The Locarno festival draws to a close last night and were delivered during the official ceremony the prizes to the winners of the various
sections followed by the screening of GOTTHARD – ONE LIFE, ONE SOUL, Kevin Merz.
But here are the winning films:
international Competition
Pardo d'oro MRS. FANG di WANG Bing, France, China, Germany
Of Jury Special Prize (Special Jury Prize) GOOD MANNERS di Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra, Brazil, France
Leopard for Best Director F. J. OSSANG for 9 FINGERS, France, Portugal
Leopard for Best Performance Female ISABELLE HUPPERT in MISS HYDE Serge Bozon, France, Belgium
Leopard for Best Actor ELLIOTT CROSSET in HOVEWINTER BROTHERS di Maple Pálmason, Denmark, Iceland
Competition Filmmakers of the Present
Golden Leopard Filmmakers of the Present 3/4 (Three Quarters) di Ilian Metev, Bulgaria, Germany
Special Jury Prize Ciné + Filmmakers of the Present MILLA di Valerie Massadian, France, Portugal
Award for Best New Director - City and Region of Locarno KIM DAE-hwan for CHO-Haeng (The First Lap), South Korea
Special mention DISTANT CONSTELLATION Shevaun of Mizrahi, USA,Turkey,Netherlands with Tarnation SUMMER Pedro di Cabeleira, Portugal
Selezione Signs of Life
Signs of Life Award electronic-art.foundation per il miglior Film cocotte Nelson di Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Germany, Qatar
Fondación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award DANE KOMLJEN for PHANTASIESÄTZE, Germany, Denmark
Special mention It WAS ONCE BRASÍLIA di Adirley Queirós, Brazil, Portugal
Section First Films
Swatch First Feature Award (Prize for Best First Feature) SASHISHI DEDA (Scary Mother) diAna Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award METEORLAR (Meteors) di Gürcan Done, Netherlands,Turkey
Special mention To Voss gate win (Those Who Are Fine) di Cyril Schäublin, Switzerland
Leopards of Tomorrow
International Competition
Pardino d’Oro per the Best International Short Film – Premio SRG SSR ANTÓNIO E CATARINA di Cristina Hanes, Portugal
Silver Leopard SRG SSR for the International Competition SHMAMA by Miki Polonski, Israel
Locarno Appointment per the European Film Awards - Premio Pianifica YOUNG MEN IN THE WINDOW by Loukianos Moshonas, France
Media Patent Management AG Award KAPITALISTIS di Pablo Muñoz Gomez, Belgium,France
National Competition
Pardino d’Oro per the Best Swiss Short Film – Premio Swiss Life REWIND FORWARD di Justin Stoneham, Switzerland
Leopard Silver Swiss Life for the National Competition 59 SECONDS di Mauro Carraro, Switzerland
Best Swiss Newcomer Award LES INTRANQUILLES di Magdalena Froger, Switzerland
Special Mention ARMAGEDDON 2 di Corey Hughes, Cuba
But as for the Prix du Public UBS he went to the BIG SICK of Miachael Showalter while the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to THREE PEAKS by Jan Zabeil, Germany, Italy.
The 71st edition will be held from 1 agosto all’11 2018.