Rome -- Li Hongqi 's "Han Jia" (Winter Vacation), a coming-of-age story set it small town China, won the Locarno Film Festival's Golden Leopard prize Saturday during a full but drizzly ceremony at the Piazza Grande. It is the second consecutive year that a film from a Chinese director took home the festival's top prize.
Among the festival's other top prizes: "Morgen," a border drama set on the boundary between Romania and Hungary from Marian Crisan, won a Special Jury Prize, while Denis Cote was given the Prize of the City and Region of Locarno for Best Director for the Canadian thriller "Curling." Emmanuel Bilodeau, the male lead in "Curling" was given the prize for best actor, while Jasna Duricic won the Best Actress honor for her work in "Beli Belisvet" (White White World) from Serbian director Oleg Novkovic.
The top prize carries an award of 90,000 Swiss francs ($85,000), while the...
Among the festival's other top prizes: "Morgen," a border drama set on the boundary between Romania and Hungary from Marian Crisan, won a Special Jury Prize, while Denis Cote was given the Prize of the City and Region of Locarno for Best Director for the Canadian thriller "Curling." Emmanuel Bilodeau, the male lead in "Curling" was given the prize for best actor, while Jasna Duricic won the Best Actress honor for her work in "Beli Belisvet" (White White World) from Serbian director Oleg Novkovic.
The top prize carries an award of 90,000 Swiss francs ($85,000), while the...
- 8/14/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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