2009 (62nd) Locarno International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Locarno International Film Festival
• Edition: 62nd
• Period: August 5th-15th, 2009
• Location: Locarno, Switzerland
• Attendance: 157,057
• # of Films: 180 feature films, 210 short & mid length films, 50 countries represented

Awards

• Golden Leopard: "She, a Chinese" - Xiaolu Guo (UK/France, Germany)
• Special Jury Prize: "BUBEN.BARABAN" - Alexei Mizgirev (Russia)
• Best Director: "BUBEN.BARABAN" - Alexei Mizgirev (Russia)
• Leopard for Best Actress: Lotte Verbeek "NOTHING PERSONAL" (Netherlands/Ireland)
• Leopard for Best Actor: Antonis Kafetzopoulos "AKADIMIA PLATONOS" (Greece/Germany)
• Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present Competition City of Locarno: "THE ANCHORAGE" - C.W. Winter and Anders Edstrom (U.S./Sweden)
• CinéCinéma Special Jury Prize / Filmmakers of the Present Competition: "PIOMBO FUSO" - Stefano Savona (Italy)
• Leopard for the Best First Feature: "NOTHING PERSONAL" - Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)
• Golden Leopard – SRG SSR idée suisse Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition: "BELIEVE" - Paul Wright, United Kingdom (Scotland)
• Silver Leopard – Kodak Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow: "VARIACIOK" - Krisztina Esztergalyos, Hungary
• Golden Leopard – George Foundation Prize for the Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition: "LAS PELOTAS" - Chris Niemeyer (Switzerland)
• Silver Leopard – Kodak Prize for the Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition: "NACHTSPAZIERGANG" - Christof Wagner (Switzerland)
• Prix du Public UBS – Audience Award "GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN" - Christoph Schaub (Switzerland)
• Variety Piazza Grande Award: "Same Same But Different" - Detlev Buck (Germany)
• Netpac Prize (Network for Asian Cinema): At the End of Daybreak" - Yuhang Ho (Malaysia)
  • Special Mention: "Once Upon a Time Proletarian" - Xiaolu Guo (China)
• Fipresci Prize: "NOTHING PERSONAL" - Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)
• Eucumenical Jury Prize: "AKADIMIA PLATONOS" - Filippos Tsitos (Greece/Germany)
  • Special Mention: "NOTHING PERSONAL" - Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)
• FICC/IFFS Prize: "LA DONATION" - Bernard Émond (Canada)
• CICAE Prize: "NOTHING PERSONAL" - Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)
• Critics Week: "PIANOMANIA" - Robert Cibis & Lilian Franck (Austria/Germany)

East Asian Films @ 62nd Locarno International Film Festival

Piazza Grande

• "Akira" - Katsuhiro Otomo (Japan)
• "First Squad: The Moment of Truth" - Yoshiharu Ashino (Japan/Russia)
• "Mobile Suit Gundam I" - various (Japan)
• "The Raccoon War" (Pom Poko) - Isao Takahata (Japan)
• "Redline" - Takeshi Koike (Japan)
• "Same Same But Different" - Detlev Buck (Germany)

International Competition

• "At the End of Daybreak" - Yuhang Ho (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)
• "She, a Chinese" - Xiaolu Guo (UK/France, Germany)
• "Summer Wars" - Mamoru Hosoda (Japan)
• "The Search" - Pema Tseden (Tibet)
• "Where Are You?" - Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan)

Open Doors Screenings

• "Before the Flood" various (China)
• "Blind Shaft" (Mang jing) - Yang Li (China)
• "Cry Woman" - Bingjian Liu (China)
• "Dumplings" - Fruit Chan (Hong Kong)
• "Er Dong" - Jin Yang (China)
• "Exodus" - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong/China)
• "Fengming: A Chinese Memoir" - Bing Wang (China)
• "God Man Dog" (Liu lang shen gou ren) - Singing Chen (Taiwan)
• "Grain in Ear" (Mang zhong) - Lu Zhang (China/South Korea)
• "In Love We Trust" (Zuo you) - Xiaoshuai Wang (China)
• "Mu Gang" - Guangyi Yu (China)
• "One Night in Supermarket" (Ye Dian) - Qing Yang (China)
• "Oxhide II" - Jiayin Liu (China)
• "Perfect Life" (Wan mei sheng huo) - Xiaobai Tang (Hong Kong)
• "Petition" - Zhao Liang (China)
• "Pickpocket" - Zhang Ke Jia (China)
• "So Much Rice" (Hao duo da mi) - Hongqi Li (China)
• "Summer Palace" Ye Lou (China/France)
• "The Sun Also Rises" (Tai yang zhao chang sheng qi) - Wen Jiang (China)
• "Walking on the Wild Side" (Bu fa fen zi) - Jie Han (China)
• "Umbrella" (San) - Haibin Du (China)
• "Yang Yang" - Yu-Chieh Cheng (Taiwan)
• "Yasukuni" - Ying Li (China/Japan)

Jury Members' Films

• "Night and Day" (Bam gua nat) - Sang-soo Hong (South korea)
• "Service" - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)

Jury

International Competition

• Jonathan Nossiter
• Jean-Marie Blanchard
• Pascal Bonitzer
• Sang-soo Hong
• Nina Hoss
• Luis Miñarro

Filmmakers of the Present Competition

• Matias Bize
• Denis Cote
• Brillante Mendoza
• Ghassan Salhab
• Angela Schanelec
• Jonathan Nossiter
• Alba Rohrwacher

Leopard for the Best First Feature

• Esmeralda Calabria
• Sepideh Farsi
• Esteban Larrain

Leopards of Tomorrow

• Celine Bolomey
• Denis Delcampe
• Maike Mia Hohne
• Najwa Najjar
• Adrian Sitaru