A closer look at the professional resume and biographical notes of the jurors of this year’s edition. In this section, a deeper look at the jury for Queer Lion 2012
FOREWORD
Queer Lion, the collateral award of 69. Venice International Film Festival dedicated to movies “with homosexual themes or queer interest”, is now in its sixth year, yet again under the prestigious patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Veneto Region, Province of Venice, Venice Municipality and the National Union of Italian Film Critics.
Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini, the young filmmakers whose movie Et in terra pax (Venice Days) competed for the Queer Lion in 2010, will head the jury, whose other members are Daniel N. Casagrande, creator of the “queer lion cub”, and Marco Busato, General Delegate of cultural association CinemArte.
Seven movies are in the run this year, among them Brian De Palma’s Passion and Xan Cassavetes’ Kiss of the Damned, both featuring steamy lesbian sex scenes, as well as Jeon Kyu-hwan’s The Weight from Korea, and the collective work 6 sull’autobus, both part of the Venice Days and featuring M to F transsexual main characters.
The jury, as usual, might consider eligible for the award even movies screened at the Festival and not mentioned in this magazine; one to keep an eye on is for sure Spring Breakers, from American independent filmmaker Harmony Korine. Enjoy the show!
Daniel N. Casagrande
JURY
MATTEO BOTRUGNO & DANIELE COLUCCINI
Matteo Botrugno (Rome, 1981) and Daniele Coluccini (Rome, 1981) both received their degrees in Film History and Critical Studies in 2005. In 2007 Chrysalis, their first short-movie, was presented in various film competitions and festivals such as La Cittadella del Corto, La7 – La 25a ora, and Pesaro International Film Festival. EUROPA (2007) is the second short of the trilogy, which ends with Sisifo (2008), nominated as best short movie at the Eerie Horror Film Festival and winner of the Mexico International Film Festival. Since 2008, they have also directed music videos, in addition to filming theatrical shows and concerts. In 2009 they wrote and directed Et in terra pax, their first feature film, selected for several festivals across the world such as Venice International Film Festival – Venice Days and Tokyo International Film Festival.
ORGANIZATION
QUEER LION 2012
Organization CinemArte General management Daniel N. Casagrande Translations Marco Busato Graphic design Francesco Gangemi Website design Djurica Nikolic
Opening clip: Director/Editor/Post: Daniele Sartori; Cast: Manuela Canto, Donato Ceron, Marzio Fabris; D.O.P.: Flavio Zattera; Art Supervisor: Ivan Stefanutti; Make-up: Mauro Tuveri, Anna Lazzarini; Production: CinemArte; Service: Studio 7HD.
Thanks
69. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica: Alberto Barbera, Luigi Cuciniello, Angela Savoldi, Paolo Lughi, Giovanni Santoro, Flavia Lo Mastro, Fiorella Tagliapietra, Elena Mantoan, Paolo Bertolin. Giornate degli Autori: Giorgio Gosetti, Giovanni Marco Piemontese, Gaia Furrer, Sylvain Auzou, Roberta Ria. Settimana Internazionale della Critica: Franco Montini, Francesco De Pace, Bruno Torri. Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali: On. Lorenzo Ornaghi, Salvatore Nastasi. Regione del Veneto: On. Luca Zaia, Marino Zorzato, Daniele Travain. Provincia di Venezia: Francesca Zaccariotto. Comune di Venezia: Giorgio Orsoni, Tiziana Agostini. Padova Pride Village: Alessandro Zan, Claudio Malfitano. Ed ancora: Adriano Virone, Stefano Cristino, Luca Confortini, Annamaria Onetti, Eric J. Lyman, Lorenzo Di Las Plassas, Claudio Masenza, Variety, Venezia News.
