15.8.09

Los Premios del Festival de Locarno


62nd Locarno Film Festival Official Awards International Competition

The Jury

The official jury of the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival, preceeded by Jury
President Jonathan Nossiter and composed of :
• Jean-Marie Blanchard, former Director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, France
• Pascal Bonitzer, screenwriter and filmmaker, France
• HONG Sangsoo, filmmaker, South Korea
• Nina Hoss, actress, Germany
• Luis Miñarro, producer, Spain
• Jonathan Nossiter, filmmaker, Brazil/USA
• Alba Rohrwacher, actress, Italy

Awarded the following prizes:

Golden Leopard
Grand Prize of the Festival, the city and region of Locarno (90.000 chf to be shared
equally between the director and the producer) to :

SHE, A CHINESE by Xiaolu GUO, United Kingdom / Germany / France

Special Jury Prize:
Prize of the cities of Ascona and of Losone (30.000 chf to be shared equally between
the director and the producer) awarded to the second best film to:

BUBEN.BARABAN by Alexei Mizgirev, Russia

Best Director:
Prize of the city and region of Locarno (30.000 chf to be shared equally between the
director and the producer), to the best director :

Alexei Mizgirev for BUBEN.BARABAN, Russia

Leopard for Best Actress:

Lotte Verbeek in NOTHING PERSONAL by Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands / Ireland

Leopard for Best Actor:

Antonis Kafetzopoulos in AKADIMIA PLATONOS by Filippos Tsitos, Greece / Germany


Filmmakers of the Present Competition
The Jury
• Matías Bize, filmmaker, Chile
• Denis Côté, filmmaker, Canada
• Brillante Mendoza, filmmaker and producer, Philippines
• Ghassan Salhab, filmmaker, Lebanon
• Angela Schanelec, filmmaker, Germany

Awarded the following prizes:

Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present Competition City of Locarno
30.000 chf offered by the City of Locarno to:

THE ANCHORAGE by C.W. Winter and Anders Edström, United States / Sweden
Ciné Cinéma Special Jury Prize - Filmmakers of the Present Competition
(the winning film will be purchased (30.000 chf) and broadcasted on channel Ciné
Cinéma) to

PIOMBO FUSO by Stefano Savona, Italy


Leopard for the Best First Feature

The Jury
• Esmeralda Calabria, film editor, Italy
• Sepideh Farsi, filmmaker, Iran
• Esteban Larraín, réalisateur, Chili

Awarded the following prize:

Leopard for the Best First Feature
Prize for the City and Region of Locarno (30.000 chf to be shared equally between the
director and the producer) awarded to the best first film screened at the two
competitions (International Competition and Filmmakers of the Present Competition) :

NOTHING PERSONAL by Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands / Ireland
Leopards of Tomorrow
The Jury
• Céline Bolomey, actress, Switzerland
• Denis Delcampe, producer, Belgium
• Maike Mia Höhne, curator “Berlinale Shorts“, Germany
• Najwa Najjar, screenwriter and filmmaker, Palestine
• Adrian Sitaru, filmmaker, Romania

Awarded the following prizes:

International Competition

Golden Leopard
SRG SSR idée suisse Prize for the Best International Short Film (to the value of 10.000
chf) to:

BELIEVE by Paul Wright, United Kingdom (Scotland)

Silver Leopard
Kodak Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition (to the value of
12.000 chf, to be shared by a Swiss film and a film of the International Competition) to:

VARIACIOK by Krisztina Esztergalyos, Hungary

Film and Video Subtitling Prize
Offered by the Film und Video Untertitelung Gerhard Lehmann AG society, in the form
of subtitling in three central European languages, to:

NO COUNTRY FOR CHICKEN by Huang Huang, China

Special Mention
EDGAR by Fabian Busch, Germany

Swiss National Competition

Golden Leopard
George Foundation Prize for the Best Swiss Short Film (to the value of 10.000 chf) to:

LAS PELOTAS by Chris Niemeyer, Switzerland

Silver Leopard
Kodak Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition (to the value of
12.000 chf, to be shared by a Swiss film and a film of the International Competition) to:

NACHTSPAZIERGANG by Christof Wagner, Switzerland

«Action Light Prize» for the Best Swiss Newcomer
Which provides equipment worth 36.000 chf offered by Action-Light, Avant-première,
Film Demnächst, Fujifilm, Sound Design Studio, Swiss Effects, Taurus Studio, Titra Film
and Yak Film to:

