Festivals and markets / Festival detail
Description
Locarno IFF is a renowned European A-category festival.
Sections:
International Competition (feature-length dramatic film)
Filmmakers of the Present Competition (innovative films over 30 minutes, documentary films, dramatic films, and combination thereof)
Piazza Grande (innovative films in terms of genre and content)
Leopards of Tomorrow (short dramatic films, international and national competition)
Retrospective
Open Doors (focused each year on a different country with developing cinematography)
Critics‘ Week
Ici et ailleurs (films relating to topical, controversial issues)
Play Forward (non-competitive, new media)
Prizes:
Golden Leopard for best film (60,000 Euro)
Silver Leopard for second best film (20,000 Euro)
Silver Leopard for best film debut or second film (20,000 Euro)
Special Prize of the Jury (20,000 Euro)
Leopard for best actor and best actress
| Year founded | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Focus | Feature-length films, Short films, Dramatic films, Documentary films, International festival |
| Web site | http://www.pardo.ch |
| Deadline | Online submission, rules and regulation is open (01.06.2012) |
