77 Years of Honoring the Best of World Cinema
Consisting of world or international premieres, the Concorso Internazionale assembles major films from all over the globe to compete for the Pardo d’Oro. Showcasing established auteurs and emerging talents, the Concorso Internazionale is a forum for the best of contemporary cinema.
Cities of Ascona and Losone: CHF 30,000 to be shared equally between the director and the producer.
City and Region of Locarno: CHF 20,000 to the director.
Two prizes to be awarded.
Concorso Cineasti del Presente is where directors' first or second feature films get a chance to make a mark, mix things up, find a voice. They are radical, uncompromising, adventurous, and shot through with genuine curiosity about all the possibilities of cinema.
City and Region of Locarno: CHF 20,000 to the director.
A promotional campaign to the value of CHF 25,000 on CINÉ+ channels at the time of its theatrical release in France.
Two prizes to be awarded.
A territory for expressive experimentation and innovative forms of poetry, the Pardi di Domani section showcases short and medium length films as world or international premieres, mapping out the possible pathways the cinema of the future might take.
Worth CHF 2,000 to the director.
This prize provides equipment and services offered by Cinegrell (CHF 15,000), Downtown Studio (CHF 10,000) and Taurus Studio (CHF 2,000). The prize can be assigned to a film in the National Competition.
The winning film will be subtitled in three central European languages by Medien Patent Verwaltung AG. The subtitles can be added in film, video or DVD format.
Piazza Grande is what Locarno is all about. 8,000 seats. One of the largest screens in the world. Pristine projection. Booming sound. All of it outdoors, under the stars. Throughout the Festival, awards are given to special guests onstage at Piazza Grande: some of the most prominent directors, stars, and producers from the world of cinema take a bow before the audience.
