Queer Palm
| Queer Palm | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best LGBT-related film at the Cannes Film Festival |
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Cannes Film Festival |
| First awarded | 2010 |
| Website | https://www.queerpalm.org/  |
The Queer Palm is an independently sponsored prize for selected LGBT-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival. The award was founded in 2010 by journalist Franck Finance-Madureira. It is sponsored by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, filmmakers of Jeanne and the Perfect Guy, The Adventures of Felix, Crustacés et Coquillages, and L'Arbre et la forêt.
The award recognizes a film for its treatment of LGBT themes and gleans from among those films nominated or entered under Official Selection, Un Certain Regard, International Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight and the ACID section.
Along with Berlin's Teddy Award and Venice's Queer Lion, the Queer Palm is a major international film award dedicated specifically for LGBT cinema.[1] However, the festival has faced some criticism for purportedly sidelining the award and not allowing it to become an official award of the festival organization.[1]
Beginning in 2022, the Queer Palm also partnered with the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival to launch the Best Queer Short Award (Prix du Queer métrage) for the best LGBTQ-themed short film in that festival's program.[2]
Winners and selections
Feature films
Short films
| Award year | Film | Director | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | It's Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys) | Benjamin Parent | [5] |
| 2015 | Lost Queens (Locas Perdidas) | Ignacio Juricic Merillán | [11] |
| The Fox Exploits the Tiger's Might | Lucky Kuswandi | [12] | |
| Kung Fury | David Sandberg | ||
| Ramona | Andrei Cretulescu | ||
| Rate Me | Fyzal Boulifa | ||
| Sunday Lunch (Le Repas Dominical) | Céline Devaux | ||
| Victor XX | Ian Garrido López | ||
| 2016 | Gabber Lover | Anna Cazenave Cambet | [13] |
| In the Hills | Hamid Ahmadi | [14] | |
| In the Year of the Monkey (Prenjak) | Wregas Bhanuteja | ||
| Superbia | Luca Tóth | ||
| The Virgin Soldier (Le Soldat vierge) | Erwan Le Duc | ||
| 2017 | Islands (Les Îles) | Yann Gonzalez | [15] |
| Bad Bunny (Coelho Mau) | Carlos Conceição | [16] | |
| The Best Fireworks Ever (Najpiekniejsze fajerwerki ever) | Aleksandra Terpinska | ||
| Cherries (Trešnje) | Dubravka Turić | ||
| Heritage (Ben Mamshich) | Yuval Aharoni | ||
| Möbius | Sam Kuhn | ||
| 2018 | The Orphan | Carolina Markowicz | [17] |
| Rubber Dolphin (Dolphin Megumi) | Ori Aharon | [28] | |
| Sailor's Delight | Louise Aubertin, Éloïse Girard, Marine Meneyrol, Jonas Ritter, Loucas Rongeart, Amandine Thomoux | ||
| Ultra Pulpe | Bertrand Mandico | ||
| 2019 | The Distance Between Us and the Sky | Vasilis Kekatos | [29] |
| Complex Subject (Slozhnopodchinennoe) | Olesya Yakovleva | [20] | |
| Grand Bouquet | Nao Yoshigai | ||
| Jeremiah | Kenya Gillespie | ||
| Journey Through a Body | Camille Degeye | ||
| The Manila Lover | Johanna Pyykkö | ||
| She Runs | Qiu Yan | ||
| 2020 | Award not presented due to the cancellation of the festival in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. | [21] | |
| 2021 | The Fall of the Swift (La Caída del vencejo) | Gonzalo Quincoces | [22] |
| Frida | Aleksandra Odić | ||
| Billy Boy | Sacha Amaral | [23] | |
| Brutalia, Days of Labour | Manolis Lavris | ||
| Cicada | Yoon Daewoen | ||
| King Max | Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | ||
| On Solid Ground (Über Wasser) | Jela Hasler | ||
| The Right Words (Haut les cœurs) | Adrian Moyse Dullin | ||
| Simone Is Gone (Simone est partie) | Mathilde Chavanne | ||
| 2022 | Will You Look At Me (Dang Wo Wang Xiang Ni De Shi Hou) | Shuli Huang | [24] |
| Aribada | Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Natalia Escobar | [25] | |
| Burial of Life as a Young Girl (Des jeunes filles enterrent leur vie) | Maïté Sonnet | ||
| Fire at the Lake (Le Feu au lac) | Pierre Menahem | ||
| Hideous | Yann Gonzalez | ||
| The Melting Creatures (Les Créatures qui fondent au soleil) | Diego Céspedes | ||
