Published: : August 16, 2026, 11:14 PM
Romanian filmmaker Florin Șerban’s You Don’t Belong Here (Nu E Locul Tau Aici) has won the Golden Leopard at the 79th Locarno Film Festival. The jury praised the film’s writing, distinctive vision and cinematic language. Hong Sangsoo took Best Director for Nowhere to Lay My Eyes, while Monica Bellucci won a performance award for Ketticè.
In the Filmmakers of the Present competition, Alessandra Sanguinetti’s The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer received the Golden Leopard as well as the Best First Feature award.
Petra Volpe’s prison drama Frank & Louis won the UBS Audience Award. Other prizes went to Beatrice Gibson for At Night and Mohanad Yaqubi for Revolutionaries Never Die.
The festival’s industry platform, Locarno Pro, also recorded a new high, with 2,140 industry accreditations from nearly 100 countries, a 10 percent increase over last year.
