76th Locarno International Film Festival

Switzerland, August 2 - August 12 2023

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The jury

Ivonete Pinto (Brazil), David Katz (UK), Nada Azhari Gillon (France), Rasha Hosny (Egypt), Jean Perret (Switzerland)

Awarded films

Stepne by Maryna Vroda
(Ukriane, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, 2023, 117 min)

Reports

Lakeside Myths by David Katz
The Living Ghosts Of The Night: A Story At The Gates Of Europe by Jean Perret
Stepne: Beyond the War by Ivonete Pinto
Surprising Award Choices by Nada Azhari Gillon
Yannick: The Relationship Between The Creator And The Audience In Art by Rasha Hosny

FIPRESCI Prize was awarded to a film that conjures a vanishing world, contains a masterful mise-en-scène, finely constructed characterizations, and also engages with memory and the recent historical past.