| Mumlife | Ruby Challenger | ||
| On Xerxes' Throne (Sur le trône de Xerxès) | Evi Kalogiropoulou | ||
| The Pass | Pepi Ginsberg | ||
| Persona (Gakjil) | Sujin Moon | ||
| The Silent Whistle (Feng Zheng) | Li Yingtong | ||
| Swan in the Centre (Swan dans le centre) | Iris Chassaigne | ||
| 2023 | Bolero | Nans Laborde-Jourdàa | [30] |
| 27 | Flóra Anna Buda | [27] | |
| I Saw the Face of the Devil (J'ai vu le visage du diable) | Julia Kowalski | ||
| Inside the Skin (Daroone Poust) | Shafagh Abosaba, Maryam Mahdiye | ||
| Mast-Del | Maryam Tafakory | ||
| Strange Way of Life (Extrana forma de vida) | Pedro Almodóvar | ||
| Stranger | Jehnny Beth, Iris Chassaigne | ||
Jurors
2010
- Benedict Arnulf, artistic director of Love In & Out, Film Festival Gay and Lesbian Nice
- Florence Ben Sadoun, editorial director, First
- Roman Coal, film journalist (Stubborn, Inrockuptibles)
- Mike Goodridge, director of the publication Screen International
- Xavier Leherpeur, film journalist, Studio Ciné Live, Canal +
- Ivan Mitifiot, mixed coordinator of screens, dating gay and lesbian film Lyon
- Pascale Ourbih, president of the "festival Chéries-Chéris"
- Brian Robinson, programmer Festival lesbian and gay film London
2011
- Elisabeth Quin, Paris Première, president of the jury
- Thomas Abeltshauser, German journalist (Männer, Die Welt, WINQ)
- Fred Arends, Pink Screens Festival in Brussels (Belgium)
- Esther Cuénot, Cinémarges Festival Bordeaux
- Gérard Lefort, Liberation
- Roberto Schinardi, Il Manifesto Pride Gay.it (Italy)
2012
- Julie Gayet, actress and TV producer, France, president of the jury
- Sam Ashby, editor and designer of posters, Britain, Little Joe magazine
- Jim Dobson, officer and director, U.S. Indie PR
- Sarah Neal, head of programming, Australia, Brisbane Queer Film Festival
- Frédéric Niolle, assistant director and journalist, France, Canal + Cinéma Paris Première, Radio France
- Moira Sullivan, university lecturer, critic, director, United States and Sweden, FilmFestivals.com
2013
- João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese filmmaker, Jury President
- Daniel Dreifuss
- Annie Maurette
- Nicolas Gilson
- Michel Reilhac
2014
- Bruce La Bruce, Canadian writer and film director (president)
- Anna Margarita Albelo, Cuban-American film director
- João Ferreira, Portuguese artistic director and programmer of Queer Lisboa festival
- Charlotte Lipinska, French journalist and actress
- Ricky Mastro, Brazilian programmer of Recifest film festival
2015
- Desiree Akhavan, Iranian-American film director (President)
- Ava Cahen, French journalist
- Laëtitia Eïdo, French actress
- Elli Mastorou, French journalist
- Nadia Turincev, Franco-Russian film producer
2016
- Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, French film directors (presidents)
- Emilie Brisavoine, French film director and actress
- João Federici, Brazilian artistic director of Festival MixBrasil
- Marie Sauvion, French film journalist
2017
- Travis Mathews, American film director (president)
- Yair Hochner, founder and artistic director of TLVFest
- Paz Lazaro, Programs "Panorama" section of Berlinale
- Lidia Leber Terki, France
- Didier Roth-Bettoni, journalist and historian of cinema
2018
- Sylvie Pialat, French film producer, Jury President
- Boyd Van Hoeij, Dutch film critic
- Dounia Sichov, French actress, editor and producer
- Morgan Simon, French filmmaker
- Pepe Ruiloba, Mexican film festival programmer and film critic
2019
- Virginie Ledoyen, French actress, Jury President
- Claire Duguet, French cinematographer and filmmaker
- Kee-Yoon Kim, French comedian
- Filipe Matzembacher, Brazilian filmmaker
- Marcio Reolon, Brazilian filmmaker
2021
- Nicolas Maury, Jury President
- Josza Anjembe
- Roxanne Mesquida
- Vahram Muratyan
- Aloïse Sauvage
2022
- Catherine Corsini, jury president
- Djanis Bouzyani, French actor, director and screenwritzer
- Marilou Duponchel, French journalist
- Stéphane Riethauser, Swiss director
- Paul Struthers, Australian producer
2023
- John Cameron Mitchell, jury president
- Juliette Chevillotte
- Zeno Graton
- Isabel Sandoval
- Cédric Succivalli
See also
References
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