After viewing all the films listed in competition, the jury of Queer Lion 2007 has decided on the following awards and motivations
After viewing all the films listed in competition, the jury of Queer Lion 20XX has decided on the following awards and motivations:
VERDICT
The jury, headed by Andrea Occhipinti and composed by Sandro Avanzo, Simone Morandi, Vincenzo Patanè, Delia Vaccarello, gives a Special Mention to:
Sleuth by Kenneth Branagh
for the way it depicts, through the careful literary treatment of Harold Pinter that heightens the camp component of the originary text by Anthony Shaffer, the homoerotic tension between the two protagonists.
The jury gives the Queer Lion Award 2007 to the movie:
The Speed of Life by Ed Radtke
for the way it describes in a poignant way homosexual themes, even through an event happening “off screen” but that manages, yet, to affect all the characters in the movie; and for the way it sheds a light on homophobia in american culture during the last thirty years, before and after Stonewall.
