On the occasion of the 64th Venice Film Festival, a new collateral award has been established: the QUEER LION AWARD will go to the best film with gay/lesbian/queer contents.
Promoted and organized by CinemArte association, in collaboration with LGBT Cultural Policies Dep.t of the Municipality of Venice, the award represents the deserved recognition to a consolidated visual culture, always in advance of its time on the horizon of art. An award whose effort is not only to draw the attention on a movie genre often hidden and neglected, but to open gazes on feelings and emotions that are universal.
The QUEER LION AWARD winner will be chosen from a list of twelve films that are going to be presented in all the sections of the 64th Venice Film Festival.
A jury, composed by critics, journalists, writers and movie producers and distributors, will be in charge of choosing the winner.
The QUEER LION will be awarded on september, Friday 7th, at 6.00 p.m. at Villa degli Autori, Lungomare Marconi 56/b, Lido di Venezia, during a buffet and cocktail party to celebrate the winning movie.

THE FILMS

Venezia 64 - In competition
Sleuth by Kenneth Branagh (Uk/Usa, 86’) with Michael Caine, Jude Law
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Andrew Dominik (Usa, 155’) with Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard
Nessuna qualità agli eroi by Paolo Franchi (Italy/Switzerland/France, 102’) with Elio Germano, Irène Jacob
Bangbang wo aishen (Help Me Eros) by Lee Kang Sheng (Taiwan, 107’) with Lee Kang Sheng
The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson (Usa, 91’) with Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray
Sukiyaki Western Django by Miike Takashi (Japan, 121’) with Quentin Tarantino, Hideaki Ito, Kaori Momoi
Il dolce e l’amaro by Andrea Porporati (Italy, 98’) with Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro

Venezia 64 - Out of Competition \ Venezia Notte
Tiantang kou (Blood Brothers) by Alexi Tan (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong, 95’) with Daniel Wu, Zhang Zhen

Venezia 64 - Orizzonti
Searchers 2.0 by Alex Cox (Usa, 90’) with Del Zamora, Jaclyn Jonet, Ed Pansullo

4th Venice Days \ Giornate degli Autori
Freischwimmer (Head Under Water) by Andreas Kleinert (Germany, 110’) with Frederick Lau, August Diehl
The Speed of Life by Ed Radtke (Usa, 84’) with Noah Fleiss, Matthew Davis

22nd International Critics’ Week (SIC)
24 Mesures by Jalil Lespert (France, 82’) with Benoît Magimel, Lubna Azabal, Sami Bouajila
THE JURY
Andrea Occhipinti (president of jury)
Theater, movie and television actor. Cinema distributor and producer.
Delia Vaccarello
Journalist and writer.
Sandro Avanzo
Journalist and critic.
Vincenzo Patanè
Journalist and writer
Simone Morandi
Movie producer

Jury coordinator: Daniel N. Casagrande - Free-lance journalist, president of CinemArte cultural association