# 77th Locarno Film Festival

The 77th Locarno Film Festival was held from 7 August to 17 August 2024. The Crowd by King Vidor, accompanied by live music from the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, screened the night before the festival began, and The Flood by Gianluca Jodice opened the festival.
Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner served as the jury president for the main competition. Additional jury members were announced in July 2024.
Lithuanian film Toxic, directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė, was the winner of the Golden Leopard, the festival's main prize. Kurdwin Ayub's Moon was the winner of the Special Jury Prize. Kim Min-hee was awarded the Best Performance prize for her role in By the Stream.

## Juries
### Concorso Internazionale - Main Competition

* Jessica Hausner, Austrian filmmaker – Jury President
* Diana Elbaum, Belgian film producer
* Payal Kapadia, Indian filmmaker
* Luca Marinelli, Italian actor
* Tim Blake Nelson, American filmmaker

### Concorso Cineasti del Presente - Filmmakers of the Present Competition

* C.J. Obasi, Nigerian filmmaker
* Lina Soualem, French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker
* Charles Tesson, French film critic

### Pardi di Domani - Short Film Competition

* Licia Eminenti, Italian filmmaker and film programmer
* Laza Razanajatovo, Malagasy filmmaker and film curator
* Juliette Schrameck, French film producer

### First Feature Competition

* Khalil Benkirane, Moroccan filmmaker
* Alma Pöysti, Finnish actress
* Esmé Sciaroni, Swiss-Italian makeup designer

### Pardo Verde Competition

* Kantarama Gahigiri, Swiss-Rwandan artist and filmmaker
* Cédric Succivalli, French film programmer and critic
* Daniel Wiener, Swiss sustainability adviser, journalist, and arts manager

### Independent Juries
#### Ecumenical Jury

* Douglas P. Fahleson, Ireland
* Dirk von Jutrczenka
* María Teresa Téramo
* Anita Uzulniece

#### Premio FIPRESCI - FIPRESCI Award

* Johannes Hagman
* Antonis Lagarias
* Gerhard Midding
* Silvia Posavec
* Mariola Wiktor

#### Europa Cinemas Label

* Ramiro Ledo Cordeiro
* Camelia Popa
* Mila Schlingemann
* Marvin Wiechert

#### Grand Prix Semaine de la Critique – Prix SRG SSR 2024 - Critics' Week Grand Prize

* Madeleine Hirsiger
* Charles Martig
* Cristina Trezzini

## Official Sections
### Piazza Grande

The following films were selected to be screened at the Piazza Grande, Locarno's open-air theater that accommodates a nightly audience of up to 8,000 people:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dog on Trial | Le Procès du chien | Laetitia Dosch | Switzerland, France |
| Electric Child | Electric Child | Simon Jaquemet | Switzerland |
| The Fall (2006) | The Fall (2006) | Tarsem Singh | United States, India |
| The Flood | Le Déluge | Gianluca Jodice | Italy, France |
| Gaucho Gaucho | | Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw | United States, Argentina |
| Mexico 86 | Mexico 86 | César Díaz | France, Belgium, Mexico |
| Reinas | Reinas | Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland, Peru, Spain |
| Savages | Sauvages | Claude Barras | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| Rita | Rita | Paz Vega | Spain |
| The Piano (1993) | The Piano (1993) | Jane Campion | New Zealand |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانه‌ی انجیر معابد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France |
| Sew Torn | Sew Torn | Freddy Macdonald | United States, Switzerland |
| Shambhala | Shambhala | Min Bahadur Bham | Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, Qatar |
| Timestalker | Timestalker | Alice Lowe | United Kingdom |
| A Woman Is a Woman (1961) | Une femme est une femme | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
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| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| Fiore Mio | Fiore Mio | Paolo Cognetti | Italy, Belgium |

