69th Locarno Film Festival

The 69th Festival del film Locarno was held 3–13 August 2016 in Locarno, Switzerland. Carlo Chatrian was the festival's Artistic Director.

The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Godless, directed by Ralitza Petrova.

The primary Selection Committee included Mark Peranson (Head of Programming), Lorenzo Esposito, Sergio Fant, and Aurélie Godet. The Leopards of Tomorrow section was programmed by Alessandro Marcionni (Head), Gonzalo De Pedro Amatria, Liz Harkman, and Bruno Quiblier. The Retrospective program was curated by Olaf Möller and Roberto Turigliatto.

Piazza Grande
The following films were selected for the Piazza Grande section:

International Competition (Concorso internazionale)
The following films were selected for the Concorso internazionale section:

Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
Filmmakers of the Present is the festival's competition for first or second feature films.

Leopards of Tomorrow (Pardi di domani)
Leopards of Tomorrow is the festival's competitive program for short films, with separate international and Swiss sections.

Retrospective (Retrospettiva)
The 2016 retrospective section, Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963, was centered around filmmaking in early West Germany.

Open Doors
Beginning in 2016, the Open Doors screening and development section initiated a three-year focus on eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Jury films
The festival presents films associated with jurors for the various competitive sections.