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16. Queer Lion Award to “Aus meiner Haut” (Skin Deep) by Alex Schaad
The 16. Queer Lion Award – collateral award of the 79th Venice International Film Festival, ideated in 2007 by Daniel N. Casagrande – has…
Queer Lion Award Career Achievement: Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz’s career is unique in the panorama of both authorial cinema and queer culture. From the exploration of instincts and search for pleasure…
16. Queer Lion Award: screening schedule, competition
Daily schedule of all the screenings in the cinemas of the Venice International Film Festival (Lido) for the movies IN COMPETITION for Queer Lion…
16. Queer Lion Award: out of competition
Out of Competition are listed: all the works with queer content and a length under 30′; films with LGBTQ characters or situations that are…
16. Queer Lion Award: films in competition
The line-up of the 19 titles competing for the 16. Queer Lion Award is possible thanks to the direct and precious collaboration of the…
#QL16: L’origine du mal
L’origine du mal by Sébastien Marnier (France, Canada, 125’, 2022) Stéphane, a humble factory worker, unexpectedly finds herself living a wealthy life when she…
#QL 16: Chleb i sól
Chleb i sól (Bread and Salt) by Damian Kocur (Poland, 100’, 2022) Tymek, a young pianist, student of the Warsaw University of Music, returns…
#QL16: Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy by Nancy Buirski (Usa, 101’, 2022) 1969: with Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger, Waldo Salt…
#QL16: Les damnés ne pleurent pas
Les damnés ne pleurent pas (The Damned Don’t Cry) by Fyzal Boulifa (France, Belgium, Morocco, 110’, 2022) Fatima-Zahra and her adolescent son Selim move…
#QL16: L’immensità
L’immensità by Emanuele Crialese (Italy, France, 97’, 2022) Rome, in the 70s: a world suspended between new districts still being built and tv shows…
#QL16: TÁR
TÁR by Todd Field (Usa, 158’, 2022) Lydia Tár is an acclaimed composer who rose to become the first female chief conductor of a…
#QL16: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras (Usa, 113’, 2022) Directed by Academy Award winning director Laura Poitras, the film will weave…
#Ql 16: Monica
Monica by Andrea Pallaoro (Usa, Italy, 113’, 2022) Monica, a trans woman, returns to her hometown in the Midwest for the first time in…
#QL16: The Whale
The Whale by Darren Aronofsky (Usa, 117’, 2022) Having abandoned his family for his gay lover, Charlie seems unable to process the grief after…
#QL16: Il signore delle formiche
Il signore delle formiche by Gianni Amelio (Italy, 134’, 2022) The film is inspired by the true story of playwright and poet Aldo Braibanti,…
#QL16: Blue Jean
Blue Jean by Georgia Oakley (Uk, 97’, 2022) It’s 1988. Thatcher’s government have just passed a law that stereotypes lesbians and gays as paedophiles,…
#QL16: Lobo e cão
Lobo e cão (Wolf and Dog) by Cláudia Varejão (Portugal, 111’, 2022) Ana was born on an island. She is a middle child. The…