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Japanese Film Wins Top Award at Swiss Locarno Film Festival
Sho Miyake's film is Locarno's fourth Japanese winner of the Golden Leopard, highlighting the festival's recognition of outstanding international cinema since 1954.
- At the Locarno Film Festival on Saturday, Sho Miyake’s Two Seasons, Two Strangers won the Pardo d'Oro for best film.
- After a slate of 17 nominated films, Giona A. Nazzaro praised `a successful edition beyond our wildest expectations` at Locarno,
- The festival also awarded Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter’s White Snail the CHF 35,000 special jury prize, Abbas Fahdel’s Tales Of The Wounded Land for best director with CHF 20,000 , and Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron the CHF 15,000 Swatch First Feature Award.
- Along with the title, Miyake receives the CHF 75,000 prize to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
- Looking ahead, the festival will return on August 5, 2026, with Giona A. Nazzaro noting its forward-looking vision.
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“White Snaill”, of the two Austrians Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, stayed with the Special Prize of the Juri. The festival ends this Saturday at the Grand Piazza.
·Portugal
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In Locarno, the Japanese film "Two Seasons, Two Strangers" has been awarded the Golden Leopard.
·Germany
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The jury's special prize was awarded to "White Snail" by Elsa Kremser and Peter Levin. Neither "Mektoub My Love: Canto Due", "Abdelatif Kechiche", nor "Dracula" by Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, were awarded.
·Paris, France
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