75th Locarno Film Festival

The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film Bullet Train by David Leitch. 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.

The festival closed on 13 August with the Swiss-German documentary film ''Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth (Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit.'') by André Schäfer. Rule 34 by Julia Murat was awarded the Golden Leopard and The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro Comodin Special Jury Prize.

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.

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

VR Experience
In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)

International Competition

 * Michel Merkt, producer and consultant (Jury President)
 * Prano Bailey-Bond, Welsh filmmaker
 * Alain Guiraudie, French filmmaker
 * William Horberg, American film producer and chair emeritus of the Producers Guild of America
 * Laura Samani, Italian director

Filmmakers of the Present

 * Annick Mahnert, film festival curator, film producer and director of programming at Fantastic Fest, programs the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
 * Gitanjali Rao, Indian theatre actress, animator and filmmaker
 * Katriel Schory, producer, senior consultant international co-productions

Leopards of Tomorrow

 * Walter Fasano, Italian film editor and director
 * Azra Deniz Okyay, Turkish filmmaker
 * Ada Solomon, Romanian producer

First Feature

 * Boo Junfeng, Singaporean filmmaker
 * Shahram Mokri, Iranian filmmaker
 * Madeline Robert, French producer

Green Pardo WWF

 * Thierry Hugot, responsible for the Sustainability Study Group at Eurimages
 * Sonia I. Seneviratne, Swiss climate scientist, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zurich
 * Alessandro Rak, Italian cartoonist, animator and director

Sections
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International competition (Concorso internazionale)

 * Highlighted title indicates Golden Leopard winner

Filmmakers of the present competition (Concorso Cineasti del presente)
Highlighted title indicates award winner

International competition (Concorso internazionale)
Highlighted title indicates award winner

National Competition (Concorso nazionale)
Highlighted title indicates award winner

Competition of Author's Courts (Concorso Corti d'autore)
Highlighted title indicates award winner

Official Awards
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International Competition

 * Golden Leopard: Rule 34 by Julia Murat


 * Special Jury Prize: The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro Comodin


 * Best Direction Award: I Have Electric Dreams by Valentina Maurel
 * Best Actor Award: Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez for I Have Electric Dreams


 * Best Actress Award: Daniela Marín Navarro for I Have Electric Dreams

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 Lerotić for Safe Place
 * Leopard for the Best Actress: Anastasia Karpenko for How Is Katia?
 * Leopard for the Best Actor: Goran Marković for Safe Place
 * Special Mention: Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? by Franciska Eliassen

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 – 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 Lerotić
 * 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

Ecumenical Jury Award

 * Tales of the Purple House by Abbas Fahdel

FIPRESCI 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 Rosołowsk
 * Premio Zonta Club Locarno:
 * Ruthless Times – 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 – 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
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Leopard of Honour (Pardo d'onore Manor award)

 * Matt Dillon
 * Kelly Reichardt

Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare)

 * Gitanjali Rao

Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award)

 * Costa-Gavras

Vision Award Ticinomoda

 * Laurie Anderson

Premio Raimondo Rezzonico

 * Jason Blum

Excellence Award Davide Campari

 * Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Leopard Club Award

 * Daisy Edgar-Jones