{"id":6701,"date":"2019-09-04T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2020-06-03T19:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T17:04:57","slug":"competition2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/competition2019\/","title":{"rendered":"13. Queer Lion Award: films in competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The line-up of the titles competing for Queer Lion Award is possible thanks to the precious, direct support from the different selecting committees of the International Venice Film Festival.<\/em><\/p>\n

A special thank to Alberto Barbera <\/strong>and Angela Savoldi<\/strong> (for all the section of the official program: Venezia 76, Fuori Concorso, Sconfini, VR); Paolo Bertolin<\/strong> (Orizzonti); Stefano Francia Di Celle<\/strong> (Venezia Classici); Valentina Bellomo<\/strong> (Biennale College); Giorgio Gosetti<\/strong>, Gaia Furrer<\/strong>, Renata Santoro<\/strong>, Francesco Bonerba<\/strong> (Giornate degli Autori); Giona A. Nazzaro<\/strong>, Beatrice Fiorentino<\/strong>, Eddie Bertozzi<\/strong> (Settimana Internazionale della Critica).<\/em><\/p>\n

SYNOPSES, CAST & CREDITS
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Rialto<\/strong><\/a> by Peter Mackie Burns (Uk, Ireland, 90\u2032, 2019)
\nColm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive figure in his life, Colm struggles with his relationship to his own son, whilst at work a recent takeover threatens his job. Unable to share his vulnerability with his wife, Colm\u2019s world is falling apart around him. In the midst of this crisis, Colm solicits sex from a young man called Jay. This encounter and his growing infatuation has a deep effect on Colm. He finds a comfort in Jay that no one else can provide.
\nPresented in Orizzonti<\/em><\/p>\n

El Pr\u00edncipe<\/strong><\/a> by Sebasti\u00e1n Mu\u00f1oz (Chile, Argentina, Belgium, 96′, 2019)
\nChile, 1970. During a night of heavy drinking, Jaime, a lonely 20-year-old young man, stabs his best friend in what seems a passion outburst. Sentenced to prison, he meets \u201cThe Stallion\u201d, an older and respected man in whom he finds protection, and from whom he learns about love and loyalty. Behind bars, Jaime becomes \u201cThe Prince\u201d. But as their relationship grows stronger, \u201cThe Stallion\u201d faces the violent power struggles within the prison.
\nPresented in Settimana Internazionale della Critica<\/em><\/p>\n

House of Cardin<\/strong><\/a> by P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes (Usa, France, 95′, 2019)
\nHouse of Cardin is a rare peek into the mind of a genius, an authorized feature documentary chronicling the life and design of Pierre Cardin. A true original, Mr. Cardin has granted exclusive access to his archives and has provided unprecedented interviews at the sunset of a glorious career. A vivid, colourful portrait of the refined yet contradictory society Cardin was\/is part of, from Veneto (where Pietro Cardin was born 96 years ago) to Paris to Asia; from Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Jeanne Moreau, Christian Dior, Visconti, Pasolini to Jean Paul Gaultier, Philippe Starck, Sharon Stone, Naomi Campbell, Dionne Warwick.
\nPresented in Giornate degli Autori<\/em><\/p>\n

Barn<\/strong><\/a> (Beware of Children) by Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway, Sweden, 157′, 2019)
\nWhen crisis strikes we reveal our true colors. Beware of Children traces the dramatic aftermath of a tragic event in a middle class suburb of Oslo. During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician. When Jamie later dies in hospital, contradicting versions of what actually happened risks making a difficult and traumatic situation worse. Was it only innocent play behind? Liv, the school’s principal and the secret lover of Jamie’s father, must find the strength to confront a community in distress, and her own highly conflicted emotions.
\nThe tragic event at the center of the story will put to test the balance of all the couples \u2013 gay and straight \u2013 in the movie.
\nPresented in Giornate degli Autori<\/em><\/p>\n

Bombay Rose<\/strong><\/a> by Gitanjali Rao (Uk, India, France, Qatar, 93′, 2019)
\nAmidst the struggle of survival in a big city, a red rose brings together three tales of impossible loves. Love between an unavailable girl and boy. Love between two women. Love of an entire city for its Bollywood stars.
\nPresented in Settimana Internazionale della Critica<\/em><\/p>\n

Moffie<\/strong><\/a> by Oliver Hermanus (South Africa, Uk, 99′, 2019)
\nBased on Andr\u00e9 Carl van der Merwe\u2019s book, Moffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) follows the story of Nicholas van der Swart: from a very young age, he realises he is different. Try as he may, he cannot live up to the macho image expected of him by his family, by his heritage. At the age of 19 he is conscripted into the South African army and finds his every sensibility offended by a system close to its demise, and yet still in full force. Set during the South African border war against communism, this is a long overdue story about the emotional and physical suffering endured by countless young men.
\nPresented in Orizzonti<\/em><\/p>\n

Psykosia<\/strong><\/a> by Marie Graht\u00f8 (Denmark, Finland, 87′, 2019)
\nViktoria is an odd and extremely self-disciplined researcher in the field of suicide. She is invited to a psychiatric ward to treat the suicidal patient Jenny. Through intimate night conversations, they form a tight bond. Viktoria slowly opens up to experience closeness with another person for the first time in her life, but the closer the two women get, the more it becomes clear that something is not as it seems.
\nPresented in Settimana Internazionale della Critica<\/em><\/p>\n

Lingua Franca<\/strong><\/a> by Isabel Sandoval (Usa, Philippines, 90′, 2019)
\nIn this beguiling drama, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When the American man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out, she becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s transgender. When Alex’s machismo is threatened upon discovering her transgender status, he finds himself weaponizing her immigration anxieties to emotionally brutalize Olivia.
\nPresented in sezione Giornate degli Autori<\/em><\/p>\n

Ema<\/strong><\/a> by Pablo Larra\u00edn (Chile, 102\u2032, 2019)
\nAfter a terrible accident fractures her family and her marriage, a woman sets out on a risky quest to reset her life, in this incendiary drama about art, desire, and family in which many characters express their feelings through dance. From Chilean director Pablo Larra\u00edn, competing for the Golden Lion for the third time after Post Mortem (2010) and Jackie (2016).
\nPresented in Venezia 76<\/em><\/p>\n

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The official image of 13. Queer Lion Award. Artwork by Francesco Gangemi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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