### Main Competition (Concorso Internazionale)

The Concorso Internazionale, the main section of the Locarno Film Festival, features new works in competition for the Golden Leopard.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 100,000,000,000,000 | Cent mille milliards | Virgil Vernier | France |
| Agora | Agora | Ala Eddine Sim | Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar |
| Bogancloch | Bogancloch | Ben Rivers | United Kingdom, Germany, Iceland |
| By the Stream | 수유천 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Death Will Come | La Mort viendra | Christoph Hochhäusler | Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| Drowning Dry | Seses | Laurynas Bareiša | Lithuania |
| Fire of Wind | Fogo do Vento | Marta Mateus | Portugal, Switzerland, France |
| Green Line | Green Line | Sylvie Ballyot | France, Lebanon, Qatar |
| Luce | Luce | Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino | Italy |
| Moon | Mond | Kurdwin Ayub | Austria |
| New Dawn Fades | Yeni șafak solarken | Gürcan Keltek | Turkey, Italy, Germany, Norway, Netherlands |
| Salve Maria | Salve Maria | Mar Coll | Spain |
| The Sparrow in the Chimney | Der Spatz im Kamin | Ramon Zürcher | Switzerland |
| Transamazonia | Transamazonia | Pia Marais | France, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Brazil |
| Toxic | Akiplėša | Saulė Bliuvaitė | Lithuania |
| Weightless | Sulla terra leggeri | Sara Fgaier | Italy |
| Youth (Hard Times) | 青春（苦） | Wang Bing | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |

### Out of Competition (Fuori Concorso)

The Fuori Concorso section highlights works that challenge the conventions of narrative filmmaking.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bang Bang | Bang Bang | Vincent Granshaw | United States |
| Dragon Dilatation | Dragon Dilatation | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| Eight Postcards from Utopia | Opt Ilustrate Din Lumea Ideală | Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz | Romania |
| Endangered Species | Espèce Menacée | Bruno Deville | Switzerland |
| Fréwaka | Fréwaka | Aislinn Clarke | Ireland |
| Ma Famille Chérie | Ma Famille Chérie | Isild Le Besco | France |
| La Passion Selon Béatrice | La Passion Selon Béatrice | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium, France |
| La Prodigiosa Trasformazione Della Classe Operaia in Stranieri | La Prodigiosa Trasformazione Della Classe Operaia in Stranieri | Samir | Switzerland, Italy |
| Sleep #2 | Sleep #2 | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Telepathic Letters | Cartas Telepáticas | Edgar Pêra | Portugal |
| The Life Apart | La vita accanto | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |

### Filmmakers of the Present Competition (Concorso Cineasti del Presente)

The Concorso Cineasti del Presente, also known as the Filmmakers of the Present Competition, showcases first and second feature films from emerging filmmakers.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Crickets, It's Your Turn | Crickets, It's Your Turn | Olga Korotko | France, Kazakhstan |
| Der Fleck | Der Fleck | Willy Hans | Germany, Switzerland |
| Fario | Fario | Lucie Prost | France |
| Four Evil Deeds | Four Evil Deeds | Richard Hunter | United Kingdom |
| Hanami | Hanami | Denise Fernandes | Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde |
| Holy Electricity | Holy Electricity | Tato Kotetishvili | Georgia, Netherlands |
| Invention | Invention | Courtney Stephens | United States |
| Joqtau | Joqtau | Aruan Anartay | Kazakhstan |
| Lesson Learned | Fekete Pont | Bálint Szimler | Hungary |
| Listen to the Voices | Kouté Vwa | Maxime Jean-Baptiste | France, French Guiana |
| Monólogo Colectivo | Monólogo Colectivo | Jessica Sarah Rinland | Argentina, United Kingdom |
| Olivia & the Clouds | Olivia & Las Nubes | Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat | Dominican Republic |
| Real | Real | Adele Tulli | Italy, France |
| Red Path | Les Enfants rouges | Lotfi Achour | Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland |
| When the Phone Rang | Kada je Zazvonio Telefon | Iva Radivojević | Serbia, United States |

### Leopard of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani)

The Pardi di Domani section, also known as the Leopard of Tomorrow, features short and medium-length films.

