Locarno Pro, the industry section of the 75th Locarno Film Festival, came to a close yesterday 7 August.

The 11^th edition of First Look, the industry initiative showcasing films in post-production organised in partnership with German Films, saw six projects being presented at the Rialto theatre in Muralto. Each work-in-progress was introduced by its producer to a private audience of sales agents and festival programmers attending the festival.

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An international jury, made up of Vanja Kaludjercic (International Film Festival Rotterdam), Tricia Tuttle (BFI London Film Festival) and HUH Moonyung (Busan International Film Festival) handed out three awards. The Cinegrell First Look Award, a post-production service grant worth €50,000, went to Lukas Nathrath’s One Last Evening [+lee también:
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Next, Le Film Français Award, consisting of advertising services worth €5,600, went to Sara Summa’s Arthur & Diana [+lee también:
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Meanwhile, Sunday afternoon also saw the ceremony for the Alliance 4 Development Award take place. The brand-new Alphapanda Market Breakout Award, consisting of consultancy services worth €3,000, was handed out to the Austrian film project The Village Next to Paradise, helmed by Mo Harawe and produced by Oliver Neumann and Sabine Moser for Freibeuter Film. Jurors Mathias Noschis and Valentina Neumann described it as “a little gem of a project that touched us deeply thanks to Mo Harawe’s compelling artistic vision.”

Locarno Pro was organised through the support of the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) and Switzerland's MEDIA Desk.

Here is the list of this year’s winning projects:

Cinegrell First Look Award
One Last Evening [+lee también:
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Le Film Français Award
Arthur & Diana [+lee también:
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Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize
Elaha [+lee también:
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Alphapanda Market Breakout Award
The Village Next to Paradise – Mo Harawe (Austria)