# 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 Júlia 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

#### VR Experience

In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)

#### A 24h long talk on the Future of Attention
## Juries
### International Competition

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

### Filmmakers of the Present

* 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 filmmaker
* Katriel Schory, producer, senior consultant international co-productions

### Leopards of Tomorrow

* Walter Fasano, Italian film editor and director
* Azra Deniz Okyay, Turkish filmmaker
* 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

Sources:

### Pre-Festival

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| No Dogs or Italians Allowed | Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens | Alain Ughetto | France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland |

### Piazza Grande

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Angry Annie | Annie Colère | Blandine Lenoir | France |
| Bullet Train (opening film) | Bullet Train (opening film) | David Leitch | United States |
| Delta | Delta | Michele Vannucci | Italy |
| Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (closing film) | Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit | André Schäfer | Switzerland, Germany |
| Home of the Brave | Home of the Brave | Laurie Anderson | United States |
| Imitation of Life | Imitation of Life | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Last Dance | Last Dance | Delphine Lehericey | Switzerland, Belgium |
| Medusa Deluxe | Medusa Deluxe | Thomas Hardiman | United Kingdom |
| My Neighbor Adolf | My Neighbor Adolf | Leonid Prudovsky | Israel, Poland, Colombia |
| Paradise Highway | Paradise Highway | Anna Gutto | United States, Germany, Switzerland |
| Piano Piano | Piano Piano | Nicola Prosatore | Italy |
| Printed Rainbow | Printed Rainbow | Gitanjali Rao | India |
| Semret | Semret | Caterina Mona | Switzerland |
| The Sleeping Car Murders | Compartiment tueurs | Costa-Gavras | France |
| A Woman | Une femme de notre temps | Jean Paul Civeyrac | France |
| You Will Not Have My Hate | Vous n'aurez pas ma haine | Kilian Riedhof | Germany, France, Belgium |
| Where the Crawdads Sing | Where the Crawdads Sing | Olivia Newman | United States |

### International competition (Concorso internazionale)

    Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner
| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Adventures of Gigi the Law | Gigi la legge | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium |
| At Night the Cats Are Brown | De noche los gatos son pardos | Valentin Merz | Switzerland |
| Declaration | Ariyippu | Mahesh Narayanan | India |
| Fairytale | Skazka | Alexander Sokurov | Belgium, Russia |
| Human Flowers of Flesh | Human Flowers of Flesh | Helena Wittmann | Germany, France |
| I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica |
| Il Pataffio | Il Pataffio | Francesco Lagi | Italy |
| Matter Out of Place | Matter Out of Place | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
| Piaffe | Piaffe | Ann Oren | Germany |
| Rule 34 | Regra 34 | Júlia Murat | Brazil |
| Sermon to the Fish | Balıqlara xütbə | Hilal Baydarov | Azerbaijan, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Saturn Bowling | Bowling Saturne | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium |
| Serviam – I Will Serve | Serviam – Ich will dienen | Ruth Mader | Austria |
| Stella in Love | Stella est amoureuse | Sylvie Verheyde | France |
| Stone Turtle | Stone Turtle | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia, Indonesia |
| Tales of the Purple House | Hikayat elbeit elorjowani | Abbas Fahdel | Lebanon, Iraq, France |
| Tommy Guns | Nação Valente | Carlos Conceição | Portugal, France, Angola |

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

Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Perfect Day for Caribou | A Perfect Day for Caribou | Jeff Rutherford | United States |
| Arnold Is a Model Student | Arnon pen nakrian tuayang | Sorayos Prapapan | Thailand, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Philippines |
| Astrakan | Astrakan | David Depesseville | France |
| Before I Change My Mind | Before I Change My Mind | Trevor Anderson | Canada |
| Fragments From Heaven | Fragments From Heaven | Adnane Baraka | Morocco, France |
| How Is Katia? | Yak Tam Katia? | Christina Tynkevych | Ukraine |
| It Is Night in America | É Noite na América | Ana Vaz | Italy, France, Brazil |
| Little Ones | Petites | Julie Lerat-Gersant | France |
| Love Dog | Love Dog | Bianca Lucas | Poland, Mexico, United States |
| Matadero | Matadero | Santiago Fillol | Argentina, Spain, France |
| Nightsiren | Svetlonoc | Tereza Nvotová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Our Lady of the Chinese Shop | Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês | Ery Claver | Angola |
| Petrol | Petrol | Alena Lodkina | Australia |
| Safe Place | Sigurno mjesto | Juraj Lerotić | Croatia |
| Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? | Den siste våren | Franciska Eliassen | Norway |

### Leopards of tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
#### International competition (Concorso internazionale)

Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Airhostess-737 | Airhostess-737 | Thanasis Neofotistos | Greece |
| At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago | At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago | Andrew Stephen Lee | United States |
| Neighbour Abdi | Buurman Abdi | Douwe Dijkstra | Netherlands |
| Castells | Castells | Blanca Camell Galí | France, Spain |
| Dancing Colors | Dancing Colors | M. Reza Fahriyansyah | Indonesia |
| Daron, Daron Colbert | Daron, Daron Colbert | Kevin Steen | United States |
| Pillow Face | Faccia di cuscino | Saverio Cappiello | Italy |
| Hardly Working | Hardly Working | Total Refusal | Austria |
| Diamond Kid | L'Enfant au diamant | Pierre Edouard Dumora | France |
| Shadow of the Butterflies | L'Ombre des papillons | Sofia El Khyari | France, Portugal, Qatar, Morocco |
| Lake of Fire | Lake of Fire | NEOZOON | Germany |
| Balls | Lopte | Gorana Jovanović | Serbia, Slovenia |
| Moon That Cracks Over the Darkness of My Loneliness | Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad | Lucila Mariani | Argentina |
| Mother Prays All Day Long | Madar tamame rooz doa mikhanad | Hoda Taheri | Germany |
| In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket | Mini-mini-pokke no okina niwa de | YUKI Yoko | Japan |
| Misaligned | Misaligned | Marta Magnuska | Poland, Latvia |
| Money and Happiness | Money and Happiness | Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak Jr | Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia |
| Mulika | Mulika | Maisha Maene | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Sovereign | Soberane | Wara | Cuba |
| Tiger Stabs Tiger | Tiger Stabs Tiger | SHEN Jie | China |

#### National Competition (Concorso nazionale)

Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Brandon Roi | Brandon Roi | Romain Jaccoud | Switzerland |
| The Newt Congress | Der Molchkongress | Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser | Switzerland |
| Euridice, Euridice | Euridice, Euridice | Lora Mure-Ravaud | Switzerland |
| Fairplay | Fairplay | Zoel Aeschbacher | Switzerland |
| Heart Fruit | Heart Fruit | Kim Allamand | Switzerland |
| Heartbeat | Heartbeat | Michèle Flury | Switzerland |
| I'm the Only One I Wanna See | I'm the Only One I Wanna See | Lucia Martinez Garcia | Switzerland |
| Gods of the Supermarket | Les Dieux du supermarché | Alberto Gonzalez Morales | Switzerland |
| Limits | Limites | Simon de Diesbach | Switzerland |
| Serafina | Serafina | Noa Epars, Anna Simonetti | Switzerland |

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

Highlighted title indicates award winner
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Asterión | Asterión | Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| At Dusk | Au crépuscule | Miryam Charles | Canada |
| Big Bang | Big Bang | Carlos Segundo | France, Brazil |
| Song for the Buried City | Chant pour la ville enfouie | Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval | France |
| Watch the Fire or Burn Inside It | Il faut regarder le feu ou brûler dedans | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Paradiso, XXXI, 108 | Paradiso, XXXI, 108 | Kamal Aljafari | Palestine, Germany |
| Poitiers | Poitiers | Jérôme Reybaud | France |
| Nothing Will Be the Same Again | Rien ne sera plus comme avant | Elina Löwensohn | France |
| Last Screening | Songy Seans | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| That's How the Summer Ended | Tako se je končalo poletje | Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia, Hungary, Italy |

#### Pardi do domani: Evento speciale

| Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Let's make something ('Mano destra, Mano sinistra', 'Limes', 'Ci andavo in bicicletta', 'Lorem Ipsum', 'Buio', 'Virilio|Brecht', 'Nido di Pietra', 'La visita', 'Happy Homes', 'Sonnenstube', 'The Fortunates', 'Please make it work') | Younes Ben Slimane, Caterina Biasiucci, Matilde Casari, Ben Donateo, María Silvia Esteve, Antonio Valerio Frascella, Reto Gelshorn, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Agnese Làposi, Davide Palella, Moona Pennanen, Daniel Soares | Switzerland |

### Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Candy Land | Candy Land | John Swab | United States |
| ERICA JONG - breaking the wall | ERICA JONG - breaking the wall | Kaspar Kasics | Switzerland |
| Continental Drift (South) | La dérive des continents (au sud) | Lionel Baier | Switzerland, France |
| Lola | Lola | Andrew Legge | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Obscure night - Wild leaves (The burning ones, the obstinate) | Nuit obscure - Feuillets sauvages (Les brûlants, les obstinés) | Sylvain George | France, Switzerland |
| Love Lights | Objectos de Luz | Acácio de Almeida, Marie Carré | Portugal |
| Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After | Onde Fica Esta Rua? ou Sem Antes Nem Depois | João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata | Portugal, France |
| Prisma | Prisma | Ludovico Bessegato | Italy |
| Prologos | Prologos | Mantas Kvedaravičius | Lithuania, Greece |
| W | W | Anna Eriksson | Finland |

