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Locarno Film Festival

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    Golden Leopard

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fraulein

      6.7 (1K)
      Andrea Staka(director)
      Susann Rüdlinger(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Agua

      6.0 (137)
      Verónica Chen
    • [object Object]

      El Benny

      7.8 (86)
      Jorge Luis Sánchez
    • [object Object]

      Black Eyed Dog

      5.6 (115)
      Pierre Gang
    • [object Object]

      Fireworks Wednesday

      7.6 (14K)
      Asghar Farhadi
    • [object Object]

      Body Rice

      4.7 (169)
      Hugo Vieira da Silva
    • [object Object]

      Le dernier des fous

      6.3 (345)
      Laurent Achard
    • [object Object]

      August Days

      5.9 (158)
      Marc Recha
    • [object Object]

      Bliss

      7.0 (96)
      Zhimin Sheng
    • [object Object]

      Gefangene

      6.2 (56)
      Iain Dilthey
    • [object Object]

      Half Nelson

      7.1 (94K)
      Ryan Fleck
    • [object Object]

      Hârtia va fi albastra

      7.6 (2.2K)
      Radu Muntean
    • [object Object]

      Jimmy della collina

      6.5 (50)
      Enrico Pau
    • [object Object]

      The Lives of the Saints

      4.8 (177)
      Chris Cottam
      Rankin
    • [object Object]

      Der Mann von der Botschaft

      6.6 (123)
      Dito Tsintsadze
    • [object Object]

      Mare nero

      4.3 (314)
      Roberta Torre
    • [object Object]

      Mnogotochie

      6.5 (83)
      Andrey Eshpay
    • [object Object]

      Don't Look Back

      6.0 (91)
      Young-nam Kim
    • [object Object]

      Stephanie Daley

      6.2 (2K)
      Hilary Brougher
    • [object Object]

      Suzanne

      5.3 (20)
      Viviane Candas
    • [object Object]

      Ça rend heureux

      6.4 (91)
      Joachim Lafosse

    Silver Leopard

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    Best Actor

    • Burghart Klaußner at an event for Der Mann von der Botschaft (2006)
      Winner
      • Burghart Klaußner
      • Der Mann von der Botschaft

    Best Actress

    • Amber Tamblyn
      Winner
      • Amber Tamblyn
      • Stephanie Daley

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Laurent Achard
      • Le dernier des fous

    Special Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Body Rice

      4.7 (169)
      Hugo Vieira da Silva
      For its challenging new cinematic expression and courageous creativity.

    Leopard of Honor

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    • Aleksandr Sokurov
      Winner
      • Aleksandr Sokurov

    Excellence Award

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    • Willem Dafoe
      Winner
      • Willem Dafoe

    Raimondo Rezzonico Award

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    • Winner

      Audience Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Lives of Others

        8.4 (430K)
        Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

      Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Verfolgt

        6.6 (628)
        Angelina Maccarone
        For the subtlety, great sensitivity and intelligence with which she unpeels the complexity of human relationships.

      • Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her

        7.0 (32)
        Darezhan Omirbayev(segment "About Love")
        Eric Khoo(segment "No Day Off")
        Pen-Ek Ratanaruang(segment "Twelve Twenty")
      • [object Object]

        Acidente

        6.9 (71)
        Pablo Lobato
        Cao Guimarães
      • [object Object]

        A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral

        7.4 (1.3K)
        Saman Salur
      • [object Object]

        Fragments sur la grâce

        5.4 (29)
        Vincent Dieutre
      • [object Object]

        Gerumaniumu no yoru

        6.2 (192)
        Tatsushi Ômori
      • [object Object]

        Kilnieks

        5.4 (71)
        Laila Pakalnina
      • [object Object]

        Kythera

        6.0 (58)
        Péter Mészáros
      • [object Object]

        L'année suivante

        6.1 (99)
        Isabelle Czajka
      • [object Object]

        L'étrangère

        6.8 (24)
        Florence Colombani
      • [object Object]

        La silla

        4.6 (133)
        Julio D. Wallovits
      • [object Object]

        La vraie vie est ailleurs

        6.3 (71)
        Frédéric Choffat
      • [object Object]

        The Last Man

        6.3 (53)
        Ghassan Salhab

      • Les mains d'Andrea

        5.2 (7)
        Sébastien Betbeder
      • [object Object]

