The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard, the Pardo d’Onore , presented by Manor, at its 79th edition this summer, organizers said on Tuesday. Lauding Aronofsky as a “visionary,” the festival said he will receive the homor on Friday, Aug. 14 on the Swiss city’s Piazza Grand. He will also present two of his films as part of the festival, namely The Fountain (2006) and Mother! (2017). “With era-defining films like π (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), the Venice Film Festival award winner The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014), and The Whale (2022), for which Brendan Fraser was deservedly awarded best actor at the Academy Awards, Darren Aronofsky has carved out a space in contemporary cinema that defies tidy categorization,” Locarno said.…