Screened in the Concorso Internazionale, Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction Drowning Dry by Laurynas Bareiša received the Best Director Award, while Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevičius received the award for Best Performance in the same film.

The 100% Hungarian coproduction Lesson Learned by Bálint Szimler, which screened in Concorso Cineasti del Presente, received the Leopard for Best Performance for actress Anna Mészöly. The film shared a Special Mention with the Serbian/US coproduction When the Phone Rang directed by Iva Radivojević.

Toxic also received the Swatch First Feature Award, the Ecumenical Jury Award and the Second Prize from the Junior Jury, while Holy Electricity added the First Prize from the Junior Jury.

WINNERS: 

Concorso Internazionale:

Golden Leopard – Grand Prize of the Festival and City of Locarno:
Toxic / Akiplėša (Lithuania)
Directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė
Produced by Akis bado
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Lithuanian National Radio and Television
International sales: Bendita Film Sales

Special Jury Prize – Cities of Ascona and Losone:
Mond (Austria)
Directed by Kurdwin Ayub

Leopard for Best Direction – City and Region of Locarno:
Laurynas Bareiša for Drowning Dry / Seses (Lithuania, Latvia)
Produced by Afterschool
Coproduced by Trickster Pictures
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia, Eurimages, LRT, the Latvian broadcaster
International sales: Alpha Violet

Leopard for Best Performance 
Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevičius in Drowning Dry / Seses (Lithuania, Latvia)

Leopard for Best Performance:
Kim Minhee in By the Stream / Suyoocheon (South Korea)
Directed by Hong Sangsoo

Special Mentions:

Youth (Hard Times) / Qing chun (ku) (France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands)
Directed by Wang Bing

Salve Maria (Spain)
Directed by Mar Coll

Concorso Cineasti del Presente:

Golden Leopard – Concorso Cineasti del Presente:
Holy Electricity (Georgia, the Netherlands)
Directed by Tato Kotetishvili
Produced by Zango Studio, Nushi Film
Coproduced by GOGO Film, The Film Kitchen, Arrebato Films
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center

Best Emerging Director Award – City and Region of Locarno: 
Denise Fernandes for Hanami (Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde) 

Special Jury Prize CINÉ+:
Listen to the Voices / Kouté vwa (Belgium, France, French Guiana)
Directed by Maxime Jean-Baptiste

Leopard for Best Performance:
Callie Hernandez in Invention (USA)
Directed by Courtney Stephens

Leopard for Best Performance:
Anna Mészöly in Lesson Learned / Fekete pont (Hungary)
Directed by Bálint Szimler
Produced by Boddah, CineSuper
Coproduced by Proton Cinema, Good Kids, FocusFox, Pioneer Pictures, Filmpartners, 235 Productions, Umbrella
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary

Special Mentions:

Lesson Learned / Fekete pont (Hungary)

When the Phone Rang / Kada je zazvonio telefon (Serbia, USA)
Directed by Iva Radivojević
Produced by Set Sail Films, Ivaasks Films
Coproduced by Picture Palace Pictures
Supported by Film Centre Serbia, The Princess Grace Foundation, Chicken and Egg Pictures, the Hungarian Film Incentive

Pardi di Domani:

Concorso Corti d’Autore:

Pardino d’Oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film:
Upshot (Palestine, Italy, France)
Directed by Maha Haj

Special Mention:
The Masked Monster / Gwe-in esti jeongche (South Korea)
Directed by Syeyoung Park

Locarno Film Festival Short Film Candidate – European Film Awards:
La fille qui explose (France)
Directed by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

Concorso Internazionale:

Pardino d’Oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film:
Washhh (Malaysia, Ireland)
Directed by Mickey Lai

Pardino d’Argento SRG SSR for the International Competition:
Hymn of the Plague / Gimn chume (Germany, Russia)
Directed by Ataka51

Pardi di Domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering:
Que te vaya bonito, Rico (UK, USA)
Directed by Joel Alfonso Vargas

Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award:
The Form (Iran)
Directed by Melika Pazouki

Special Mention:
Freak (USA)
Directed by Claire Barnett

Concorso Nazionale:

Pardino d’Oro Swiss Life for the Best Swiss Short Film:
Sans voix (Switzerland)
Directed by Samuel Patthey

Pardino d’Argento Swiss Life for the National Competition:
Better Not Kill the Groove (Switzerland)
Directed by Jonathan Leggett

Best Swiss Newcomer Award:
Gabriel Grosclaude for Lux carne (Switzerland)

Special Mention:
Progress Mining (UK, Switzerland)
Directed by Gabriel Böhmer

First Feature: 

Swatch First Feature Award:
Toxic / Akiplėša (Lithuania)
Directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė

MUBI Award – Debut Feature:
Green Line (France, Lebanon, Qatar)
Directed by Sylvie Ballyot

Special Mentions:

Hanami (Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde)
Directed by Denise Fernandes

Listen to the Voices / Kouté vwa (Belgium, France, French Guiana)
Directed by Maxime Jean-Baptiste

Pardo Verde: 

Pardo Verde:
Agora (Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)
Directed by Ala Eddine Slim

Special Mentions:

Der Fleck (Germany, Switzerland)
Directed by Willy Hans

Revolving Rounds (Austria)
Directed by Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik

Parallel Juries Awards:

Ecumenical Jury Award:
Toxic / Akiplėša (Lithuania)

Special Mention:
Mond (Austria)

FIPRESCI Prize:
Youth (Hard Times) / Qing chun (ku) (France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands)

Europa Cinemas Label:
Mond (Austria)

Junior Jury Awards – International Competition:

First Prize:
Green Line (France, Liban)
Directed by Sylvie Ballyot

Second Prize:
Toxic / Akiplėša (Lithuania)

Third Prize:
Salve Maria (Spain)

Environment is Quality of Life Prize:
Youth (Hard Times) / Qing chun (ku) (France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands)

Junior Jury Awards – Cineasti del Presente Competition:

First Prize:
Holy Electricity (Georgia, the Netherlands)

Special Mention:
Olivia & Las Nubes (Dominican Republic)
Directed by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat

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