        Love Story

        5.5 (33)
        Kelvin Tong
      • [object Object]

        Rabia

        6.5 (40)
        Oscar Cárdenas
      • [object Object]

        Schopenhauer

        6.9 (27)
        Giovanni Maderna
      • [object Object]

        While You Are Here

        5.6 (128)
        Stefan Westerwelle
      • [object Object]

        Sotto la luna di Scampia

        5.9 (21)
        Carlo Luglio
      • [object Object]

        Street Thief

        7.0 (2.1K)
        Malik Bader
      • [object Object]

        Birth/Mother

        7.2 (163)
        Naomi Kawase
      • [object Object]

        Wild Tigers I Have Known

        6.0 (2.7K)
        Cam Archer
      • [object Object]

        Drifting Paradise

        Chun-hsiung Wang

      • Who Is Haoran

        Yishu Yang

      Special Jury Prize - Filmmakers of the Present

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral

        7.4 (1.3K)
        Saman Salur

      Special Mention - Filmmakers of the Present

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Birth/Mother

        7.2 (163)
        Naomi Kawase

      Critics Week Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Time of Closure

        7.8 (14)
        Mehdi Sahebi

      Critics Week Award - Special Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        A Guest of Life: Alexander Csoma De Körös

        7.7 (72)
        Tibor Szemzö

      Action Light Award

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      • Winner

        La vérité vraie

        Tania Zambrano Ovalle

      FIPRESCI Prize

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Don't Look Back

        6.0 (91)
        Young-nam Kim
        For a first film made with maturity and modern cinematic language.

      Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Agua

        6.0 (137)
        Verónica Chen

      Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Le dernier des fous

        6.3 (345)
        Laurent Achard

      Don Quixote Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Fraulein

        6.7 (1K)
        Andrea Staka

      Netpac Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Don't Look Back

        6.0 (91)
        Young-nam Kim
        For the portrayal of the life of the Korean youth in a subtle and subdued manner. Tied with Bliss (2006).
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Bliss

        7.0 (96)
        Zhimin Sheng
        For bravely showing the reality of the present condition of the Chinese family. Tied with Don't Look Back (2005).

      C.I.C.A.E. Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Jimmy della collina

        6.5 (50)
        Enrico Pau
        Unanimously.

      C.I.C.A.E. Award - Special Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Fraulein

        6.7 (1K)
        Andrea Staka
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Mnogotochie

        6.5 (83)
        Andrey Eshpay

      Youth Jury Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Fraulein

        6.7 (1K)
        Andrea Staka
      • [object Object]

        Fireworks Wednesday

        7.6 (14K)
        Asghar Farhadi
      • [object Object]

        Suzanne

        5.3 (20)
        Viviane Candas

      Youth Jury Award - Special Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Half Nelson

        7.1 (94K)
        Ryan Fleck
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Mnogotochie

        6.5 (83)
        Andrey Eshpay

      Swiss Film Score Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Jeune homme

        6.5 (301)
        Balz Bachmann
        Peter Bräker

      Film and Video Subtitling Award

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        A Drop of Water

        5.8 (78)
        Deniz Gamze Ergüven

      Silver Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow

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      East of the Mediterranean

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        West Bank Story

        7.2 (1.7K)
        Ari Sandel

      Swiss Competition

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Aschenbrüder

        7.8 (10)
        Steve Walker
        Markus Heiniger

      Best First Feature

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        L'année suivante

        6.1 (99)
        Isabelle Czajka
        Serge Duveau

      Best First Feature - Special Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        While You Are Here

        5.6 (128)
        Stefan Westerwelle

      Special Jury Prize

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Half Nelson

        7.1 (94K)
        Ryan Fleck(director)
        Anna Boden(producer)
        Lynette Howell Taylor(producer)
        Rosanne Korenberg(producer)
        Alex Orlovsky(producer)
        Jamie Patricof(producer)

      Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow

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      East of the Mediterranean

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Bubachki

        8.7 (63)
        Igor Ivanov Izi
      • [object Object]

        After Shave

        7.7 (82)
        Hany Tamba
      • [object Object]

        Amor fati

        7.0 (117)
        Dennis Todorovic
      • [object Object]

        Be Quiet

        7.1 (51)
        Sameh Zoabi
      • [object Object]