CONNIE by Judith Kurmann, Switzerland

Prize «Cinema e Gioventù» – Leopards of Tomorrow
The «Cinema e Gioventù» Jury for the Leopards of Tomorrow section, composed of
Elena Binda, Valentina Bosia, Carlotta Dionisio, Vania Gottardi, Jasmine Leoni, Giulia
Moltrasio, Gianni Nägeli, Valentina Peduzzi, Samira Yeganeh, awarded the following
prizes, offered by the education, culture and sports Department of Ticino, to the value
of 3.000 chf, to be shared between a film of Swiss Competition and International

Competition:
Best Short Film for the International Competition:

TÚNELES EN EL RÍO by Igor Galuk, Argentina

Special Mention

GJEMSEL by Aleksandra Niemczyk, Norway


Best Short film for the Swiss National Competition:

KITSCH PANORAMA by Gilles Monnat, Switzerland


Youth Jury Prize


The Jury
Members selected are among the « Cinema e Gioventù ». Giovanna Albonico, Roxane
Barclay, Diego Benzoni, Giona Bucher, Ascanio Cecco, Faye Corthésy, Violette Mandry,
Paolo Marioni, Benoît Tabin, Carlotta Tognola and Nathigane Vanello awarded the
following prizes:

First Prize (6.000 chf)
Offered by the Cantonal Education, Culture, and Sports Department of Ticino to :

Urszula Antoniak for NOTHING PERSONAL, Netherlands / Ireland

Second Prize (4.000 chf)
Offered by the Cantonal Education, Culture, and Sports Department of Ticino to :

Bernard Émond for LA DONATION, Canada

Third Prize (2.000 chf)
Offered by the Cantonal Education, Culture, and Sports Department of Ticino to :

Filippos Tsitos for AKADIMIA PLATONOS, Greece / Germany

«The environment is the quality of life» Prize (3.000 chf)
Offered by the Cantonal Territory Department, for a full feature in competition that
interprets the best concept of « The environment is the quality of life» to:

LA DONATION by Bernard Émond, Canada

Special Mention

BUBEN.BARABAN by Alexei Mizgiriev, Russia

Prix du Public UBS
The winner of the audience prize (20.000 chf):

GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN by Christoph Schaub, Switzerland

Variety Piazza Grande Award
The Variety Piazza Grande Award, awarded by Derek Elley and Jay Weissberg, critics of
the American trade paper, is attributed to a film screened on the Piazza Grande as a
world or international première. The prize recognises a film that stands out for both its
artistic qualities and its potential for theatrical release. The Variety Piazza Grande
Award goes to:

SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT by Detlev Buck, Germany

Netpac Prize
(Network for Asian Cinema)
The Jury
• Elena Alberto, Italy
• Patrick Frater, Hong Kong
• Paul Venugopal Bina, India
awarded the Netpac Prize jointly to the film :

SHAM MOH (At the End of Daybreak) by HO Yuhang, Malaysia / Hong Kong / South Korea

Special Mention
YE DIAN (One Night in Supermarket) by YANG Qing, China

FIPRESCI Prize (International Federation of Cinematographic Press)
The Jury
• Ronald Bergan, United Kingdom
• Dana Duma, Romania
• Madeleine Hirsiger, Switzerland
• Mahmoud Jemni, Tunisia
• Michael Ranze, Germany

Awarded the international critic prize to (FIPRESCI Prize) to:

NOTHING PERSONAL by Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands / Ireland


Ecumenical Jury Prize
The Jury
• Christine Bolliger-Erard, France
• Lucia Cuocci, Italy
• Jos Horemans, Belgium
• Dr. Stefanie Knauss, Austria/Italy
• Dr. Bojidar Manov, Bulgaria
• Fawzi Soliman, Egypt

Awarded its prize, to the value of 20.000 chf, offered by the Swiss Evangelic and
Roman Catholic Churches, to be used for the distribution of the movie in Switzerland,
to:

AKADIMIA PLATONOS by Filippos Tsitos, Greece / Germany

Special Mention:

NOTHING PERSONAL by Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands / Ireland


FICC/IFFS Prize
(International Cine-Club Federation)

The Jury
• Per Ekman, Sweden
• Laurence Gogniat, Switzerland
• Geir Ornholt, Norway
Awarded the FICC / IFFS Don Quijote Prize to :

LA DONATION by Bernard Émond, Canada

CICAE Prize
(International Art & Essay Cinema Confederation)

The Jury
• Giancarlo Giraud, Italy
• Julien Moeschler, Switzerland
• Ula Sniegowska, Poland

Awarded the Art & Essai CICAE Prize to:

NOTHING PERSONAL by Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands / Ireland

Critics Week


The Jury
• André Ceuterick, Belgium
• Marisa Marzelli, Switzerland
• Markus Wille, Liechtenstein

Awarded the SRG SSR idée suisse/Critic’s Prize, to the value of 8.000 chf to

PIANOMANIA by Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck, Austria / Germany

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