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Locarno Film Festival

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    Golden Leopard

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rule 34

      5.3 (551)
      Júlia Murat(director)
      Esquina Filmes
    • [object Object]

      Declaration

      6.4 (4.9K)
      Mahesh Narayanan
    • [object Object]

      Sermon to the Fish

      7.7 (3.7K)
      Hilal Baydarov
    • [object Object]

      Saturn Bowling

      5.9 (610)
      Patricia Mazuy
    • [object Object]

      At Night All the Cats Are Black

      4.0 (147)
      Valentin Merz
    • [object Object]

      Gigi la legge

      6.4 (198)
      Alessandro Comodin
    • [object Object]

      Tales of the Purple House

      7.7 (56)
      Abbas Fahdel
    • [object Object]

      Human Flowers of Flesh

      5.6 (153)
      Helena Wittmann
    • [object Object]

      Il pataffio

      5.7 (225)
      Francesco Lagi
    • [object Object]

      Matter Out of Place

      6.9 (172)
      Nikolaus Geyrhalter
    • [object Object]

      Tommy Guns

      6.3 (356)
      Carlos Conceição
    • [object Object]

      Piaffe

      5.5 (554)
      Ann Oren
    • [object Object]

      Serviam - Ich will dienen

      5.9 (45)
      Ruth Mader
    • [object Object]

      Fairytale

      6.6 (721)
      Aleksandr Sokurov
    • [object Object]

      Stella in Love

      5.6 (285)
      Sylvie Verheyde
    • [object Object]

      Stone Turtle

      6.6 (127)
      Ming Jin Woo
    • [object Object]

      I Have Electric Dreams

      6.7 (1.2K)
      Valentina Maurel

    Special Prize

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
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      Last Dance

      6.4 (361)

    Best Director

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    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Have Electric Dreams

      6.7 (1.2K)
      Valentina Maurel

    Excellence Award

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    • Aaron Taylor-Johnson
      Winner
      • Aaron Taylor-Johnson

    Raimondo Rezzonico Award

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    • Jason Blum at an event for Sinister (2012)
      Winner
      • Jason Blum

    Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present

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    Golden Leopard

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nightsiren

      6.0 (1.1K)
      Tereza Nvotová
    • [object Object]

      A Perfect Day for Caribou

      7.5 (67)
      Jeff Rutherford
    • [object Object]

      Arnon pen nakrian tuayang

      6.5 (152)
      Sorayos Prapapan
    • [object Object]

      Astrakan

      6.1 (179)
      David Depesseville
    • [object Object]

      Before I Change My Mind

      6.3 (374)
      Trevor Anderson
    • [object Object]

      Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?

      6.0 (225)
      Franciska Eliassen
    • [object Object]

      It Is Night in America

      6.0 (191)
      Ana Vaz
    • [object Object]

      Fragments from Heaven

      6.0 (33)
      Adnane Baraka
    • [object Object]

      Love Dog

      5.7 (36)
      Bianca Lucas
    • [object Object]

      Slaughterhouse

      5.6 (78)
      Santiago Fillol
    • [object Object]

      Nossa senhora da loja do chinês

      5.0 (47)
      Ery Claver
    • [object Object]

      Little Ones

      6.2 (162)
      Julie Lerat-Gersant
    • [object Object]

      Petrol

      6.0 (102)
      Alena Lodkina
    • [object Object]

      Safe Place

      7.2 (1.8K)
      Juraj Lerotic
    • [object Object]

      How Is Katia?

      6.7 (254)
      Christina Tynkevych

    Special Jury Prize - Filmmakers of the Present

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How Is Katia?

      6.7 (254)
      Christina Tynkevych

    Special Mention - Filmmakers of the Present

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?

      6.0 (225)
      Franciska Eliassen

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stone Turtle

      6.6 (127)
      Ming Jin Woo

    Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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    International Competition

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      Winner

      Tales of the Purple House

      7.7 (56)
      Abbas Fahdel
      Stalker Production (

    Youth Jury Award

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    First Prize

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      Winner

      Tommy Guns

      6.3 (356)
      Carlos Conceição(director)

    Silver Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow

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    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Buurman Abdi

      7.4 (87)
      Douwe Dijkstra

    Variety Piazza Grande Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Angry Annie

      6.9 (864)
      Blandine Lenoir
    • [object Object]

      My Neighbor Adolf

      6.6 (2.2K)
      2-Team Productions
      Film Produkcja
    • [object Object]

      You Will Not Have My Hate

      6.2 (444)
      Komplizen Film
      Haut et Court
      Frakas Productions

    Best First Feature

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Safe Place

      7.2 (1.8K)
      Juraj Lerotic
    • [object Object]

      Lola

      6.4 (3.5K)
      Andrew Legge
      Cowtown Pictures
      Ie Ie Productions

    Best First Feature - Special Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Dog

      5.7 (36)
      Bianca Lucas
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      At Night All the Cats Are Black

      4.0 (147)
      Valentin Merz

    Best Actress

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    Filmmakers of the Present

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How Is Katia?

