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The Official Jury of the 56th Locarno International Film Festival:
Franck Nouchi,President of the Jury (Journalist),
Niccolò Ammaniti (writer) Jean-Luc Bideau (actor), Girish Karnad (playwright, director and actor), Nik Powell (Producer), David Robbins (Composer), Stefania Rocca (Actress).
The jury has awarded the following prizes:
GOLDEN LEOPARD, Grand Prize of the City and Region of Locarno (90,000 SF to be shared equally between the director and the producer) to the best film to
KHAMOSH PANI (Silent Water)
by Sabiha Sumar- Pakistan/France/Germany
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, Special Jury Prize SWISS and City of Ascona, (30,000 SF. to be shared equally between the director and the producer):
MARIA
by Calin Netzer – Romania/Germany/France
SILVER LEOPARD Second prize of the City and of the Region of Locarno, (30,000 SF to be shared equally between the director and producer) for the second best film to
GORI VATRA
by Pjer Zalica – Bosnia-Herzogovia /Austria
SILVER LEOPARD the prize of the City and of the Region of Locarno (30,000 SF, to be shared equally between the director and producer) for the best first or second feature film to
THIRTEEN
by Catherine Hardwicke- USA
LEOPARD FOR THE BEST ACTRESS TO:
Shared equally between:
HOLLY HUNTER for the film THIRTEEN by Catherine Hardwicke
DIANA DUMBRAVA for the film MARIA by Calin Netzer
KIRRON KHER for the film KHAMOSH PANI by Sabiha Sumar
LEOPARD FOR THE BEST ACTOR
SERBAN IONESCU for the film MARIA by Calin Netzer
The Jury has decided unanimously SPECIAL MENTIONS to:
ONNA RIHATSUSHI NO KOI by Masahiro Kobayashi – Japan
DANEHAYE RIZE BARF by Alireza Amini- Iran
For their direction.
VIDEO COMPETITION
The Official Jury of the Video Competition:
Vincent Dieutre, President of the jury (Director), Simon Field (Director of the Rotterdam International Film Festival), Alquimia Peña (Director f the Foundacion del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano), Paolo Rosa (Artist), Samir (Director and Producer):
“We would like to state our unanimous admiration for the consistency and exactitude of a much-needed director whose work, already feted at Locarno, continues to trouble us and make us reflect when many others simply try to reassure us” MENTION JURY SPECIAL PRIZE
ERKENNEN UND VERFOLGEN
Harun Faroki -Germany
Golden Leopard Video C.P. COMPANY (worth 30'000 FrS). Awarded ex-aqueo to:
“For the beauty, patience and deep understanding of this poetic project”:
CANTATA DE LAS COSAS SOLAS
Willi Behnisch -Argentina
“For its orginal structure, its mix of humour and seriousness and the jubilant complicity of its actors and actresses.” :
IXIEME, JOURNAL D’UN PRISONNIER
Pierre-Yves Borgeaux et Stéphane Blok- Switzerland
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW
The Official Jury of the Leopards of Tomorrow: Dominique Green (Producer), Jacques Kermabon (Editor in chief of Bref), Jens Lien (Director), Anita Wasser (Director of Euroinfo Switzerland)
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW- NEW SWISS TALENT
Pardino d’Oro SRG SSR idée suisse, awarded to a Swiss film (of a value of 6,000 SF) , in conjunction with the Online-Hollenweger which takes the form of technical services to the Swiss production company (of a value of 15,000 SF) has been awarded to
L’ESCALIER
by Frédéric Mermoud
For the sensitivity and qualities of cinematic expression with which the film evokes the delicate subject of innocence.
Pardino d’Argento, Kodak Prize awarded to a Swiss film, in the form of film stock offered by “Eastman Kodak” (of a value of 6,000 SF), has been awarded to:
LE DORMEUR
by Richard Szotyori
For the visual and humouristic force with which the film makes us live through a nightmare.