#### Concorso Internazionale

The Concorso Internazionale portion of the Pardi di Domani competition features short and medium-length films by emerging directors throughout the world.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 400 Cassettes | 400 Cassettes | Thelyia Petraki | Greece, Germany |
| B(l)ind the Sacrifice | B(l)ind the Sacrifice | Nakhane | South Africa |
| Dull Spots of Greenish Colours | Dull Spots of Greenish Colours | Sasha Svirsky | Germany |
| Freak | Freak | Claire Barnett | United States |
| Gender Reveal | Gender Reveal | Mo Matton | Canada |
| Hymn of the Plague | Gimn Chume | Ataka51 | Germany, Russia |
| Icebergs | Icebergs | Carlos Pereira | Germany |
| Mother is a Natural Sinner | Mother is a Natural Sinner | Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri | Germany, Iran |
| On the Impossibility of an Homage | Despre Imposibilitatea unui Omagiu | Xandra Popescu | Romania, Germany |
| On Weary Wings Go By | Linnud Läinud | Anu-Laura Tuttelberg | Estonia, Lithuania |
| Power Inferno | Ludwig | Anton Bialas | France |
| Punter | Punter | Jason Adam Maselle | South Africa, United States |
| Que Te Vaya Bonito, Rico | Que Te Vaya Bonito, Rico | Joel Alfonso Vargas | United Kingdom, United States |
| Razeh-Del | Razeh-Del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom, Italy |
| Soleil Gris | Soleil Gris | Camille Monnier | France, Belgium |
| The Calvary | The Calvary | Alina Orlov | Canada, United States, Israel |
| The Form | The Form | Melika Pazouki | Iran |
| The Nature of Dogs | The Nature of Dogs | Pom Bunsermvicha | Thailand, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong |
| Washhh | Washhh | Mickey Lai | Malaysia, Ireland |
| What Mary Didn't Know | What Mary Didn't Know | Konstantina Kotzamani | France, Greece, Sweden |

#### Concorso Nazionale

The Concorso Nazionale portion of the Pardi di Domani competition features short and medium-length films by emerging Swiss directors.
| Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Better Not Kill the Groove | Jonathan Leggett | Switzerland |
| Looking She Said I Forget | Naomi Pacifique | Switzerland, Netherlands |
| Lux Carne | Gabriel Grosclaude | Switzerland |
| Maman Danse | Mégane Brügger | Switzerland |
| Métropole | Theo Kunz | Switzerland |
| Progress Mining | Gabriel Böhmer | United Kingdom, Switzerland |
| Revier | Felix Scherrer | Switzerland |
| Sans Voix | Samuel Patthey | Switzerland |
| Sky Rogers: Manager de Stars | Ciel Sordeau | Switzerland |
| Tinderboys | Sarah Bucher, Carlos Tapia | Switzerland |

#### Concorso Corti d'Autore

The Concorso Corti d'Autore portion of the Pardi di Domani competition features short and medium-length films by established filmmakers.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1 Hijo & 1 Padre | 1 Hijo & 1 Padre | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | France, Colombia |
| Days Before the Death of Nicky | Jours avant la mort de Nicky | Denis Côté | Canada |
| Les Bouches | Les Bouches | Valentin Merz | Switzerland, Mexico |
| La Fille qui Explose | La Fille qui Explose | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Like What Would Sorrow Look | 愁何状 | Hao Zhou | China |
| The Masked Monster | 괴인의 정체 | Syeyoung Park | South Korea |
| My Life is Wind (A Letter) | My Life is Wind (A Letter) | Anahita Ghazvinizadeh | United States, Sweden |
| Practice, Practice, Practice | Practice, Practice, Practice | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States |
| Revolving Rounds | Revolving Rounds | Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik | Austria |
| Upshot | Upshot | Maha Haj | Palestine, Italy, France |

