Leopard of Honour

Leopard of Honour
Awarded for	Auteur cinema, creative and audacious filmmaking
Country	Switzerland
Presented by	Locarno International Film Festival
First award	1989
Final award	2025
Currently held by	Alexander Payne

The Leopard of Honour is a life's work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The award has been given out since 1989. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking. Starting in 2009, the prize was named in Italian after its sponsor, becoming the "Pardo d'onore Swisscom".

Winners

• 1989 – Ennio Morricone
• 1990 – Gian Maria Volonté
• 1991 – Jacques Rivette
• 1992 – Manoel de Oliveira
• 1993 – Samuel Fuller
• 1994 – Kira Muratova
• 1995 – Jean-Luc Godard
• 1996 – Werner Schroeter
• 1997 – Bernardo Bertolucci ^[1]
• 1998 – Joe Dante ^{[2] [3]}
• 1999 – Daniel Schmid, Francesco Rosi, and Gerard Blain ^[4]
• 2000 – Paul Verhoeven and Paolo Villaggio
• 2001 – Chen Kaige, the Sundance Institute and Cahiers du Cinéma. ^{[5] [6]}
• 2002 – Sydney Pollack ^[7]
• 2003 – Ken Loach
• 2004 – Ermanno Olmi
• 2005 – Terry Gilliam, Abbas Kiarostami, and Wim Wenders ^[8]
• 2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov
• 2007 – Hou Hsiao-hsien
• 2008 – Amos Gitai
• 2009 – William Friedkin
• 2010 – Jia Zhangke and Alain Tanner
• 2011 – Abel Ferrara
• 2012 – Leos Carax
• 2013 – Werner Herzog
• 2014 – Agnès Varda
• 2015 – Marco Bellocchio and Michael Cimino
• 2016 – Alejandro Jodorowsky
• 2017 – Todd Haynes and Jean-Marie Straub
• 2018 – Bruno Dumont
• 2019 – John Waters
• 2021 – John Landis ^[9]
• 2022 – Kelly Reichardt ^[10]
• 2023 – Harmony Korine ^[10]
• 2024 - Jane Campion ^[11]
• 2025 - Alexander Payne ^[12]

See also

• Locarno Film Festival
• 78th Locarno Film Festival

References

1. Vivarelli, Nick (1 July 1997). "Locarno fest puts focus on Leigh, Bertolucci pics". The Hollywood Reporter, Suppl.the Hollywood Reporter International. Vol. 348, no. 7. pp. I-4, I-6.
2. Dunkley, Cathy (21 July 1998). "Locarno test goes back to diverse roots: Varied global entries in lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 353, no. 26. p. 111.
3. Vivarelli, Nick (7 August 1998). "Locarno director may exit". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 39. pp. 9, 15 – via 353.
4. Vivarelli, Nick (16 August 1999). "French youth movement is toast of Locarno fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 359, no. 7. pp. 8, 27.
5. Elley, Derek (26 June 2001). "Locarno to honor Chinese helmer". Variety. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
6. Vivarelli, Nick (5 June 2001). "Locarno to fete Sundance, Sahiers". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 368, no. 29. pp. 12, 63. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
7. Elley, D. (August 2002). "Locarno wraps amid juror controversy". Variety. Vol. 388. p. 18. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
8. Kiefer, Peter (14 July 2005). "Locarno lineup dwindles: garcia's ' lives' lone u.s". entry. The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 390, no. 1. pp. 4, 11. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
9. Scott Roxborough (21 June 2021). "Locarno Festival Honors Comedy Legend John Landis: The 'Animal House' and 'Blues Brothers' director will receive Locarno's 2021 lifetime achievement award". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
10. "The Festival - Special awards - Pardo d'onore Manor". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
11. Roxborough, Jane. "Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
12. Tim Dams (11 June 2025). "Alexander Payne to be honoured by Locarno Film Festival". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 15 June 2025.

External links

• Official site