For the first time in Competition, Alain Guiraudie comes back to Cannes with Staying Vertical (Rester Vertical), an exploration of contemporary relationships in the jungle of the modern world that are tangled with symbols connected to tradition, religion and of course a serious dose of romantic and simultaneously raw eroticism.   Rester Vertical - Alain Guiraudie / Cannes Competition 2016    Your previous film Stranger by the lake was much more intimate and personal whereas h...

  The 2013 Queer Palm jury awarded “L’Inconnu du Lac” (Stranger by the Lake) the best film of the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 25. The awards ceremony held at Plage d’Albion attracted a huge crowd. Organizer Franck Finance-Maduriera invited the jury on stage and Portuguese director and President of the Jury, João Pedro Rodrigues, announced the award. View slideshow: 'Stranger by the Lake 'Queer Pa...

  L’Inconnu du Lac (Strangers by the Lake) By Moira Sullivan.  The Evolution of Cannes The Cannes Film Festival continues to be one of the most exciting manifestations of cinema in the world. Fortunately, the event is not only a cascade of film stars and legends, the Red Carpet, and the parties that the media promotes. There are sidebar film venues, which have all come about historically from the foundation of what we know today ...