Best Direction Award (Locarno International Film Festival)

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Best Direction Award
Abbas Fahdel at the 78th Locarno Film Festival in 2025 09.jpg
2025 recipient: Abbas Fahdel
Awarded forBest directed film
Country Switzerland
Presented by Locarno International Film Festival
First award1946
Currently held by Abbas Fahdel for Tales of the Wounded Land (2024)

The Best Direction Award is an award given at the Locarno International Film Festival. It is awarded to the best directed film in the international competition section.

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Winners

Abel Ferrara has won the award for Zeros and Ones in 2021 Abel Ferrara Cannes 2017.jpg
Abel Ferrara has won the award for Zeros and Ones in 2021

1940s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
1946 And Then There Were None René Clair United States
1947 Man About Town Le Silence est d'orFrance
1948 Fort Apache (1st prize) John Ford United States
Germany, Year Zero (2nd prize)Germania anno zero Roberto Rossellini Italy
1949 - 1959: No Award Given

1960s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
1960 Foma Gordeev [1] Фома Гордеев Mark Donskoy Soviet Union
1961- 2005: No Award Given

2000s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
2006The Last of the Crazy People Le Dernier des fous Laurent Achard France, Belgium
2007Capitaine Achab [2] Philippe Ramos France
2008 All That She Wants [3] Elle veut le chaos Denis Côté Canada
2009 Tambourine, Drum [4] Бубен, барабанAleksei MizgiryovRussia

2010s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
2010 Curling [5] Denis Côté Canada
2011Best Intentions [6] Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intentii Adrian Sitaru Romania
2012 When Night Falls [7] 我还有话要说 Ying Liang China, South Korea
2013 Our Sunhi 우리 선희 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
2014 Horse Money Cavalo Dinheiro Pedro Costa Portugal
2015 Cosmos [8] Andrzej Żuławski France, Portugal
2016 The Ornithologist [9] O Ornitólogo João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal, France, Brazil
2017 9 Fingers   [ fr ] [10] [11] 9 Doigts F. J. Ossang  [ fr ]France, Portugal
2018 Too Late to Die Young [12] [13] Tarde para morir joven Dominga Sotomayor Castillo Chile
2019Isadora's ChildrenLes Enfants d'IsadoraDamien ManivelFrance/South Korea

2020s

YearEnglish TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
2021 Zeros and Ones Abel Ferrara United States, Italy
2022 I Have Electric Dreams [14] Tengo sueños eléctricosValentina MaurelBelgium, France, Costa Rica
2023 StepneMaryna VrodaUkraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
2024 Drowning Dry Seses Laurynas Bareiša Lithuania, Latvia
2025Tales of the Wounded Land Abbas Fahdel Lebanon

References

  1. ↑ Foma Gordeev at IMDb
  2. ↑ Capitaine Achab at IMDb
  3. ↑ All That She Wants at IMDb
  4. ↑ Tambourine, Drum at IMDb
  5. ↑ Curling at IMDb
  6. ↑ Best Intentions at IMDb
  7. ↑ When Night Falls at IMDb
  8. ↑ "Palmarès 2015". Locarno.
  9. ↑ "Palmarès 2016". Locarno. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  10. ↑ 9 Fingers at IMDb
  11. ↑ Anderson, Ariston (12 August 2017). "Locarno Festival: Chinese Documentary 'Mrs. Fang' Wins Golden Leopard". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Too Late to Die Young at IMDb
  13. ↑ Ercolani, Adriano (12 August 2018). "Leopard for Best Direction: Dominga Sotomayor". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Lodge, Guy (13 August 2022). "Provocative Brazilian Film 'Rule 34' Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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