        A Drop of Water

        5.8 (78)
        Deniz Gamze Ergüven
      • [object Object]

        Defteri fysi

        5.3 (35)
        Vardis Marinakis

      • Die Rasur

        5.5 (8)
        Martina Priessner
        Tunçay Kulaoglu
      • [object Object]

        Get the Rabbit Back

        5.9 (31)
        Kamen Kalev
        Dimitar Mitovski
      • [object Object]

        Hayelet Bodeda

        7.8 (60)
        Talya Lavie
      • [object Object]

        Kvish

        4.1 (37)
        Nadav Lapid
      • [object Object]

        Dark Night

        7.8 (33)
        Leon Prudovsky
      • [object Object]

        No More Love Stories

        6.3 (21)
        Stratoula Theodoratou
      • [object Object]

        Offside

        6.9 (226)
        Guy Nattiv
        Erez Tadmor
      • [object Object]

        Ohcet

        5.7 (16)
        Petar Pasic
      • [object Object]

        Boreas

        5.7 (161)
        Belma Bas
      • [object Object]

        Quelques miettes pour les oiseaux

        5.8 (25)
        Nassim Amaouche
      • [object Object]

        Ram za sliku moje domovine

        7.6 (33)
        Elmir Jukic

      • Sharar

        7.9 (19)
        Ammar Quttaineh
        Saleh Kasem
        Hazim Bitar

      • Ulicni hodac

        7.8 (20)
        Kosta Djordjevic
      • [object Object]

        West Bank Story

        7.2 (1.7K)
        Ari Sandel
      • [object Object]

        Yasmine's Song

        7.1 (11)
        Najwa Najjar

      • Ça sera beau (From Beyrouth with Love)

        6.2 (26)
        Waël Noureddine
      • [object Object]

        Çarpisma

        7.3 (291)
        Umut Aral
      • [object Object]

        Crickets

        Matan Guggenheim

      • What Color Are the Walls of Your Apartment?

        Timon Koulmasis

      • Tir

        Radoi Nikolov
      • [object Object]

        The Wash

        Hisham al-Zouki

      Swiss Competition

      • Winner

        Nachtflattern

        Carmen Stadler
      • [object Object]

        Amancay

        5.6 (15)
        Milagros Mumenthaler
      • [object Object]

        Aschenbrüder

        7.8 (10)
        Steve Walker
        Markus Heiniger
      • [object Object]

        Beckenrand

        7.8 (11)
        Michael Koch

      • Coupé court

        8.7 (11)
        Hugo Veludo
      • [object Object]

        Jo Lido

        Francesco Jost
      • [object Object]

        Männer am Meer

        5.0 (9)
        Reto Caffi

      • New Order

        5.3 (11)
        Ausonio Tavares de Sousa
        Gregory Bindschedler
        Jean-Daniel Schneider
      • [object Object]

        Virgin Red

        Edouard Getaz
      • [object Object]

        Waning Moon

        7.2 (39)
        Luca Colombo

      • Eclipse

        Léo Maillard

      • Federer et moi

        Robin Harsch

      • La vérité vraie

        Tania Zambrano Ovalle

      • Les pieds de la baleine

        Cédric Juniet

      • The Yellow Wallpaper

        Andrea Oki

      • Verset, refrain, verset

        Bogdan Nunweiller

      Special Mention - Leopards of Tomorrow

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      Swiss Competition

      • Winner

        New Order

        5.3 (11)
        Ausonio Tavares de Sousa
        Gregory Bindschedler
        Jean-Daniel Schneider

      Cinema & Gioventù Jury Prize - Leopards of Tomorrow

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Aschenbrüder

        7.8 (10)
        Steve Walker
        Markus Heiniger

      Cinema & Gioventù Jury Prize Special Mention - Leopards of Tomorrow

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Ram za sliku moje domovine

        7.6 (33)
        Elmir Jukic
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Yasmine's Song

        7.1 (11)
        Najwa Najjar

      Youth Jury Award - "Environment Is Quality of Life" Prize

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Agua

        6.0 (137)
        Verónica Chen

      Film and Video Subtitling Award - Special Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Defteri fysi

        5.3 (35)
        Vardis Marinakis

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      • Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno

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      Event date

      August 8, 2006

      Event location

      Locarno, Switzerland

      Event links

      • https://www.locarnofestival.ch/home.html

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