Two Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake (All of the Lengthy Nights, Small, Sluggish However Regular) is the winner of the 78th version of the Locarno Movie Pageant’s worldwide competitors, which was honored with the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, within the Swiss city on Saturday.
The Japanese drama, based mostly on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by Yoshiharu Tsuge, follows Lee, a scriptwriter who’s processing what is going on in her life.
“We lastly have Japan within the competitors once more,” Locarno inventive director Giona A. Nazzaro had instructed THR in regards to the movie marking Japan’s return to the competitors lineup.
White Snail by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter (Area Canines), a romantic drama a few Belarusian mannequin dreaming of a profession in China who finds herself drawn to a mysterious loner who works the night time shift at a morgue, received one other high honor, receiving the particular jury prize at Locarno.
In the meantime, Abbas Fahdel was honored with the most effective director award for Tales of the Wounded Land.
One of the best efficiency awards within the competitors went to Manuela Martelli and Ana Marija Veselčić for his or her roles in God Will Not Assist by Hana Jušić, in addition to to Marya Imbro and Mikhail Senkov for his or her work in White Snail.
And a particular point out within the worldwide competitors lineup went to Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze.
The worldwide jury of Locarno78 was led by Cambodian auteur Rithy Panh and likewise included Mexican director, author, 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 (Candy Desires).
Two Seasons, Two Strangers is Locarno’s forth Japanese winner of the highest prize after Masahiro Kobayashi’s The Rebirth (Ai no yokan) in 2007, Akio Jissoji’s This Transient Life (Mujō), one in every of 4 movies to share the prize in 1970, and Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) in 1954.
Amongst different Locarno 2025 honors, the Golden Leopard within the Concorso Cineasti del Presente program, which places the highlight on first and second options, was awarded to Tóc, Giấy Và Nước… (Hair, Paper, Water…) by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh Quý.
In the identical part, Cecilia Kang received the most effective rising director honor for Hijo Mayor, whereas the most effective efficiency Leopards got out to Aurora Quattrocchi for Gioia Mia (Sweetheart) by Margherita Spampinato, in addition to Levan Gelbakhiani for his function in Don’t Let the Solar by Jacqueline Zünd.
This 12 months’s debut characteristic honor, often known as the Swatch First Function Award, was bestowed upon Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari.
Nazzaro lauded “a profitable version past our wildest expectations that celebrates the enduring and mild energy of cinema and its manifolded methods of bringing communities collectively to share the fantastic presents of peace.” He concluded: “A competition is like constructing a greater tomorrow. One movie on the time.”
The fest’s closing night time will happen within the picturesque Swiss city’s Piazza Grande on Saturday, with Kiss of the Spider Girl by Invoice Condon because the closing movie.
Locarno 2025 featured honors for the likes of Jackie Chan, who acquired a large ovation, Iranian star Golshifteh Farahani, who acquired her honor from Zar Amir, Emma Thompson, and costume designer Milena Canonero.
Listed below are the complete winners of the 78th Locarno Movie Pageant.
Concorso Internazionale (Worldwide Competitors)
Pardo d’Oro – Grand Prize of the Pageant and Metropolis of Locarno
Tabi to Hibi (Two Seasons, Two Strangers) by Sho Miyake, Japan
Particular Jury Prize – Cities of Ascona and Losone
White Snail by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, Austria/Germany
Pardo for Greatest Route – Metropolis and Area of Locarno
Abbas Fahdel for Tales of the Wounded Land, Lebanon
Pardo for Greatest Efficiency
Manuela Martelli and Ana Marija Veselčić for Bathroom Neće Pomoći (God Will Not Assist) by Hana Jušić, Croatia/Italy/Romania/Greece/France/Slovenia
and
Marya Imbro and Mikhail Senkov for White Snail by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, Austria/Germany
Particular Point out
Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze, Germany/Georgia
