# 69th Locarno Film Festival

The 69th Festival del film Locarno was held 3–13 August 2016 in Locarno, Switzerland. Carlo Chatrian was the festival's Artistic Director.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Godless, directed by Ralitza Petrova.
The primary Selection Committee included Mark Peranson (Head of Programming), Lorenzo Esposito, Sergio Fant, and Aurélie Godet. The Leopards of Tomorrow section was programmed by Alessandro Marcionni (Head), Gonzalo De Pedro Amatria, Liz Harkman, and Bruno Quiblier. The Retrospective program was curated by Olaf Möller and Roberto Turigliatto.

## Official Section
### Piazza Grande

The following films were selected for the Piazza Grande section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Ceasefire | Cessez-le-feu | Emmanuel Courcol | France |
| The Day the Rains Came (1959) | Am Tag als der Regen kam | Gerd Oswald | West Germany |
| Endless Poetry | Poesía sin fin | Alejandro Jodorowsky | France, Chile |
| The Girl With All the Gifts | The Girl With All the Gifts | Colm McCarthy | United Kingdom, United States |
| Heaven Will Wait | Le ciel attendra | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | France |
| I, Daniel Blake | I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
| Interchange | Interchange | Dain Iskandar Said | Malaysia, Indonesia |
| Into the Forest | Dans la forêt | Gilles Marchand | France, Sweden |
| Jason Bourne | Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass | United States |
| Mohenjo Daro | Mohenjo Daro | Ashutosh Gowariker | India |
| Moka | Moka | Frédéric Mermoud | France, Switzerland |
| Paula | Paula | Christian Schwochow | Germany, France |
| Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | Vor der Morgenröte - Stefan Zweig in Amerika | Maria Schrader | Germany, France, Austria |
| The Train of Salt and Sugar | Comboio de Sal e Açucar | Licínio Azevedo | Portugal, Mozambique, France, South Africa, Brazil |
| The Tunnel | 터널 | Kim Seong-hun | South Korea |
| Vincent | Vincent | Christophe Van Rompaey | France, Belgium |

### International Competition (Concorso internazionale)

The following films were selected for the Concorso internazionale section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Apple of My Eye | La prunelle de mes yeux | Axelle Ropert | France |
| Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces | الماء والخضرة والوجه الحسن | Yousry Nasrallah | Egypt |
| Bangkok Nites | Bangkok Nites | Katsuya Tomita | Japan, France, Thailand, Laos |
| Correspondências | Correspondências | Rita Azevedo Gomes | Portugal |
| By the Time It Gets Dark | ดาวคะนอง | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand, Netherlands, France, Qatar |
| The Dreamed Path | Der traumhafte Weg | Angela Schanelec | Germany |
| Glory | Slava | Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Bulgaria, Greece |
| Godless | Безбог | Ralitza Petrova | Bulgaria, Denmark, France |
| Hermia & Helena | Hermia & Helena | Matías Piñeiro | United States, Argentina |
| The Idea of a Lake | La idea de un lago | Milagros Mumenthaler | Switzerland, Argentina, Qatar |
| The Last Family | Ostatnia rodzina | Jan P. Matuszyński | Poland |
| Marija | Marija | Michael Koch | Germany, Switzerland |
| Mister Universo | Mister Universo | Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Austria, Italy |
| The Ornithologist | O Ornitólogo | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal, France, Brazil |
| Scarred Hearts | Inimi cicatrizate | Radu Jude | Romania, Germany |
| The Young One | Jeunesse | Julien Samani | France, Portugal |
| Wet Woman in the Wind | 風に濡れた女 | Akihiko Shiota | Japan |

### Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)

Filmmakers of the Present is the festival's competition for first or second feature films.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Afterlov | | Stergios Paschos | Greece |
| Withered Green | Akhdar yabes | Mohammed Hammad | Egypt |
| Destruction Babies | Disutorakushon beibîzu | Tetsuya Mariko | Japan |
| Donald Cried | | Kris Avedisian | United States |
| The Human Surge | El auge del humano | Eduardo Williams | Argentina, Brazil, Portugal |
| The Future Perfect | El futuro perfecto | Nele Wohlatz | Argentina |
| Still Life | Gorge coeur ventre | Maud Alpi | France |
| I Had Nowhere to Go | | Douglas Gordon | Germany |
| The Nest | Il nido | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland, Italy |
| Solo, Solitude | Istirahatlah kata-kata | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia |
| Daydreams | L'indomptée | Caroline Deruas | France |
| This Time Tomorrow | Mañana a esta hora | Lina Rodríguez | Colombia, Canada |
| Pescatori di corpi | | Michele Pennetta | Switzerland |
| The Challenge | | Yuri Ancarani | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Dark Skull | Viejo Calavera | Kiro Russo | Bolivia, Qatar |

### Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

Leopards of Tomorrow is the festival's competitive program for short films, with separate international and Swiss sections.

