70th Locarno Film Festival
The 70th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2017 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival's opening film was Tomorrow and Thereafter directed by Noémie Lvovsky. The closing film was Gotthard – One Life, One Soul directed by Kevin Merz.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to the documentary film Mrs. Fang directed by Wang Bing.
Juries
International Competition
Filmmakers of the Present (''Concorso Cineasti del presente'')
Leopards of Tomorrow
Official Sections
The following films were screened in the sections below:
'Piazza Grande: Prefestival'''''
International competition (''Concorso internazionale'')
Highlighted title indicates Leopard of Tomorrow winner
National competition (Concorso nazionale)
Highlighted title indicates Leopard of Tomorrow winner
Independent Sections
Critics Week
The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival.
Official Awards
The following awards were presented for films shown in competition:
Concorso internazionale
Pardo d’oro: Mrs. Fang directed by Wang BingPremio Speciale Della Giuria : As Boas Maneiras directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, Brazil, FrancePardo per la Miglior Regia : F. J. Ossang for 9 Doigts, France, Portugal Pardo per la Miglior Interpretazione Femminile : Isabelle Huppert for Madame Hyde directed by Serge Bozon, France, Belgium Pardo per la Miglior Interpretazione Maschile : Elliott Crosset Hove for Vinterbrødre directed by Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark, Iceland
Concorso Cineasti del presente
Pardo d’Oro Cineasti del Presente: 3/4 directed by Ilian Metev, Bulgaria, GermanyPremio Speciale della Giuria Ciné+ Cineasti del Presente : Milla directed by Valerie Massadian, France, PortugalPremio per il Miglior Regista Emergente – Città e Regione di Locarno : Kim Dae-Hwan for Cho-haeng , South Korea Special Mention: Distant Constellation directed by Shevaun Mizrahi, USA, Turkey, Netherlands Special Mention: Verão Danado directed by Pedro Cabeleira, Portugal
Signs of Life
Signs of Life Award electronic-art.foundation for Best Film: Cocote directed by Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Germany, QatarFondación Casa Wabi – Mantarraya Award: Dane Komljen for Phantasiesätze, Germany, Denmark Special Mention: Era uma vez Brasília directed by Adirley Queirós, Brazil, Portugal
First Feature
Swatch First Feature Award : Scary Mother directed by Ana Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award: Meteorlar directed by Gürcan Keltek, Netherlands, Turkey Special Mention: Dene wos guet geit directed by Cyril Schäublin, Switzerland
Pardi di domani
Concorso Internazionale
Pardino d’Oro for the Best International Short Film – Premio SRG SSR: António e Catarina directed by Cristina Hanes, Portugal Pardino d’Argento SRG SSR for the Concorso Internazionale: Shmama directed by Miki Polonski, Israel Locarno Nomination for the European Film Awards – Premio Pianifica: Jeunes Hommes à la Fenêtre directed by Loukianos Moshonas, France Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award: Kapitalistis directed by Pablo Muñoz Gomez, Belgium, France Special Mention: Armageddon 2 directed by Corey Hughes, Cuba
Concorso Nazionale
Pardino d’Oro for the Best Swiss Short Film – Premio Swiss Life: Rewind Forward directed by Justin Stoneham, Switzerland Pardino d’Argento Swiss Life for the Concorso Nazionale: 59 Secondes directed by Mauro Carraro, Switzerland Best Swiss Newcomer Award: Les Intranquilles directed by Magdalena Froger, Switzerland
Prix du Public UBS: The Big Sick directed by Michael Showalter, USA
Variety Piazza Grande Award
Variety Piazza Grande Award: Three Peaks directed by Jan Zabeil, Germany, Italy