### Open Doors Screenings

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 90 Minutes | 90 minutos | Aeden O'Connor Agurcia | Honduras |
| Ayiti mon amour | Ayiti mon amour | Guetty Felin | Haiti, United States |
| Option Zero | La opción cero | Marcel Beltrán | Brazil, Cuba, Colombia |
| Medea | Medea | Alexandra Latishev Salazar | Costa Rica, Chile |
| Right Near the Beach | Right Near the Beach | Gibrey Allen | United States, Jamaica |
| Roza | Roza | Andres Rodríguez | Guatemala, Mexico |
| The Fishes Within | Todos los peces | Brenda Vanegas | El Salvador |
| A Film About Couples | Una película sobre parejas | Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada | Dominican Republic |

### Open Doors Short Films Screenings

| Original Title | Director | Production Country |
| Agwe | Samuel Frantz Suffren | Haiti |
| Black Doll | Akley Olton | Saint Vincent, Grenadines |
| Hojas de K. | Gloria Carrión | Nicaragua, Costa Rica |
| Liremu Barana | Elvis Caj Cojoc | Guatemala, Norway |
| Negra soy' | Laura Bermúdez | Honduras |
| Out of many | Rebecca Williams | Jamaica |
| Scars of Our Mothers' Dreams | Meschida Philip | Grenada |
| Techos Rotos | Yanillys Pérez | Dominican Republic |
| Tundra | José Luis Aparicio Ferrera | Cuba |
| Umbra | Daniela Muñoz Barroso | Cuba |

### History(s) of Cinema (Histoire(s) du Cinéma)

| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Broken Blossoms | Broken Blossoms | D. W. Griffith | United States |
| City of Ghosts | City of Ghosts | Matt Dillon | United States |
| Day of Despair | O Dia do Desespero | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Die letzten Heimposamenter | Die letzten Heimposamenter | Yves Yersin, Eduard Winiger | Switzerland |
| Drugstore Cowboy | Drugstore Cowboy | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Get Out | Get Out | Jordan Peele | United States |
| Heart of a Dog | Heart of a Dog | Laurie Anderson | United States, France |
| Meek's Cutoff | Meek's Cutoff | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| Night Moves | Night Moves | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| Nocturnal Animals | Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | United States |
| Our Private Lives | Nos vies privées | Denis Côté | Canada |
| The Panther Women | Las mujeres panteras | René Cardona | Mexico |
| Pond Life | Pond Life | Bill Buckhurst | United Kingdom |
| Shock Troops | Un homme de trop | Costa-Gavras | France, Italy |
| Split | Split | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Tempo d'amarsi | Tempo d'amarsi | Elio Ruffo | Italy |
| The Written Face | The Written Face | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland, Japan |

### Retrospective (Retrospettiva)
#### Douglas Sirk

| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 3 x Ehe | 3 x Ehe | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| A Scandal in Paris | A Scandal in Paris | Douglas Sirk | United States | United States |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Douglas Sirk | United States | United States |
| Final agreement | Final agreement | IR Bay (Ignacy Rosencranz), Douglas Sirk (uncredited) | France, Switzerland |
| All I Desire | All I Desire | Douglas Sirk | United States | United States |
| All That Heaven Allows | All That Heaven Allows | Douglas Sirk | United States | United States |
| April, April! | April, April! | Douglas Sirk | Germany | Germany |
| Battle Hymn | Battle Hymn | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Boefje | Boefje | Douglas Sirk | Netherlands |
| Bourbon Street Blues | Bourbon Street Blues | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Captain Lightfoot | Captain Lightfoot | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| The Court Concert | Das Hofkonzert | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| The Girl from the Marsh Croft | Das Mädchen vom Moorhof | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Der eingebildete Kranke | Der eingebildete Kranke | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Triad | Dreiklang | Hans Hinrich | Germany |
| Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Hitler's Madman | Hitler's Madman | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Interlude | Interlude | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| La Habanera | La Habanera | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Lured | Lured | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Magnificent Obsession | Magnificent Obsession | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Meet Me at the Fair | Meet Me at the Fair | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Mystery Submarine | Mystery Submarine | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| No Room for the Groom | No Room for the Groom | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Final Accord | Schlussakkord | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Shockproof | Shockproof | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Sign of the Pagan | Sign of the Pagan | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Silvesternacht - Ein Dialog | Silvesternacht - Ein Dialog | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Sleep, My Love | Sleep, My Love | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Slightly French | Slightly French | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Sprich zu mir wie der Regen | Sprich zu mir wie der Regen | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Pillars of Society | Stützen der Gesellschaft | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Summer Storm | Summer Storm | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Take Me to Town | Take Me to Town | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Taza, Son of Cochise | Taza, Son of Cochise | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| The First Legion | The First Legion | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| The Lady Pays Off | The Lady Pays Off | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| The Tarnished Angels | The Tarnished Angels | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| There's Always Tomorrow | There's Always Tomorrow | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Thunder on the Hill | Thunder on the Hill | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| Written on the Wind | Written on the Wind | Douglas Sirk | United States |
| To New Shores | Zu neuen Ufern | Douglas Sirk | Germany |
| Zwei Windhunde | Zwei Windhunde | Douglas Sirk | Germany |

