Locarno 2021. Awards

All the awards given at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival.
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Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

(Jury: Eliza Hittman, Kevin Jerome Everson, Philippe Lacôte, Leonor Silveira, Isabelle Ferrari)

Golden Leopard: Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Edwin) | Read our review

Special Jury Prize: A New Old Play (Jiongjiong Qiu) | Read our review

Best Direction: Abel Ferrara (Zeros and Ones) | Read our review

Best Actress: Anastasiya Krasovskaya (Gerda)

Best Actor: Mohamed Mellali and Valero Escolar (The Odd-Job Men)

Special Mention: Soul of a Beast (Lorenz Merz) and The Sacred Spirit (Chema García Ibarra) | Read our review

FILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT

( Jury: Agathe Bonitzer, Mattie Do, Vanja Kaludjercic)

Golden Leopard: Brotherhood (Francesco Montagner)

Special Jury Prize: L'Été l'éternité (Émilie Aussel)

Prize for Best Emerging Director: Hleb Papou (The Legionnaire) 

Best Actress: Saskia Rosendahl (No One's with the Calves) | Read our review

Best Actor: Gia Agumava (Wet Sand)

FIRST FEATURE

(Jury: Amjad Abu Alala, Karina Ressler, Katharina Wyss)

Best First Feature: She Will (Charlotte Colbert)

Special Mention: Agia Emi (Holy Emy) (Araceli Lemos)

PARDI DI DOMANI

(Jury: Kamal Aljafari, Marie-Pierre Macia, Adina Pintilie)

Best Auteur Short Film: Criatura (María Silvia Esteve)

Best International Short Film: Fantasma Neon (Leonardo Martinelli)

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