#### International Competition (Concorso internazionale)

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A liña política | | Santos Díaz | Spain |
| À Noite Fazem-se Amigos | | Rita Barbosa | Portugal |
| Fox | Alepou | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece |
| An Aviation Field | | Joana Pimenta | United States, Portugal, Brazil |
| Old Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-central, Desirable Neighborhood | Apartament interbelic, în zona superbă, ultra-centrală | Sebastian Mihăilescu | Romania |
| Au loin, Baltimore | | Lola Quivoron | France |
| Cilaos | | Camilo Restrepo | France |
| Clan | | Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands |
| Deep Blue | | Joe Nankin | United States |
| Till the End of the Day | Dgis bolomde | Anna Sarukhanova | Georgia |
| Each To Their Own | | Maria Ines Manchego | New Zealand |
| Estilhaços | | José Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal |
| Etage X | | Francy Fabritz | Germany |
| Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw) | | Renee Zhan | United States |
| The Committee | Kommittén | Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi | Sweden, Norway, Finland |
| L'immense retour (Romance) | | Manon Coubia | Belgium, France |
| Las vísceras | | Elena López Riera | Spain, France |
| Manodopera | | Loukianos Moshonas | France, Greece |
| Non Castus | | Andrea Castillo | Chile |
| Our Friend the Moon | Nuestra amiga la luna | Velasco Broca | Spain |
| On The Ropes | | Manon Nammour | Lebanon |
| Long Live the Emperor | Que vive l'Empereur | Aude Léa Rapin | France |
| Rhapsody | | Constance Meyer | France |
| Setembro | | Leonor Noivo | Portugal, Bulgaria |
| Among the Black Waves | Sredi cheornyh voln | Anna Budanova | Russia |
| Transition | Tranzicija | Milica Tomovic | Serbia |
| Umpire | | Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium |
| Valparaiso | | Carlo Sironi | Italy |

#### Swiss Competition (Concorso nazionale)

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Cabane | | Simon Guélat | France |
| Côté cour | | Lora Mure-Ravaud | Switzerland |
| The Bridge Over the River | Die Brücke über den Fluss | Jadwiga Kowalska | Switzerland |
| Digital Immigrants | | Norbert Kottmann, Dennis Stauffer | Switzerland |
| Dormiente | | Tommaso Donati | Switzerland |
| Genesis | | Lucien Monot | Switzerland |
| Iceberg | | Mathieu Z’Graggen | France |
| La femme et le TGV | | Timo von Gunten | Switzerland |
| La Leçon | | Tristan Aymon | Switzerland |
| La sève | | Manon Goupil | Switzerland |
| Les dauphines | | Juliette Klinke | Belgium |
| Lost Exile | | Fisnik Maxhuni | Switzerland |

### Signs of Life

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 300 Miles | | Orwa Al Mokdad | Syria, Lebanon |
| People That Are Not Me | Anashim shehem lo ani | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel |
| Ascent | | Fiona Tan | Netherlands, Japan |
| Beduino | | Júlio Bressane | Brazil |
| Pow Wow | | Robinson Devor | United States |
| All the Cities of the North | Svi severni gradovi | Dane Komljen | Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro |
| Rat Film | | Theo Anthony | United States |
| The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me | | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland, Switzerland |

### Out of Competition (Fuori concorso)
#### Feature-length

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower | Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté | Nicolas Wadimoff | Switzerland |
| L'amatore | | Maria Mauti | Italy |
| The Nature of Things | La natura delle cose | Laura Viezzoli | Italy |
| False Confessions | Les fausses confidences | Luc Bondy | France |
| Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me | O Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira e Eu | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late | Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte... | Corinna Belz | Germany |
| Journey of Hope [1991] | Reise der Hoffnung | Xavier Koller | Switzerland, Italy, Germany |
| A Jew Must Die | Un Juif pour l'example | Jacob Berger | Switzerland |
| A Young Girl In Her Nineties | Une jeune fille de 90 ans | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yann Coridian | France |
| Zaineb Hates the Snow | Zaineb takrahou ethelj | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates |
| Where Is Rocky II? [Art Basel selection] | | Pierre Bismuth | France, Germany, Belgium, Italy |

