Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present
# Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present

Filmmakers of the Present - Golden Leopard (Pardo d'oro Cineasti del presente) is an award at the Locarno International Film Festival, presented by the Jury to the best film of the section “Filmmakers of the Present". It was first awarded in 2006. It is dedicated to emerging directors from all over the world and devoted to first, second and third features.

## Award winners

| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Hounded | Verfolgt | Angelina Maccarone | Germany |
| 2007 | Milky Way | Tejút | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary |
| 2008 | The Fortress | La forteresse | Fernand Melgar | Switzerland |
| 2009 | The Anchorage | The Anchorage | C.W. Winter, Anders Edström | United States, Sweden |
| 2010 | Paraboles | Paraboles | Emmanuelle Demoris | France, Egypt |
| 2011 | Summer of Giacomo | L'estate di Giacomo | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium |
| 2012 | Inori | Inori | Pedro González-Rubio | Japan |
| 2013 | Manakamana | Manakamana | Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez | Nepal, United States |
| 2014 | Navajazo | Navajazo | Ricardo Silva | Mexico |
| 2015 | Thithi | Funeral | Raam Reddy | India, United States |
| 2016 | The Human Surge | El auge del humano | Eduardo Williams | Argentina, Brazil, Portugal |
| 2017 | 3/4 (film) | Ilian Metev | Bulgaria |
| 2018 | Chaos | Sara Fattahi | Austria, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria |
| 2019 | Nafi's Father | Baamum Nafi | Mamadou Dia | Senegal |
| 2021 | Brotherhood | Francesco Montagner | Czech Republic, Italy |
| 2022 | Nightsiren | Svetlonoc | Tereza Nvotová | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
