Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present
Award given to a film at the Locarno Film Festival
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Filmmakers of the Present - Golden Leopard (Italian: Pardo d'oro Cineasti del presente) is an award at the Locarno International Film Festival, presented by the Jury to the best film of the section “Filmmakers of the Present". It was first awarded in 2006.[1] It is dedicated to emerging directors from all over the world and devoted to first, second and third features.
Awarded forBest film of the section “Filmmakers of the Present"
CountrySwitzerland
Presented byLocarno International Film Festival
First award2006
| Golden Leopard — Filmmakers of the Present | |
|---|---|
2026 recipient: Alessandra Sanguinetti | |
| Awarded for | Best film of the section “Filmmakers of the Present" |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Locarno International Film Festival |
| First award | 2006 |
| Currently held by | The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer by Alessandra Sanguinetti |
Winners
| Year | English Title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hounded | Verfolgt | Angelina Maccarone | Germany |
| 2007 | Milky Way | Tejút | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary |
| 2008 | The Fortress | La forteresse | Fernand Melgar | Switzerland |
| 2009 | The Anchorage | C.W. Winter and Anders Edström | United States, Sweden[2][3] | |
| 2010 | Paraboles | Emmanuelle Demoris | France, Egypt | |
| 2011 | Summer of Giacomo | L'estate di Giacomo | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium |
| 2012 | Inori | Pedro González-Rubio | Japan | |
| 2013 | Manakamana | Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez | Nepal, United States | |
| 2014 | Navajazo | Ricardo Silva | Mexico | |
| 2015 | Thithi | Funeral | Raam Reddy | India, United States |
| 2016 | The Human Surge | El auge del humano | Eduardo Williams | Argentina, Brazil, Portugal[4] |
| 2017 | 3/4 | Ilian Metev | Bulgaria[5] | |
| 2018 | Chaos | Sara Fattahi | Austria, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria | |
| 2019 | Nafi's Father | Baamum Nafi | Mamadou Dia | Senegal[6] |
| 2021 | Brotherhood | Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic, Italy[7] | |
| 2022 | Nightsiren | Svetlonoc | Tereza Nvotová | Slovakia, Czech Republic[8] |
| 2023 | Dreaming & Dying | 好久不见 | Nelson Yeo | Singapore[9] |
| 2024 | Holy Electricity | Tato Kotetishvili | Georgia, Netherlands | |
| 2025 | Hair, Paper, Water... | Tóc, Giấy và Nước... | Nicolas Graux and Minh Quý Trương | Belgium, France, Vietnam |
| 2026 | The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer | La ilusión de un verano sin fin | Alessandra Sanguinetti | Argentina, United States[10] |