Concorso Cineasti del Presente

First or second feature films are a chance to make a mark, mix things up, find a voice. Where at the Locarno Film Festival can you find those films? That’s Concorso Cineasti del Presente, the space for the filmmakers of the present and the cinema of tomorrow, existing beyond all distinctions of form and genre. Radical, uncompromising, adventurous, shot through with genuine curiosity about all the possibilities of cinema. Collectively, the films in Concorso Cineasti del Presente, showing in international or world premieres, chart a course for the future. 

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Affection affection

Directors: Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray

France  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  101'  ·  o.v. French

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Balearic

Director: Ion de Sosa

Spain, France  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  74'  ·  o.v. Spanish

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Becoming

Director: Zhannat Alshanova

France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  93'  ·  o.v. Russian / Kazakh

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Blue Heron

Director: Sophy Romvari

Canada, Hungary  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  90'  ·  o.v. English / Hungarian

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Don’t Let the Sun

Director: Jacqueline Zünd

Switzerland, Italy  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  100'  ·  o.v. English

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Fantasy

Director: Kukla

Slovenia, North Macedonia  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  98'  ·  o.v. Slovenian / Albanian / Serbian / Bosnian / Macedonian

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Folichonneries

Director: Eric K. Boulianne

Canada  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  101'  ·  o.v. French

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Gioia mia

Director: Margherita Spampinato

Italy  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  90'  ·  o.v. Italian

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Hijo mayor

Director: Cecilia Kang

Argentina, France  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  118'  ·  o.v. Spanish / Korean

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Nu mă lăsa să mor

Director: Andrei Epure

Romania, Bulgaria, France  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  108'  ·  o.v. Romanian

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Olivia

Director: Sofía Petersen

Argentina, United Kingdom, Spain  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  127'  ·  o.v. Spanish

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

The Fin

Director: Syeyoung Park

South Korea, Germany, Qatar  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  85'  ·  o.v. Korean

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The Plant from the Canaries

Director: Ruan Lan-Xi

Germany  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  66'  ·  o.v. Korean / English / German

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Tóc, giấy và nước...

Directors: Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý

Belgium, France, Vietnam  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  71'  ·  o.v. Ruc / Vietnamese

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Un balcon à Limoges

Director: Jérôme Reybaud

France  ·  2025  ·  DCP  ·  Color  ·  70'  ·  o.v. French

 

 

The jury will award the following prizes:  

Pardo d’Oro Concorso Cineasti del Presente

CHF 35,000 to be shared equally between the director and the producer.

Best Emerging Director Award

City and Region of Locarno: CHF 20,000 to the director.

Special Jury Prize CINÉ+

a promotional campaign to the value of CHF 25,000 on CINÉ+ channels at the time of its theatrical release in France.

Pardo for Best Performance (two prizes to be awarded)

 

 

The Jury may also award a maximum of two special mentions. 
The three first prizes may not be awarded ex aequo. 
A maximum of two prizes per film may be awarded. 


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