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59th Locarno Film Festival Awards - 2006 Golden Leopard

The 59th Locarno Film Festival winners were announced on Aug. 12, 2007.

Locarno Film Festival 2006 Winners - Article

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
GOLDEN LEOPARD FOR BEST FILM:
DAS FRÄULEIN by Andrea Štaka (Switzerland / Germany / Bosnia-Herzegovina)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE ("for a film that best conveys the
spirit of communication between people and culture"):
HALF NELSON by Ryan Fleck (USA)

PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTING:
Laurent Achard for LE DERNIER DES FOUS (France / Belgium)

LEOPARD FOR BEST ACTOR:
Burghart Klaussner for DER MANN VON DER BOTSCHAFT by Dito Tsintsadze (Germany)

LEOPARD FOR BEST ACTRESS:
Amber Tamblyn for STEPHANIE DALEY by Hilary Brougher (USA)

SPECIAL MENTION:
BODY RICE by Hugo Vieira da Silva (Portugal)

FILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT COMPETITION
GOLDEN LEOPARD:
VERFOLGT by Angelina Maccarone, Germany

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE CINECINEMA AUTEUR:
CHAND KILO KHORMA BARAYE MARASSEM-E TADFIN by Saman Salour, Iran

SPECIAL JURY MENTION:
TARACHIME by Naomi Kawese

LEOPARD FOR BEST FIRST FILM:
L’ANNEE SUIVANTE by Isabelle Czajka (France)

SPECIAL MENTION:
SO LANGE DU HIER BIST by Stefan Westerwelle (Germany)

AUDIENCE AWARD:
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN / THE LIVES OF OTHERS by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)

LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW - NEW SWISS TALENT

GOLDEN LEOPARD:
NACHTFLATTERN by Carmen Stadler

SILVER LEOPARD:
ASCHENBRÜDER by Markus Heiniger and Steve Walker

THE ACTION LIGHT PRIZE FOR BEST SWISS NEWCOMER:
LA VÉRITÉ VRAIE by Tania Zambrano-Ovalle

SPECIAL MENTION:
NOUVEL ORDRE by Gregory Bindschedler, Jean-Daniel Schneider, and Ausonio Tavares de Sousa

LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW - "EAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN"

GOLDEN LEOPARD:
BUBACHKI / BUGS by Igor Ivanov (Macedonia)

SILVER LEOPARD:
WEST BANK STORY by Ari Sandel (USA)

FILM AND VIDEO SUBTITLING PRIZE:
BIR DAMLA SU by Deniz Gamze Ergüven (France)

SPECIAL MENTION:
DEFTERI FISI by Vardis Marinakis (Greece)

LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW - "CINEMA AND YOUTH":

"EAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN":
ASCHENBRÜDER by Steve Walker and Markus Heiniger

SPECIAL MENTION:
YASMINE TUGHANI / LA CHANSON DE YASMINE by Najwa Najjar (Palestine)
and
RAM ZA SLIKU MOJE DOMOVINE by Elmir Jukic (Bosnia-Herzogovinia / Slovenia)

YOUTH JURY AWARDS:
1st PRIZE:
DAS FRÄULEIN by Andreas Staka (Switzerland / Germany)

2nd PRIZE:
CHAHAR SHABEN SOURI / FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY by Asghar Farhadi

3rd PRIZE:
SUZANNE by Vivianne Candas (France)

SPECIAL PRIZE "to the film with the best interpretation of the concept ‘Environment is quality of life’":
AGUA by Veronica Chen (Argentina / France)

SPECIAL MENTION:
HALF NELSON by Ryan Fleck (USA)
and
MNGOTOCHIE by Andrei A Eshpai (Russia)

NETPAC AWARD (for the promotion of Asian cinema):
DON’T LOOK BACK / NAE-CHUNGCHUM-AEGUE-GOHAM by Kim Young-Nam
and
BLISS / FU SHENG by Sheng Zhimin

FIPRESCI AWARD:
NAE-CHUNGCHUN-AEGAE-GOHAM / DON’T LOOK BACK by Young- Nam Kim

ECUMENICAL AWARD:
AGUA by Veronica Chen (Argentina / France)

SPECIAL MENTION:
LE DERNIER DE FOUS by Laurent Achard (France / Belgium)

FICC / IFFS DON QUIJOTE AWARD:
DAS FRÄULEIN by Andrea Stahl (Switzerland / Germany)

CICAE / ARTE AWARD:
JIMMY DELLA COLLINA by Enrico Pau (Italy)

SPECIAL MENTION:
DAS FRÄULEIN by Andrea Staka (Switzerland / Germany)
and
MNOTOCHIE by Andrei A. Eshpai (Russia)

CRITICS’ WEEK AWARD:
ZEIT DES ABSCHIEDS by Mehdi Sahebi (Switzerland)

SPECIAL MENTION:
AZ ELET VENDEGE / A GUEST OF LIFE by Tibor Szemzo (Hungary)

International Competition Jury:
Ann Hui — Director — China (President)
Edo Bertoglio — Photographer — Switzerland
Antonio Capuano –Director — Italy
Peter Rommel — Producer — Germany
Nobuhiro Suwa — Director — Japan

Filmmakers of the Present Competition Jury:
Emmanuelle Antille — Director and Video Artist — Switzerland
Tania Blanich — Director of the Program for Media Artists of the Rockefeller Foundation — USA
Hernan Musaluppi — Producer — Argentina
Rafi Pitts — Director — Iran / France
Heidrun Schleef — Screenwriter — Germany / Italy

Leopard for Best First Film Jury:
Lisandro Alonso — Director - Argentina
Christian Baute — Producer — Germany / France
João Pedro Rodrigues — Director — Portugal

Leopards of Tomorrow Jury:
Jacqueline Ada — Section Head of Coopération à la Direction des Affaires Européennes et Internationales du Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) - France
Jan Cvitkovic — Director — Slovenia
José Dubey — Film Marketing & Distribution — Switzerland
Thanassis Karathanos — Producer — Greece / Germany
Clara Khouri — Actress — Israel

Netpac Jury:
Shozo Ichiyama — Japan
Min Byung Lock — South Korea
Indu Shrikent — India

FIPRESCI Jury:
Léna Adam — France
Alexander Fedorov — Russia
Peter Holdener — Switzerland
Violeta Kovacsics — Spain
Rüdiger Suchsland — Germany

Ecumenical Jury:
Nicolae Dascalu — Romania
Maggie Morgan — Egypt
Ruben Rossello — Switzerland
Brigitta Rotach Schmid — Switzerland
Carlo Tagliabue — Italy
Magali Van Reeth — France

FICC (International Federation of Film Societies) Jury:
Sabine Girsberger — Switzerland
Niall Foran — Ireland
Kari Skjerve Bjerkan — Norway

CICAE / ARTE PRIZE Jury:
Dominique Bax — France
Tibor Biro — Hungary
Pinia Frey — Switzerland

Critics’ Week Jury:
Alberto Castellano — Italy
Julia Marx — Switzerland
Fawzi Soliman — Egypt

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