The Swiss event is following the lead of the Berlin Film Festival, which presented its first gender-neutral acting honors last year.
Berlin was the first big film festival to take this step, last year handing out its first gender-neutral Silver Bears for best leading performance, which went to Maren Eggert for her starring role in Maria Schrader’s sci-fi screwball comedyForest — I See You Everywhere
. This year’s acting honors in Berlin again went to two women, with the best leading performance award being bestowed upon Meltem Kaptan for, while the best supporting performance honor went to Laura Bausuki forLocarno said the move, unveiled on Wednesday, was part of a broader attempt to make the Swiss festival “an even more open and inclusive event, capable of fully representing its universe of talents” and part of Locarno’s commitment “to a culture of inclusion and gender parity.
“We believe that the choice we have made will further enhance our efforts to showcase and reward talent and creativity, transcending individual categories that are now obsolete,” said Locarno’s artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro. “The world is moving forward on a path that is most definitely non-binary.”
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