Concorso Cineasti del Presente (for first and second options)
Pardo d’Oro – Concorso Cineasti del Presente
Tóc, Giấy Và Nước… (Hair, Paper, Water…) by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh
Quý, Belgium/France/Vietnam
Greatest Rising Director Award – Metropolis and Area of Locarno
Cecilia Kang for Hijo Mayor, Argentina/France
Particular Jury Prize CINÉ+
Gioia Mia (Sweetheart) by Margherita Spampinato
Pardo for Greatest Efficiency
Aurora Quattrocchi for Gioia Mia (Sweetheart) by Margherita Spampinato,
Italy
and
Levan Gelbakhiani for Don’t Let the Solar by Jacqueline Zünd, Switzerland/Italy
Pardi di Domani (showcasing quick and medium-length movies targeted on experimentation and revolutionary types)
Concorso Corti d’Autore
Pardino d’Oro WePresent by WeTransfer for the Greatest Auteur Brief Movie
A Very Straight Neck by Neo Sora, Japan/China
Pardino d’Oro Arts3 Basis for the Greatest Worldwide Brief Movie
Hyena by Altay Ulan Yang, USA
Pardino d’Argento Arts3 Basis for the Worldwide Competitors
Nonetheless Taking part in by Mohamed Mesbah, France
Pardi di Domani Greatest Route Award – BONALUMI Engineering
Primera Enseñanza (Major Training) by Aria Sánchez and Marina Meira, Cuba/Spain/Brazil
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award
Pressure Occasions Displacement by Angel Wu, Taiwan
Concorso Nazionale
Pardino d’Oro SRG SSR for the Greatest Swiss Brief Movie
O Rio De Janeiro Continua Lindo (Rio Stays Stunning) by Felipe Casanova, Belgium/Brazil/Switzerland
Pardino d’Argento SRG SSR for the Nationwide Competitors
Tusen Toner by Francesco Poloni, Switzerland
Greatest Swiss Newcomer Award
L’avant-Poste 21 by Camille Surdez, Switzerland
Locarno Movie Pageant Brief Movie Candidate – European Movie Awards
O Rio De Janeiro Continua Lindo (Rio Stays Stunning) by Felipe Casanova, Belgium/Brazil/Switzerland
First Function
Swatch First Function Award
Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari, Canada/Hungary
Pardo Verde (the Inexperienced Leopard for movies from administrators with a imaginative and prescient “linked to a brand new conception of humanity on planet Earth”) supported by the Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo del Locarnese e Vallemaggia
Pardo Verde
Mare’s Nest by Ben Rivers, United Kingdom/France/Canada
Particular Mentions
Tóc, Giấy Và Nước… (Hair, Paper, Water…) by Nicolas Graux and Trương Minh
Quý, Belgium/France/Vietnam
and
Une Fenêtre Plein Sud (A South Dealing with Window) by Lkhagvadulam PurevOchir, France/Mongolia
INDEPENDENT JURIES AND AWARDS
Ecumenical Prize
Solomamma by Janicke Askevold, Norway/Latvia/Lithuania/Denmark/Finland
Particular Point out
Le Lac by Fabrice Aragno, Switzerland
FIPRESCI Prize
With Hasan in Gaza by Kamal Aljafari, Palestine/Germany/France/Qatar
Junior Jury Awards
First Prize
Le Lac by Fabrice Aragno, Switzerland
Second Prize
Dracula by Radu Jude, Romania/Austria/Luxembourg/Brazil
Third Prize
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due by Abdellatif Kechiche, France
“The atmosphere is high quality of life” Prize
supplied by the Ticino Division of Inner Affairs:
Tabi to Hibi (Two Seasons, Two Strangers) by Sho Miyake, Japan
Particular Point out
Le Bambine (Mosquitoes) by Valentina Bertani and Nicole Bertani, Italy
The second Junior Jury assigned a prize to the most effective movie proven within the part Concorso Cineasti del Presente:
Un Balcon à Limoges (A Balcony in Limoges) by Jérôme Reybaud, France
Particular Mentions
Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari, Canada/Hungary
and
Folichonneries (Follies) by Eric Ok. Boulianne, Canada
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 Fenêtre Plein Sud (A South Dealing with Window) by Lkhagvadulam PurevOchir, France/Mongolia
Particular Point out – for the Concorso Internazionale
Una Vez En Un Cuerpo (As soon as in a Physique) by María Cristina Pérez González, Colombia/USA
Open Doorways Screenings
“The atmosphere is high quality of life” Prize
L’Envoyée De Dieu by Amina Abdoulaye Mamani, Niger/Burkina Faso/Rwanda
Semaine de la Critique (Critics/Week)
Grand Prix Semaine de la Critique – Prix SRG SSR
Útóipe Cheilteach (Celtic Utopia) by Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén,
Sweden/Eire
Marco Zucchi Award
Nella Colonia Penale (Within the Penal Colony) by Gaetano Crivaro, Silvia Perra, Ferruccio Goia, and Alberto Diana, Italy