Sections and Awards
With 12 sections, 3 competitions and 25 awards, quality and variety are key. This is the framework of a Festival that explores cinema from every perspective, to discover in the present the filmmakers and films destined to have a future.

Location: Locarno, Switzerland

Throughout its 62 year history, the Locarno International Film Festival has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Every August, around 180,000 cinema-goers, 1,100 journalists, and 3,400 professionals converge on the small Swiss-Italian town of Locarno, right in the heart of Europe, which becomes the world capital of auteur cinema for eleven days.

Awards for 2016

Golden Leopard (Best Film) - WINNER: Godless, by Ralitza Petrova
"This prize was unusual among juries because it was a unanimous decision between all the members of our team." International Competition's jury president, director Arturo Ripstein (Mexico), actress Kate Moran (France), filmmaker Rafi Pitts (Iran), producer Rodrigo Teixeira (Brasil), filmmaker WANG Bing (China).

IN-COMPETITION
Mister Universo, by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Correspondências, by Rita Azevedo Gomes
Glory, by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Scarred Hearts, by Radu Jude
Marija, by Michael Koch
The Last Family, by Jan P. Matuszynski
The Idea of a Lake, by Milagros Mumenthaler
Hermia & Helena, by Matías Piñeiro
The Ornithologist, by João Pedro Rodrigues
The Apple of My Eye, by Axelle Ropert
The Young One, by Julien Samani
Der traumhafte Weg, by Angela Schanelec
Wet Woman in the Wind, by Akihiko Shiota
Bangkok Nites, by Katsuya Tomita
By the Time It Gets Dark, by Anocha Suwichakornpong
Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces, by Yousry Nasrallah

Best Director (Main Competition), WINNER: The Ornithologist, by João Pedro Rodrigues

Excellence Award. WINNER: Bill Pullman

Audience Award. WINNER: I, Daniel Blake, by Ken Loach

Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present. WINNER: The Human Surge, by Eduardo Williams

IN-COMPETITION
Withered Green, by Mohammed Hammad (director)
Afterlov, by Stergios Paschos
Destruction Babies, by Tetsuya Mariko
Donald Cried, by Kris Avedisian
The Future Perfect, by Nele Wohlatz
Still Life, by Maud Alpi
I Had Nowhere to Go, by Douglas Gordon
The Nest, by Klaudia Reynicke
Solo, Solitude, by Yosep Anggi Noen
Daydreams, by Caroline Deruas-Garrel
This Time Tomorrow, by Lina Rodriguez
Fishing bodies, by Michele Pennetta
The Challenge, by Yuri Ancarani
Dark Skull, by Kiro Russo

Special Jury Prize - Filmmakers of the Present. WINNER: The Challenge, by Yuri Ancarani

Special Mention - Filmmakers of the Present. WINNER: Dark Skull, by Kiro Russo

Critics Week Award. WINNER: Komunia, by Anna Zamecka

Leopards of Tomorrow - Best Film

IN-COMPETITION
Rhapsody, by Constance Meyer (director) (Silex Films / Carmen Films)
Tranzicija, by Milica Tomovic (EED// Productions)

FIPRESCI Prize. WINNER: Mister Universo, by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
"For its simplicity and generosity. For its affection and warmth. For we felt better when we left the cinema. For the fact that the most beautiful stories have open endings."

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. WINNER: Godless, by Ralitza Petrova

Don Quixote Award. WINNER: Scarred Hearts, by Radu Jude

Don Quixote Award - Special Mention
New Cinema. WINNER
Glory, by Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov

Swiss Critics Boccalino Award. Best Director. WINNER: Godless, by Ralitza Petrova (director)

Silver Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow / International Competition. WINNER
Cilaos, by Camilo Restrepo

Variety Piazza Grande Award. WINNER: Moka, by Frédéric Mermoud

IN-COMPETITION
Ceasefire, by Emmanuel Courcol
The Train of Salt and Sugar, by Licinio Azevedo
Into the Forest, by Gilles Marchand
I, Daniel Blake, by Ken Loach
Interchange, by Dain Said
Jason Bourne, by Paul Greengrass
Heaven Will Wait, by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Mohenjo Daro, by Ashutosh Gowariker
Paula, by Christian Schwochow
Endless Poetry, by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Tunnel, by Seong-hun Kim
The Girl with All the Gifts, by Colm McCarthy
Vincent, by Christophe Van Rompaey
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, by Maria Schrader

Best First Feature. WINNER: The Future Perfect, by Nele Wohlatz

Best First Feature - Special Mention. WINNER: The Human Surge, by Eduardo Williams

Best Actress. WINNER: Godless, by Irena Ivanova

Best Emerging Director - Filmmakers of the Present. WINNER: Destruction Babies, by Tetsuya Mariko

Special Jury Prize. WINNER: Scarred Hearts, by Radu Jude

Best Actor. WINNER: The Last Family, by Andrzej Seweryn

Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow
National Competition

IN-COMPETITION
Lost Exile, by Fisnik Maxhuni
Digital Immigrants, by Dennis Stauffer & Norbert Kottmann

International Competition
WINNERS:
L'immense retour, by Manon Coubia
Estilhaços, by José Miguel Ribeiro

IN-COMPETITION
Fox, by Jacqueline Lentzou
An Aviation Field, by Joana Pimenta
Old, Luxurious Flat Located in an Ultra-Central, Desirable Neighborhood, by Sebastian Mihailescu
Au loin, Baltimore, by Lola Quivoron
Cilaos, by Camilo Restrepo
Clan, by Stefanie Kolk
Till the end of the day, by Anna Sarukhanova
Each to Their Own, by Maria Ines Manchego
Etage X, by Francy Fabritz
Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw), by Renee Zhan
The entrails, by Elena López Riera
Manodopera, by Loukianos Moshonas
Non Castus, by Andrea Castillo
Our friend the moon, by Velasco Broca
On the Ropes, by Manon Nammour

Special Mention - Leopards of Tomorrow
International Competition. WINNER: Non Castus, by Andrea Castillo

Vision Award. WINNER: Howard Shore

Junior Jury Award. Leopards of Tomorrow - National Competition. WINNER: Lost Exile, by Fisnik Maxhuni

Doc Alliance Selection Award (Best Documentary). WINNER: Gulistan, Land of Roses, by Zayne Akyol (director)
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award. WINNER: Still Life, by Maud Alpi

Locarno Summer Academy
IN-COMPETITION
Auschwitz on My Mind, by Assaf MacHnes
Explosions in the Heart, by Yenni Lee (Yenni Film)

Source:
www.imdb.com/event/ev0000400/2016