The 75th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland. Swiss producer Michel Merkt was the jury president for the main competition. Brazilian filmmaker Júlia Murat won the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Rule 34.
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. 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.
The festival opened with American action comedy film Bullet Train by David Leitch, and closed with Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André Schäfer.
Juries
International Competition
Filmmakers of the Present
Leopards of Tomorrow
First Feature
Green Pardo WWF
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, competing for Prix du Public UBS:
Main competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Leopard:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Filmmakers of the Present Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Leopard â Filmmakers of the Present:
Leopards of Tomorrow
International competition
The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow International Competition:
National Competition (Concorso nazionale)
The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Swiss National Competition:
Competition of Author's Shorts
The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Shorts Competition:
Special Events
The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Special Events:
Open Doors Screenings
The following films were select to Open Doors Screenings:
Open Doors Short Films Screenings
Histoire(s) du Cinéma
The following films were select to the Histoire(s) du Cinéma section:
Retrospective (Retrospettiva)
Homages
Locarno Kids
International Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)
Swiss Panorama (Panorama Suisse)
Official Awards
International Competition
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 LerotiÃÂ for Safe Place
- Leopard for the Best Actress: Anastasia Karpenko for How Is Katia?
- Leopard for the Best Actor: Goran MarkoviÃÂ 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 â 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 LerotiÃÂ
- 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
- 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 RosoÃ
Âowsk
- Premio Zonta Club Locarno:
- Ruthless Times â 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 â 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
Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare)
Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award)
Vision Award Ticinomoda
Premio Raimondo Rezzonico
Excellence Award Davide Campari
Leopard Club Award
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
Exhibition SocialSim by Hito Steyerl
VR Experience
In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
Film Festival Tour by Ascona-Locarno
Exhibition René Burri
Skies by Kollektiv Beton @ BaseCamp
A 24h long talk on the Future of Attention
References
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