Here is CinemaFriend’s list of 10 famous directors whose films have been awarded at Locarno film festival as best film of the year (known as Golden Leopard award since 1968).
1. Rene Clair – And Then There Were None (1946)
2. Roberto Rossellini – Germany Year Zero (1948)
3. Michelangelo Antonioni – Il Grido (1957)
4. Stanley Kubrick – Killer’s Kiss (1959)
5. Milos Forman – Black Peter (1964)
6. Anthony Simmons – Four in the Morning (1965)
7. Mike Leigh – Bleak Moments (1972)
8. Jim Jarmusch – Stranger than Paradise (1984)
9. Wolfgang Becker – Schmetterling (1988)
10. Rodrigo Garcia – Nine Lives (2005)
For a detailed list of all awarded movies throughout Locarno Film Festival history visit Golden Leopard-wikipedia.
See also:
Locarno Film Festival 2012: Jury of the Concorso Internazionale
Locarno Film Festival 2012: Movies in Concorso Internazionale
Locarno Film Festival 2012: Jury of the Opera Prima
Locarno Film Festival 2012: Jury of the Pardi di Domani
Locarno Film Festival 2012: Jury of the Concorso Cineasti del presente
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