Best Performance Award (Locarno International Film Festival) Explained

The Pardo for Best Performance^[1] (English: Leopard for Best Performance; it|Pardo per la migliore interpretazione) is an award given at the Locarno International Film Festival. It was first awarded in 2023. In 2022, the Locarno Film Festival announced that the two acting categories would be retired and replaced with one gender neutral category, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into two Pardo Awards for the Best Performances category.^[2]

Award winners

Notes and References

1. Web site: Locarno Film Festival · 77 Years of Honoring the Best of World Cinema. Locarno Film Festival. 18 August 2024. August 12, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240812144306/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/awards.html. live.
2. Web site: Locarno Film Festival: acting awards to switch to gender-neutral categories from 2023. Locarno Film Festival. 14 September 2022 . 18 August 2024. August 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230815203303/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/press/press-releases/2022/locarno-film-festival-acting-awards-to-switch-to-gender-neutral-categories-from-2023.html. live.
3. News: Zac Ntim. Locarno Film Festival Winners: ‘Critical Zone’ By Persecuted Iranian Filmmaker Ali Ahmadzadeh Takes Top Prize. Deadline Hollywood. August 12, 2023. August 18, 2024. August 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230812134354/https://deadline.com/2023/08/locarno-film-festival-winners-critical-zone-ali-ahmadzadeh-iran-golden-leopard-1235460883/. live.
4. Web site: The Pardo d’oro at Locarno76 goes to Mantagheye bohrani (Critical Zone) by Iranian filmmaker Ali Ahmadzadeh, a hymn to freedom and resistance in Iran. Locarno Film Festival. August 12, 2023. August 18, 2024. August 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230812221127/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/press/press-releases/2023/the-pardo-d-oro-at-locarno76-goes-to-mantagheye-bohrani-critical-zone.html. live.
5. News: Guy Lodge. Lithuanian Teen Drama ‘Toxic’ Wins Big at Locarno Film Festival. Variety. August 17, 2024. August 17, 2024. August 17, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240817142910/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lithuanian-teen-drama-toxic-wins-at-locarno-film-festival-1236109849/. live.
6. Web site: Locarno77: The Pardo d’Oro goes to Akiplėša (Toxic) by Saulė Bliuvaitė, a striking vision of the teenage female body as a battleground. Locarno Film Festival. August 17, 2024. August 18, 2024. August 17, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240817213653/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/press/press-releases/2024/palmares-locarno77-pardo-d-oro-to-akiplesa.html. live.