Best Direction Award (Locarno International Film Festival)

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Best Direction Award
Awarded forBest directed film
Country Switzerland
Presented by Locarno International Film Festival
Last awarded2022
Currently held byValentina 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.

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Award 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
YearFilmOriginal titleDirectorCountry 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  [ 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
2021 Zeros and Ones Abel Ferrara US, Italy
2022 I Have Electric Dreams Tengo sueños eléctricosValentina MaurelBelgium, France, Costa Rica [14]
2023 Stepne Maryna VrodaUkraine, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
2024 Drowning Dry Seses Laurynas Bareiša Lithuania, Latvia

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