75th Locarno Film Festival

The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film ''Bullet Train'' by David Leitch. The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk’s films in its Retrospettiva section.

The festival closed on 13 August with the Swiss-German documentary film ''Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth'' (''Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit.'') by André Schäfer. ''Rule 34'' by Julia Murat was awarded the Golden Leopard and ''The Adventures of Gigi the Law'' by Alessandro Comodin Special Jury Prize.

On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film ''Annie Colère'' by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS, to Swiss-Belgian film ''Last Dance'' by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven days of the festival, along with the film professionals.

Events

Rotonda by la Mobiliare -Come together!
This event was held from July 29 to August 14. It is Locarno Film Festival’s communal space, featuring a wide range of entertainment and discoveries, open and accessible to all. It constituted following platforms:

* Music
* Art
* Food and beverage

Exhibition SocialSim by Hito Steyerl

VR Experience: In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)

Film Festival Tour by Ascona-Locarno

Exhibition René Burri

Skies by Kollektiv Beton @ BaseCamp

A 24h long talk on the Future of Attention

Jury

International competition

* Michel Merkt (Jury President), Producer and consultant
* Prano Bailey-Bond Welsh film director and writer
* Alain Guiraudie French film director and screenwriter
* William Horberg American film producer and chair emeritus of the Producers Guild of America on the East coast
* Laura Samani Italian director

Filmmakers of the present competition

* Annick Mahnert film festival curator, film producer and director of programming at Fantastic Fest, programs the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
* Gitanjali Rao Indian theatre actress, animator and film maker
* Katriel Schory Producer, senior consultant international co-productions

Leopards of tomorrow

* Walter Fasano Italian film editor and director
* Azra Deniz Okyay Turkish director
* Ada Solomon Romanian producer

First feature

* Boo Junfeng Singaporean filmmaker
* Shahram Mokri Iranian filmmaker
* Madeline Robert French producer

Green Pardo WWF

* Thierry Hugot Responsible for the Sustainability Study Group at Eurimages
* Sonia I. Seneviratne Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich
* Alessandro Rak Italian cartoonist, animator and director

Sections

Pre-festival

* ''No Dogs or Italians Allowed'' (Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens) by Alain Ughetto

Piazza Grande

:Highlighted title indicates special award winning film.

International competition (''Concorso internazionale'')

:Highlighted title indicates award winner
:Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner

Filmmakers of the present competition (''Concorso Cineasti del presente'')

Leopards of tomorrow (Pardi di domani)

The section consists of three competitions and a special event with short films made during the Locarno Spring Academy:
* International competition (Concorso internazionale): Works by emerging filmmakers from all over the world;
* National competition (Concorso nazionale): Swiss productions; and
* Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore): short works by established directors
* Pardi di domani: Special Event

International competition (''Concorso internazionale'')

National competition (Concorso nazionale)

Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore)

Pardi do domani: Evento speciale

Out of competition (Fuori concorso)

Open doors screenings

Open doors shorts

History (s) of cinema (Histoire(s) du cinéma)

Retrospective (Retrospettiva)

;Douglas Sirk

; Homages

Locarno Kids: screenings

Critics' week (Semaine de la critique)

Swiss panorama (Panorama Suisse)

Awards

Special Awards

* Leopard of Honour (Pardo d’onore Manor award): Matt Dillon was honored with Leopard of Honour, the lifetime achievement award (Pardo d’onore Manor award) on August 4 at Locarno’s Piazza Grande.

* Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare): Gitanjali Rao was honored with Locarno Kids Award on August 8 at Locarno’s Piazza Grande accompanied by screening of her animated short film '' Printed Rainbow''.

