Locarno Film Festival
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The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competi
Piazza Grande screening venue
The open-air screening of the Locarno Film Festival on the Piazza Grande is featured on the Swiss twenty-franc banknote since 2017.
The screen in the Piazza Grande
Golden Leopard
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The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international
Locarno Film Festival
…and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators. The top prize of the festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public…
2026 recipient: Florin Șerban
Roberto Rossellini won in 1948.
John Ford won in 1950.
Otto Preminger won in 1955.