### Histoire(s) du Cinéma

The festival's Histoire(s) du Cinema section showcases films deemed significant to the evolution of cinema. Films by the festival's career award winners are presented in this section.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Hours of Love (1963) | Le ore dell'amore | Luciano Salce | Italy |
| Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) | Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 | Alain Tanner | Switzerland, France |
| Onda Nova (1983) | Onda Nova (1983) | Francisco C. Martins, José Antonio Garcia | Brazil |
| Street of No Return (1989) | Street of No Return (1989) | Samuel Fuller | France, Portugal |
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| Faces of Love (1977) | Repérages | Michel Soutter | Switzerland, France |
| The Unburdening (1983) | L'Allégement | Marcel Schüpbach | Switzerland |
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| Les Parias du cinéma (1997) | Les Parias du cinéma (1997) | Idrissa Ouédraogo | Switzerland |
| A Real Woman (1954) | Mulher de Verdade | Alberto Cavalcanti | Brazil |
| Samba Traoré (1992) | Samba Traoré (1992) | Idrissa Ouédraogo | Burkina Faso |
| Homage to Stan Brakhage ||||
| Cat's Cradle (1959) | Cat's Cradle (1959) | Stan Brakhage | United States |
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| Leopard Club Award: Irène Jacob ||||
| Three Colours: Red (1994) | Trois Couleurs: Rouge | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Switzerland, Poland |
| Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare: Claude Barras ||||
| Savages (2024) | Sauvages | Claude Barras | France, Switzerland, Belgium |
| Pardo d'Onore Manor: Jane Campion ||||
| An Angel at My Table (1990) | An Angel at My Table (1990) | Jane Campion | New Zealand |
| New Zealand ||
| Raimondo Rezzonico Award: Stacey Sher ||||
| Django Unchained (2012) | Django Unchained (2012) | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| Erin Brockovich (2000) | Erin Brockovich (2000) | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism: Shah Rukh Khan ||||
| Devdas (2002) | Devdas (2002) | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | India |

### Open Doors Screenings

The Open Doors section is presented in collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Since 2022, the section has featured works from Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2024 Open Doors films are drawn from nations throughout this region of focus.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| About Queens and Other Colors (2021) | De reinas y otros colores | Juan Herrera Zuluaga | Guatemala |
| Aphorisms of the Lake (2021) | Aforismos del lago | Humberto González Bustillo | Venezuela |
| Back to Los Maravillas | Las Maravillas | Rob Mendoza | Ecuador |
| The Beach of Enchaquirados (2021) | La playa de los enchaquirados | Iván Mora Manzano | Ecuador |
| Bionico's Bachata | La bachata de Bionico | Yoel Morales | Dominican Republic |
| Black Mother (2018) | Black Mother (2018) | Khalik Allah | Jamaica |
| Eami (2022) | Eami (2022) | Paz Encina | Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Germany, United States, Netherlands, France |
| I Love Papuchi (2018) | I Love Papuchi (2018) | Rosa María Rodríguez Pupo | Cuba |
| Kenbe Alaba (2020) | Kenbe Alaba (2020) | Wendy Desert | Haiti |
| Lost Chapters | Los capítulos perdidos | Lorena Alvarado | Venezuela, United States |
| Sirena | Sirena | Olivia de Camps | Dominican Republic |
| The Skin of the Water | La piel del agua | Patricia Velásquez | Costa Rica, Chile |
| Tierra de Leche (2023) | Tierra de Leche (2023) | Milton Guillén, Fiona Guy Hall | Nicaragua, United States |
| Three Leaves (2021) | Twa fèy | Eléonore Coyette, Sephora Monteau | Haiti, Belgium |
| Through Rocks and Clouds | Raiz | Franco García Becerra | Peru, Chile |
| Uncivilized (2019) | Uncivilized (2019) | Michael Lees | Dominica |
| What Humans See as Blood, Jaguars See as Chicha (2023) | Lo que los humanos ven como sangre los jaguares ven como chicha | Luciana Decker Orozco | Bolivia |

### Locarno Kids

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Akiko, the Flying Monkey (2024) | Akiko, der fliegende Affe | Veit Helmer | Germany |
| Banquise (2005) | Banquise (2005) | Claude Barras, Cédric Louis | Switzerland |
| Block 5 (2024) | Igrišča ne damo | Klemen Dvornik | Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia |
| Blue Sky Jo (2024) | La Petite et le vieux | Patrice Sauvé | Canada |
| A Boat in the Garden (2024) | Slocum et moi | Jean-François Laguionie | Luxembourg, France |
| The Cannonball Woman (2017) | La Femme Canon | Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix | Switzerland, France, Canada |
| The Colors Within (2024) | きみの色 | Naoko Yamada | Japan |
| The Dynamite Brothers (1949) | I fratelli Dinamite | Nino Pagot | Italy |
| Un enfant commode | Un enfant commode | Cédric Louis | Switzerland |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| Le Génie de la boîte de raviolis (2006) | Le Génie de la boîte de raviolis (2006) | Claude Barras | Switzerland |
| Land of the Heads (2009) | Au pays des têtes | Claude Barras, Cédric Louis | Switzerland, Canada |
| Living Large (2024) | Living Large (2024) | Kristina Dufková | Czech Republic, Slovakia, France |
| My Life as a Courgette (2016) | Ma vie de Courgette | Claude Barras | Switzerland |
| Sainte Barbe (2007) | Sainte Barbe (2007) | Claude Barras, Cédric Louis | Switzerland, Canada |

