48th Locarno Film Festival


The 48th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film was the newly restored print of Senso directed by Luchino Visconti. The festival featured the first complete retrospective of Abbas Kirostami's entire filmography and had multiple Iranian film sections. The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Jean-Luc Goddard, who accepted and immediately donated the $17,000 reward to Amnesty International. Goddard was also on hand to present the first four chapters of his Histoire(s) du cinéma project, which attracted large spillover crowds. In competition, the festival featured the world premiere of Gonin directed by Takashi Ishii and Amos Poe's Dead Weekend.
The festival had no Italian films in competition this year, in part due to Italian producers refusing to agree to Locarno within the deadline as they waited to hear back from the Venice Film Festival. This irritated Marco Mueller, the artistic director and head of the Locarno festival, who ended his arrangement with the Venice festival to scout Asian films for them. Mueller told the press Venice had failed to reciprocate finding Italian films for Locarno as he had done with discovering Asian films for the Venice festival.
In addition, Mueller discussed with the press his plan to radically change the festival in the following year. Attracting talented establish filmmakers was always difficult at Locarno not just because of other festivals, but also because the competition was traditionally limited to first or second time directors. Mueller voiced his interest in creating a new competitive category for established filmmakers, while retaining the traditional new talent section. Despite its issues, Locarno continued to be a commercial success, with average ticket sales reaching 15,000 people per day.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Raï directed by Thomas Gilou.

Official Jury

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:

Piazza Grande

The following films were selected for the Piazza Grande section:

Main Competition

The following films were screened for the Golden Leopard competition:

Filmmakers of the Present

'Filmmakers of the Present - Out of Competition '''''

Leopards of Tomorrow

The following films were screened in the Leopards of Tomorrow

History(s) of Cinema - Retrospective

The festival's Histoire du Cinéma section showcases films deemed significant to the evolution of cinema. Films by the festival's career award winners are presented in this section.

Retrospective - Abbas Kiarostami

Feature Films - Abbas Kiarostami
'''Short Films - Abbas Kiarostami'''

Independent Sections

Critics Week

The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival.

Official Awards

Official Jury

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