THE Locarno Film Fest in Switzerland wrapped Saturday with Korean director Hong Sang-soo taking home the Golden Leopard for his film “Right Now, Wrong Then.” The film’s star Jung Jae-Young also took the prize for best actor.

    The film is a romantic comedy that tells the same story twice, in which two characters meet up over the course of the same day.

    The Korean auteur, known for films like “Night and Day” and “In Another Country,” wowed the international jury, which included director Jerry Schatzberg, German actor Udo Kier, Israel director Nadav Lapid, Mexican festival director Daniela Micheland and Korean actress Moon So-ri.

    The prize for best emerging director went to China’s Bi Gan for “Kaili Blues.”

    Born 1989 in Kaili, a Miao ethnic region in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Bi focused his film on the road trip of a Kaili doctor who sets out to find the child his brother has deserted.

    Israel director Avishai Sivan took the special jury prize for “Tikkun.” When an ultra-Orthodox religious scholar in Jerusalem comes back to life after a harrowing accident, his whole being is shaken. Shai Goldman also won best cinematography for the film.

    Best director went to Andrzej Zulawski for “Cosmos.” The noir thriller spooked audiences with its story of two friends who stumble on a series of frightening signs after heading to a country retreat. Its Zulawki’s first film in 15 years.

    The best actress prize was split between the four leads of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Happy Hour,” Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, and Rira Kawamura. The film details four friends in their 30s who must question if they have the lives they really wanted after one of them goes missing following a bad divorce. It also received a mention for best script for Hamaguchi.

    (SD-Agencies)