The Locarno Film Festival unveils its short film programme

The line-up of the upcoming edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 6-16) has been announced on July 16th.

Besides the high number of long feature films presented in the various sections, at Locarno big space is also given to short films. The Pardi di domani competition indeed presents short and medium-length films made by young independent directors or film school students who have not yet completed their first full-length feature. The sidebar includes two distinct competitions: one reserved for recent Swiss productions, the other open to international entries for films from around the globe.

The Jury of the Pardi di domani is composed by Dutch actor Rutger Hauer(President), Brazilian Director Helvécio Marins Jr., Spanish Director 
Lois Patiño, Ukrainian Director 
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy and Swiss Director Nicole Vögele.

International competition

Abandoned Goods by Pia Borg and Edward Lawrenson – United Kingdom – 2014 – 36 min.

Allt vi delar (All We Share) by Jerry Carlsson – Sweden – 2014 – 25 min.


An hun ou (Requiem) by Mu Ye Wen – China – 2014 – 13 min.

Cai putere (Horsepower) by Daniel Sandu – Romania – 2014 – 27 min.

Helix Aspersa by Grégoire Graesslin – France – 2014 – 20 min.


Hole by Martin Edralin – Canada – 2014 – 15 min.


II (Two) by Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis – Greece/Germany – 2014 – 16 min.


Kookaburra Love by Sjoerd Oostrik – Netherlands – 2013 – 19 min.


La Baracca (The Shack) by Alessandro De Leo and Federico Di Corato – Italy – 2014 – 28 min.

Los Invencibles (Invincibles) by Javier Barbero and Martin Guerra – Spain – 2014 – 30 min.

Lystopad (Fallen Leaves) by Masha Kondakova – Ukraine – 2014 – 21 min.


Mtka Ziemia (Mother Earth) by Piotr Zlotorowicz – Poland – 2014 – 30 min.


Muerte Blanca (White Death) by Roberto Collío – Chile – 2014 – 17 min.


O Bom Comportamento (The Good Behavior) by Eva Randolph – Brazil – 2014 – 19 min.


Pussy Have The Power by Lovisa Siren – Sweden – 2014 – 15 min.


Rooli (Role) by Jenni Kangasniemi and Elli Toivoniemi – Finland – 2014 – 11 min.


San Siro by Yuri Ancarani – Italy – 2014 – 26 min.


Ser e voltar (To Be and to Come Back) by Xacio Baño – Spain – 2014 – 13 min.


Sertres by Ainara Vera – Spain – 2014 – 30 min.


Shipwreck by Morgan Knibbe – Netherlands – 2014 – 15 min.


Single Stream by Ernst Karel, Toby Kim Lee and Pawel Wojtasik – United States – 2013 – 23 min.

Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino – Canada – 2014 – 16 min.


Tahtt Al-Khazzan (Under the Tank) by Eyas Al Mokdad and Orwa Al Mokdad – Syria – 2014 – 10 min.

Thirst by Rachel McDonald – United States – 2014 – 24 min.


Triukšmadarys (The Noisemaker) by Karolis Kaupinis – Lithuania/Sweden – 2014 – 15 min.

Unnatural Historx by Alex Backhouse – New Zealand – 2014 – 16 min.


Višak Vjetra (Surplus of Wind) by Dane Komljen – France/Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2014 – 25 min.

National compeititon

Abseits der Autobahn (Off the Highway) by Rhone Mühlerbach – Switzerland – 2014 – 22 min.

Aubade by Mauro Carraro – Switzerland – 2014 – 6 min.


Die Hälfte der Welt (Half of the World) by Jérôme Furrer – Switzerland – 2014 – 18 min.


Le mal du citron (As Tears Go By) by Jeremy Rosenstein and Kaspar Schiltknecht – Switzerland – 2014 – 21 min.

Le miel est plus doux que le sang (Honey Is Sweeter Than Blood) by Colia Vranici – Switzerland – 2014 – 24 min.


Orages d’été by Nadège De Benoit Luthy – Switzerland – 2014 – 20 min.


Peau by Marine Koenig – Belgium/Switzerland – 2014 – 12 min.

Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier – Switzerland – 2014 – 29 min.


Prose du Transsibérien (Prose of the Trans-Siberian) by David Epiney – Switzerland – 2014 – 11 min.


Totems by Sarah Arnold – France – 2014 – 29 min.

In addition, this year the sidebar is honored to welcome a great master of world cinema, Aleksandr Sokurov, who will be leading the presentation of a series of short films made under his supervision by students from the Kabardino-Balkarian State University. The screening session will be the catalyst for a round table on the practice of teaching film, with students and representatives of various Swiss and international film schools.

Anker (Anchor) by Vladimir Bitokov – Russia – 2014 – 15 min.


Brat (Brother) by Mariana Kazancheva – Russia – 2014 – 3 min.


Nebo Kazalos’ Vysokim (The Sky Seemed to High) by Kira Kovalenko – Russia – 2014 – 12 min.

Ona Zhdet (She Waits) by Maryama Kalmykova – Russia – 2014 – 6 min.


Pervyjya (First I) by Kantemir Balagov – Russia – 2014 – 17 min.


Pis’mo k materi (Letter to Mother) by Malika Musaeva – Russia – 2014 – 3 min.


Serdechnye ochi (Warm Hearted-Eyes) by Gadzhimurad Efendiev – Russia – 2014 – 12 min.

Pobeda (Victory) by Anzor Dokhov – Russia – 2014 – 15 min.


Priotkryvaya dver’ (Slightly Opening the Door) by Malika Musaeva – Russia – 2014 – 12 min.

Vinoven-nevinoven (Guilty-Guiltless) by Tina Mastafova – Russia – 2014 – 5 min.