Comment on Locarno Film Festival Announces 2012 Prize Winners; 'Girl From Nowhere' Takes Golden Leopard

Eric Kohn, IndieWire
Sat, 08/11/2012 - 2:57pm

Locarno Film Festival Announces 2012 Prize Winners; 'Girl From Nowhere' Takes Golden Leopard

The Locarno Film Festival announced the winners of its various competition sections ahead of an award ceremony at the festival's Piazza Grande tonight. The jury for the international competition, headed by Palme d'Or-winning Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, awarded the venerable Golden Leopard prize to veteran French filmmaker Jean-Claude Brisseau for "La Fille De Nulle Part" ("The Girl From Nowhere"), a quasi-fictional film in which the director stars as a retired teacher who takes in a young woman to his Parisian home after she runs away from her partner. "The movie is about cinema and made with an economy of means," said Weerasethakul at a press conference with his fellow jury members.

Comment On This Story

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

Movies With Butter

More Movie News

More Movies News

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Keeps the Films’ Epic Scope Thanks to Some Canny Lens Choices — and an Alum
IndieWire, Sunday - 11/24/2024 - 10:00 PM
Cinematographer Pierre Gill understood what a Dune story needs — after all, he worked on Denis Villeneuve's "Dune."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Episode 2 Review: A Sister Sacrificed, a Mother Challenged, and a New Prophecy
IndieWire, Sunday - 11/24/2024 - 10:00 PM
After Episode 1's fatal ending, characters throughout the universe scramble to process their grief and take action against an unknown menace.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Josh Brolin ‘Almost Got Into a Fight’ with Denzel Washington on Set of ‘American Gangster’
IndieWire, Sunday - 11/24/2024 - 08:30 PM
The actors shared a misunderstanding while preparing to shoot a scene in Ridley Scott's 2007 crime epic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Jamie Lee Curtis Insisted Margo Martindale Take the Lead Role in ‘The Sticky’ from Her
IndieWire, Sunday - 11/24/2024 - 07:00 PM
"The only person that reminds me of me is you," said Curtis, to which Martindale nearly responded, "In what world?"
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Timothée Chalamet Was Top of Mind for ‘Gladiator II’ — Then Ridley Scott Watched ‘Normal People’
IndieWire, Sunday - 11/24/2024 - 05:00 PM
While it's clear the star had his hands full this year between "Dune II," "A Complete Unknown," and now Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme," for a time, Chalamet could've ended up in "Gladiator II" as well.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Yes, That Was Really Maximus’ Armor in ‘Gladiator II’
IndieWire, Sunday - 11/24/2024 - 11:00 AM
Russell Crowe's OG costume gets pride of place at one point, but the costumes in Ridley Scott's sequel are telling a different story this time around.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share