{"id":585604,"date":"2026-08-15T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/585604\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:32:12","slug":"locarno-awards-you-dont-belong-here-wins-golden-leopard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/585604\/","title":{"rendered":"Locarno Awards: ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ Wins Golden Leopard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRomanian director Florin \u015eerban\u2019s \u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here,\u201d a somber study of anti-Roma racism in the country, has taken the Golden Lion for best film in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival<\/a>, along with a special mention for its young star Teodor But\u0103nescu. The film emerged victorious in a lineup of 17 features at the Swiss fest, including new works by auteurs including Hong Sangsoo<\/a>, Denis C\u00f4t\u00e9, Ann Oren and Nelson Yeo. It was awarded by a jury headed by Belgian filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz; his fellow jurors included actors Paulina Garcia and Lolita Chammah, producer Marco Alessi and Arte France Cin\u00e9ma executive director Olivier P\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here\u201d reps a return to international festival prominence for \u015eerban, whose 2010 debut feature \u201cIf I Want to Whistle, I Whistle\u201d won the Grand Prix in the Berlinale competition, but whose subsequent features have had less impact. The story of a respected doctor discovering that his son has committed a racially motivated murder, his latest was a consensus choice across the festival, also taking the festival\u2019s Junior Jury and Europa Cinemas Label honors. Variety critic Jay Weissberg, however, was less impressed, declaring<\/a> in a mostly negative review that the film \u201copens with great promise and finishes with a stupefyingly misguided coda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tVeteran Korean auteur Hong didn\u2019t leave Locarno empty-handed. Eleven years after his signature comedy \u201cRight Now, Wrong Then\u201d won the Golden Leopard, he was named Best Director for his 35th feature \u201cNowhere to Lay My Eyes<\/a>,\u201d a bittersweet family-reunion study that this critic praised<\/a> for being \u201cas classically and welcomingly Hong as it gets.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe director\u2019s partner and muse Kim Minhee<\/a> was another repeat winner, taking the gender-neutral Best Performance award for her quietly affecting turn as an amateur filmmaker spending an awkward weekend with her estranged mother \u2014 just two years after taking the same prize in Locarno for Hong\u2019s \u201cBy the Stream.\u201d Kim shared the honor with Italian icon Monica Bellucci<\/a> for her supporting role in Giovanni Tortorici\u2019s coming-of-age tale \u201cKettic\u00e8\u201d \u2014 a choice more endorsed by Weissberg, whose review celebrated<\/a> the star as having \u201cfew equals in her ability to project self-aware drama queen with just the right dose of camp icon.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the International Competition awards, Brazilian directors Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho won the Special Jury Prize for their queer erotic thriller \u201cThe Riverbank,\u201d which traces the bond between a cleaner and a fisherman on the mangrove-strewn fringes of Recife. Canadian actor Xavier Bergeron also landed a special mention for his performance in C\u00f4t\u00e9\u2019s \u201cNobody\u2019s Violence.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tSomewhat surprisingly overlooked by the jury, however, was festival buzz title \u201cI Rarely Wake Up Dreaming,\u201d a striking portrait of a transgender marriage amid the upheaval of the war in Ukraine from German director Isabelle Stever; it will have its North American premiere in the main slate of the New York Film Festival next month.<\/p>\n

\n\tOutside the main competition, Argentine-American photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti\u2019s directorial debut \u201cThe Illusion of an Everlasting Summer<\/a>\u201d was the big winner, taking the top prize in the festival\u2019s secondary Filmmakers of the Present competition, as well as the separately juried award for Best First Feature. <\/p>\n

\n\tA documentary filmed over the course of 25 years, \u201cSummer\u201d follows two closely bonded female cousins in Argentina\u2019s rural Pampas region from childhood to womanhood, and was one of the festival\u2019s word-of-mouth critical sensations; it will be distributed by Mubi in North America and the U.K. Another freshman helmer, British artist Beatrice Gibson, was named Best Emerging Director by the Filmmakers of the Present jury for her BBC-backed hybrid doc \u201cAt Night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 79th Locarno Film Festival will close tonight with a gala screening of French director Marc Fitoussi\u2019s meta film-industry comedy \u201cAll About Corinne,\u201d starring Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Kiberlain.<\/p>\n

\n\tFull list of winners below:<\/p>\n

\n\tINTERNATIONAL COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tGolden Leopard for Best Film: \u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here,\u201d Florin \u0218erban
Special Jury Prize: \u201cThe Riverbank,\u201d Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho
Best Direction: Hong Sangsoo, \u201cNowhere to Lay My Eyes\u201d
Best Performance: Kim Minhee, \u201cNowhere to Lay My Eyes\u201d; Monica Bellucci, \u201cKettic\u00e8\u201d
Special Mention for Performance: Xavier Bergeron, \u201cNobody\u2019s Violence\u201d; Teodor But\u0103nescu, \u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tFILMMAKERS OF THE PRESENT COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tGolden Leopard for Best Film: \u201cThe Illusion of an Everlasting Summer,\u201d Alessandra Sanguinetti
Best Emerging Director Award: Beatrice Gibson, \u201cAt Night\u201d
Special Jury Prize: \u201cRevolutionaries Never Die,\u201d Mohanad Yaqubi
Best Performance: Idrissu Tontie Jr., \u201cOur Time Will Come\u201d; Manal Issa, \u201cSummer Meadow\u201d
Special Mention: \u201cThe Days Off,\u201d Lucila Mariani; \u201cHanabi,\u201d Ana Vaz<\/p>\n

