The Prix du public UBS, worth 30,000 Swiss francs, is decided solely on the base of the audience vote and will be presented at the official closing ceremony.

Over the years, the Prix du public UBS has often proved to be an important indicator of the commercial success of the films. In recent years, films such as Michael Showalter’s The Big Sick (2017), Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake (2016) and Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar (2011) have enjoyed considerable success. The film The Lives of Others, winner of the Prix du public UBS in 2006, also won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. Recently, Spike Lee’s film BlacKkKlansman (2018) won an Oscar only a few months after thrilling the Piazza Grande audience.  

UBS has been a partner of the Locarno Film Festival since 1981 and, thanks to the Prix du public UBS and to the Locarno Film Festival app, it is delighted to promote the important role of the audience on the Piazza Grande. 

UBS wishes all the spectators of the Locarno Film Festival an unforgettable cultural experience. 

Prix du Public UBS

• 1994 Senza Pelle
• 1995 Smoke
• 1996 Microcosmos
• 2000 Hollow Man
• 2001 Lagaan, Once Upon a Time in India
• 2002 Bend it like Beckham
• 2003 Das Wunder von Bern
• 2004 The Syrian Bride
• 2005 Zaïna, Cavalière de l’Atlas (Zaina: Rider of the Atlas)
• 2006 Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
• 2007 Death at a Funeral
• 2008 Son of Rambow
• 2009 Giulias Verschwinden (Julia's Disappearance)
• 2010 The Human Resources Manager
• 2011 Monsieur Lazhar
• 2012 Lore
• 2013 Gabrielle
• 2014 Schweizer Helden (Unlikely Heroes)
• 2015 Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
• 2016 I, Daniel Blake
• 2017 The Big Sick
• 2018 BlacKkKlansman
• 2019 Camille
• 2021 Hinterland
• 2022 Last Dance
• 2023 The Old Oak