Taiwan's leading film director Hou Hsiao-Hsien poses with his Leopard of Honor trophy at the 60th Locarno International Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland, on Monday, August 6, 2007. The life achievement award is given to key contributors to the history of contemporary cinema, says the festival's website. Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first French film Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon) was also screened at the festival.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien kisses his Leopard of Honor trophy at the 60th Locarno International Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland, on Monday, August 6, 2007.

(CRI.com August 7, 2007)