'She, a Chinese' takes Locarno Film Festival prize

Xiaolu Guo's drama "She, a Chinese" took home the Golden Leopard Saturday at the 62nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The film follows the misadventures of a young Chinese girl who leaves her little village to start a new life.

Aleksei Mizgiryov's "Buben, baraban" walked away with two honors: the Special Jury Prize and best director award. Meanwhile, Urszula Antoniak won the award for best first feature for "Nothing Personal."

"Nothing Personal" also won the best actress award for Lotte Verbeek. Antonis Kafetzopoulos grabbed the best actor prize for "Akadimia Platonos" by Filippos Tsitos.

Also, the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to Detlev Buck's "Same Same But Different," while the audience award was handed to Christoph Schaub for "Giulias Verschwinden."

A full list of awards from the festival in Switzerland can be found here. The festival ran Aug. 5 - 15, 2009.