Monday, August 13, 2007
60th Locarno Film Festival Winners
International Competition
Golden Leopard: Ai No Yokan (The Rebirth), Masahiro Kobayashi, Japan
Special Jury Prize: Memories, Pedro Costa, Harun Farockis, Eugene Green, South Korea
Best Director: Phillippe Ramos for Capitaine Achab, France and Sweden
Leopard for Best Actress: Mariam Alvarez in Lo Mejor de Mi, Roser Aguilar, Spain
Leopard for Best Actor: Joint winners-Michel Piccoli in Sous Les Toits de Paris, Hiner Saleem, France and Michele Venitucci in Fuori Dalle Corde, Fluvio Bernasconi, Switzerland, Italy
Special mention to: Cho Sang-Yoo, cinematographer in Boys of Tomorrow, Noh Dong-Seok, South Korea
Filmmakers of the Present Competition
Golden Leopard: Tejut (Milky Way), Bendedek Fliegauf, Hungary and Germany
Special Jury Prize: Imatra, Corso Salani, Italy
Special mention: Tussenstand, Mijke De Jong, Netherlands
Leopard for the Best First Feature
Awarded to: Tagliare Le Parti in Grigio, Vittorio Rifranti, Italy
Leopards of Tomorrow
International Competition
Golden Leopard: Valuri (Waves), Adrian Sitaru, Romania
Silver Leopard: Bende Sira (Ich bin dran), Ismet Erguen, Germany and Turkey
Prize “Cinema e Gioventu"
International Competition: Hoy No Estoy, Gustavo Taretto, Argentina
Special mention: Braedrabylta (Wrestling), Grimur Hakonarson, Iceland
Prix du Public
Death at a Funeral, Frank Oz, USA and UK
Youth Jury Prize
First Prize: Slipstream, Anthony Hopkins, USA
Second Prize: Freigesprochen, Peter Payer, Austria and Luxembourg
Third Prize: La Maison Jaune, Amor Hakkar, France and Algeria
Netpac Prize
Joint winners: Little Moth, Tao Pen, China and An She (Those Three), Naghi Nemati, Iran
FIPRESCI Prize
Capitain Achab, Phillipe Ramos, France and Sweden
Oecumenical Jury Prize
La Maison Jaune, Amor Hakkar, Algeria and France
Critics Week
Allein in Vier Wanden, Alexandra Westmeier, Germany
Here are some very good movies I'll be looking forward to see.
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