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Locarno 2015: Award Winners Announced

‘Right Now, Wrong Then’

The 2015 Locarno Film Festival just wrapped a couple days ago, and with that this year’s winners have been announced. Hong Sang-soo‘s Right Now, Wrong Then picked up the Golden Leopard, with Avishai Sivan‘s Tikkun winning the Special Jury Prize.

Take a Look below for the full list of this year’s award winners and check out the official Locarno site here.

International Competition
Golden Leopard
“Right Now, Wrong Then”- Director: Hong Sang-soo

Special Jury Prize
“Tikkun”- Director: Avishai Sivan

Best Direction
“Cosmos”- Director: Andrzej Zulawski

Best Actress
Tanaka Sachie, Kikuchi Hazuki, Mihara Maiko and Kawamura Rira for “Happy Hour”

Best Actor
Jung Jae-Young for “Right Now, Wrong Then”

Special Mention
Script of “Happy Hour” by Hamaguchi Ryusuke
Cinematography of “Tikkun” by Shai Goldman

Filmmakers of the Present
Golden Leopard
“Thithi”- Director: Raam Reddy

Special Jury Prize
“Dead Slow Ahead”- Director: Mauro Herce

Best Emerging Director
“Kaili Blues”- Director: BI Gan

First Feature
Best First Feature
“Thithi”- Director: Raam Reddy

Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award
“Paradise”- Director: Sina Ataeian Dena

Special Mentions
“Kaili Blues”- Director: BI Gan
“Kiev/Moscow. Part 1”- Director: Elena Khoreva

Leopards of Tomorrow International Competition
Golden Leopard for Best International Short
“Mama”- Director: Davit Pirtskhalava

Silver Leopard
“La Impresión De Una Guerra”- Director: Camilo Restrepo

Locarno Nomination for the European Film Awards

“Fils Du Loup”- Director: Lola Quivoron

Video Subtitling Award
“Mama”- Director: Davit Pirtskhalava
Special Mention

“Nueva Vida”- Director: Kiro Russo

National Competition
Golden Leopard for Best Swiss Short
“Le Barrage”-Director:  Samuel Grandchamp

Silver Leopard

“D’ombres et D’ailes”- Directors: Eleonora Marinoni and Elice Meng

Best Swiss Newcomer
“Les Monts s’embrasent”- Director:  Laura Morales
Public Prize 

“Der Staat Gegen Fritz Bauer”- Director: Lars Kraume

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