First jury members of the Locarno Film Festival confirmed
The Locarno International Film Festival will take place this year from August 1 to 11. Today, the festival management announced the first names of the jury members.
The Locarno International Film Festival will take place this year from August 1 to 11. Today, the festival management announced the first names of the jury members.
According to a statement from the festival, Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke, (winner of the Golden Lion at Venice 2006 with
"Still Life") and the Italian Saverio Costanzo (Golden Leopard at Locarno 2004 with "Private") have been announced for the jury of the international competition.
In the competition jury
Confirmed "Cinéastes du présent" are the Swiss Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the "Palais de Tokyo", a center for contemporary art in Paris, Nuria Vidal from Spain, journalist, curator and film historian and the Argentinian filmmaker Diego Lerman, who won the Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2002 with "Tan de repente".
The Leopard for Best First Feature, a prize awarded to the best film in the International Competition and the Competition
"Cinéastes du Présent" is awarded by a three-member jury consisting of the Tunisian filmmaker Raja Amari, known in particular for "Satin rouge", the Portuguese producer Francisco Villa-Lobos and director Kornél Mundruczó from Hungary.
Finally, the best short films will be awarded by German actor and director Christopher Buchholz, César winner Lyes Salem from France and Belgian filmmaker Olivier Masset-Depasse, who has already won two awards for his short films in Locarno and has published a highly acclaimed first feature as an author.
According to a statement from the festival, Chinese director Jia Zhang Ke, (winner of the Golden Lion at Venice 2006 with
"Still Life") and the Italian Saverio Costanzo (Golden Leopard at Locarno 2004 with "Private") have been announced for the jury of the international competition.
In the competition jury
Confirmed "Cinéastes du présent" are the Swiss Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the "Palais de Tokyo", a center for contemporary art in Paris, Nuria Vidal from Spain, journalist, curator and film historian and the Argentinian filmmaker Diego Lerman, who won the Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2002 with "Tan de repente".
The Leopard for Best First Feature, a prize awarded to the best film in the International Competition and the Competition
"Cinéastes du Présent" is awarded by a three-member jury consisting of the Tunisian filmmaker Raja Amari, known in particular for "Satin rouge", the Portuguese producer Francisco Villa-Lobos and director Kornél Mundruczó from Hungary.
Finally, the best short films will be awarded by German actor and director Christopher Buchholz, César winner Lyes Salem from France and Belgian filmmaker Olivier Masset-Depasse, who has already won two awards for his short films in Locarno and has published a highly acclaimed first feature as an author.
