QL 2016
10. Queer Lion Award to “Hjartasteinn” (Heartstone) by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
For the exquisite touch in showing the coming of age of two young friends and analyzing the acceptance of homosexual feelings and passions. For…
10. Queer Lion Award: films in competition
Cast, credits and synopses of the 10 movies in competition for Queer Lion Award 2016; and the calendar with the screening schedule during the…
#QL10: Réparer les vivants
Réparer les vivants by Katell Quillévéré with Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval (France, Belgium, 103′) It all starts at daybreak, three young surfers on the…
“Réparer les vivants” enters in competition
The French-Belgian film Réparer les vivants by Katell Quillévéré, presented in Orizzonti section, competes for the Queer Lion Award 2016. For lack of real…
#QL10: Pamilya ordinaryo
Pamilya ordinaryo (Ordinary People) by Eduardo Roy Jr. with Ronwaldo Martin, Hasmine Killip (Philippines, 107’) A family portrait of Jane, sixteen, and her boyfriend,…
#QL10: Ang babaeng humayo
Ang babaeng humayo (The Woman Who Left) by Lav Diaz with Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz (Philippines, 226’) After spending the last 30 years…
#QL10: Boys in the Trees
Boys in the Trees by Nicholas Verso with Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath (Australia, 112′) Halloween 1997 – the last night of high school for…
#QL10: Questi giorni
Questi giorni by Giuseppe Piccioni with Margherita Buy, Filippo Timi (Italy, 120’) Questi Giorni is the story of a group of college-age girls from…
#QL10: La región salvaje
La región salvaje by Amat Escalante with Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio (Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, 100’) Young mother Alejandra is a working housewife,…
#QL10: Jours de France
Jours de France by Jérôme Reybaud with Pascal Cervo, Arthur Igual (France, 141’) A man leaves everything behind to travel aimlessly through France, letting…
#QL10: Le ultime cose
Le ultime cose by Irene Dionisio with Fabrizio Falco, Christina Rosamilia (Italy, France, Switzerland, 85’) In Torino, a bittersweet crowd is bringing its own…
#QL10: L’estate addosso
L’estate addosso by Gabriele Muccino with Taylor Frey, Joseph Haro (Italy, 103’) 18 year-old Marco, in the summer of high-school final exams, unexpectedly ends…
#QL10: Hjartasteinn
Hjartasteinn (Heartstone) by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson with Søren Malling, Gunnar Jónsson (Denmark, Iceland, 129’) A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and…