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| Best Direction Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best directed film |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Locarno International Film Festival |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Currently held by | Valentina Maurel for I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos) |
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.
| Year | Film | Original title | Director | Country of production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | And Then There Were None | René Clair | United States | |
| 1947 | Man About Town | Le Silence est d'or | René Clair | France |
| 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 | ||||
| 1960 | Foma Gordeev [1] | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union | |
| 1961 - 2005 : No Award Given | ||||
| 2006 | Le Dernier des fous (The Last of the Crazy People) | Laurent Achard | France / Belgium | |
| 2007 | Capitaine Achab [2] | Philippe Ramos | France | |
| 2008 | All That She Wants [3] | Elle veut le chaos | Denis Côté | Canada |
| 2009 | Tambourine, Drum [4] | Buben, baraban | Aleksei Mizgiryov | Russia |
| 2010 | Curling [5] | Denis Côté | Canada | |
| 2011 | Best Intentions [6] | Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intentii | Adrian Sitaru | Romania |
| 2012 | When Night Falls [7] | Wo hai you hua yao shou | Liang Ying | China / South Korea |
| 2013 | Our Sunhi | Uri Seonhui | 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 [10] [11] | 9 Doigts | F. J. Ossang | France / Portugal |
| 2018 | Too Late to Die Young [12] [13] | Tarde para morir joven | Dominga Sotomayor Castillo | Chile |
| 2019 | Isadora's Children | Les Enfants d'Isadora | Damien Manivel | France/South Korea |
| 2021 | Zeros and Ones | Abel Ferrara | US, Italy | |
| 2022 | I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica [14] |
| 2023 | Stepne | Maryna Vroda | Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia | |
| 2024 | Drowning Dry | Seses | Laurynas Bareiša | Lithuania, Latvia |
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