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)
- 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
International Competition
Open Doors Screenings
Jury Members' Films
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
