Concorso Cineasti del Presente

First or second feature films are a chance to make a mark, mix things up, find a voice. Where at the Locarno Film Festival can you find those films? That’s Concorso Cineasti del Presente, the space for the filmmakers of the present and the cinema of tomorrow, existing beyond all distinctions of form and genre. Radical, uncompromising, adventurous, shot through with genuine curiosity about all the possibilities of cinema. Collectively, the films in Concorso Cineasti del Presente, showing in international or world premieres, chart a course for the future. 

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Crickets, It's Your Turn

Director: Olga Korotko

France, Kazakhstan  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  105'  ·  o.v. Russian / Kazakh

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Der Fleck

Director: Willy Hans

Germany, Switzerland  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  94'  ·  o.v. German

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

FARIO

Director: Lucie Prost

France  ·  2024  ·  Color  ·  90'  ·  o.v. French / German

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Fekete pont

Director: Bálint Szimler

Hungary  ·  2024  ·  Color  ·  119'  ·  o.v. Hungarian

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

FOUL EVIL DEEDS

Director: Richard Hunter

United Kingdom  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  108'  ·  o.v. English / Mandarin

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Hanami

Director: Denise Fernandes

Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  96'  ·  o.v. Cape Verdean Creole / Japanese / French / English

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

HOLY ELECTRICITY

Director: Tato Kotetishvili

Georgia, Netherlands  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  95'  ·  o.v. Georgian

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Invention

Director: Courtney Stephens

USA  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  72'  ·  o.v. English

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Joqtau

Director: Aruan Anartay

Kazakhstan  ·  2024  ·  Color  ·  70'  ·  o.v. Kazakh / Russian

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Kada je zazvonio telefon

Director: Iva Radivojević

Serbia, USA  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  73'  ·  o.v. Serbo-Croatian / English

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Kouté vwa

Director: Maxime Jean-Baptiste

Belgium, France, French Guiana  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  77'  ·  o.v. French / Creole

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Les Enfants rouges

Director: Lotfi Achour

Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Qatar  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  100'  ·  o.v. Arabic

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Monólogo colectivo

Director: Jessica Sarah Rinland

Argentina, United Kingdom  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  104'  ·  o.v. Spanish

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Olivia & Las Nubes

Director: Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat

Dominican Republic  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  81'  ·  o.v. Spanish

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

REAL

Director: Adele Tulli

Italy, France  ·  2024  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  83'  ·  o.v. Korean / English / German / Italian

 

 

The jury will award the following prizes:  

Pardo d’Oro Concorso Cineasti del Presente

CHF 35,000 to be shared equally between the director and the producer.

Best Emerging Director Award

City and Region of Locarno: CHF 20,000 to the director.

Special Jury Prize CINÉ+

a promotional campaign to the value of CHF 25,000 on CINÉ+ channels at the time of its theatrical release in France.

Pardo for Best Performance (two prizes to be awarded)

 

 

The Jury may also award a maximum of two special mentions. 
The three first prizes may not be awarded ex aequo. 
A maximum of two prizes per film may be awarded. 


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