Throughout its history, the Locarno Festival has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Every August, around 160,000 cinema-goers, 1,000 journalists and 3,000 professionals converge on the small Swiss-Italian town of Locarno, right in the heart of Europe.
Pardo for Best Director - TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG Special Jury Prize - M
Special Mention - RAY & LIZGolden Leopard - CHAOS
Special Jury Prize, Cinelab Award - CLOSING TIME Special Mentions - FAUST and YOUNG AND ALIVE Award for Best Up and Coming Director – DEAD HORSE NEBULAFundación Casa Wabi–Mantarraya Award - THE GLORIOUS ACCEPTANCE OF NICOLAS CHAUVIN
First Feature, Special Mention - ERASED, ___ ASCENT OF THE INVISIBLEPardino d’oro for Best International Short Film (SRG SSR Award) - CASTLE TO CASTLE Pardino d’oro for the Best Swiss Short Film (Premio Swiss Life) - THOSE WHO DESIRE
Pardino d’argento for International Competition - HEART OF HUNGER Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for National Competition - ABIGAÏL
Best Direction Prize - THE LABYRINTH Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award - I'M GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES Best Swiss Newcomer Award - STONE AGE