#### Shorts

| English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Brief History of Princess X | Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal, France, United Kingdom |
| A Train Arrives at the Station | Thom Andersen | United States |
| Animals Under Anaesthesia: Speculations on the Dreamlife of Beasts | Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | Canada |
| Festa | Franco Piavoli | Italy |
| Indefinite Pitch | James N. Kienitz Wilkins | United States |
| Longe | José Oliveira | Portugal |
| The Hedonists | Jia Zhang-ke | China |
| The Hunchback | Ben Rivers, Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal, France |

### Histoire(s) du cinéma

| Program | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Year |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | The Dance of Reality | La danza de la realidad | Alejandro Jodorowsky | France, Chile | 2013 |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | The Holy Mountain | La montaña sagrada | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico, United States | 1973 |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | Endless Poetry | Poesía sin fin | Alejandro Jodorowsky | France, Chile | 2016 |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky | Santa Sangre | | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Italy, Mexico | 1989 |
| Bill Pullman | Lost Highway | | David Lynch | France, United States | 1996 |
| Bill Pullman | Zero Effect | | Jake Kasdan | USA | 1998 |
| David Linde | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | | Ang Lee | Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States, China | 2000 |
| David Linde | Y Tu Mamá También | | Alfonso Cuarón | Mexico | 2001 |
| Howard Shore | Ed Wood | | Tim Burton | USA | 1994 |
| Howard Shore | Hugo | | Martin Scorsese | USA | 2011 |
| Howard Shore | The Silence of the Lambs | | Jonathan Demme | USA | 1991 |
| Howard Shore | Videodrome | | David Cronenberg | Canada | 1983 |
| Mario Adorf | A cavallo della tigre | | Luigi Comencini | Italy | 1961 |
| Mario Adorf | The Day the Rains Came | Am Tag als der Regen kam | Gerd Oswald | West Germany | 1959 |
| Mario Adorf | The Doctor of Stalingrad | Der Arzt von Stalingrad | Géza von Radványi | West Germany | 1958 |
| Mario Adorf | La mala ordina | | Fernando Di Leo | Italy, West Germany | 1972 |
| Mario Adorf | The Devil Strikes at Night | Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam | Robert Siodmak | West Germany | 1957 |
| Roger Corman | The Intruder | | Roger Corman | United States | 1962 |
| Roger Corman | The Masque of the Red Death | | Roger Corman | United States, United Kingdom | 1964 |
| Jonas Mekas | Walden | | Jonas Mekas | United States | 1969 |
| Abbas Kiarostami | Filmando en Cuba con Abbas Kiarostami | | Ramiro Pedraza, Martin Snyder, Fatema Abdoolcarim, Kai Tillman, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Briones, Alessandro Focareta, Pedro Freire | various | 2016 |
| Abbas Kiarostami | Where is the Friend's Home? | Khane-ye doust kodjast? | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran | 1988 |
| Clemens Klopfenstein | Geschichte der Nacht | | Clemens Klopfenstein | Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, France | 1979 |
| Clemens Klopfenstein | Whoafraidwolf | WerAngstWolf | Clemens Klopfenstein | Italy, Switzerland | 2000 |
| Jean-Louis Roy | L'inconnu de Shandigor | | Jean-Louis Roy | Switzerland | 1967 |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma: Special Program | Lovers Are Wet | Koibito-tachi wa nureta | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Japan | 1973 |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma | A Destruição de Bernardet | | Claudia Priscilla, Pedro Marques | Brazil | 2016 |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma | Compêndio da Vida de um Homem Gasto e o Seu Último Desejo Perante Ela | | Eugenio Puppo, Ricardo Carioba | Brazil | 2014 |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma | Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film | | Dominik Graf, Johannes Sievert | Germany | 2016 |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | | Louise Osmond | United Kingdom | 2016 |

