Leopard of Honour

Leopard of Honour
2026 recipient: Darren Aronofsky
Awarded forCareer achievement
CountrySwitzerland
Presented byLocarno International Film Festival
First award1989
Currently held byDarren Aronofsky

The Leopard of Honour is a career achievement award given annually at the Locarno Film Festival since 1989. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking.

Winners

1980s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
1989 Ennio Morricone Composer and conductor Italy

1990s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
1990 Gian Maria Volonté Actor Italy
1991 Jacques Rivette Filmmaker and film critic France
1992 Manoel de Oliveira Filmmaker Portugal
1993 Samuel Fuller Filmmaker, writer and actor United States
1994 Kira Muratova Filmmaker Soviet Union, Ukraine
1995 Jean-Luc Godard France
1996 Werner Schroeter Germany
1997 Bernardo Bertolucci Italy [1]
1998 Joe Dante United States [2][3]
1999 Daniel Schmid Filmmaker and theatre director Switzerland [4]
Francesco Rosi Filmmaker Italy
Gerard Blain Actor and filmmaker French

2000s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2000 Paul Verhoeven Filmmaker Netherlands
Paolo Villaggio Actor and director Italy
2001 Chen Kaige Filmmaker China [5][6]
Sundance Institute Non-profit organisation United States
Cahiers du Cinéma Film magazine France
2002 Sydney Pollack Filmmaker United States [7]
2003 Ken Loach United Kingdom [8]
2004 Ermanno Olmi Italy
2005 Terry Gilliam United Kingdom [9]
Abbas Kiarostami Iran
Wim Wenders Germany
2006 Alexander Sokurov Soviet Union, Russia [10]
2007 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan [11]
2008 Amos Gitai Israel
2009 William Friedkin United States [12]

2010s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2010 Jia Zhangke Filmmaker China [13]
Alain Tanner Switzerland
2011 Abel Ferrara United States
2012 Leos Carax France
2013 Werner Herzog Germany [14][15]
2014 Agnès Varda France [16][17]
2015 Marco Bellocchio Italy [18][19]
Michael Cimino United States
2016 Alejandro Jodorowsky Chile, France
2017 Todd Haynes United States
Jean-Marie Straub France
2018 Bruno Dumont
2019 John Waters United States

2020s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2021 John Landis Filmmaker and actor United States [20]
2022 Kelly Reichardt Filmmaker [21]
2023 Harmony Korine [21]
2024 Jane Campion New Zealand [22]
2025 Alexander Payne United States [23]
2026 Darren Aronofsky [21]

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (16 August 1999). "French youth movement is toast of Locarno fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 359, no. 7. pp. 8, 27.
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  6. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (5 June 2001). "Locarno to fete Sundance, Sahiers". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 368, no. 29. pp. 12, 63. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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  10. ↑ Lyman, Eric J. (3 August 2006). "Locarno has 'vice' in the streets: piazza grande screening kicks off 172-film festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 395, no. 27. pp. 5, 13. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Press, Eric J. Lyman, The Associated (7 February 2007). "Hsiao-hsien nabs Leopard lifetime nod". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "William Tells". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 410, no. 45. 7 July 2009. p. 12. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  13. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (August 2010). "Highlights. Specialty films & 'open doors': locarno's industry office beefs up services for buyers". Variety. Vol. 419, no. 11. pp. A1. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Herzog to be honoured at Locarno". Screen. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  15. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (6 August 2013). "Locarno's new topper raises the states". Variety. Vol. 320, no. 17. p. 71. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  16. ↑ ""French director Agnes Varda to receive the Pardo d'onore Swisscom at 67th Locarno Film Festival."". Indiantelevision.com. 19 July 2014.
  17. ↑ Debruge, Peter (7 August 2014). "Filmmaker Agnes Varda Remembers a Hipper L.A., With Fewer Suits". Variety. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Michael Cimino honoré à Locarno". Le Film Français (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Michael Cimino, un cadeau tombé des étoiles - Le Temps" (in French). 11 August 2015. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. 1 2 3 "The Festival - Special awards - Pardo d'onore Manor". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  22. ↑ Roxborough, Jane. "Jane Campion to Receive Locarno Film Festival Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  23. ↑ Tim Dams (11 June 2025). "Alexander Payne to be honoured by Locarno Film Festival". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
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