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The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators.
Andrea Štaka is a Swiss film director and screenwriter, best known for winning the Golden Leopard at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival in 2006 for her film, Das Fräulein.
Das Fräulein or Fräulein was directed by Swiss filmmaker Andrea Štaka in 2006, and won seven awards, including Golden Leopard at Locarno Festival.
The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968. The festival was not held in 1951 and the prize was not awarded in 1956 and 1982. As of 2009 René Clair and Jiří Trnka are the only two directors to have won the award twice, both of them winning in consecutive years.
Sándor Simó was a Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 25 films and directed a further seven. His 1969 film Those Who Wear Glasses won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. His 1977 film My Father's Happy Years was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.
José Álvaro Morais was a Portuguese film director. His film O Bobo won the Golden Leopard at the 1987 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Farm of Seven Sins is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Claude Génia and Aimé Clariond.
Prince Bayaya is a 1950 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka.
The Winner is a 1962 French film directed by François Reichenbach.
The Visionaries is a 1968 Italian film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and is inspired by the writings by Robert Musil.
Charles, Dead or Alive is a 1969 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner.
Tűzoltó utca 25. is a 1973 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1974 Locarno International Film Festival
The Son of Amir Is Dead is a 1975 Belgian film directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1975 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Big Night is a 1976 Swiss film directed by Francis Reusser. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1976 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley is a Greek film directed by Nikos Panayotopoulos. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1978 Locarno International Film Festival.
Schmetterlinge ("Butterflies") is a West German film directed by Wolfgang Becker. It won the Golden Leopard at the 1988 Locarno International Film Festival.
The Rebirth is a Japanese film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2007 Locarno International Film Festival.
Godless is a 2016 Bulgarian drama film directed by Ralitza Petrova. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Vitalina Varela is a 2019 Portuguese drama directed by acclaimed director Pedro Costa. It won the Golden Leopard and Best Actress Award at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. The film follows Vitalina Varela, a character who previously appeared in Pedro Costa's Horse Money.
The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film Bullet Train by David Leitch. The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk’s films in its Retrospettiva section.
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