INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Pardo d’oro Grand Prize of the Festival of the City of Locarno for best film
CRITICAL ZONE (MANTAGHEYE BOHRANI) by Ali Ahmadzadeh
Iran/Germany
Special Jury Prize of the Cities of Ascona and Losone
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (NU ASTEPTA PREA MULT DE LA SFÂRSITUL LUMII) by Radu Jude
Romania/Luxembourg/France/Croatia
Pardo for Best Direction of the City and Region of Locarno
Maryna Vroda
for STEPNE
Ukraine/Germany/Poland/Slovakia
Pardos for Best Performance
Dimitra Vlagopoulou for ANIMAL
Renée Soutendijk for SWEET DREAMS
Special Mention
NUIT OBSCURE – AU REVOIR ICI, N’IMPORTE OÙ
by Sylvain George
France/Switzerland
CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE COMPETITION
Pardo d’oro to the best film
DREAMING & DYING (HAO JIU BU JIAN)
by Nelson Yeo
Singapore/Indonesia
Best Emerging Director Award of the City and Region of Locarno
Katharina Huber
for EIN SCHÖNER ORT
Germany
Special Jury Prize CINÉ+
CAMPING DU LAC
by Éléonore Saintagnan
Belgium/France
Pardos for Best Performance
Clara Schwinning for EIN SCHÖNER ORT
Isold Halldórudóttir and Stavros Zafeiris for TOUCHED
Special Mentions
EXCURSION( EKSKURZIUA) by Una Gunjak
NEGU HURBILAK by Colectivo Negu
Swatch First Feature Award
DREAMING & DYING (HAO JIU BU JIAN)
by Nelson Yeo
Singapore/Indonesia
PARDI DI DOMANI (Short Films)
Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film
THE PASSING
by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
U.S.A.
Special Mention and Short Film candidate of the Locarno Film Festival for the European Film Awards
BEEN THERE
by Corina Schwingruber Ili?
Switzerland
Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the Best International Short Film
A STUDY OF EMPATHY (EN UNDERSØGELSE AF EMPATI)
by Hilke Rönnfeldt
Denmark/Germany
Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition
DU BIST SO WUNDERBAR
by Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes
Germany/Brazil
Pardi di domani Best Direction Award – BONALUMI Engineering
Eric K. Boulianne
for FAIRE UN ENFANT, Canada
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award
THE GUARD (NEGAHBAN) by Amirhossein Shojaei, Iran
Special Mention
THE LOVERS
by Carolina Sandvik, Sweden
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Pardino d’oro for the Best Swiss Short Film
LETZTE NACHT
by Lea Bloch, Switzerland
Pardino d’argento for the National Competition
NIGHT SHIFT
by Kayije Kagame, Hugo Radi, Switzerland
Best Swiss Newcomer
LETZTE NACHT
by Lea Bloch, Switzerland
The Film Verdict at Locarno Film Festival 2023.