### Retrospettiva

The Lady With the Torch, a retrospective honoring the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures, will be presented in partnership with Cinémathèque suisse and Sony Pictures. Curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht, co-director of Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, the retrospective will debut at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. An English-language companion book edited by Khoshbakht featuring writers from across the world was released in July 2024 by Les Éditions de l’Œil.
| Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Address Unknown (1944) | William Cameron Menzies | United States |
| All the King's Men (1949) | Robert Rossen | United States |
| The Big Heat (1953) | Fritz Lang | United States |
| Bitter Victory (1957) | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| Brothers (1930) | Walter Lang | United States |
| Craig's Wife (1936) | Dorothy Arzner | United States |
| Disorder in the Court (1936) | Preston Black | United States |
| The First Time (1952) | Frank Tashlin | United States |
| Girls Under 21 (1940) | Max Nosseck | United States |
| The Glass Wall (1953) | Maxwell Shane | United States |
| Gun Fury (1953) | Raoul Walsh | United States |
| Gunman's Walk (1958) | Phil Karlson | United States |
| If You Could Only Cook (1935) | William A. Seiter | United States |
| It Should Happen to You (1954) | George Cukor | United States |
| The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) | Earl McEvoy | United States |
| The Lady from Shanghai (1947) | Orson Welles | United States |
| The Last Frontier (1955) | Anthony Mann | United States |
| Let Us Live (1939) | John Brahm | United States |
| Man's Castle (1933) | Frank Borzage | United States |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) | Frank Capra | United States |
| Murder by Contract (1958) | Irving Lerner | United States |
| My Sister Eileen (1942) | Alexander Hall | United States |
| My Sister Eileen (1955) | Richard Quine | United States |
| Mysterious Intruder (1946) | William Castle | United States |
| None Shall Escape (1944) | André de Toth | United States |
| Pest from the West (1939) | Del Lord | United States |
| Pickup (1951) | Hugo Haas | United States |
| Picnic (1955) | Joshua Logan | United States |
| Ride Lonesome (1959) | Budd Boetticher | United States |
| Sahara (1943) | Zoltan Korda | United States |
| The Talk of the Town (1942) | George Stevens | United States |
| Three Wise Girls (1932) | William Beaudine | United States |
| Together Again (1944) | Charles Vidor | United States |
| Twentieth Century (1934) | Howard Hawks | United States |
| Umpa (1933) | Archie Gottler | United States |
| Under Age (1941) | Edward Dmytryk | United States |
| The Undercover Man (1949) | Joseph H. Lewis | United States |
| The Walking Hills (1949) | John Sturges | United States |
| The Whole Town's Talking (1935) | John Ford | United States |
| Vanity Street (1932) | Nicholas Grinde | United States |
| Wall Street (1929) | Roy William Neill | United States |
| Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) | James Cruze | United States |
| Women's Prison (1955) | Lewis Seiler | United States |
| You Nazty Spy! (1940) | Jules White | United States |

## Independent sections
### International Critics' Week (Semaine de la Critique)

The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section of the festival organized by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in which seven new documentary feature films are presented.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Dear Beautiful Beloved | Dear Beautiful Beloved | Juri Rechinsky | Austria |
| The Deposition | La Déposition | Claudia Marschal | France |
| Familiar Places | Familiar Places | Maia Reinhardt | Germany |
| His Parents | Jenseits von Schuld | Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec | Germany |
| A Sisters' Tale | A Sisters' Tale | Leila Amini | Switzerland, France, Iran |
| Ways to Traverse a Territory | Formas de atravesar un territorio | Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba | Mexico |
| We, the Inheritors | Wir Erben | Simon Baumann | Switzerland |

