were two categories for the Golden Leopard. Three films won Best First Feature:
- In punto di morte, Mario Garriba, , 1971
- Hanno cambiato faccia, Corrado FarinaCorrado FarinaCorrado Farina is an Italian filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. He directed two feature films in the Seventies, a great deal of documentaries and commercials, and he has published seven novels.-External links:* at cultfilmz.com...
, , 1971 - Les amis, Gérard BlainGérard BlainGérard Blain was a French actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000.-Selected filmography:* Les Mistons...
, , 1971
- In 1971 there were two categories for the Golden Leopard. Two films won Best Second Feature:
- Private RoadPrivate roadA private road is a road owned and maintained by a private individual, organization, or company rather than by a government.Consequently, unauthorized use of the road may be considered trespassing, and some of the usual rules of the road may not apply...
, Barney Platts-MillsBarney Platts-MillsBarney Platts-Mills is a British film director, best known for his award-winning films, Bronco Bullfrog and Private Road.-Biography:1944 Born in Colchester England...
, , 1971 - Znaki na drodze, Andrzej Piotrovsky, }, 1971
- Bleak MomentsBleak MomentsBleak Moments is a 1971 British film, the first film of Mike Leigh. It began as a stage play in March 1970 at the Open Space Theatre...
, Mike LeighMike LeighMichael "Mike" Leigh, OBE is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid 1960s...
, , 1972 - Illuminacja, Krzysztof ZanussiKrzysztof ZanussiKrzysztof Zanussi, is a Polish producer and film director.He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop...
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Poland, 1973 - Tüzoltó utca 25., István SzabóIstván SzabóIstván Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
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Hungary, 1974 - Le Fils d'Amr est mort, Jean-Jacques AndrienJean-Jacques AndrienJean-Jacques Andrien is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven , to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinema This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants,...
, }, 1975 - Le grand soirLe Grand Soir"Le grand soir" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in French by Nuno Resende.The song was performed in the semi-final, as Belgium had not finished in the top 10 in the 2004 Contest. On the night, it was performed eleventh, following Iceland's Selma with "If I Had...
, Francis ReusserFrancis ReusserFrancis Reusser is a Swiss film director. He has directed thirteen films since 1968. His film Derborence was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.-External links:* at the...
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Switzerland, 1976 - Antonio Gramsci, i giorni di carcere, Lino Del Fra, , 1977
- I tembelides tis eforis kiladas, Nikos Panayotopoulos, }, 1978
- SürüSuruSuru may refer to:* Suru Valley, valley in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir* Suru River, tributary of the Indus River in India* Suru River, headwater of the Boia Mică River in Romania* Suru, Nigeria, Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria...
, Zeki Ökten, }, 1979 - To Love the DamnedTo Love the DamnedTo Love the Damned is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival...
, Marco Tullio GiordanaMarco Tullio GiordanaMarco Tullio Giordana is an Italian director and scriptwriter. His film Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.-Director:*Maledetti, vi amerò...
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Italy, 1980 - ChakraChakra (film)Chakra is a 1981 Hindi movie directed by Rabindra Dharmaraj. The film stars Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.- Plot :The story would be horrific if it were not routine - even today, 30 years later...
, Rabindra Dharmaraj, }, 1981
- The official jury decided not to award a Golden Leopard in 1982; instead they issued four special mentions.
- Adj király katonat, Pal Erdöss, Hungary, 1983
- Stranger Than ParadiseStranger Than ParadiseStranger Than Paradise is a 1984 American absurdist/deadpan comedy film. It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and stars jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson, and Hungarian-born actress Eszter Balint...
, Jim JarmuschJim JarmuschJames R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
, , 1984 - Höhenfeuer, Fredi M. Murer, Switzerland, 1985
- Jezioro Bodenskie, Janusz ZaorskiJanusz ZaorskiJanusz Zaorski is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the cinema of moral concern , trend in Polish cinema. Zaorski was directed mainly psychological dramas, comedies and TV series....
, Poland, 1986 - O Bobo, José Alvaro MoraisJosé Álvaro MoraisJosé Álvaro Morais was a Portuguese film director. His film O Bobo won the Golden Leopard at the 1987 Locarno International Film Festival.-Filmography:*Cantigamente Nº 3 *Ma Femme Chamada Bicho *O Bobo *Zéfiro...
, }, 1987 - Distant Voices, Still LivesDistant Voices, Still LivesDistant Voices, Still Lives is a 1988 British film directed and written by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular music, Hollywood cinema, light entertainment, and the public house within...
, Terence Davies, , 1988 - SchmetterlingSchmetterlingThe Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling was a German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version....
, Wolfgang BeckerWolfgang BeckerWolfgang Becker is a German film director and writer. He is best known to the international audience for his work Good Bye Lenin! .-Biography:...
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West Germany, 1988 - Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? is an award-winning South Korean film written, produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun, a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul. Known principally as a painter, Bae spent seven years making this film with one camera and editing it by hand...
, Bae Yong-kyunBae Yong-KyunBae Yong-Kyun is a South Korean film director, painter, and professor. He is best known for his Seon-influenced 1989 film Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun...
, }, 1989 - Sluchainij Vals, Svetlana Proskurina, }, 1990
- Johnny SuedeJohnny SuedeJohnny Suede is the 1991 film directorial debut of writer-director Tom DiCillo. It starred Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener with early appearances from Samuel L. Jackson and Nick Cave.-Plot summary:...
