The 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival closed with the award ceremony, and VITALINA VARELA by Pedro Costa was awarded the top prize, the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard), Grand Prize of the City of Locarno. The film follows Vitalina Varela, a 55-year-old woman from Cape Verde, who arrives in Lisbon three days after her husband’s funeral. She’s been waiting for her plane ticket for more than 25 years. For her performance Vitalina Varela was awarded the Leopard for Best Actress.
72nd Locarno Film Festival – Official Awards
Concorso internazionale
Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard), Grand Prize of the City of Locarno
VITALINA VARELA by Pedro Costa, Portugal
Premio speciale della giuria (Special Jury Prize) of the Cities of Ascona and Losone
PA-GO (Height of the Wave) by PARK Jung-bum, South Korea
Pardo per la migliore regia (Leopard for Best Direction) of the City and Region of Locarno
Damien Manivel for LES ENFANTS D’ISADORA, France/South Korea
Pardo per la migliore interpretazione femminile (Leopard for Best Actress)
Vitalina Varela for VITALINA VARELA by Pedro Costa, Portugal
Pardo per la migliore interpretazione maschile (Leopard for Best Actor)
Regis Myrupu for A FEBRE by Maya Da-Rin, Brazil/France/Germany
Special Mentions
HIRUK-PIKUK SI AL-KISAH (The Science of Fictions) by Yosep Anggi Noen, Indonesia/Malaysia/France
MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, Italie/Argentine
Concorso Cineasti del presente
Pardo d’oro Cineasti del presente (Cineasti del presente Golden Leopard)
BAAMUM NAFI (Nafi’s Father) by Mamadou Dia, Senegal
Premio per il migliore regista emergente (Best Emerging Director Award) of the City and Region of Locarno
143 RUE DU DÉSERT by Hassen Ferhani, Algeria/France/Qatar
Premio speciale della giuria Ciné+ Cineasti del presente (Special Jury Prize)
IVANA CEA GROAZNICA (Ivana the Terrible) by Ivana Mladenović, Romania/Serbia
Special Mention
HERE FOR LIFE by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Adrian Jackson, United Kingdom
Moving Ahead
Moving Ahead Award
THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT (SINGLE CHANNEL) by Ja’Tovia M. Gary, USA/France
Special Mentions
THOSE THAT, AT A DISTANCE, RESEMBLE ANOTHER by Jessica Sarah Rinland, United Kingdom/Argentina/Spain
SHĀN ZHĪ BĚI (Osmosis) by ZHOU Tao, China
First Feature
Swatch First Feature Award
BAAMUM NAFI (Nafi’s Father) by Mamadou Dia, Senegal
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award
LA PALOMA Y EL LOBO (The Dove and the Wolf) by Carlos Lenin, Mexico
Special Mentions
INSTINCT by Halina Reijn, Netherlands
FI AL-THAWRA (During Revolution) by Maya Khoury, Syria/Sweden
Pardi di domani
Concorso internazionale
Pardino d’oro for the best international short film – Premio SRG SSR
SIYAH GÜNEŞ (Black Sun) by Arda Çiltepe, Turkey/Germany
Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the Pardi di domani International competition
UMBILICAL by Danski Tang, USA
Pardi di domani Best Direction Prize – PIANIFICA
OTPUSK (Leave of Absence) by Anton Sazonov, Russia
Premio Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Prize
WHITE AFRO by Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana/USA
Concorso nazionale
Pardino d’oro for the best Swiss short film – Premio Swiss Life
MAMA ROSA by Dejan Barac, Switzerland
Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the Pardi di domani National competition
TEMPÊTE SILENCIEUSE by Anaïs Moog, Switzerland
Best Swiss Newcomer Prize
TERMINAL by Kim Allamand, Switzerland
Variety Piazza Grande Award
INSTINCT by Halina Reijn, Netherlands
Independent Juries and Awards
Ecumenical Prize
Ecumenical Prize
MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, Italy/Argentina
Special Mention
VITALINA VARELA by Pedro Costa, Portugal
FIPRESCI Prize
FIPRESCI Prize
(International Federation of Film Critics)
A FEBRE by Maya Da-Rin, Brazil/France/Germany
Europa Cinemas Label
Europa Cinemas Label
MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, Italy/Argentina
Junior Jury Awards
First Prize (6,000 CHF)
BERGMÁL (Echo) by Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland/France/Switzerland
Second Prize (4,000 CHF)
MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, Italy/Argentina
Third Prize (2,000 CHF)
LES ENFANTS D’ISADORA by Damien Manivel, France/South Korea
Special Mentions
TECHNOBOSS by João Nicolau, Portugal/France
FI AL-THAWRA (During Revolution) by Maya Khoury, Syria/Sweden
Best International Short Film
Best International Short Film
POSLEDNJA SLIKA O OCU (The Last Image of Father) by Stefan Djordjevic, Serbia
Best Swiss Short Film
TERMINAL by Kim Allamand, Switzerland
Special Mentions
CARNE by Camila Kater, Brazil/Spain
NACHTS SIND ALLE KATZEN GRAU by Lasse Linder, Switzerland
Best Film
Best Film shown in the section Concorso Cineasti del presente
143 RUE DU DÉSERT by Hassen Ferhani, Algeria/France/Qatar
Special Mention
SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Austria/Germany
«Environment is quality of life» Prize
«Environment is quality of life» Prize (3,000 CHF)
A FEBRE by Maya Da-Rin, Brazil/France/Germany
SRG SSR / Semaine de la critique 2019 Prize and Zonta Club Locarno 2019 Prize
SRG SSR Prize/Semaine de la critique 2019
A LÉTEZÉS EUFÓRIÁJA (The Euphoria of Being) by Réka Szabó, Hungary
Premio Zonta Club Locarno 2019
to the film which promotes a better justice and social ethics to:
ADOLESCENTES by Sébastien Lifshitz, France
Residency Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur @ Villa Sträuli
The Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, in collaboration with the Villa Sträuli and the Locarno Film Festival, will be offering a two-month residency, accepting applications from the participants of Open Doors, Pardi di domani and the Filmmakers Academy who are coming from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
DOUMA TAHT AL ARD (Douma Underground) by Tim Alsiofi, Lebanon/Syria (Pardi di domani)