THE ACTION LIGHT PRIZE FOR BEST SWISS NEWCOMER, which provides equipment worth 33,000 SF offered by Action Light, Avant-Première, Cinétec, Film Demnächts, Fujifilm (Switzerland), Lee Filters, Sound Design Studio, Swiss Effects and Titra Film:
MEYERS
by Steven Hayes
This young talent shows us that it is never too late to change one’s habits.
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW- SCANDINAVIAN
Pardino d’Oro, SRG SSR idée suisse for a Scandinavian film (of the value of 6,000 SF) has been awarded to:
VIKTOR OCH HANS BRÖDER (Viktor and His Brothers)
by Mårten Klingberg
For the fine quality of acting portrayed by the five leading actors and the capacity of the direction to create a comedy and a drama with the same humanity.
Pardino d’Argento, KODAK PRIZE, presented in the form of film stock offered by “Eastman Kodak” (of a value of 6,000 SF) has been awarded to:
ONNENPELI 2001 (Ferry Go Round)
by Aleksi Salmenperä
For his portrayal of lost souls and the capacity that the moving camera has in its sensitive handling of the sentiment in the film.
Film and Video Prize Subtitling Prize, sponsored by Film und Video Untertitelung Gerhard LEHMANN AG company provides the subtitling in any European language for the winning Swiss or Scandinavian:
HEIMAT (Connecting People)
by Arild Fröhlich
For being the first film that tells the story of what happens to a woman who gets swallowed by a cow whilst on her mobile phone.
Special Mention to
KALA (Fish)
by Jonathan Davies
For being a film both warm and as cold as a fish, animated by a computer.
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW: PRIZE AWARDED BY THE JUNIOR JURY
The Junior Jury awarded the following Prizes offered by the Department for Education, culture and Sport TI (worth of 3,000 SF), to be shared by a Swiss film and a Scandinavian film:
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW- NEW SWISS TALENTS
VIANDES
de Bruno Deville
Special Mention to
SCHENGLET
by Laurent Nègre
LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW – SCANDINAVIAN
REGJERINGEN MARTIN
by Roar Uthaug
Special Mention to:
TUNNELEN
by Claus Schrøder Nielsen
THE JUNIOR JURY
The junior Jury composed of Roberta De Maria, Cécile Devenoges, Sultan Fillmci, Laure Mosimann, Debora Pella, Irene Ratti, Elena Schlein, Irene Valsangiacomo, Carlotta Zarattini, have decided to award the following directors in the official international competition:
1st prize offered by the Department for Education, Culture and Sport TI (6,000 SF):
BOM, YEOREUM, GAEUL, GYEOWOOL, GEURIGO, BOM
de Kim Ki-Duk – Korea/Germany
2nd prize offered by Department for Education, Culture and Sport TI (4,000 SF)
AU SUD DES NUAGES
by Jean-François Amiguet – Switzerland
3rd prize offered by the Department for Education, Culture and Sport TI (2,000 SF)
GORI VATRA
by Pjer Zalica – Bosnia-Herzegovia/Austria
The Junior Jury also awarded the following prizes:
SPECIAL PRIZE of 3,000 SF, offered by the Cantonal Department for territory, to the film with the best interpretation of the concept ““Environment is quality of life”, to
DANEHAYE RIZE BARF
by Alireza Amini - Iran
Lastly the jury awarded a special mention to the films:
MARIA
by Calin Netzer – Romania/Germany/France
KHAMOSH PANI
by Sabiha Sumar – Pakistan/France/Germany
FIPRESCI JURY
The Jury composed of Ronald Bergan (UK), Vanz Chapman (Canada), Costas Terzis (Griece), Nihad Ibrahim (Egypt), Fred Zaugg (Switzerland) has unanimously awarded its Prize for Competition entry to:
DEPENDENCIA SEXUAL
By Rodrigo Bellott- Bolivia| USA
“For this courageous examination of machismo eloquently expressed by a rigorous use of the split screen and innovative digital camerawork.”
