Locarno Golden Leopard Winner Sho Miyake Gets First North American Retrospective, 14-City Tour (EXCLUSIVE)

Japanese director Sho Miyake, whose film “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” won Locarno’s Golden Leopard in 2025, will receive his first North American retrospective. The programme opens at New York’s Metrograph from 7 to 17 November, as part of a Japan Foundation tour spanning 14 cities in eight countries.

The Metrograph series presents eight of Miyake’s films, from his 2012 debut “Playback” to “All the Long Nights” (2024), alongside two films he selected as influences: “Crystal Voyager” and “Sad Vacation”. Miyake will attend the opening weekend, with Q&As and introductions; the tour also includes Washington, Oklahoma, Los Angeles and Toronto before continuing to European cities and ending in February 2027. Other stops feature additional films, including “The Patsy” in Los Angeles and “Bay of Angels” in Toronto.