Locarno Film Festival crowns winners; "The Tara on Her Head" takes top short film prize

The Locarno Film Festival concluded with its awards ceremony, crowning "The Tara on Her Head" as the winner of the official jury prize for short films. The Press and Communication Jury awarded its "Marcello Petrozziello" prize for best feature film to "Snake Milkers and the Miserable Lady" by Vahid Alvandifar, praised for its photography and writing. The student and popular juries both selected "Life Goes On" as their winner. Special mentions were given to "Dear Shop Girl" and "Salvation" in the main competition. In the LFF for Future section, "Apes" won the official jury prize, while "People Live Here" won the student jury award. Francesca Bonato received the Over the Real prize for "XXI - Un arcane pour un autre monde."