A Jury composed of three personalities from the world of cinema and culture will award the following prizes:
Pardino d’oro SRG SSR for the best international short film
CHF 10,000 – awarded to the best short film in the Pardi di domani International competition.
Pardino d’oro Swiss Life for the best Swiss short film
CHF 10,000 – awarded to the best short film in the Pardi di domani National competition.
Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International competition
CHF 5,000 – for a film in the Pardi di domani International competition.
Pardino d’argento Swiss Life for the National competition
CHF 5,000 – for a film in the Pardi di domani National competition.
Pardi di domani Best Direction Prize – BONALUMI Engineering
CHF 2,000 – for a film in the Pardi di domani National or International competition.
Best Swiss Newcomer Prize
in the form of technical service vouchers from Cinegrell, Freestudios and Taurus Studio
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Prize
in the form of subtitling in three languages from Central Europe.
Jury Cinema&Gioventù
The educational initiative of the Festival is aimed at students aged between 18 and 21 . Among the participants of Cinema&Gioventù are designated the youth juries called to evaluate the official competitions of the Locarno Film Festival.
- Best Swiss short film (CHF 1,500)
- Best international short film (CHF 1,500)
The selected short films eligible for the European Film Awards 2020 will compete for the Locarno Short Film Nomination