Locarno 2009 award winners

International Competition:

Golden Leopard
She, A Chinese, Dir: Guo Xiaolu (United Kingdom/Germany/France)

Special Jury Prize
Buben.Baraban, Dir:Alexei Mizgirev (Russia)  

Best Director
Buben.Baraban, Dir: Alexei Mizgirev (Russia)

Leopard for the Best First Feature
Nothing Personal, Dir: Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)

Leopard for Best Actress
Lotte Verbeek for Nothing Personal, Dir: Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)

Leopard for Best Actor
Antonis Kafetzopoulos in Akadimia Platonos, Dir: Filippos Tsitos (Greece/Germany)

Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present Competition City of Locarno
The Anchorage, Dir: C.W. Winter (United States/Sweden)

CinéCinéma Special Jury Prize / Filmmakers of the Present Competition
Piomno Fuso, Dir: Stefano Savona (Italy)

Short films:

Golden Leopard – SRG SSR idée suisse Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition
Believe, Dir: Paul Wright, (United Kingdom/Scotland)

Silver Leopard – Kodak Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow
Variaciok, Dir: Krisztina Esztergályos (Hungary)

Golden Leopard – George Foundation Prize for the Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition
Las Pelotas, Dir: Chris Niemeyer (Switzerland)

Silver Leopard – Kodak Prize for the Leopards of Tomorrow National Competition
Nachtspaziergang, Dir: Christof Wagner (Switzerland)

Prix du Public UBS – Audience Award
Giulias Verschwinden, Dir: Christoph Schaub (Switzerland)

Variety Piazza Grande Award
Same Same But Different, Dir: Detlev Buck (Germany)

Leopards Of Tomorrow

International Competition:

Golden Leopard
SRG SSR idée suisse Prize for the Best International Short Film:
Believe, Dir: Paul Wright, United Kingdom (Scotland)

Silver Leopard
Kodak Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition:
Variaciok, Dir: Krisztina Esztergalyos (Hungary)

Film and Video Subtitling Prize:
No Country For Chicken, Dir: Huang Huang (China)

Special Mention:
Edgar, Dir: Fabian Busch (Germany)

Swiss National Competition:

Golden Leopard
George Foundation Prize for the Best Swiss Short Film
Las Pelotas, Dir: Chris Niemeyer, Switzerland

Silver Leopard
Kodak Prize for the International Leopard of Tomorrow Competition:
Nachtspaziergang, Dir: Christof Wagner (Switzerland)

Action Light Prize for the Best Swiss Newcomer
Connie, Dir: Judith Kurmann (Switzerland)

Prize «Cinema e Gioventù» – Leopards of Tomorrow

Best Short Film for the International Competition:
Tuneles En El Rio, Dir:Igor Galuk (Argentina)

Special Mention:
Gjemsel, Dir: Aleksandra Niemczyk (Norway)

Best Short film for the Swiss National Competition:
Kitsch Panorama, Dir: Gilles Monnat (Switzerland)

Youth Jury

First Prize
Offered by the Cantonal Education, Culture, and Sports Department of Ticino to
Nothing Personal, Dir:Urszula Antoniak  (Netherlands / Ireland)

Second Prize
Offered by the Cantonal Education, Culture, and Sports Department of Ticino to:
La Donation, Dir: Bernard Émond for LA DONATION (Canada)

Third Prize
Offered by the Cantonal Education, Culture, and Sports Department of Ticino to:
Akadimia Platonos, Dir: Filippos Tsitos (Greece/Germany)

Prix du Public UBS:
Giulias Verschwinden, Dir: Christoph Schaub (Switzerland)

Variety Piazza Grande Award:
Same Same But Different, Dir: Detlev Buck (Germany)

Netpac Prize:

(Network for Asian Cinema)

The award was handed jointly to:
Sham Moh (At The End Of Daybreak) Yuhang Ho (Malaysia/Hong Kong/South Korea)

Special Mention
Ye Dian (One Night In Supermarket) by Qing Yang (China)

FIPRESCI Prize:
(International Federation of Cinematographic Press)
Nothing Personal, Dir: Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)

Eucumenical Jury Prize:
Akadimia Platonos, Dir: Filippos Tsitos (Greece/Germany)

Special Mention:
Nothing Personal, Dir: Urszula Antoniak, (Netherlands/Ireland)

FICC/IFFS Prize:
(International Cine-Club Federation)
La Donation, Dir: Bernard Émond (Canada)

CICAE Prize:
(International Art & Essay Cinema Confederation)
Nothing Personal, Dir: Urszula Antoniak (Netherlands/Ireland)

Critics Week:
Pianomania, Dir: Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck (Austria/Germany)