This past August 13 marked the end of the 75th Locarno Film Festival, during which viewer participation gave a tangible sign of the renewed desire to come together in person.
Among the 226 films in the program and 471 screenings, this year’s edition brought together the past and the future of cinema: a retrospective dedicated to Douglas Sirk, distinguished prizes awarded to veterans such as Costa-Gavras and young talents such as Daisy Edgar-Jones, as well as to the poetic animation of Gitanjali Rao, joined on stage by the young participants in the Atelier du Futur, and finally to projects focused on multidisciplinarity and new media.
Below are all the awardees of this edition:
Concorso internazionale
Pardo d’oro, Grand Prize of the Festival of the City of Locarno to the best film
REGRA 34 (RULE 34) by Julia Murat, Brazil/France
Special Jury Prize of the Cities of Ascona and Losone
GIGI LA LEGGE by Alessandro Comodin, Italy/France/Belgium
Pardo for Best Direction of the City and Region of Locarno for the best directed film
Valentina Maurel for TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS, Belgium/France/Costa Rica
Pardo for Best Actress
Daniela Marín Navarro for TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS by Valentina Maurel, Belgium/France/Costa Rica
Pardo for Best Actor
Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez for TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS by Valentina Maurel, Belgium/France/Costa Rica
Concorso Cineasti del presente
Pardo d’oro Concorso Cineasti del presente to the best film
SVETLONOC (NIGHTSIREN) by Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia/Czech Republic
Best Emerging Director Award of the City and Region of Locarno
Juraj Lerotić for SIGURNO MJESTO (SAFE PLACE), Croatia
Special Jury Prize Ciné+
YAK TAM KATIA? (HOW IS KATIA?) by Christina Tynkevych, Ukraine
Pardo for Best Actress
Anastasia Karpenko for YAK TAM KATIA? (HOW IS KATIA?) by Christina Tynkevych, Ukraine
Pardo for Best Actor
Goran Marković for SIGURNO MJESTO (SAFE PLACE) by Juraj Lerotić, Croatia
Special Mention
DEN SISTE VÅREN (SISTER, WHAT GROWS WHERE LAND IS SICK?) by Franciska Eliassen, Norway
First Feature
Swatch First Feature Award
SIGURNO MJESTO (SAFE PLACE) by Juraj Lerotić, Croatia
Special Mentions
LOVE DOG by Bianca Lucas, Poland/Mexico/USA
DE NOCHE LOS GATOS SON PARDOS by Valentin Merz, Switzerland
Pardi di domani
Concorso Corti d’autore
Pardino d’oro Swiss Life per il miglior cortometraggio d’autore
BIG BANG di Carlos Segundo, Francia/Brasile
Concorso internazionale
Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film
SOBERANE (SOVEREIGN) by Wara, Cuba
Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition
BUURMAN ABDI (NEIGHBOUR ABDI) by Douwe Dijkstra, Netherlands
Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering
HARDLY WORKING by Total Refusal, Austria
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award
MULIKA by Maisha Maene, Democratic Republic of Congo
Special Mention
MADAR TAMAME ROOZ DOA MIKHANAD (MOTHER PRAYS ALL DAY LONG) by Hoda Taheri, Germany
Short Film candidate of the Locarno Film Festival for the European Film Awards
BUURMAN ABDI (NEIGHBOUR ABDI) by Douwe Dijkstra, Netherlands
Concorso nazionale
Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Swiss Short Film
EURIDICE, EURIDICE by Lora Mure-Ravaud, Switzerland/France
Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the National Competition
DER MOLCHKONGRESS by Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser, Switzerland
Best Swiss Newcomer Award
HEARTBEAT by Michèle Flury, Switzerland
Pardo Verde WWF
MATTER OUT OF PLACE by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria
Special Mentions
É NOITE NA AMÉRICA (IT IS NIGHT IN AMERICA) by Ana Vaz, Italy/France/Brazil
BALIQLARA XÜTBƏ (SERMON TO THE FISH) by Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijan/Mexico/Switzerland/ Türkiye
(Credits Images: Locarno Film Festival, Ti Press)
