Best Direction Award (Locarno International Film Festival)
| Best Direction Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best directed film |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Locarno International Film Festival |
| First award | 1946 |
| Currently held by | Laurynas Bareiša for Drowning Dry (2024) |
The Best Direction Award is an award given at the Locarno International Film Festival. It is awarded to the best directed film in the international competition section.
Winners
1940s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | And Then There Were None | René Clair | United States | |
| 1947 | Man About Town | Le Silence est d'or | France | |
| 1948 | Fort Apache (1st prize) | John Ford | United States | |
| Germany, Year Zero (2nd prize) | Germania anno zero | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | |
| 1949 - 1959: No Award Given | ||||
1960s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Foma Gordeev [1] | Фома Гордеев | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union |
| 1961- 2005: No Award Given | ||||
2000s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Last of the Crazy People | Le Dernier des fous | Laurent Achard | France, Belgium |
| 2007 | Capitaine Achab[2] | Philippe Ramos | France | |
| 2008 | All That She Wants[3] | Elle veut le chaos | Denis Côté | Canada |
| 2009 | Tambourine, Drum[4] | Бубен, барабан | Aleksei Mizgiryov | Russia |
2010s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Curling[5] | Denis Côté | Canada | |
| 2011 | Best Intentions[6] | Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intentii | Adrian Sitaru | Romania |
| 2012 | When Night Falls[7] | 我还有话要说 | Ying Liang | China, South Korea |
| 2013 | Our Sunhi | 우리 선희 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2014 | Horse Money | Cavalo Dinheiro | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| 2015 | Cosmos[8] | Andrzej Żuławski | France, Portugal | |
| 2016 | The Ornithologist[9] | O Ornitólogo | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal, France, Brazil |
| 2017 | 9 Fingers [10][11] | 9 Doigts | F. J. Ossang | France, Portugal |
| 2018 | Too Late to Die Young[12][13] | Tarde para morir joven | Dominga Sotomayor Castillo | Chile |
| 2019 | Isadora's Children | Les Enfants d'Isadora | Damien Manivel | France/South Korea |
2020s
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Zeros and Ones | Abel Ferrara | United States, Italy | |
| 2022 | I Have Electric Dreams[14] | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica |
| 2023 | Stepne | Maryna Vroda | Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia | |
| 2024 | Drowning Dry | Seses | Laurynas Bareiša | Lithuania, Latvia |
| 2025 | Tales of the Wounded Land | Abbas Fahdel | Lebanon | |
References
- ^ Foma Gordeev on IMDb
- ^ Capitaine Achab on IMDb
- ^ All That She Wants on IMDb
- ^ Tambourine, Drum on IMDb
- ^ Curling on IMDb
- ^ Best Intentions on IMDb
- ^ When Night Falls on IMDb
- ^ "Palmarès 2015". Locarno.
- ^ "Palmarès 2016". Locarno. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ 9 Fingers on IMDb
- ^ Anderson, Ariston (12 August 2017). "Locarno Festival: Chinese Documentary 'Mrs. Fang' Wins Golden Leopard". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ Too Late to Die Young on IMDb
- ^ Ercolani, Adriano (12 August 2018). "Leopard for Best Direction: Dominga Sotomayor". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (13 August 2022). "Provocative Brazilian Film 'Rule 34' Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 13 August 2022.