As the festival approaches, the Queer Palm, which honors LGBTQI+ films, has revealed information about its judging panel.
The Cannes Film Festival continues to reveal information piecemeal. After unveiling the selection of short films, it’s the turn of the Queer Palma competition that rewards LGBTQI+ films for distilling information.
“Absolutely vital to honoring the achievements of queer cinema”
If the list of selected films has not yet been revealed, the jury for the 2023 edition is now known. And this is the director John Cameron Mitchell who will preside over it, reveals stubborn·. Behind the feature films Hedwig and the Angry Thumb AND bushe had himself been in the running for this award in 2017, with How to talk to girls at parties.
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“It seems absolutely vital to me in these times of attacks on queer people that we honor the achievements of queer cinema at the world’s premier film festival. I look forward to hearing voices from all over the world from my queer brothers and sisters John Cameron Mitchell said.
At his side, the director can count on the presence of four other jurors. Isabel Sandoval (behind brooklyn secret), actress Luisa Chevillotte (seen in my only wish AND Blessed), Director of Paradise Zeno Gratonand the programmer and the critic Cedric Succivall.
Launched in 2020 by Franck Finance-Madureirajournalist and collaborator of stubborn·, the Queer Palm highlights LGBTQI+ cinema. The list of films in competition will be revealed in May. Last year, movie joylandby Saim Sadiq, e Will you look at me?From Shuli Huangleft winners.
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