Jury members:
Ella Kemp (Head of), UK
Ena Alvarado, Venezuela
Amarsanaa Battulga, Mongolia
Tereza Dodoková, Slovakia
Emerson Goo, USA
Esmé Holden, UK
Öykü Sofuoğlu, Turkey
This is the first year that the Locarno Film Festival will partner with Letterboxd, the international social network for cinephiles, on an award given to new feature films premiering on the Piazza Grande. Over the past decade, Letterboxd has cemented its place as the preeminent social space for cinephiles to catalogue their viewing habits, create lists, and connect with film lovers from around the world. The award will be given to a film that combines both the values and artistic qualities of the contemporary cinephile landscape and commercial potential on the international festival circuit.
Discover more about this Jury.
Jury members:
Douglas P. Fahleson, Ireland
Dirk von Jutrczenka, Germany
María Teresa Téramo, Argentina
Anita Uzulniece, Latvia
Since 1973, the Ecumenical Jury has awarded its prize to film directors whose artistic talents have been most successful in raising viewers’ awareness of religious, human, and social values. The Jury looks at the vision of creative film directors who demonstrate an affinity with justice, peace, and respect, as well as spiritual dimensions. The award consists of a sum of CHF 10,000 for the film director and is offered by the Reformed Churches and the Catholic Church in Switzerland.
Jury members:
Johannes Hagman, Sweden
Antonis Lagarias, France
Silvia Posavec, Switzerland
Mariola Wiktor, Poland
To promote cinema as an art form and encourage new and young cinema, the International Federation of Film Critics awards the International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) to a film presented in competition.
Jury Members:
Ramiro Ledo Cordeiro, Spain
Camelia Popa, Romania
Mila Schlingemann, Netherlands
Marvin Wiechert, Germany
Created in 2003, the Europa Cinemas Label seeks to enhance the promotion, circulation, and box-office runs of award-winning European films across the screens of the Europa Cinemas network. The Europa Cinemas Label is awarded by a jury of network exhibitors to one of the European feature films selected in Concorso Internazionale and Concorso Cineasti del Presente, and gives the awarded film the resources necessary to reach a large audience. The Label intervenes at a key moment in a film’s career, as its first presentation at a major festival represents a crucial strategic step on the way to its launch on the international market. The Label brings together media representatives, sales agents, distributors, and exhibitors by providing the latter with a financial incentive for programming the film upon its national release date, and then for extending its run. Europa Cinemas, which comprises 3,121 screens in 1,263 cinemas established in 783 cities in 39 countries, encourages its members to screen recipients of the Europa Cinemas Label all over the network.
As part of the Cinema&Gioventù initiative – organized by Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane on behalf of the Department of Education, Culture, and Sport of the Canton Ticino – three juries made up of young film fans will award the following prizes: a jury will select the three best directors of full-length features shown in the Concorso Internazionale: 1st prize CHF 6,000, 2nd prize CHF 4,000, 3rd prize CHF 2,000. A prize of CHF 2,000 will be awarded to the best film in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente. A jury will award two prizes of CHF 1,500 to the best short films in the Concorso Nazionale and Concorso Internazionale in the Pardi di Domani section. The jury will also award the best film in the Concorso Cortoid’Autore section. Finally, two special prizes of CHF 3,000 and CHF 2,000, offered by the Ticino Department of Internal Affairs, will be awarded to the feature film from the Concorso Internazionale and the short film from Open Doors Screenings that best illustrate the concept “The environment is quality of life”.
Jury Members:
Madeleine Hirsiger, Switzerland
Charles Martig, Switzerland
Cristina Trezzini, Switzerland
The Grand Prix Semaine de la Critique – Prix SRG SSR, worth CHF 5,000, goes to the producer and director of the best film. The jury of Semaine de la critique also awards the “Premio Zonta Club Locarno”, worth CHF 2,000, for a film that is characterized by special social commitment. Since 2021, Semaine de la critique, in memory of its general delegate who passed away in 2020, has been awarding the Marco Zucchi Award, worth CHF 2,000, to the formally and aesthetically most innovative documentary film.