, Tom DiCilloTom DiCilloThomas A. "Tom" DiCillo is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.-Early life:He was born in Camp Le Jeune, North Carolina. His father was Italian and his mother was from New England...
, , 1991 - Autumn MoonAutumn MoonAutumn Moon is a 1992 film directed by Clara Law and written by Eddie Ling-Ching Fong.A Hong Kong high school girl befriends a twenty-something Japanese man visiting Hong Kong....
, Clara LawClara LawClara Law is a Hong Kong Second Wave film director, now having relocated to Australia before the 1997 Hong Kong handover....
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Hong Kong/ Japan, 1992 - Azghyin ushtykzyn'azaby, Ermek Shinarbaev, }, 1993
- Khomreh, Ibrahim Foruzesh, }, 1994
- RaïRaïRaï is a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s....
, Thomas Gilou, , 1995 - Nénette et BoniNénette et BoniNénette et Boni is a 1996 feature film directed by Claire Denis, written by Denis in collaboration with Jean-Pol Fargeau.The soundtrack to the film is by the English band Tindersticks....
, Claire DenisClaire DenisClaire Denis is a French film director and Professor of Film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Early life:...
, , 1996 - The MirrorThe Mirror (1997 film)The Mirror is a 1997 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, about a little girl trying to find her way home from school.-Plot:Mina, a young girl, finds her mother has failed to pick her up from school, so she decides to walk home on her own. The movie is about her endeavor to find her way home...
, Jafar PanahiJafar PanahiJafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He has gained recognition from film theorists and critics worldwide and received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear at the...
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Iran, 1997 - Mr. ZhaoMr. ZhaoMr. Zhao is a 1998 Chinese dark comedy film. It is the directorial debut of Lü Yue, already a well-established cinematographer for director Zhang Yimou.Mr. Zhao tells the story of a philandering doctor living in Shanghai...
, Zhang YimouZhang YimouZhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum....
, }, 1998 - Peau d’homme, cœur de bête, Hélène Angel, , 1999
- FatherFather (2000 film)Father is a 2000 Chinese film directed by the writer Wang Shuo. To date, it is Wang's first and only directorial effort. The film is based on Wang's own novel, Wo Shi Ni Baba . Despite being partially backed by the state-run Beijing Film Studio, Father suffered from years of bureaucratic red tape...
, Wang ShuoWang ShuoWang Shuo is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon. He has written over 20 novels, television series and movies. His work has been translated into Japanese, French, English, Italian, and many other languages...
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Mainland China, 2000 - Alla rivoluzione sulla due cavalli, Maurizio Sciarra, Italy, 2001
- Das Verlangen, Iain DiltheyIain DiltheyIain Dilthey is a German director born in 1971 in Scotland.- Filmography :* 2001 : Ich werde dich auf Händen tragen* 2002 : Das Verlangen* 2006 : Gefangene- External links :...
, }, 2002 - Khamosh PaniKhamosh PaniKhamosh Pani is a 2003 French/German production about a widowed mother and her young son set in a late 1970s village in Punjab, Pakistan which is coming under radical influence.The film was released in India too...
, Sabiha SumarSabiha SumarSabiha Sumar is a Pakistani film-maker.Born in Karachi, Sabiha Sumar studied Filmmaking and Political Science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York from 1980–83 and then read History and Political Thought at Cambridge University....
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Germany/}, 2003 - PrivatePrivate (film)Private is a 2004 film directed by Saverio Costanzo. A debut film by the director, the film is a minimalist psychological drama about a Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger ongoing conflict between Palestinians...
, Saverio CostanzoSaverio CostanzoSaverio Costanzo is an Italian film director.He was born in Rome, the son of journalist and TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo. His debut was Private in 2004. In 2007 his second feature In memoria di me was presented at the 57th Berlin Film Festival...
, , 2004 - Nine LivesNine Lives (2005 film)Nine Lives is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery,...
, Rodrigo García, , 2005 - Das FräuleinDas FräuleinDas Fräulein or Fräulein was directed by Swiss filmmaker Andrea Staka in 2006, and won seven awards. It is based on the real-life escapades of high school student Katherine Leibholz.-Plot:...
, Andrea StakaAndrea StakaAndrea Staka is a Swiss film director best known for winning the Golden Leopard at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival in 2006 for her film, Das Fräulein....
, Germany/ Switzerland, 2006 - Ai no yokan , Masahiro KobayashiMasahiro Kobayashiis a Japanese actor and seiyū from Yakumo, Futami District, Hokkaidō. He is a graduate of Yakumo-chō Ritsu Yakumochū School and Hokkaidō Hakodate Chūbu High School, and is a drop-out of the cinema course in the Nihon University College of Art. In 1995 he enrolled in the Seinenza Theater Company...
, Japan, 2007 - Parque via, Enrique Rivero, }, 2008
- She, a Chinese, Xiaolu GuoXiaolu GuoXiaolu Guo born 1973) is a Chinese novelist and filmmaker, who uses film and literary language to explore themes of alienation, memory, personal journeys, daily tragedies and develops her own vision of China's past and its future in a global environment....
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United Kingdom, 2009 - Winter Vacation, Li Hongqui, Mainland China, 2010
- Abrir Puertas y Ventanas, Milagros Mumenthaler, }/ Switzerland, 2011