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) | Nationality of director * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hounded | Verfolgt | Angelina Maccarone | Germany |
| 2007 | Milky Way | Tejút | Benedek Fliegauf | Hungary |
| 2008 | The Fortress | La forteresse | Fernand Melgar | Switzerland |
| 2009 | The Anchorage | C.W. Winter, Anders Edström | USA, Sweden | |
| 2010 | Paraboles | Emmanuelle Demoris | France, Egypt | |
| 2011 | Summer of Giacomo | L'estate di Giacomo | Alessandro Comodin | Italy, France, Belgium |
| 2012 | Inori | Pedro González-Rubio | Japan | |
| 2013 | Manakamana | Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez | Nepal, USA | |
| 2014 | Navajazo | Ricardo Silva | Mexico | |
| 2015 | Thithi | Funeral | Raam Reddy | India, USA |
| 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 |