17. Queer Lion Award: films in competition
The line-up of the 16 titles competing for the 17. Queer Lion Award is possible thanks to the direct and precious collaboration of the…
FILMS IN COMPETITION
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…
#QL16: Běžná selhání
Běžná selhání (Ordinary Failures) by Cristina Groșan (Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, 84’, 2022) A misfit teenager, an anxious mother, and a recent widow…
#QL16: Aus meiner Haut
Aus meiner Haut (Skin Deep) by Alex Schaad (Germany, 103’, 2022) At first glance, Leyla and Tristan are a happy young couple. But when…
#QL16: Eismayer
Eismayer by David Wagner (Austria, 87’, 2022) Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared instructor in the Austrian army. His brutal approach have jeopardised his…
#QL16: Casa Susanna
Casa Susanna by Sebastien Lifshitz (France, Usa, 97’, 2022) In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the…
#QL16: Le favolose
Le favolose by Roberta Torre (Italy, 80’, 2022) It often happens that at the moment of death, transgender individuals are shorn of their identity….
#QL16: Anhell69
Anhell69 by Theo Montoya (Colombia, 75’, 2022) A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellín, while a young director tells the story of his…
#QL16: Trois nuits par semaine
Trois nuits par semaine (Three Nights A Week) by Florent Gouëlou (France, 103’, 2022) 29-years-old Baptiste is in a relationship with Samia when he…