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Leopard of Honour 
Summary
The Leopard of Honour is a life's work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The award has been given out since 1989. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking. Starting 2009 the prize was named in Italian and after its sponsor, becoming the "Pardo d'onore Swisscom".
| Leopard of Honour | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Auteur cinema, creative and audacious filmmaking |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Locarno International Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1989 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Currently held by | Matt Dillon |
Winners edit
- 1989 – Ennio Morricone
- 1990 – Gian Maria Volonté
- 1991 – Jacques Rivette
- 1992 – Manoel de Oliveira
- 1993 – Samuel Fuller
- 1994 – Kira Muratova
- 1995 – Jean-Luc Godard
- 1996 – Werner Schroeter
- 1997 – Bernardo Bertolucci
- 1998 – Joe Dante
- 1999 – Daniel Schmid
- 2000 – Paul Verhoeven and Paolo Villaggio
- 2001 – Sundance Institute
- 2002 – Sydney Pollack
- 2003 – Ken Loach
- 2004 – Ermanno Olmi
- 2005 – Terry Gilliam, Abbas Kiarostami, and Wim Wenders
- 2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov
- 2007 – Hou Hsiao-hsien
- 2008 – Amos Gitai
- 2009 – William Friedkin
- 2010 – Jia Zhangke and Alain Tanner
- 2011 – Abel Ferrara
- 2012 – Leos Carax
- 2013 – Werner Herzog
- 2014 – Agnès Varda
- 2015 – Marco Bellocchio and Michael Cimino
- 2016 – Alejandro Jodorowsky
- 2017 – Todd Haynes and Jean-Marie Straub
- 2018 – Bruno Dumont
- 2019 – John Waters
- 2021 – John Landis[1]
- 2022 – Kelly Reichardt[2]
- 2023 – Harmony Korine[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Scott Roxborough (21 June 2021). "Locarno Festival Honors Comedy Legend John Landis: The 'Animal House' and 'Blues Brothers' director will receive Locarno's 2021 lifetime achievement award". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ a b "The Festival - Special awards - Pardo d'onore Manor". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
External links edit
- Official site