\n\tFIRST FEATURE COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst Feature Award: \u201cThe Illusion of an Everlasting Summer,\u201d Alessandra Sanguinetti<\/p>\n

\n\tLEOPARD OF TOMORROW COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Auteur Short Film: \u201cThe Bovine Comedy,\u201d Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Special Mention: \u201cAnd If Thuy Didn\u2019t Exist,\u201d Carlo Francisco Manatad<\/p>\n

Best International Short Film: \u201cMelk,\u201d Filip Anthonissen
Pardino d\u2019Argento for the International Competition: \u201cKhufu,\u201d Mahmoud Assi
Best Direction for the International Competition: \u201cMutrion,\u201dMarco Cavazzin
Locarno Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards: \u201cMelk,\u201d Filip Anthonissen
Special Mention: \u201cLas Damas,\u201d Camille Z\u00e9henne<\/p>\n

Best Swiss Short Film: \u201cTyphoon Mambo,\u201d Domenico Singha Pedroli
Pardino d\u2019Argento for the National Competition: \u201cTake Care,\u201d Patricia Str\u00fcbin
Best Swiss Newcomer Award: \u201cRespirer une fois sur trois,\u201d Charlyne Genoud<\/p>\n

\n\tLOCARNO KIDS COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tLocarno Kids Award: \u201cParadeisa,\u201d Marleen Valien<\/p>\n

\n\tPARDO FOR CHANGE COMPETITION<\/p>\n

\n\tPardo for Change Award: \u201cOur Time Will Come,\u201d Amartei Armar
Special Mention (Feature Film): \u201cThe Newcomers,\u201d Rodrigo Pl\u00e1, Mexico\/Spain
Special Mention (Short Film): \u201cPrivate Property,\u201d Deepak Rauniyar<\/p>\n

\n\tINDEPENDENT JURIES AND AWARDS<\/p>\n

\n\tEcumenical Jury Award: \u201cNowhere to Lay My Eyes,\u201d Hong Sangsoo
FIPRESCI Prize: \u201cFar From the Trees,\u201d Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Europa Cinemas Label: \u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here,\u201d Florin \u0218erban<\/p>\n

\n\tJUNIOR JURY AWARDS<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst Prize: \u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here,\u201d Florin \u0218erban
Second Prize: \u201cNobody\u2019s Violence,\u201d Denis C\u00f4t\u00e9
Third Prize: \u201cManhunt,\u201d Wayne Wapeemukwa
\u201cThe Environment is Quality of Life\u201d Prize: \u201cI Rarely Wake Up Dreaming,\u201d Isabelle Stever
Special Mention: \u201cD\u2019ici l\u00e0,\u201d Sarah Leonor
First Prize (Filmmakers of the Present): \u201cTear Gas,\u201d Uta Beria
Special Mention: \u201cThe Illusion of an Everlasting Summer,\u201d Alessandra Sanguinetti
Leopard of Tomorrow (International Competition): \u201cForgotten Spaceman,\u201d Elham Ehsas
Special Mention: \u201cFirst Fire,\u201d Blanca Camell Gal\u00ed
Leopard of Tomorrow (National Competition): \u201cRespirer une fois sur trois,\u201d Charlyne Genoud
Leopard of Tomorrow (Auteur Competition): \u201c\u0100sheghetam,\u201d Filmsaazs
Special Mention: \u201cThe Bovine Comedy,\u201d Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
\u201cThe Environment is Quality of Life\u201d Prize: \u201cConcrete Moves,\u201d Fagamou Fama Ndiaye<\/p>\n

\n\tCRITICS\u2019 WEEK AWARDS<\/p>\n

\n\tGrand Prix: \u201cBlossoming,\u201d Kamila Serwicka
Marco Zucchi Award: \u201cOnly the Serpent Knows,\u201d Olivier S\u00e9ror, Martin Verdet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Romanian director Florin \u015eerban\u2019s \u201cYou Don\u2019t Belong Here,\u201d a somber study of anti-Roma racism in the country, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,264954,85,46,264955,228210,22930,264956,264992,264993],"class_list":["post-585604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-hong-sangsoo","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kim-minhee","tag-locarno-film-festival","tag-monica-bellucci","tag-nowhere-to-lay-my-eyes","tag-the-illusion-of-an-everlasting-summer","tag-you-dont-belong-here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}