Torino GLBT Film Festival Awards 2009

2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival Awards
2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival: April 23-30, 2009
 

Best Feature Film: Leonera / Lion’s Den by Pablo Trapero (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil, 2008)
Special Mention: Actress Martina Gusman for Lion’s Den

Special Jury Award: Elève libre / Private Lessons by Joachim Lafosse (Belgium, 2008)
Special Mention: Actor Jonas Bloquet for Death in Venice

Special Mention: Wu sheng feng ling / Soundless Wind Chime by Kit Hung (Hong Kong/China/Switzerland, 2008)
 

Best Documentary (ex-aequo): Khastegi / Sex My Life by Bahman Motamedian (Iran, 2008) and Out in India: A Family’s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007)

Special Mention: Giorgio/Giorgia…storia di una voce by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy, 2008)

 

Best Short Film: Saliva by [...]

Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup

Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup
Feature Films IN COMPETITION

Rückenwind (Light Gradient) by Jan Krüger (Germany, 2009)
friday 24 april, 18.30 – saturday 25 april, 14.30

El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) by Belén Macías (Spain, 2008)
friday 24 april, 22.45 – saturday 25 april, 11.30

Gu huo (Fire in Silence) by Shen Weiwei (China, 2008)
saturday 25 april, 18 – sunday 26 april, 14.15

Leonera (Lion’s Den) by Pablo Trapero (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil, 2008)
saturday 25 april, 20 – monday 27 april, 11

Selda (The Inmate) by Ellen Ramos, Paolo Villaluna (Philippines, 2008)
saturday 25 [...]

Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Q&A with Festival Director Giovanni Minerba

 
Giovanni Minerba (above), director of the Torino GLBT Film Festival, and his staff have been busy selecting entries for the 24th edition of Turin’s annual gay & lesbian film event, which will take place April 23-30.
In addition to competition and out-of-competition screenings, the festival will feature homages, retrospectives, and assorted sidebars, including a tribute to Spanish director Ventura Pons, best known internationally for the touching Food of Love; a screening of the films of author-filmmaker Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, whose best-known directorial effort is probably ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore; and a sidebar featuring several entries handpicked by filmmaker Ferzan Ozpetek and another showcasing campy sword-and-sandal epics of the early ’60s.
Festival director Minerba has kindly agreed to answer [...]

Ariel Awards 2009

2009 Ariel Awards
2009 Ariel nominations: Feb. 27, 2009
2009 Ariel winners: National Auditorium in Mexico City on March 31, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Fernando Eimbcke’s minimalist comedy Lake Tahoe presents a series of vignettes showing a small-town teenager (Diego Cataño) trying to cope with the death of his father. Lake Tahoe won three Ariels: best film, best director, and best supporting actor (Héctor Herrera). The night’s biggest winner, however, was Rodrigo Plá’s drama Desierto adentro, set during Mexico’s Cristero War, with eight awards including best actor (Mario Zaragoza) and best original screenplay. Box-office hit Arrancame la vida / Tear This Heart Out, Mexico’s submission for the 2009 foreign-language film Academy Award, failed to get a best picture nod [...]