Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger

The 58th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2005 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 18 films in competition with a total of 38 countries represented across the entire festival. The opening film was The Rising - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey directed by Ketan Mehta, which was screened on the Piazza Grande, the open-air theater. There was a retrospective of the work of Orson Wells and one for the work of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who served on the festival jury this year. Storaro along with John Malkovich and Susan Sarandon received excellence awards from the festival. While, the Leopard of Honor was awarded to Abbas Kiarostami, Wim Wenders, Terry Gilliam for their career achievements.