Mexican drama caps fest with Golden Leopard
ROME -- "Parque Via," a drama from Mexican director Enrique Rivero, south Korean won the top prize at the 61st Locarno Film Festival, where threatening brave over much of the 11 years prevented the event from surpassing net year's attendance record.
Organizers aforementioned the festival attracted a total of 180,000 visitors, a 3% drop compared with last year's levels, by and large because of a 5% drop in attendance at the festival's picturesque outdoor venue the Piazza Grande, where only four of 11 screenings took topographic point under clear skies.
The festival did report record-breaking business for its industry office, where five-spot of 18 in-competition films signed international distribution deals.
"Parque Via," one of only four non-world premieres in the card, has been a success in every festival it has screened; the movie previously won two awards in February at the Mexico City Film Festival. It is the number one Mexican photographic film to win Locarno's prestigious Golden Leopard Award.
It capped a notable festival for Latin American film, which was the focus of Locarno's Open Doors sidebar.
Locarno's jury prize went to "33 Scenes From Life," a Germany-Poland co-production from Malgoska Szumowska. Denis Cote won the best director prize for "Elle veut le chaos." Tayanc Ayaydin ("The Market -- A Tale of Trade") and Illaria Occhini ("Mar Nero") won the best actor and actress awards, respectively.
A complete list of winners can be found on the future page.
Golden Leopard
"Parque Via" by Enrique Rivero, Mexico
Special Jury Prize
"33 Sceny Z Zycia" (33 Scenes from Life) by Malgoska Szumowska, Germany/Poland
Best director
Denis C�t� "Elle Veut le Chaos," Canada
Leopard for best actress
Ilaria Occhini, "Mar Nero" by Federico Bondi, Italy/Romania/France
Leopard for best actor
Tayan� Ayaydin, "The Market -- A Tale of Trade" by Ben Hopkins, Germany/UK/Turkey/Kazakhstan
C.P. Company Golden Leopard
"La Forteresse" by Fernand Melgar, Switzerland
Cin� Cin�ma Special Jury Prize
"Alicia en el Pais" by Esteban Larra�n, Chile
Leopard for the best first feature
"Marz" by H�ndl Klaus, Austria (International Competition)
SRG SSR id�e suisse Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition
"Dez Elefantes" by Eva Randolph, Brazil
Eastman Kodak Company Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow
"Kaupunkilaisia" by Juho Kuosmanen, Finland
Film and video subtitling prize
"Babin" by Isamu Hirabayashi, Japan
IKEA Prize for the Leopards of Tomorrow Competition
"La Delogeuse" by Julien Rouyet, Switzerland
Eastman Kodak Company Prize Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow
"Un Dia y Nada" by Lorenz Merz, Switzerland
Action Light Prize for the best Swiss newcomer
"Au Caf� Romand" by Richard Szotyori, Switzerland
Prize Cinema e Giovent� -- Leopards of Tomorrow
"Babin" by Isamu Hirabayashi, Japan
For the Swiss National Competition
"Au Caf� Romand" by Richard Szotyori, Switzerland
Youth Jury Prize
First prize
Kirill Serebrennikov for "Yuriev Den" (Yuri�s Day), Germany/Russia
Second prize
Malgoska Szumowska for "33 Sceny Z Zycia" (33 Scenes from Lifes), Poland/Germany
Third prize
Federico Bondi for "Mar Nero," Italy
The environnement is the quality of life prize
Gideon Koppel for "Sleep Furiously," U.K.
The winner of the audience prize
"Son of Rambow" by Garth Jennings, France/Germany/U.K.
Variety Piazza Grande Award
"Back Soon" by S�lveig Anspach, Iceland/France
Netpac Prize
"Daytime Drinking" by Noh Young-Seok, South Korea
FIPRESCI Prize
"Parque Via" by Enrique Rivero, Mexico
Oecumenical Jury Prize
"Mar Nero" by Frederico Bondi, Italy/Romania/France
FICC / IFFS Prize
"Yuriev Den" (Yuri�s Day) by Kirill Serebrennikov, Germany/Russia
CICAE Prize
"Sonbahar" (Autum) by �zcan Alper, Turkey/Germany
Critics Week
"Latawce" (Kites) by Beata Dzianowicz, Poland
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