Leopard of Honour

Life's work achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival

Award

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

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 in 2009, the prize was named in Italian after its sponsor, becoming the "Pardo d'onore Swisscom".

## 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]
* 2024 - Jane Campion[3]

## See also

[edit]

* Locarno Film Festival
* 75th Locarno Film Festival

## References

[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b "The Festival - Special awards - Pardo d'onore Manor". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
3. ^ Roxborough, Jane. "Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

## External links

[edit]

* Official site

* v
* t
* e

Locarno International Film Festival

Awards|

| Main competition|

* Golden Leopard
* Special Jury Prize
* Best Direction
* Best Performance
* Prix du public
* Leopard of Honour
* Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
* Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present

|

Retired categories|

* Best Actor
* Best Actress

By year|

* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

This film award–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template