15th Queer Palm Selection

May 15 Update: post becomes final with the Short Films selection with four short films only.

---///--- May 9 Update: Film list was publish today and now list below has become official for feature films. As usual imagine list could include more (or Less) films as films become available.  Also believe there could be a list of short films and perhaps also documentaries that probably will be released soon.

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May 4,2025
Not many news about the Queer Palm selection and only when more film info is revealed by the Cannes film festival official organizers is when the group will publish the selection. Meanwhile here are some news.

The 2025 edition of the Cannes LGBT+ award is the 15th and will not deny that still remember when the award was announced for the first time 15 years ago. It wasn't easy for award organizers to get to where they are now, but perseverance and tolerance has made this award to not only survive but thrive.

The Poster

2025 poster is crafted by acclaimed French artist and photographer Marie Rouge known for her evocative imagery that blends cinematic aesthetics with emotional depth. The photo story is as follows.

It was in 2020, 50 years after Stonewall riots and the first Pride. It was also the year of Covid and endless lockdowns. Not just any march, therefore. A powerful symbol, full of determination and anger. Commissioned by Libération, I was thrilled to be reunited with my people, and the headline in the paper said 'We're here to scream that we want rights'. Marie Rouge.

Undoubtedly the highly topical photo, message behind and poster bring a fresh yet timeless perspective to the festival's visual identity and to the award this year.

News

This milestone edition has none other than Christophe Honoré as Jury President, these are his words.
The Queer Palm is fifteen years old, and I have gladly agree to chair its jury: Fifteen is the age when we hope for everything, fear everything and are ready to fight against everything.

At a time when contemporary creation is once again under attack from the International Reactionary, it seems more urgent to highlight and celebrate queer films.
Being a filmmaker, belonging to a sexual minority, and upholding the truth of one's desires in one's films is a reckless sincerity that always weakens one. Hence the importance of the Queer Palm at the heart of the Cannes Film Festival; it is both a refuge and a platform, a struggle and a tenderness.

The Queer Palm was created in 2010 by French journalist Franck Finance-Madureira and annually rewards a feature film and a short film from the Cannes selections.

I started to include some films that I believe have LGBT+ stories and tried to avoid those with only LGBT+ characters; but list will be final when organizers publish their official list.

The 2025 Queer Palm ceremony will take place on Friday, May 23 in Cannes.

The Selection

Official Selection

Feature Films

Competition
Alpha, Julia Ducournau, France and Belgium
The History of Sound, Olver Hermanus, USA (G)
La Petite Dernière (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi, Germany and France (L)

UCR
La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo), Diego Céspedes, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Chile 1st film (T)
Love Me Tender, Anna Cazenave Cambet, France (L)
O Riso e a Faca (Laughter and the Knife), Pedro Pinho, Portugal, Brazil, Romania and France (G)
Pillion, Harry Lighton, Ireland and UK 1st film (G)

Out Of Competition
La femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Thierry Klifa, France and Belgium (L)

Cannes Premiere
La Ola (The Wave), Sebastian Lelio, USA and Chile (musical) (L)

Quinzaine des Cinéastes
Enzo by Laurent Cantet (R.I.P.) and directed by Robin Campillo, France (G)
Que ma volonté soit faite (Her Will Be Done), Julia Kowalski, Poland and France (L)
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor, USA 1st Film (#Sundance2025 Screenwriting Award winner) 1st Film (L)

Semaine de la Critique
ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ Pee Chai Dai Ka (A Useful Ghost), Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Thailand, France, Singapore and Germany 1st film
Des preuves d'amour (Love Letters), Alice Douard, France 1st film (L)

ACID
Drunken Noodles, Lucio Castro, USA and Argentina (G)
Laurent Dans Le Vent (Drifting Laurent), Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon, France (G)

Short Films

La Cinef
Talk Me, Joecar Hanna, NYU, USA 19'

Quinzaine des Cinéastes
Before The Sea Forgets, Ngọc Duy Lê, Vietnam  17'

Semaine de la Critique
Erogenesis, Xandra Popescu, Germany 15'
கத்து! Kattu! (Bleat!), Ananth Subramaniam, Malaysia, Philippines and France 15'

The Jury

President: Christophe Honoré, film and theatre director, screenwriter, and author, France
Léonie Pernet, composer and singer, France
Marcelo Caetano, director, Brazil
Faridah Gbadamosi, programer Tribeca Enterprises, USA
Timé Zoppé, journalist, Trois Couleurs editor-in-chief, France

This is the end of the Official Selection by Queer Palm organizers but because film synopsis will leave here the following films that have LGTB+ characters and/or story lines.
Fuori, Mario Martone, Italy and France (L)
The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart, USA, France, Latvia, Spain and UK  1st film (L)
ジンジャーボーイ Gingerboy (Separated), Miki Tanaka, ENBU Seminar, Japan 48'