Festival of Locarno 2006
The International festival of film of Locarno in 2006 (the 59ème edition) was held from August 2nd to 12th 2006. A homage was paid to Finnish Aki Kaurismaki.
- 170 feature-length films were programmed including 21 in official competition.
- Willem Dafoe received a special price.
Jury
- Emmanuelle Devos, Nobuhiro Suwa, Peter Rommel, Antonio Capuano, Ann Today, Edo Bertoglio and Barbara Albert.
Prize list
- Leopard of gold: Das Fräulein of Andrea Staka (Swiss - Germany)
- Price of the setting in scene: Laurent Achard for the Last of insane the France
- Leopard of the best female role: Amber Tamblyn for the film Stephanie Daley of Hilary Brougher the United States
- Leopard of best male interpretation: Burghart Klaussner for the film Der Mann von of Botschaft of Dito Tsintsadze Germany
- Special mention of the jury: Body Rice of Hugo Vieira da Silva
- Price of the public: Life of the others ( Das Leben der Anderen ) of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany
- Leopard of gold of the competition Scenario writers of the present: Verlogt of Angelina Maccarone Germany
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