An event that Cannes has still not acknowledged as an official parallel event even if it at Berlin and Venice is the “Queer Palm Award”. This is important in the struggle for inclusion of LGBTQI representation. This year the award went to "Girl" - Lukas Dhont, a bold narrative on a trans teen ballerina (Victor Polster). Selected for “Un Certain Regard” the film won best artistic interpretation (Victor Polster) - non-gender specific for the first time. It is also...

  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...

  66th Cannes Film Festival Day 1 – The Great Gatsby and Opening Ceremonies Leonardo DiCaprio at The Great Gatsby Cannes premiere - Photo courtesy of Anne-Christine Poujoulat (AFP) Nearly 4,000 accredited journalists descend upon the city of Cannes for 11 days of cinema magic and what looks like heavy rain for the first few days. The opening day of the 66th Cannes Film Festival surrounded festivities for the out of competition opening film – “The Great Gatsb...