11. Queer Lion Award: films in competition
Cast, credits and synopses of the 7 movies in competition for Queer Lion Award 2017; and the calendar with the screening schedule during the…
Cast, credits and synopses of the 7 movies in competition for Queer Lion Award 2017; and the calendar with the screening schedule during the…
The jurors of Queer Lion Award 2017, Brian Robinson, Adriano Virone, Rich Cline, Daniel N. Casagrande e Marco Busato, will meet in Lido di Venezia,…
Haugesund, Norway — Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson first feature “Heartstone” (“Hjartasteinn,” pictured) and Swedish director Amanda Kernell’s “Sámi Blood” (“Sameblod”) are among the…
Team Hurricane by Annika Berg with Eja Penelope Roepstorff, Ida Glitre (Denmark, 94’) A punk chick flick about straight and lesbian teen girls that…
Les garçons sauvages by Bertrand Mandico with Vimala Pons, Diane Rouxel (France, 110’) At the beginning of the 20th century, on the island of…
Marvin by Anne Fontaine with Finnegan Oldfield, Isabelle Huppert (France, 115’) Written by Anne Fontaine and Pierre Trividic, the story revolves around Martin Clément,…
Una famiglia by Sebastiano Riso with Micaela Ramazzotti, Patrick Bruel (Italy, 105’) Vincent is fifty, born near Paris; Maria, fifteen years younger, grew up…
The Prince and the Dybbuk by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski (Poland, Germany, 82’) documentary “The Prince and the Dybbuk” is a documentary film…
Martyr by Mazen Khaled with Carole Abboud, Hamza Mekdad (Lebanon, 80’) Boys in Beirut take dangerous dives in the sea as part of an…
Il contagio by Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini with Anna Foglietta, Vincenzo Salemme (Italy, 110’) Marcello, Chiara, Mauro and Simona all live troubled lives…
This achingly beautiful Scandinavian Film Festival highlight explores the boundaries of friendship and the harm wrought by homophobia Our teenage years are troublesome for…
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s first feature won ten national film prizes when they were presented last night by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Having…
For the exquisite touch in showing the coming of age of two young friends and analyzing the acceptance of homosexual feelings and passions. For…
Cast, credits and synopses of the 10 movies in competition for Queer Lion Award 2016; and the calendar with the screening schedule during the…
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…
Pamilya ordinaryo (Ordinary People) by Eduardo Roy Jr. with Ronwaldo Martin, Hasmine Killip (Philippines, 107’) A family portrait of Jane, sixteen, and her boyfriend,…