ECUMENICAL JURY
Gathered for the 56th Locarno International Film Festival the Ecumenical Jury, composed of Jean-Pierre Hoby (SWITZERLAND), Andrew Johnston (Canada), Augustine Loorthusamy (Maleshian), Nathalie Roncier (France), Paolo Tognina (Switzerland), Ulrike Vollmer (Germany) awards its prize unanimously to the film
KHAMOSH PANI (SILENT WATERS),
directed by Sabiha Sumar - Pakistan/France/Germany
Finely crafted with great sensitivity, this film celebrates how religion grows human life in community (as personified by the two women Aicha and Zoubida) and also shows how religion can be used to show division and fear, messages of great importance and urgency for our contemporary world.
The FICC Jury
(International Federation of Cinema Clubs)
comprised of Leila Amacker (SWITZERLAND) Maretta Dillon (Ireland), Serafino Fasulo (Italy), gives the DON QUIJOTE Prize to:
The IFFS jury has unanimously decided to give the Don Quijote prize to BOM, YEOREUM, GAEUL, GYEOWOOL, GEURIGO, BOM directed by KIM Ki-duk for its tender and subtle humour, its universal appeal and its particular visual style. Throughout the film the changing seasons of the countryside mirror the lives of the characters. The audience also travels the same path and the film brings a lightness of touch to the dilemmas of the various characters that is wholly convincing. Although the film is set in one place, the characters exist as fully rounded human beings with a past but also importantly, a future.
A Special Mention is given to LES MARINS PERDUS directed by Claire Devers for the particularly convincing world brought to life by the director. This atmospheric tale of sailors stranded on land and forced to confront the decisions of their lives is sympathetically treated and non-judgemental in its approach. Their personal histories are full of regret, sorrow and loss but the film offers hope in the characters resolution and accepts that new beginnings are possible.
A Special Mention is given to KHAMOSH PANI (SILENT WATER) directed by Sabiha Sumar for this fully realised and developed story, which, has both historical and contemporary references. This illuminating glimpse into a part of Pakistan’s history tells us much about the beginnings of Islamic fundamentalism in the late 1970s among young people. The place of women and how their destinies often exist outside themselves is examined with great sympathy. The courage of the main character as she faces difficult choices and the sacrifices she makes at different points in her life is very touching and effecting.
PRIZE OF THE CICAE/ARTE PRIZE
The CICAE/ARTE PRIZE jury of the 56th Locarno Film Festival composed of Pinia Frey (SWITZERLAND), Bruno Boyer (France), Leonardo Moggi (Italy), has awarded the Prix CICAE/Arte to
BOM, YEOREUM,GAEUL, GYEOWOLL, GEURIGO, BOM
de KIM Ki- Duk – Korea/Germany
For the universal story and for the sensitivity in which the film portrays the fears and desires of human beings and for the precision and beauty of the cinematography.
Special mention for the film:
GORI VATRA
de Pjer Zalica - Bosnia-Herzogovia/Austria
NETPAC JURY – formed to promote Asian Cinema
The Netpac Jury composed of Wouter Barendrecht, Sunil Doshi, Kanako Hayashi:
BOM, YEOREUM,GAEUL, GYEOWOLL, GEURIGO, BOM
by KIM Ki- Duk – Korea/Germany
For depicting a senstive portrayal of a man’s journey in search of the meaning of life achieved with an admirably simple and at the same time profound cinematic excellence in a poetic narrative.
SRG SSR idée suisse/ CRITICS WEEK 2003
The jury of the Critic’s week of the 56th Locarno international film Festival, composed of Adina Darian (Romenia), Barbara Schweizerhof (Germany), Mathias Heybrock (Switzerland)
The SRG SSR idée suisse prize goes to
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
by Sam Green and Bill Siegel
For its cinematic qualities and for proposing to a larger public a historic memento of an underground protest movement nowadays less known. The film is a poignant portrait of people involved without any false romanticism.
PRIX DU PUBLIC UBS 2003
The Public Choice Award for films in the Piazza Grande, “Prix du Public UBS” is awarded to:
DAS WUNDER VON BERN
by Sönke Wortmann -Germany
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