Lithuanian filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė has clinched the Golden Leopard in the principle worldwide competitors of the 77th Locarno Movie Pageant together with her debut characteristic Poisonous.
Directed by Bliuvaitė from a screenplay she additionally wrote, the movie follows two 13-year-olds, Marija and Kristina, who type a novel bond at a neighborhood modeling faculty, the place the promise of a greater life pushes women to violate their our bodies in more and more excessive methods.
The pic was one of many buzzier titles on the bottom in Locarno and was additionally Locarno chief Giona A. Nazzaro‘s early decide from the official competitors throughout our interview with him previous to the competition.
“The victory of newcomer Saulė Bliuvaitė, whose Poisonous gained the Pardo d’Oro and the Swatch First Function Award, confirms the Locarno Movie Pageant‘s means to establish essentially the most modern skills within the enterprise,” Nazzaro stated this afternoon.
Elsewhere, Kurdwin Ayub’s Mond gained the Particular Jury Prize, whereas the Pardo for Finest Course went to Laurynas Bareiša for Seses (Drowning Dry). The 2 Finest Efficiency Awards got respectively to Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela, and Paulius Markevičius for Seses (Drowning Dry) and to Kim Minhee, star of Hong Sangsoo’s By The Stream. The inaugural MUBI award went to Inexperienced Line by Sylvie Ballyot.
This yr’s competitors jury was led by Jessica Hausner and featured Diana Elbaum, Payal Kapadia, Luca Marinelli, and Tim Blake Nelson. The competition opened with The Flood by Gianluca Jodice. This night, the fest will shut with the screening of Le Procès du chien by Laetitia Dosch. Try the total winners checklist under.
Concorso Internazionale
Pardo d’Oro – Grand Prize of the Pageant and Metropolis of Locarno
AKIPLĖŠA (TOXIC) by Saulė Bliuvaitė, Lithuania
Particular Jury Prize – Cities of Ascona and Losone
MOND by Kurdwin Ayub, Austria
Pardo for Finest Course – Metropolis and Area of Locarno
to Laurynas Bareiša for SESES (DROWNING DRY), Lithuania/Latvia
Pardo for Finest Efficiency
to Gelminė Glemžaitė, Agnė Kaktaitė, Giedrius Kiela, Paulius Markevičius for SESES (DROWNING DRY) by Laurynas Bareiša, Lithuania/Latvia
Pardo for Finest Efficiency
to Kim Minhee for SUYOOCHEON (BY THE STREAM) by Hong Sangsoo, South Korea
Particular Mentions
QING CHUN (KU) (YOUTH (HARD TIMES)) by WANG Bing, France/Luxembourg/Netherlands
SALVE MARIA by Mar Coll, Spain
Concorso Cineasti del Presente
Pardo d’Oro – Concorso Cineasti del Presente
HOLY ELECTRICITY by Tato Kotetishvili, Georgia/Netherlands
Finest Rising Director Award – Metropolis and Area of Locarno
to Denise Fernandes for HANAMI, Switzerland/Portugal/Cape Verde
Particular Jury Prize CINÉ+
KOUTÉ VWA (LISTEN TO THE VOICES) by Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Belgium/France/French Guiana
Pardo for Finest Efficiency
to Callie Hernandez for INVENTION by Courtney Stephens, USA
Pardo for Finest Efficiency
to Anna Mészöly for FEKETE PONT (LESSON LEARNED) by Bálint Szimler, Hungary
Particular Mentions
FEKETE PONT (LESSON LEARNED) by Bálint Szimler, Hungary
KADA JE ZAZVONIO TELEFON (WHEN THE PHONE RANG) by Iva Radivojević, Serbia/USA
Pardi di Domani
Concorso Corti d’Autore
Pardino d’Oro Swiss Life for the Finest Auteur Quick Movie
UPSHOT by Maha Haj, Palestine/Italy/France
Particular Point out
GWE-IN ESI JEONGCHE (THE MASKED MONSTER) by Syeyoung Park, South Korea
Locarno Movie Pageant Quick Movie Candidate – European Movie Awards
LA FILLE QUI EXPLOSE by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, France
Concorso Internazionale
Pardino d’Oro SRG SSR for the Finest Worldwide Quick Movie
WASHHH by Mickey Lai, Malaysia/Eire
Pardino d’Argento SRG SSR for the Worldwide Competitors
GIMN CHUME (HYMN OF THE PLAGUE) by Ataka51, Germany/Russia
Pardi di Domani Finest Course Award – BONALUMI Engineering
QUE TE VAYA BONITO, RICO by Joel Alfonso Vargas,United Kingdom/USA
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award
THE FORM by Melika Pazouki, Iran
Particular Point out
FREAK by Claire Barnett, USA
Concorso Nazionale
Pardino d’Oro Swiss Life for the Finest Swiss Quick Movie
SANS VOIX by Samuel Patthey, Switzerland
Pardino d’Argento Swiss Life for the Nationwide Competitors
BETTER NOT KILL THE GROOVE by Jonathan Leggett, Switzerland
Finest Swiss Newcomer Award
to Gabriel Grosclaude for LUX CARNE, Switzerland
Particular Point out
PROGRESS MINING by Gabriel Böhmer, United Kingdom/Switzerland
First Function
Swatch First Function Award
AKIPLĖŠA (TOXIC) by Saulė Bliuvaitė, Lithuania
MUBI Award – Debut Function
GREEN LINE by Sylvie Ballyot, France/Lebanon/Qatar
Particular Mentions
HANAMI by Denise Fernandes, Switzerland/Portugal/Cape Verde
KOUTÉ VWA (LISTEN TO THE VOICES) by Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Belgium/France/French Guiana
Pardo Verde
supported by the Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo del Locarnese e Vallemaggia
Pardo Verde
AGORA by Ala Eddine Slim, Tunisia/France/Saudi Arabia/Qatar
Particular Mentions
DER FLECK by Willy Hans, Germany/Switzerland
REVOLVING ROUNDS by Johann Lurf and Christina Jauernik, Austria
