4th Locarno Film Festival
The 4th Locarno Film Festival was held from 8 July to 17 July, 1949 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival created official awards this year and gave out the grand prize, in later years called the Golden Leopard, to The Farm of Seven Sins by Jean Devaivre. Ten films were entered for prize judging.
Screenings
The following films screened in these sections:Official Awards
- Grand Prix de Locarno: The Farm of Seven Sins by Jean Devaivre
- Special Jury Prize: Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica
- Special Prize for the Best Crime Movie: HE WALKED BY NIGHT by Alfred Werker
- Special Prize for the Film that has combine the Photography and the Assembly better: White Paws by Jean Grémillon
- Best Director: William A. Wellman for the film YELLOW SKY
- Best Actress: Hilde Krahl in Love '47
- Special Prize for the Best Realisation: ENCHANTMENT by Irving Reis
- Special Prize for the Funniest Film: Adam and Evelyne by Harold French