Locaarno Film Festival Top Award Goes to ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ by Sho Miyake

The Japanese Drama, Based on the Manga Mr. Ben And His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by yoshiharu tsuge, follows lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is hapning in her life.

“We Finally Have Japan in the Competition Again,“ Locarno Artistic Director Giona A. NAZZARO HAD TOLD Thr About the Film Marking Japan’s Return to the Competition Lineup.

White Snail by elsa kremser and levin Peter (Space Dogs), a romantic drama about a Belarusian Model Dreaming of a Career in China Who Finds Herself Drawn to A Mysterious Loner Who Works The Night Shift at At a morgue, won antiordher top. at locarno.

Meanwhile, Abbas Fahdel Was Honored with The Best Director Award for Tales of the wounded Land.

The best performance of the awards in the competition wnt to manuela martelli and ana marija veselčić for their roles in God will not help by hana jušić, as well as to marya imbro and mikhail Senkov for their work in White Snail.

And A SPECIAL MENTION IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETION LINEUP WENT TO TO Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze.

The International Jury of Locarno78 Was Led by Cambodian Auteur Rithy Panh and Also Included Mexican Director, Writer, and Producer Carlos Reygadas (Heli, The UNTAMED) Nickel Boys Co-Writer and Producer Joslyn Barnes, Swiss Actress Ursina Lardi (The White Ribbon, Veni vidi vici) and Dutch Actress Renée Soutendijk (Sweet Dreams).

Two Seasons, Two Strangers is locarno’s forth japanese winner of the top prize after Masahiro Kobayashi’s The rebirth (ai no yokan) in 2007, Akio Jissoji’s This transient life (mujō), One of Four Films to Share the Prize in 1970, and Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Gate of hell (Jigokumon) In 1954.

Among Other Locarno 2025 Honors, The Golden Leopard in The Concorso Cineast Del Presente Program, WHICH PUTS The SPOTLIGHT on FIRST AND Second Features, Was Awarded to Tóc, giấy và nước… (Hair, Paper, Water…) by nicolas graux and trương minh qu.

In the Same Section, Cecilia Kang Won The Best Emerging Director Honor For Hijo MayorWhile the best performance Leopards Were Given Out to Aurora Quattrocchi for Gioia mia (Sweetheart) by margherita spampinato, as well as levan gelbakhiani for his role in Don’t let the sun by jacqueline zünd.

This Year’s Debut Feature Honor, Known As The Swatch First Feature Award, Was Bestowed Upon Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari.

Nazzaro Lauded “a successful edition beynd Our wildest experts that celebrarates the ending and gentle Power of cinema and itfolded way peace. ” HE CONCLUDED: “A FESTIVAL IS LIKE Building A Better Tomorrow. One Film at the Time.”

The Fest’s Closing Night Will Take Place in The Picturesque Swiss Town’s Piazza Grande on Saturday, with Kiss of The Spider Woman by Bill Condon As the Closing Film.

Locaarno 2025 Featured Honors for the Likes of Jackie Chan, Who Receive A Huge Oination, Iranian Star Golshifteh Farahani, Who Receive Her Honor from Zar Amir, Emma Thomps Canonero.

HERE Are The Full Winners of the 78th Locarno Film Festival.

Concorso Internazionale (International Competition)

Pardo d’Oro – Grand Prize of the Festival and City of Locarno
Tabi to hibi (Two Seasons, Two Strangers) by sho miyake, japan

Special Jury Prize – Cities of Ascona and Losone
White Snail by elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, Austria/Germany

Pardo for Best Direction – City and Region of Locarno
Abbas fahdel for Tales of the wounded LandLebanon

Concorso Cineasti Del Presente (For First and Second Features)

Pardo d’Oro – Concorso Cineast Del Presente
Tóc, giấy và nước… (Hair, Paper, Water…) by nicolas graux and trương minh
Quý, Belgium/France/Vietnam

BEST EMERGING DIRECTOR Award – City and Region of Locarno
Cecilia kang for Hijo MayorArgentina/France

Special Jury Prize Ciné+
Gioia mia (Sweetheart) by margherita spampinato

Pardo for Best Performance
Aurora quattrocchi for Gioia mia (Sweetheart) by margherita spampinato,
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Levan gelbakhiani for Don’t let the sun by Jacqueline Zünd, Switzerland/Italy

Pardi di domani .

Pardino d’Argento Arts3 Foundation for the International Competition
Still Playing by Mohamed Mesbah, France

Pardi Di Domani Best Direction Award – Bonalumi Engineering
Primera Enseñanza (Primary education) by Aria sánchez and marina meira, cuba/spain/brazil

Medien Patent Verwaltung Ag Award
Force Times Displacement by angel wu, taiwan

Concorso Nazionale
Pardino d’Oro srg ssr for the best swiss Short Film
O rio de janeiro Continua lindo (Rio remains beauty) by Felipe Casanova, Belgium/Brazil/Switzerland

PARDINO D’ARGENO SRG SSR for the National Competition
Tusen toner by Francesco Poloni, Switzerland

BEST SWISS NEWCOMER AWARD
L’Avant-Poste 21 by Camille Surdez, Switzerland

SPECIAL MENTIONS
Tóc, giấy và nước… (hair, paper, water…) by nicolas graux and trương minh
Quý, Belgium/France/Vietnam
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UNE FENEN PLEIN SUD (A South Facing Window) by lkhagvadulam Purevochir, France/Mongolia

Independent Juries and Awards

FIPresci Prize
With Hasan in gaza by kamal aljafari, Palestine/Germany/France/Qatar

Pardi di domani
Concorso Internazionale
Blind, Ins Auge (Blind, Into The Eye) by Atefeh Kheirabadi and Mehrad
Sepahnia, Germany/Iran

Concorso Nazionale
Noirs matins (Black Mornings) by David Gonseth, Switzerland

Concorso Corti D’Autore
UNE FENEN PLEIN SUD (A South Facing Window) by lkhagvadulam Purevochir, France/Mongolia

SPECIAL MENTION – FOR The CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE
Una vez en un cuerpo (ONCE IN A BODY) by María Cristina Pérez González, Colombia/USA

Open Doors Screenings
“The ENVIRONMENT IS QUALITY OF LIFE” PRIZE
L’envoyée de dieu by amina abdoulye mamani, niger/burkina faso/rwanda