* Pardo d’onore Manor Leopard of Honour Manor: Kelly Reichardt

* Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award): Costa-Gavras

* Vision Award Ticinomoda: Laurie Anderson
* Premio Raimondo Rezzonico: Jason Blum
* Excellence Award Davide Campari: Aaron Taylor-Johnson
* Leopard Club Award: Daisy Edgar-Jones

International competition

* Golden Leopard: ''Rule 34'' by Julia Murat

* Special Jury Prize: ''The Adventures of Gigi the Law'' by Alessandro Comodin

* Best Direction Award: ''I Have Electric Dreams'' (Tengo sueños eléctricos) by Valentina Maurel
* Best Actor Award: Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez for ''I Have Electric Dreams''

* Best Actress Award: Daniela Marín Navarro for ''I Have Electric Dreams''

Filmmakers of the present competition

* Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: ''Nightsiren'' (Svetlonoc) by Tereza Nvotová
* Special Jury Prize: ''How Is Katia?'' (Yak Tam Katia?) by Christina Tynkevych
* Best Emerging Director: Juraj Lerotić for ''Safe Place'' (Sigurno Mjesto)
* Leopard for the Best Actress: Anastasia Karpenko for ''How Is Katia?''
* Leopard for the Best Actor: Goran Marković for ''Safe Place''
* Special Mention: ''Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?'' (Den Siste VÅren) by Franciska Eliassen

Leopards of Tomorrow

International competition (Concorso internazionale)

* Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film: ''Sovereign'' (Soberane) by Wara
* Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition: ''Neighbour Abdi'' (Buurman Abdi) by Douwe Dijkstra
* Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering: ''Hardly Working'' by Total Refusal
* Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award: ''Mulika'' by Maisha Maene
*Special Mentions:
** ''Mother Prays All Day Long'' (Madar Tamame Rooz Doa Mikhanad) by Hoda Taheri

National competition (Concorso nazionale)

* Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film: ''Euridice, Euridice'' by Lora Mure-Ravaud
* Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the National Competition: ''The Newt Congress'' (Der Molchkongress) by Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser
* Best Swiss Newcomer Award: Michèle Flury, ''Heartbeat''

Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d’autore)

* Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film: ''Big Bang'' by Carlos Segundo

First feature

* Swatch First Feature Award: ''Safe Place'' by Juraj Lerotić
*Special Mention
**''Love Dog'' by Bianca Lucas
** ''At Night the Cats Are Brown'' (De Noche Los Gastos Son Pardos) by Valentin Merz

Green Pardo WWF

* Pardo Verde WWF: ''Matter Out of Time'' by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
* Special Mentions:
** ''Sermone of the Fish'' (Baliqlara Xutbe) by Hilal Baydarov
** ''It Is Night in America'' (É Noite Na America) by Ana Vaz

Piazza Grande

* Audience award (Prix du Public UBS): ''Last Dance'' by Delphine Lehericey
* Variety Piazza Grande Award: ''Annie Colère'' by Blandine Lenoir

Independent jury awards

* Ecumenical Jury Award: ''Tales of the Purple House'' by Abbas Fahdel

* FIPRESCI Award: ''Stone Turtle'' by Ming Jin Woo

* European Cinemas Label Award: ''Tommy Guns'' by Carlos Conceição

Critics' week awards

* Grand Prix: ''The Hamlet Syndrome'' by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowsk
* Premio Zonta Club Locarno: ''Ruthless Times – Songs of Care'' by Susanna Helke
* Marco Zucchi Award: ''Fledglings'' by Lidia Duda

Junior jury awards

* Junior Jury Award: ''Piaffe'' by Ann Oren
* Runner-up: ''Tommy Guns'' by Carlos Conceição
* Second runner-up: ''Serviam – Ich Will Dienen'' by Ruth Mader
* Environment Award: ''Sermon to the Fish'' by Hilal Baydarov
* Cineasti del Presente Award: ''Sister, What Grows Where Land is Sick?,'' by Franciska Eliassen
* Special Mention: ''Petites'' by Julie Lerat-Gersant
* Best International Short Film: ''Hardly Working'' by Total Refusal
* Best Swiss Short Film: ''Fairplay'' by Zoel Aeschbacher
* Special Mention: ''Les Dieux du Supermarché'' by Alberto Gonzalez Morales
* Open Doors Short Award: ''Techos Rotos'' by Yanillys Pérez

References

External links

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