French film The Girl From Nowhere took top honors at the 65th Locarno Film Festival over the weekend, winning the Swiss festival's to Golden Leopard (Pardo d'oro) prize, while Ying Liang won Best Director for When Night Falls. American director Bob Byington's Somebody Up There Likes Me won the second prize at the event.
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The Locarno Film Festival is one of the world's oldest. The Swiss lake-side summer event regularly attract thousands including U.S. filmmakers during its ten-day run. The fest has raised its profile in recent years and this year the event will feature 19 films screening as international or world premieres competing for the event's top "Pardo d'oro" grand prize. U.S. entries include Jack and Diane, Compliance, Museum Hours, Somebody Up There Likes Me and Museum Hours. The festival will open with the world premiere of Nick Love's The Sweeney August 1st
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