Distinctions on the edge of the Lake Maggiore

COMBOIO DE SAL E AÇÚCAR (The Train of Salt and Sugar) by Licínio Azevedo, premiered on the Piazza Grande the 10th of August, gets the ‘Boccalino d'Or’ prize of the Independent Ticino Press for the best production from all sections of the 69th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, "for the historical sign that the Mozambican cinema gives with such a film to the African continent for attracting a wide audience.”

On the other hand, the First Prize of the Junior Jury goes to BANGKOK NITES by Katsuya Tomita.