### Retrospective (Retrospettiva)

The 2016 retrospective section, Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963, was centered around filmmaking in early West Germany.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Year |
| An Alibi for Death | Ein Alibi zerbricht | Alfred Vohrer | Austria | 1963 |
| All Clues Lead to Berlin | Die Spur führt nach Berlin | František Čáp | West Germany | 1952 |
| Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face | Alvorada - Aufbruch in Brasilien | Hugo Niebeling | West Germany | 1962 |
| Autobahn | | Herbert Vesely | West Germany | 1957 |
| Banktresor 713 | | Werner Klingler | West Germany | 1957 |
| Bau 60 | | Dieter Lemmel | West Germany | 1960 |
| Black Gravel | Schwarzer Kies | Helmut Käutner | West Germany | 1961 |
| By the Dike Sluice | Am Siel | Peter Nestler | West Germany | 1962 |
| The Captain from Cologne | Der Hauptmann von Köln | Slatan Dudow | East Germany | 1956 |
| Chased by the Devil | Vom Teufel gejagt | Victor Tourjansky | West Germany | 1950 |
| The Condemned Village | Das verurteilte Dorf | Martin Hellberg | East Germany | 1952 |
| The Confession of Ina Kahr | Das Bekenntnis der Ina Kahr | G. W. Pabst | West Germany | 1954 |
| The Cornet | Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod | Walter Reisch | West Germany | 1955 |
| The Day the Rains Came | Am Tag als der Regen kam | Gerd Oswald | West Germany | 1959 |
| Den Einsamen allen | | Franz Schömbs | West Germany | 1962 |
| The Devil Strikes at Night | Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam | Robert Siodmak | West Germany | 1957 |
| The Doctor of Stalingrad | Der Arzt von Stalingrad | Géza von Radványi | West Germany | 1958 |
| The Dress | Das Kleid | Konrad Petzold | East Germany | 1961/1991 |
| Durch Nacht zum Licht | | Hans Fischerkoesen | West Germany | 1955 |
| The Eighth Day of the Week | Ósmy dzień tygodnia | Aleksander Ford | Polish People's Republic, West Germany | 1958 |
| Encounters In The Dark | Spotkania w mroku | Wanda Jakubowska | Polish People's Republic, East Germany | 1960 |
| Es muss ein Stück vom Hitler sein | | Walter Krüttner | West Germany | 1963 |
| Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland | | Michael Grzimek, Bernhard Grzimek | West Germany | 1954 |
| Faces in the Shadow | Ansikten i skugga | Peter Weiss, Christer Strömholm | Sweden | 1956 |
| The Fair | Kirmes | Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany | 1960 |
| Faust | | Peter Gorski | West Germany | 1960 |
| Fussball Weltmeisterschaft 1954 | | Gerhard Grindel, Horst Wigankow, Sammy Drechsel | West Germany | 1954 |
| The Glass Tower | Der gläserne Turm | Harald Braun | West Germany | 1957 |
| The Haunted Castle | Das Spukschloss im Spessart | Kurt Hoffmann | West Germany | 1960 |
| Holiday on Sylt | Urlaub auf Sylt | Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike | East Germany | 1957 |
| The Indian Tomb | Das indische Grabmal | Fritz Lang | West Germany, France, Italy | 1959 |
| It Happened in Broad Daylight | Es geschah am hellichten Tag | Ladislao Vajda | Switzerland, West Germany | 1958 |
| Jonas | | Ottomar Domnick | West Germany | 1957 |
| Jungens in den Flegeljahren | | Rudolf Werner Kipp | West Germany | 1956 |
| Kahl | | Haro Senft | West Germany | 1961 |
| Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung | | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | 1962 |
| Labyrinth | | Rolf Thiele | West Germany | 1959 |
| Last Stop Love | Endstation Liebe | Georg Tressler | West Germany | 1958 |
| Leuchtfeuer | | Wolfgang Staudte | East Germany, Sweden | 1954 |
| Look at This City | Schaut auf diese Stadt | Karl Gass | East Germany | 1962 |
| The Lost One | Der Verlorene | Peter Lorre | West Germany | 1951 |
| Machorka-Muff | | Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet | West Germany | 1963 |
| Mädchen in Uniform | | Géza von Radványi | West Germany, France | 1958 |
| Das magische Band | | Ferdinand Khittl | West Germany | 1959 |
| Many Passed By | Viele kamen vorbei | Peter Pewas | West Germany | 1956 |
| Menschen im Werk | | Gerhard Lamprecht | West Germany | 1957 |
| The Miracle of Father Malachia | Das Wunder des Malachias | Bernhard Wicki | West Germany | 1961 |
| Mother Courage and Her Children | Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder | Manfred Wekwerth, Peter Palitzsch | East Germany | 1961 |
| Neue Kunst - neues Sehen | | Ottomar Domnick | West Germany | 1950 |
| No Way Back | Weg ohne Umkehr | Victor Vicas | West Germany | 1953 |
| People in the Net | Menschen im Netz | Franz Peter Wirth | West Germany | 1959 |
| Die Purpurlinie | | Flo Nordhoff | West Germany | 1959 |
| Puschkin – Wodka für harte Männer. Elch | | Charles Paul Wilp | West Germany | 1962 |
| Redhead | Die Rote | Helmut Käutner | West Germany, Italy | 1962 |
| The Return of Doctor Mabuse | Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse | Harald Reinl | West Germany, France, Italy | 1961 |
| Roses Bloom on the Moorland | Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab | Hans H. König | West Germany | 1952 |
| Schichten unter der Dunstglocke | | Herbert Viktor | West Germany | 1959 |
| Sky Without Stars | Himmel ohne Sterne | Helmut Käutner | West Germany | 1955 |
| Speed | Geschwindigkeit | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | 1963 |
| Spielbank-Affäre | | Arthur Pohl | East Germany | 1957 |
| Das Stacheltier: Freie Marktwirtschaft | | Richard Groschopp | East Germany | 1954 |
| Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben | Frank Wisbar | West Germany | 1959 |
| Süden im Schatten | | Franz-Josef Spieker | West Germany | 1962 |
| The Tiger of Eschnapur | Der Tiger von Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | West Germany, France, Italy | 1959 |
| The Trapp Family in America | Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | West Germany | 1958 |
| Traum in Tusche | | Rolf Engler | West Germany | 1952 |
| Das Unkraut | | Wolfgang Urchs | West Germany | 1962 |
| Verstummte Stimmen | | Roger Fritz | West Germany | 1962 |
| Ein Wagen und sein Werk | | Curt A. Engel | West Germany | 1953 |
| Weißes Blut | | Gottfried Kolditz | East Germany | 1959 |
| Werftarbeiter | | Wolf Hart | West Germany | 1951 |
| Der Wundertisch | | Herbert Seggelke | West Germany | 1954 |
| You Must Choose Life | Wähle das Leben | Erwin Leiser | Switzerland, Sweden, Austria | 1963 |