#### Homages

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Angst essen Seele auf | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany |
| Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair | Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair | Roman Hüben | Switzerland, Germany, France |
| Far from Heaven | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Mirage of Life: Portrait of Douglas Sirk | Mirage de la vie | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland |
| The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk | The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk | Mark Rappaport | United States, France |

### Locarno Kids

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bombay Rose | Bombay Rose | Gitanjali Rao | India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar |
| I Don't Wanna Dance | I Don't Wanna Dance | Flynn Von Kleist | Netherlands |
| La freccia azzurra | La freccia azzurra | Enzo D'Alò | Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg |
| The Red Balloon | Le Ballon rouge | Albert Lamorisse | France |
| How I Learned to Fly | Leto kada sam naučila da letim | Radivoje Andrić | Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia |
| Omar & Pincette | Omar & Pincette | Julien Sulser | Switzerland |
| Princesse Dragon | Princesse Dragon | Jean-Jacques Denis, Anthony Roux | France |
| Sihja, The Rebel Fairy | Sihja - kapinaa ilmassa | Marja Pyykkö | Finland, Netherlands, Norway |
| Yuku et la fleur d'Himalaya | Yuku et la fleur d'Himalaya | Arnaud Demuynck, Rémi Durin | Belgium, France, Switzerland |

### International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)

| English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Ruthless Times - Songs of Care | Armotonta menoa - Hoivatyön lauluja | Susanna Helke | Finland |
| Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain | Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain | Susanna della Sala | Italy |
| The River is not a Border | Maayo Wonaa Keerol (Le fleuve n'est pas une frontière) | Alassane Diago | France, Senegal, Germany |
| The Visitors | The Visitors | Veronika Lišková | Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia |
| Fledglings | Pisklaki | Lidia Duda | Poland |
| The DNA of Dignity | The DNA of Dignity | Jan Baumgartner | Switzerland |
| The Hamlet Syndrome | The Hamlet Syndrome | Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosołowski | Poland, Germany |

### Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse)

| English Title | Original Title | Director | Production Country |
| Action | Action | Benoît Monney | Switzerland |
| ALA KACHUU - Take and Run | ALA KACHUU - Take and Run | Maria Brendle | Switzerland |
| Dans la nature | Dans la nature | Marcel Barelli | Switzerland |
| A Piece of Sky | Drii Winter | Michael Koch | Switzerland, Germany |
| Hugo in Argentina | Hugo in Argentina | Stefano Knuchel | Switzerland |
| Love Will Come Later | Love Will Come Later | Julia Furer | Switzerland |
| Loving Highsmith | Loving Highsmith | Eva Vitija | Switzerland |

## Official Awards

Sources:

### International Competition

* Golden Leopard: Rule 34 by Júlia Murat
* Special Jury Prize: The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro Comodin
* Best Direction Award: I Have Electric Dreams 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

* Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: Nightsiren by Tereza Nvotová
* Special Jury Prize: How Is Katia? by Christina Tynkevych
* Best Emerging Director: Juraj Lerotić for Safe Place
* 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? by Franciska Eliassen

### Leopards of Tomorrow
#### International Competition (Concorso Internazionale)

* Pardino d'oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film:
** Sovereign by Wara
* Pardino d'argento SRG SSR for the International Competition:
** Neighbour 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 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 by Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser
* Best Swiss Newcomer Award:
** Michèle Flury for 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 by Valentin Merz

### Green Pardo WWF

* Pardo Verde WWF:
** Matter Out of Place by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
* Special Mentions:
** Sermon to the Fish by Hilal Baydarov
** It Is Night in 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

### International Critics' Week

* 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

## Special Awards

Sources:

### Leopard of Honour (Pardo d'onore Manor award)

* Matt Dillon
* Kelly Reichardt

### Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare)

* Gitanjali Rao

### 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