Awards Catchup

Apologies to the festivals involved, we’re hopefully better late than never. While we’re waiting to see what our colleagues in Cannes might get around to shortlisting for the Queer Palm, here’s what’s been winning prizes around Europe. CALL ME KUCHU … Continue reading

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2013 Teddy Award Winners

The 27th Teddy Awards were given out last night at Station in Berlin, at a glam evening featuring Rufus Wainwright. Best Feature was awarded to Polish film W IMIE… (IN THE NAME OF…). Sebastien Lifshitz won Best Documentary with his … Continue reading

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Teddy Award 2013

Well, it’s Teddy Time again. The most prestigious, the oldest, the … insert adjective here … queer film award in the world. Growing organically from a get-together where the queer programmers and filmmakers who were at the festival met up … Continue reading

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What’s the big deal about awards?

With the Berlinale kicking off, which for many of us in the European Queer Film Festival scene is the unofficial start of our programming year, I know I’ll soon be back at my keyboard writing posts entitled “Winners at [Festival … Continue reading

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Zinegoak 2012

This year’s jury of Gulya Sultanova, Juanma Carrillo and Michelle Hoekstra awarded BEST FEATURE to MI ÚLTIMO ROUND, by Julio Jorquera (Chile, 2011), and BEST DOCUMENTARY to MI SEXUALIDAD ES UNA CREACIÓN ARTÍSTICA, directed by Lucía Egaña (España, 2011). Zinegoak … Continue reading

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Winners at The Teddy Awards, Berlin

The Teddy Award, the oldest and most prestigious queer film award of them all (especially one associated with an A Festival), wound up with a bang on Friday the 17th of Feb for the 26th time. It’s grown to be … Continue reading

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Festival Lesbien Gay Bi Trans de Belgique

The 26th edition of the Brussels LGBT festival ended on the 11th of Feb with the following audience awards being announced: Prix du Public Toute catégorie & Prix du public pour le meilleur film lesbien : 80 DAYS (Jon Garano … Continue reading

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Mezipatra’s 12th Edition: Awards

Central Europe’s largest queer film festival awards prizes to the best queer films in three categories. The international jury chaired by Tom Kalin awarded the best feature film prize to Bruce McDonald’s TRIGGER. Additionally, the jury were impressed by and … Continue reading

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Lesgaicinemad 2011 Awards

Since Madrid’s major queer film festival awards a huge list of prizes, I’m going to cheat and do a copy-paste here. AUDIENCE AWARDS • Best Feature Film: “You Should Meet My Son!” by Keith Hartman. • Best Documentary: “365 Without … Continue reading

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Winners at Chéries-Chéris

The 17th edition of Chéries-Chéris — the Paris Gay, Lesbian, Trans and ++++ Festival wound up on Sunday the 16th of October. They have announced the following awards: LONGS-METRAGES Grand Prix Chéries-Chéris: Romeos de Sabine Bernardi. Prix du jury: Sur … Continue reading

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