Locarno Film Festival Awards 2006
2006 Locarno Film Festival Awards
The (mostly) Swiss-German co-production Das Fräulein won the Golden Leopard for Best Film. Directed by Andrea Staka, Das Fräulein tells the story of three women from the former Yugoslavia, all of whom have sought a new life in Zurich.
The Jury Prize went to Ryan Fleck’s Half Nelson, which stars Ryan Gosling as a drug-addicted teacher who befriends one of his students, a girl from one of New York City’s rough ghettoes.
Laurent Achard was chosen Best Director for his Le Dernier des fous / The Last of the Crazy Ones (France), a dark tale about a young boy trying to cope with his disintegrating family.
The Best Actor Award was given to Burghart Klaussner for Der Mann von der Botschaft, in which he plays an attaché to the German embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, who befriends a local girl. Amber Tamblyn was chosen Best Actress for her role as a sixteen-year-old girl accused of killing her newborn child in Stephanie Daley.
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
Locarno Film Festival Awards: 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Brussels European Film Festival Awards 2006
Busto Arsizio Film Festival Awards 2006
Milan International Film Festival Awards 2006
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