2008 (61st) Locarno International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Locarno International Film Festival
• Edition: 61st
• Period: August 6th-16th, 2009
• Location: Locarno, Switzerland

Awards

• Golden Leopard: "Parque Via" (Mexico)
• Special Jury Prize: "33 Scenes from Life" (Germany/Poland)
• Best Director: Denis Cote ("Elle Veut Le Chaos)
• Leopard for Best Actress: Ilaria Occhini ("Mar Nero")
• Leopard for Best Actor: Tayanç Ayayd ("The Market - A Tale of Trade)
• Special Mentions: "Feast of Villains" - Jianlin Pan / "Daytime Drinking" - Yeong-seok No
• Filmmakers of the Present Competition: "Le Forteresse" - Fernand Melgar (Sweden)
• CinéCinéma Special Jury Prize / Filmmakers of the Present Competition: "Alicia En El Pais" - Esteban Larrain (Chile)
• Leopard for the Best First Feature: "Marz" - Händl Klaus (Austria)
• Golden Leopard – International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition: "Dez Elefantes" - Eva Randolph (Brazil)
• Silver Leopard – International Leopard of Tomorrow: "Babin" - Isamu Hirabayashi (Japan)
• Film and Video Subtitling Prize" - Juho Kuosmanen (Finland)
• Prize "Cinema e Gioventù" – Leopards of Tomorrow: "Babin" - Isamu Hirabayashi (Japan)
• Silver Leopard – Kodak Prize for the Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition: "NACHTSPAZIERGANG" - Christof Wagner (Switzerland)
• Prix du Public UBS – Audience Award "Son of Rambow" - Garth Jennings (France/Germany/UK)
• Variety Piazza Grande Award: "Back Soon" - Solveig Anspach (Iceland/France)
• Netpac Prize (Network for Asian Cinema): "Daytime Drinking" - Yeong-seok No
• Fipresci Prize: "Parque Via" - Enrique Rivero (Meixco)
• Oecumenical Jury Prize: "Mar Nero" - Frederico Bondi (Italy/Romania/France)
• FICC/IFFS Prize: "Yuri’s Day" - Kirill Serebrennikov (Germany/Russia)
• CICAE Prize: "Autum" - Özcan Alper (Turkey/Germany)
• Critics Week: "Kites" - Beata Dzianowicz (Poland)

East Asian Feature Films @ 61st Locarno International Film Festival

International Competition

• "Daytime Drinking" - Yeong-seok No (South Korea) *International Premiere
• "Feast of Villains" - Jianlin Pan (China) *World Premiere

Filmmakers of the Present Competition

• "Symptom X" - Koki Yoshida (Japan) *International Premiere

Leopards of Tomorrow - International Competition

• "Babin" - Isamu Hirabayashi (Japan)
• "Magellan" - Huajun Li (China)

Ici & Ailleurs

• "The Convert" (Muallaf) - Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia) *World Premiere