### Open Doors

Beginning in 2016, the Open Doors screening and development section initiated a three-year focus on eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

#### Feature-length

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Year |
| Are You Listening! | Shunte Ki Pao! | Kamar Ahmad Simon | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait | | Khyentse Norbu | Bhutan, Hong Kong | 2016 |
| Highway | | Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, United States | 2012 |
| The Emerald Jungle | Mya ga naing | Maung Tin Maung | Myanmar | 1934 |
| Return to Burma | | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar | 2011 |
| Television | | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| The Black Hen | Kalo Pothi | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal | 2015 |
| The Monk | | The Maw Naing | Myanmar, Czech Republic | 2014 |
| Under Construction | | Rubaiyat Hossain | Bangladesh | 2015 |

#### Shorts

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Year |
| 3 Year 3 Month Retreat | Lo Sum Choe Sum | Dechen Roder | Bhutan | 2015 |
| 720 Degrees | | Ishtiaque Zico | Bangladesh | 2010 |
| A Forgotten Story | | Tashi Gyeltshen | Bhutan | 2010 |
| Chandra | | Asmita Shrish, Fateme Ahmadi | Nepal, United Kingdom, China | 2015 |
| I am Time | | Mahde Hasan | Bangladesh | 2013 |
| Insein Rhythm | | Soe Moe Aung | Myanmar, Germany | 2013 |
| Side Glances of Dragon | | We Ra Aung | Myanmar | 2014 |
| Sweetie Pie | | Sai Kong Kham | Myanmar, Germany | 2011 |
| The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite | | Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung | Nepal | 2013 |
| The Container | | Abu Shahed Emon | Bangladesh, South Korea | 2012 |
| The Monk in the Forest | | Karma Wangchuk | Bhutan | 2015 |
| The Shame | Laaz | Sushan Prajapati | Nepal | 2015 |

### Jury films

The festival presents films associated with jurors for the various competitive sections.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | Year |
| Bleak Street | La calle de la amargura | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico, Spain | 2015 |
| You and the Night | Les rencontres d'après minuit | Yann Gonzalez | France, Switzerland | 2013 |
| Soy Nero | | Rafi Pitts | Germany, France, Mexico | 2016 |
| Frances Ha | | Noah Baumbach | United States | 2012 |
| Ta’ang | | Wang Bing | Hong Kong, France | 2016 |
| Suspiria | | Dario Argento | Italy | 1977 |
| The Lobster | | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France | 2015 |
| Struggle for Life | La loi de la jungle | Antonin Peretjako | France | 2016 |
| Köpek | | Esen Isik | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Eyes Find Eyes | | Sean Price Williams, Jean-Manuel Fernandez | France, United States | 2011 |
| Speed | Geschwindigkeit | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | 1963 |
| Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung | | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | 1962 |
| La herida | | Fernando Franco | Spain | 2013 |
| Boxcar Bertha | | Martin Scorsese | United States | 1972 |
| Wolf and Sheep | | Shahrbanoo Sadat | Denmark, France, Sweden, Afghanistan | 2016 |
| Battle of the Queens | Kampf der Königinnen | Nicolas Steiner | Germany, Switzerland | 2011 |