LOCARNO WINNERS 2016

LOCARNO WINNERS 2016

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Golden Leopard: Godless by Ralitza Petrova (Bulgaria/Denmark/France)
Special Jury Prize: Inimi Cicatrizate (Scarred Hearts) by Radu Jude (Romania/Germany)
Best Director: João Pedro Rodrigues for O Ornitólogo (Portugal/France/Brazil)
Best Actress: Irena Ivanova for Godless by Ralitza Petrova (Bulgaria/Denmark/France)
Best Actor: Andrzej Seweryn for Ostatnia Rodzina (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński (Poland)
Special Mention: Mister Universo by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel (Austria/Italy)

FILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT

Golden Leopard – Premio Nescens: El Auge del Humano by Eduardo Williams (Argentina/Brazil/Portugal)
Special Jury Prize: The Challenge by Yuri Ancarani (Italy/France/Switzerland)
Best Emerging Director: Mariko Tetsuya for Destruction Babies (Japan)
Special Mention: Viejo Calavera by Kiro Russo (Bolivia/Qatar)

FIRST FEATURE

Best First Feature: El Futuro Perfecto by Nele Wohlatz (Argentina)
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award: Maud Alpi for Gorge Cœur Ventre (France)
Special Mention: El Auge del Humano by Eduardo Williams (Argentina/Brazil/Portugal)

LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW

Golden Leopard for Best International Short: L’immense Retour (Romance) by Manon Coubia (Belgium/France)
Silver Leopard: Cilaos by Camilo Restrepo (France)
Locarno Nomination for the European Film Awards – Premio Pianifica: L’immense Retour (Romance) by Manon Coubia (Belgium/France)
Film and Video Subtitling: Valparaiso by Carlo Sironi (Italy)
Special Mention: Non Castus by Andrea Castillo (Chile)

NATIONAL COMPETITION

Golden Leopard for Best Swiss Short – Premio Swiss Life: Die Brücke Über Den Fluss by Jadwiga Kowalska (Switzerland)
Silver Leopard: Genesis by Lucien Monot (Switzerland)
Best Swiss Newcomer Award: La Sève by Manon Goupil (Switzerland)
Audience Award: I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach (United Kingdom/France/Belgium)
Variety Piazza Grande Award: Moka by Frédéric Mermoud (France/Switzerland)