75th Locarno Film Festival


The 75th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland. Swiss producer Michel Merkt was the jury president for the main competition. Brazilian filmmaker Júlia Murat won the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Rule 34.
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. 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.
The festival opened with American action comedy film Bullet Train by David Leitch, and closed with Swiss-German documentary film Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth by André Schäfer.
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Juries

International Competition

Filmmakers of the Present

Leopards of Tomorrow

First Feature

Green Pardo WWF

Official Sections

Piazza Grande

The following films were selected to be screened at the Piazza Grande, Locarno's open-air theater that accommodates a nightly audience of up to 8,000 people, competing for Prix du Public UBS:

Main competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Leopard:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Filmmakers of the Present Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present:

Leopards of Tomorrow

International competition

The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow International Competition:

National Competition (Concorso nazionale)

The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Swiss National Competition:

Competition of Author's Shorts

The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Shorts Competition:

Special Events

The following films were select to the Leopard of Tomorrow Special Events:
Original TitleDirectorProduction Country
Let's make something ''''Younes Ben Slimane, Caterina Biasiucci, Matilde Casari, Ben Donateo, María Silvia Esteve, Antonio Valerio Frascella, Reto Gelshorn, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Agnese Làposi, Davide Palella, Moona Pennanen, Daniel SoaresSwitzerland

Open Doors Screenings

The following films were select to Open Doors Screenings:

Histoire(s) du Cinéma

The following films were select to the Histoire du Cinéma section:

Official Awards

International Competition

Golden Leopard: Rule 34 by Júlia MuratSpecial Jury Prize: The Adventures of Gigi the Law by Alessandro ComodinBest Direction Award: I Have Electric Dreams by Valentina MaurelBest Actor Award: Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez for I Have Electric DreamsBest Actress Award: Daniela Marín Navarro for ''I Have Electric Dreams''

Filmmakers of the Present

Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present: Nightsiren by Tereza NvotováSpecial Jury Prize: How Is Katia? by Christina TynkevychBest Emerging Director: Juraj Lerotić for Safe PlaceLeopard for the Best Actress: Anastasia Karpenko for How Is Katia?Leopard for the Best Actor: Goran Marković for Safe PlaceSpecial Mention: Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? by Franciska Eliassen

Leopards of Tomorrow

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 :
  • * Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey
  • Variety Piazza Grande Award:
  • * Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir

Independent jury awards

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

[Leopard of Honour] (Pardo d'onore Manor award)

Locarno Kids Award (la Mobiliare)

Pardo alla carriera (Leopard Career Award)

Vision Award Ticinomoda

Premio Raimondo Rezzonico

Excellence Award Davide Campari

Leopard Club Award

Events

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:

VR Experience

In collaboration with Geneva International Film Festival