The Chinese documentary film "Mrs. Fang" won the Locarno's Festival's Golden Leopard prize on August 12. The film was directed by Chinese film director Wang Bing.
The jury of the said festival, which was led by Olivier Assayas, who is considered to be the leader in the current docu film movement in China, awarded the top prize to Wang.
"Mrs. Fang" is a documentary film which portrayed death. It tells about the last ten days of life of an elderly farmer. The director of the movie has also garnered the Horizons award for the best screenplay during the Venice Film Festival in his movie, "Bitter Money."
During the Locarno Festival, the special jury prize was awarded to "Good Manners," a horror-drama which features Brazillians Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas.
F.J. Ossang also won the best director for his movie, "9 Doights." It is a movie about a man on the run who inherits large fortune from a dying man who he only met on the road.
Isabelle Huppert took home the best actress award for her movie "Madame Hyde," wherein she portrays the role of a teacher who becomes a different person after she was struck by a lightning.
Meanwhile, Elliot Crosset Hove won the best actor award for movie, "Vinterbrodre", directed by Hlynur Palmason. The film tells the story of two brothers on a cold winter and their struggle to fight with another family.
Aside from these winners, Ilian Metev won the Golden Leopard for 'Three Quarters'. Valerie Massadian won the special jury prize for 'Milla'. Dae-Hwan Kim won the competition’s best emerging director prize for 'The First Lap'. A special mention went to Shevaun Mizrahi for 'Distant Constellation' and Pedro Cabeleira for 'Damned Summer', as cited by The Hollywood Reporter.
Locarno Festival is an annual film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. It was noted to be the longest-running film festivals in the world and it screens various competitive and non-competitive sections.
