Competitive Awards

CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION) AWARDS

Pardo d'oro (Golden Leopard) – Festival Grand Prize from the City and Region of Locarno, for the best film in the Concorso internazionale (International Competition): 90,000 CHF to be shared equally between the director and the producer.

Special Jury Prize from the Cities of Ascona and Losone, for the second best film in the Concorso internazionale (International Competition): 30,000 CHF to be shared equally between the director and the producer.

Leopard for the Best Direction – Prize from the City and Region of Locarno, for the best directed film in the Concorso internazionale (International Competition): 30,000 CHF to be shared equally between the director and the producer.

Leopard for the Best Actress

Leopard for the Best Actor


CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE (FILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT) AWARDS

Pardo d'oro Cineasti del presente – George Foundation Prize (30,000 CHF for the director): awarded to the best film of this competition, which is dedicated to first or second features.

CINÉ + Special Jury Prize – Cineasti del presente: the French television channel Ciné+ Club offers 30,000 CHF for the broadcast rights to the winning film and guarantees the broadcast on their channel. This amount, allocated to the distributor, is conditional on the film obtaining a commercial theatrical release in France within a two year period from the screening of the film at the Festival del film Locarno 2011.


PARDO PER LA MIGLIORE OPERA PRIMA

Pardo per la Migliore Opera prima (Leopard for the Best First Feature), Prize of the City and Region of Locarno (30,000 CHF to be shared equally between the director and the producer) for the best first film screened in the Concorso internazionale, the Concorso Cineasti del presente and in the Piazza Grande section.


PARDI DI DOMANI (LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW) AWARDS (short films)

Pardino d’oro for the Best International Short Film – SRG SSR Prize (10,000 CHF): awarded to the best short film in the International Short Film Competition Pardi di domani.

Pardino d’oro for the Best Swiss Short Film – Swiss Life Prize (10,000 CHF): awarded to the best short film in the National Short Film Competition Pardi di domani.

Pardino d’argento (Silver Pardino): offered by Swiss Life worth a total of 10,000 CHF. The prize is to be shared by a Swiss film and a film of the International Competition Pardi di domani.

Locarno short film nominee for the European Film Awards - Pianifica Prize goes to a short film made by a European director, presented in one of the two competitions. The award includes an automatic nomination in the short fi lm category of the European Film Awards and is worth 2’000 chf, kindly offered by the Studio Pianifica.

Action Light Prize for Best Swiss Newcomer: equipment worth 34,900 CHF offered by Action Light, Avant-première SA/ Film Demnächst AG, SDS AG, Swiss Effects AG, EgliFilm AG, Titra Film SA, Taurus Studio.


Film and Video Subtitling Prize sponsored by the subtitling company Film und Video Untertitelung Gerhard Lehmann AG. The winning will be subtitled in three central European languages. This subtitling can be inserted on film, video or DVD format.

The “Cinema e Gioventù” Jury Prizes - Pardi di domani: offered by the Departement for Education, Culture and Sport of Ticino Canton (DECS) worth a total of 3,000 CHF. Prices are to be shared by a Swiss film and a film of the International Short Films Competition presented in the Pardi di domani (Leopards of Tomorrow).