### Panorama Suisse

The independent Panorama Suisse section features highlights of contemporary Swiss cinema.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Back to Alexandria | Retour en Alexandrie | Tamer Ruggli | Switzerland, France |
| Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | Elene Naveriani | Switzerland, Georgia |
| The Fortunate Ones | Le Vent qui siffle dans les grues | Jeanne Waltz | Portugal, Switzerland |
| The Hearing | Die Anhörung | Lisa Gerig | Switzerland |
| The Landscape and the Fury | The Landscape and the Fury | Nicole Vögele | Switzerland |
| Mountain Ride | Bergfahrt - Reise zu den Riesen | Dominique Margot | Switzerland |
| Paradises of Diane | Les Paradis de Diane | Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann | Switzerland |
| Riverboom | Riverboom | Claude Baechtold | Switzerland |
| Songs Within | Jakobs Ross | Katalin Gödrös | Switzerland, Luxembourg |
| The Vanishing of Bruno Bréguet | La scomparsa di Bruno Bréguet | Olmo Cerri | Switzerland |

## Official awards
### Concorso Internazionale

* Golden Leopard: Toxic by Saulė Bliuvaitė
* Special Jury Prize: Moon by Kurdwin Ayub
* Pardo for Best Direction: Drowning Dry by Laurynas Bareiša
* Pardo for Best Performance:
** Kim Min-hee for By the Stream
** Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevičius for Drowning Dry
* Special Mentions:
** Youth (Hard Times) by Wang Bing
** Salve Maria by Mar Coll

### Concorso Cineasti del Presente

* Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present: Holy Electricity by Tato Kotetishvili
* Best Emerging Director Award: Hanami by Denise Fernandes
* Special Jury Prize CINÉ+: Listen to the Voices by Maxime Jean-Baptiste
* Pardo for Best Performance:
** Callie Hernandez for Invention
** Anna Mészöly for Lesson Learned
* Special Mentions:
** Lesson Learned by Bálint Szimler
** When the Phone Rang by Iva Radivojević

### Pardi di Domani
#### Concorso Corti d’Autore

* Pardino d’Oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film: Upshot by Maha Haj
* Special Mention: Gwe-in Esi Jeongche (The Masked Monster) by Park Syeyoung
* Locarno Film Festival Short Film Candidate – European Film Awards: La Fille qui Explose by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel

#### Concorso Internazionale

* Pardino d’Oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film: Washhh by Mickey Lai
* Pardino d’Argento SRG SSR for the International Competition: Gimn Chune (Hymn of the Plague) by Ataka51
* Pardi di Domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering: Que te Vaya Bonito, Rico by Joel Alfonso Vargas
* Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award: The Form by Melika Pazouki
* Special Mention: Freak by Claire Barnett

#### Concorso Nazionale

* Pardino d’Oro Swiss Life for the Best Swiss Short Film Sans Voix by Samuel Patthey
* Pardino d’Argento Swiss Life for the National Competition: Better Not Kill the Groove by Jonathan Leggett
* Best Swiss Newcomer Award: Gabriel Grosclaude for Lux Carne
* Special Mention: Progress Mining by Gabriel Böhmer

### Piazza Grande
#### Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award

The inaugural Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award will honor a new feature film that debuts on the Piazza Grande during the festival. The winning film will be selected by a jury of young film critics and Letterboxd staff. This new prize marks the first official award given by an international film festival in partnership with the Letterboxd platform.
* Gaucho Gaucho by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw

#### Prix du Public

Presented in partnership with UBS, the Prix du public is the official audience award of the Locarno Film Festival.
* Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke

## Special awards
### Leopard of Honour (Pardo d’Onore Manor)

* Jane Campion

### Excellence Award Davide Campari

* Mélanie Laurent
* Guillaume Canet

### Leopard Club Award

* Irène Jacob

### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Alfonso Cuarón

### Locarno Kids Award la Mobiliare

* Claude Barras

### Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism

* Shah Rukh Khan

### Premio Raimondo Rezzonico

* Stacey Sher

### Vision Award Ticinomoda

* Ben Burtt