The Queer Lion Award 2018 goes to Josè by Li Cheng
Motivation:
Sensitively written and beautifully performed, this passionate portrait of a young man’s journey in search of emotional fulfillment, shows the complexity of a same-sex relationship against the background of the harsh life in contemporary Guatemala
Award ceremony:
September 7th, from 6:30pm, at Villa degli Autori, headquarter of Giornate degli Autori-Venice Days, lungomare Marconi 56, Lido di Venezia.
The jury:
Brian Robinson (UK) BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, British Film Institute
Rita Fabbri (Italy) Radio Ca’ Foscari, Università Ca’ Foscari
Jani Kuštrin (Slovenia) LGBT activist
Competition 2018:
C’est ça l’amour by Claire Burger (France, 98’)
José by Li Cheng (Guatemala, 85’)
The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos (UK, Ireland, Usa, 120’)
The Other Side of the Wind by Orson Welles (Usa, France, Iran, 122’, 1970-1976, 2018)
Suspiria by Luca Guadagnino (Italy, Usa, 152’)
Zen sul ghiaccio sottile di Margherita Ferri (Italia, 90’)
La quietud by Pablo Trapero (Argentina, 117’)
Bêtes blondes (Real Love) by Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray (France, 100’)
Tchelovek kotorij udivil vseh (The Man Who Surprised Everyone) by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov (Russia, Estonia, France, 105’)
Kucumbu tubuh indahku (Memories of My Body) by Garin Nugroho (Indonesia, 105’)
La Biennale di Venezia: collateral awards of the 75th Venice Film Festival