      6.7 (254)
      Anastasiya Karpenko

    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Have Electric Dreams

      6.7 (1.2K)
      Daniela Marín Navarro

    Best Emerging Director - Filmmakers of the Present

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Safe Place

      7.2 (1.8K)
      Juraj Lerotic

    Leopard Career Award

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    • Costa-Gavras
      Winner
      • Costa-Gavras

    Special Jury Prize

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    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gigi la legge

      6.4 (198)
      Alessandro Comodin
    • [object Object]

      Tales of the Purple House

      7.7 (56)
      Abbas Fahdel(director)
      Stalker Production (

    Best Actor

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    Filmmakers of the Present

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Safe Place

      7.2 (1.8K)
      Goran Markovic

    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Have Electric Dreams

      6.7 (1.2K)
      Reinaldo Amien

    Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow

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    Auteur Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Big Bang

      6.9 (156)
      Carlos Segundo
    • [object Object]

      Asterión

      6.3 (32)
      Francesco Montagner
    • [object Object]

      Au crépuscule

      6.3 (12)
      Miryam Charles
    • [object Object]

      Poitiers

      4.9 (25)
      Jérôme Reybaud
    • [object Object]

      Rien ne sera plus comme avant

      5.8 (10)
      Elina Löwensohn
    • [object Object]

      Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans

      5.5 (24)
      Caroline Poggi
      Jonathan Vinel

    • Chant pour la ville enfouie

      5.2 (9)
      Nicolas Klotz
      Elisabeth Perceval

    • Paradiso, XXXI, 108

      5.7 (17)
      Kamal Aljafari

    • Songy Seans

      6.1 (22)
      Darezhan Omirbayev

    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Soberane

      5.7 (13)
      Wara
    • [object Object]

      AirHostess-737

      6.2 (483)
      Thanasis Neofotistos
    • [object Object]

      At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago

      6.2 (19)
      Andrew Stephen Lee
    • [object Object]

      Buurman Abdi

      7.4 (87)
      Douwe Dijkstra
    • [object Object]

      Castells

      5.8 (42)
      Blanca Camell Galí
    • [object Object]

      Dancing Colors

      6.2 (18)
      M. Reza Fahriyansyah
    • [object Object]

      Lopte

      6.4 (19)
      Gorana Jovanovic
    • [object Object]

      Mulika

      6.3 (21)
      Maisha Maene
    • [object Object]

      L'Ombre des papillons

      6.7 (46)
      Sofia El Khyari
    • [object Object]

      Mini-mini-pokke no okina niwa de

      5.4 (24)
      Yoko Yuki
    • [object Object]

      Daron, Daron Colbert

      6.7 (18)
      Kevin Edward Steen(Director)
    • [object Object]

      Mother Prays All Day Long

      5.3 (61)
      Hoda Taheri

    Special Mention - Leopards of Tomorrow

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mother Prays All Day Long

      5.3 (61)
      Hoda Taheri

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

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sermon to the Fish

      7.7 (3.7K)
      Hilal Baydarov

    Junior Jury Award - Special Mention

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    Pardi di Domani

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les dieux du supermarché

      6.3 (15)
      Alberto Gonzalez Morales(director)

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Matt Dillon
      Winner
      • Matt Dillon

    Vision Award

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    • Laurie Anderson
      Winner
      • Laurie Anderson

    Junior Jury Award

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    Filmmakers of the Present Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?

      6.0 (225)
      Franciska Eliassen
      Locarno International Film Festival

    International Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Piaffe

      5.5 (554)
      Ann Oren(director)

    Europa Cinemas Label

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    Best European Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tommy Guns

      6.3 (356)
      Carlos Conceição
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tommy Guns

      6.3 (356)
    • [object Object]

      Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?

      6.0 (225)
      Franciska Eliassen
      Locarno International Film Festival

    Leopard Club Award

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    • Daisy Edgar-Jones
      Winner
      • Daisy Edgar-Jones

    Open Doors

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    • [object Object]

      A Film About Couples

      7.0 (45)
      Oriol Estrada
      Natalia Cabral
    • [object Object]

      La Opción Cero

      6.7 (8)
      Marcel Beltrán
    • [object Object]

      Ayiti Mon Amour

      5.9 (60)
      Guetty Felin

    Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mulika

      6.3 (21)
      Maisha Maene

    Pardi di domani

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    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hardly Working

      7.3 (101)
      Susanna Flock
      Robin Klengel
      Leonhard Müllner
      Michael Stumpf
      Bernhard Zorzi

    Pardo d'onore Manor Award

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    • Kelly Reichardt
      Winner
      • Kelly Reichardt

    Best Swiss Newcomer

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    • [object Object]

      Heartbeat

      6.5 (15)
      Michèle Flury

    Leopards of Tomorrow

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    Short Film candidate of the Locarno Film Festival for the European Film Awards

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Buurman Abdi

      7.4 (87)
      Douwe Dijkstra

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]

      Hardly Working

      7.3 (101)
      Total Refusal

    Locarno Kids Award

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    • Gitanjali Rao
      Winner
      • Gitanjali Rao

    Critics Award Boccalino d'Oro

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    Best Acting Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Before I Change My Mind

      6.3 (374)
      Vaughan Murrae(actor)

    Green Leopard WWF (Pardo Verde WWF)

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    Pardo Verde WWF

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Matter Out of Place

      6.9 (172)
      Nikolaus Geyrhalter
    • [object Object]

      Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?

      6.0 (225)
      Franciska Eliassen
      Locarno International Film Festival

    Special Mentions

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sermon to the Fish

      7.7 (3.7K)
      Hilal Baydarov
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      It Is Night in America

      6.0 (191)
      Ana Vaz

    Pardino d’argento Swiss Life

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Newt Congress

      5.8 (32)
      Matthias Sahli
      Immanuel Esser

    Vision Award Ticinomoda

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    • Laurie Anderson
      Winner
      • Laurie Anderson

    Pardino d’oro Swiss Life

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Euridice, Euridice

      6.2 (46)
      Lora Mure-Ravaud

    First Look Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Last Evening

      6.7 (465)
      Lukas Nathrath(director, writer, producer)
      Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer(writer, producer)
      Linus Günther(producer)

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