In Queer Lion Award – Out of Competition are listed: feature films with LGBTQ characters or situations that are particularly secondary and/or marginal to the main plot and story; all the works with a running time under 30′; the restored versions of films that made the history of queer cinema and culture; episodic series made for tv or streaming platforms.
OUT OF COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS
L’étranger by François Ozon (France, 120’)
Presented in Venezia 82 Concorso
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Marc by Sofia by Sofia Coppola (Usa, 97’)
Presented in Fuori Concorso – Non Fiction
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Daroon-e-Amir (Inside Amir) by Amir Azizi (Iran, 103’)
Presented in 22. Gironate degli Autori – Concorso
Giornate degli Autori : information sheet
AGON by Giulio Bertelli (Italy, Usa, France, 100’)
Presented in 40. Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Settimana Internazionale della Critica : information sheet
OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES
Un prophète (ep. 1-8) by Enrico Maria Artale (France, 437’)
Presented in Fuori Concorso – Series
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
How to Shoot a Ghost by Charlie Kaufman (Usa, Grecee, 27’)
Presented in Fuori Concorso Cortometraggi
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
The Curfew by Shehrezad Maher (Usa, 19’)
Presented in Orizzonti Cortometraggi Concorso
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Saint Siméon by Olubunmi Ogunsola (Nigeria, 18’)
Presented in Orizzonti Cortometraggi Concorso
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Utan Kelly (Without Kelly) by Lovisa Sirén (Sweden, 15’)
Presented in Orizzonti Cortometraggi Concorso
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
A Very Good Boy by Samuel Te Kani (New Zealand, 17’)
Presented in Orizzonti Cortometraggi Omaggio alla Scuola di Cinema “A Wave in the Ocean” (AWITO)
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Marina by Paoli De Luca (Italy, 19’)
Presented in SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Settimana Internazionale della Critica : information sheet
La moto (The Motorcycle) by Matteo Giampetruzzi (Italy, Denmark, Spain, 20’)
Presented in SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Settimana Internazionale della Critica : information sheet
Sante (Saints) by Valeria Gaudieri (Italy, 19’)
Presented in SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Settimana Internazionale della Critica : information sheet
The Pørnøgraphər by HARIEL (Italy, 11’)
Presented in SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Settimana Internazionale della Critica : information sheet
OUT OF COMPETITION – RESTORED VERSIONS
Matador by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain 1986, 102’)
Presented in Venezia Classici Restauri
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Aiqing wansui (Vive l’amour) by Tsai Ming-liang (Taipei, 1994, 119’)
Presented in Venezia Classici Restauri
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Kagi (Odd Obsession) by Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1959, 107’)
Presented in Venezia Classici Restauri
La Biennale di Venezia : information sheet
Furthermore, we mention: in Orizzonti Concorso, Il rapimento di Arabella (Italy, 107′), directed by Carolina Cavalli and starring actress Eva Robin’s; and in Orizzonti Cortometraggi, Praying Mantis (Taipei, Hong Kong [SAR], 18′), codirected by Hongkongese maestro Yonfan.
Final update, September 6, 2025: Socks by Todd Karehana (New Zealand, 12′), Coyotes by Said Zagha (Palestine, France, Jordan, UK, 20′), Kushta Mayn, la mia Costantinopoli by Nicolò Folin (Italy, 19′).
