Queer Palm


The Queer Palm is an independently sponsored prize for selected LGBTQIA+-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 selects from among those films nominated or entered under Official Selection, Un Certain Regard, Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight and the ACID section.
Along with Berlin's Teddy Award and Venice's Queer Lion, the Queer Palm is a major international film award dedicated specifically for LGBT cinema. However, the festival has faced some criticism for purportedly sidelining the award and not allowing it to become an official award of the festival organization.
Beginning in 2022, the Queer Palm also partnered with the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival to launch the Best Queer Short Award for the best LGBTQ-themed short film in that festival's program.
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Jurors

2010

2011

  • Elisabeth Quin, Paris Première – Jury President
  • Thomas Abeltshauser, German journalist
  • Fred Arends, Pink Screens Festival in Brussels
  • Esther Cuénot, Cinémarges Festival Bordeaux
  • Gérard Lefort, Liberation
  • Roberto Schinardi, Il Manifesto Pride Gay.it

2012

  • Julie Gayet, actress and TV producer, France – Jury President
  • 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

  • João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese filmmaker – Jury President
  • Daniel Dreifuss
  • Annie Maurette
  • Nicolas Gilson
  • Michel Reilhac

2014

  • Bruce La Bruce, Canadian writer and film director – Jury 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

2016

2017

  • Travis Mathews, American film director – Jury President
  • Yair Hochner, founder and artistic director of TLVFest
  • Paz Lazaro, Programs "Panorama" section of Berlinale
  • Lidia Leber Terki, France
  • Didier Roth-Bettoni, journalist and historian of cinema

2018

  • Sylvie Pialat, French film producer – Jury President
  • Boyd Van Hoeij, Dutch film critic
  • Dounia Sichov, French actress, editor and producer
  • Morgan Simon, French filmmaker
  • Pepe Ruiloba, Mexican film festival programmer and film critic

2019

2021

2022

  • Catherine Corsini – Jury President
  • Djanis Bouzyani, French actor, director and screenwriter
  • Marilou Duponchel, French journalist
  • Stéphane Riethauser, Swiss director
  • Paul Struthers, Australian producer

2023

2024

2025