Leopard of Honour
{{Short description|Life's work achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Leopard of Honour
| awarded_for = Auteur cinema, creative and audacious filmmaking
| presenter = Locarno International Film Festival
| country = Switzerland
| year = 1989
| year2 = 2025
| holder = Alexander Payne
| website =
}}
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
- 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-landis-blues-brother-director-gets-locarno-lifetime-achievement-1234971145/ |title= Locarno Festival Honors Comedy Legend John Landis: The 'Animal House' and 'Blues Brothers' director will receive Locarno's 2021 lifetime achievement award |author= Scott Roxborough |website= Hollywood Reporter |date= June 21, 2021 |access-date= July 4, 2021|lang=en}}
- 2022 – Kelly Reichardt{{Cite web |title=The Festival - Special awards - Pardo d’onore Manor |url=http://www.locarnofestival.ch/en/festival/special-awards/pardo-donore-manor.html |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Locarno Film Festival |language=en}}
- 2023 – Harmony Korine
- 2024 - Jane Campion{{cite news |last1=Roxborough |first1=Jane |title=Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival Honor |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jane-campion-locarno-film-festival-honor-1235880142/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |agency=The Hollywood Reporter}}
- 2025 - Alexander Payne{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/alexander-payne-to-be-honoured-by-locarno-film-festival/5205938.article |title=Alexander Payne to be honoured by Locarno Film Festival |author=Tim Dams |date= 11 June 2025 |access-date= 15 June 2025 |website=ScreenDaily |language=en}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.pardo.ch Official site]
{{Locarno International Film Festival}}
Category:Locarno Film Festival
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