For having crafted an extraordinary, passionate act of love for a genius through a new, dense and complex cinematic language, putting his unique charismatic figure of actor and director at full, complete disposal of Oscar Wilde’s body of work; for having traced in a strong, clear way the life, the loves, the success, the fall experienced by the Irish writer, and for having followed every step of the artistic creation of an innovative work – difficult to categorize – with wit and self-deprecating irony, CinemArte Association awards the Queer Lion 2011 to Al Pacino for his “Wilde Salomé”
Twelve movies have competed for the collateral award dedicated to the “best movies with homosexual and queer culture themes” of the 68. Venice International Film Festival:
Accidentes gloriosos by Mauro Andrizzi, Marcus Lindeen – Sweden, Denmark, Argentina, 58′ – Orizzonti
Amore Carne by Pippo Delbono – Italy, 75′ – Orizzonti
Jultak dongshi by Kyungmook Kim – South Korea, 115′ – Orizzonti
Marécages by Guy Édoin – Canada, 111′ – Settimana Internazionale della Critica
Palácios de Pena by Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt – Portugal, 59′ – Orizzonti
Sal by James Franco – Usa, 103′ – Orizzonti
Schuberth. L’atelier della dolce vita by Antonello Sarno – Italy, 37′ – Controcampo Italiano
Snow Canon by Mati Diop – France, 33′ – Orizzonti
Tae Peang Phu Deaw (P-047) by Kongdej Jaturanrasmee – Thailand, 96′ – Orizzonti
L’ultimo terrestre by Gian Alfonso Pacinotti – Italy, 100′ – Venezia 68
Would You Have Sex with an Arab? by Yolande Zauberman – France, 85′ – Orizzonti
Wilde Salomé by Al Pacino – Usa, 95′ – Fuori Concorso
The award ceremony – along with Biografilm Festival, Arca Cinema Giovani and Brian collateral awards – will take place Friday septmber 9th at 6.30PM, at Villa Foscari 3 – The Culture Business Place, in Venice Lido.
