Queer Palm

Queer Palm
2015 Cannes Film Festival
Awarded for	Best LGBT-related film at the Cannes Film Festival
Location	Cannes
Country	France
Presented by	Cannes Film Festival
First awarded	2010

The Queer Palm is an independently sponsored prize for selected LGBT-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival. The award was founded in 2010 by journalist Franck Finance-Madureira. It is sponsored by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, filmmakers of Jeanne and the Perfect Guy, The Adventures of Felix, Crustacés et Coquillages, and L'Arbre et la forêt.

The award recognizes a film for its treatment of LGBT themes and gleans from among those films nominated or entered under Official Selection, Un Certain Regard, International Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight and the ACID section.

Winners and selections

Year	Feature Film Winner	Feature Film Selection	Short Film Winner	Jury
2010	Kaboom by Gregg Araki  United States  France		not awarded	Benedict Arnulf, artistic director of Love In & Out, Film Festival Gay and Lesbian Nice Florence Ben Sadoun, editorial director, First Roman Coal, film journalist (stubborn, Inrockuptibles) Mike Goodridge, director of the publication Screen International Xavier Leherpeur, film journalist, Studio Ciné Live, Canal + Ivan Mitifiot, mixed coordinator of screens, dating gay and lesbian film Lyon Pascale Ourbih, president of the "festival Chéries-Cherish " Brian Robinson, programmer Festival lesbian and gay film London
2011	Beauty by Oliver Hermanus  South Africa  France	Palawan Fate by Auraeus Solito [1] Mushrooms by Vimukthi Jayasundara Kids of Töday by Jérôme de Missolz Declaration of War by Valérie Donzelli The Skin I Live In by Pedro Almodóvar My Little Princess by Eva Ionesco Beauty by Oliver Hermanus Snowtown by Justin Kurzel Walk Away Renee by Jonathan Caouette The Silver Cliff by Karim Aïnouz Old Cats by Pedro Peirano and Sebastián Silva	not awarded	Elisabeth Quin, Paris Première, president of the Jury Thomas Abeltshauser, German journalist (Männer, Die Welt, WINQ) Fred Arends, Pink Screens Festival in Brussels (Belgium) Esther Cuénot, Cinémarges Festival Bordeaux Gérard Lefort, Liberation Roberto Schinardi, Il Manifesto Pride Gay.it (Italy)
2012	Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan  Canada	Beyond the Hills by Cristian Mungiu [2] Holy Motors by Leos Carax Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan Mystery by Lou Ye Ai to Makoto by Takashi Miike Les Invisibles by Sébastien Lifshitz Hold Back by Rachid Djaïdani The We and the I by Michel Gondry Augustine by Alice Winocour Beyond the Walls by David Lambert Peddlers by Vasan Bala Noor by Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti	It's Not a Cowboy Movie by Benjamin Parent  France	Julie Gayet, actress and TV producer, France, president of the Jury Sam Ashby, editor and designer of posters, Britain, Little Joe magazine Jim Dobson, officer and director, U.S. Indie PR Sarah Neal, head of programming, Australia, Brisbane Queer Film Festival Frédéric Niolle, assistant director and journalist, France, Canal + Cinéma Paris Première, Radio France Moira Sullivan, university lecturer, critic, director, United States and Sweden, FilmFestivals.com
2013	Stranger by the Lake [3] by Alain Guiraudie  France	Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche [4] Behind the Candelabra by Steven Soderbergh Sarah Prefers to Run by Chloé Robichaud Stranger by the Lake by Alain Guiraudie Me, Myself and Mum by Guillaume Gallienne You and the Night by Yann Gonzalez Opium by Arielle Dombasle Bombay Talkies (segment: Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh) by Karan Johar	not awarded	João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese filmmaker Daniel Dreifuss Annie Maurette Nicolas Gilson Michel Reilhac
2014	Pride [5] by Matthew Warchus  United Kingdom	Mommy by Xavier Dolan [6] Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello Girlhood by Céline Sciamma Love at First Fight by Thomas Cailley Pride by Matthew Warchus Whiplash by Damien Chazelle A Girl at My Door by July Jung Party Girl by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis Xenia by Panos H. Koutras Faire: L'amour by Djinn Carrénard Darker Than Midnight by Sebastiano Riso Respire by Mélanie Laurent When Animals Dream by Jonas Alexander Arnby	not awarded	Bruce La Bruce, Canadian writer and film director (President) Anna Margarita Albelo, Cuban-American film director João Ferreira, Portuguese artistic director and programmer of Queer Lisboa festival Charlotte Lipinska, French journalist and actress Ricky Mastro, Brazilian programmer of Recifest film festival
2015	Carol [7] by Todd Haynes  United Kingdom  United States Special Mention – The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos  Ireland  United Kingdom  Greece  France  Netherlands	Carol by Todd Haynes [8] Marguerite & Julien by Valérie Donzelli The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos Amy by Asif Kapadia Love by Gaspar Noé Dope by Rick Famuyiwa Much Loved by Nabil Ayouch Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven Two Friends by Louis Garrel The Wakhan Front by Clément Cogitore De l'ombre il y a by Nathan Nicholovitch Pauline by Emilie Brisavoine La Vanité by Lionel Baier	Lost Queens by Ignacio Juricic Merillán  Chile	Desiree Akhavan, Iranian-American film director (President) Ava Cahen, French journalist Laëtitia Eïdo, French actress Elli Mastorou, French journalist Nadia Turincev, Franco-Russian film producer

See also

• Teddy Award
• Queer Lion

References

1. "Queer Palm 2011". The Queer Film Festival List. 24 May 2012.
2. "Queer Palm Cannes 2012 : la Croisette "gay friendly" avec 17 films en lice". Canal+. 24 May 2012.
3. "'Hardcore' gay film wins at Cannes". Bangkok Post. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
4. "Queer Palm nominations 2013". The Queer Film Festival List. 24 May 2013.
5. "'Pride' Wins Cannes' 5th Queer Palm Award". Indiewire. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
6. "Cannes' Queer Palm Award Turns 5 This Year: Here's The 13 LGBT Films Competing For It". Indiewire. 14 May 2014.
7. Steve Pond (23 May 2015). "Cannes: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara Drama ‘Carol’ Wins Queer Palm Award". The Wrap. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
8. "Cannes : Un jury 100% féminin pour la Queer Palm". Gala. 28 April 2015.

External links

• Queer Palm
• Queer Palm on Twitter