Christophe Royore in Cannes in 2025: “My favorite queen of the movie? He changes every day!”

Queer Palm celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2010. The jury, led by Kristof Hone Honor this year, will win a prize for the feature film and a short film. This difference makes it possible to highlight the films of LGBTQIA+ themes (homosexual, bisexual or transgender representation, intersexual).

Queer Palm has especially endowed a portrait of a young girl with a fire, which is an imaginary love for Xavier Dolan, or the beauty of Oliver Hermanus.

We met with Christophe Hon Hone, the director who was most often appointed in Queer Palm and Frank Finance Madura, the founder of the prize.

How is the price for these 15 years?

Franck Finance Madureira: From the point of view of the cinema, it looks good because we have the choice. We have very different films. The jury debate will be very interesting. We have a beautiful jury, there is really diversity in terms, look.

In addition, Lia about our actions in terms of vitality. We are in a difficult pass, as we already feel influential on what Trump is leaving the world in which LGBT subjects are no longer anywhere, with a difficult obligation, even in terms of cinema. We feel that these are the things we are on the eggs now. We go there thanks to all manufacturers and distributors who participate in this common pot. I thank you for it because we really depend on them.

Which is your favorite queer film throughout the history of cinema?

Kristof Hone: He changes every day. Pina Baush’s film will tell you the emperor’s complaint. It is made by a choreographer, which at one point is risking in the cinema. This is a feature film that I love, which is both dance and which is a very big queer movie. There is a hybrid side. This is a film since the early 80’s, to identify the characters of great freedom. Threads that cross all the work of Pina Baus.

FFM: This is a film that I awarded when a few years ago in Berlin Teddy Award Jury Jury. Brazilian film called Tinta Bruta (solid paint), Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Rolon, which was released in 2019. This is a movie that I find absolutely exciting. Their new film was in Berlin, called the night scene. He is also quite incredible. I think it will come out early next year.

The word on the lab?

FFM: To create a small history, we started to call projects last year. Lucas Donth (girl director, close) was the godfather of this first promotion of the lab. We got lots of projects. We selected five that were announced in September. We moved them to Mexico thanks to the partnership we have at the Morelia Festival. They met with professionals. We had a private master class from Ira Saxes, meetings with Antoine Churcholer, Nahwel Perez Biscayart. It was a really unusual moment.

We have a producer who is directed by fifteen directors, Marie -Pierre Make, who is slightly indicated in their scenario – the scenario who consults them. They also have consultations with Luke, including the latest scenario version. In the skin, they are invited to the second week. They all established their project. Here is Colombian, Mexican, Spanish, French woman, French. They are looking for Co-producers, partners. We have a call for projects that are being conducted for the second edition of the laboratory that will be completed in late May, Queerpalm.org site. We can register and wait for projects again. This is Charlotte Wales, the director of ATTERSUN, who will be our godfather for this second promotion.

The existence of a similar laboratory attaches even more importance to the context you talk to.

FFM: This lab was born with the need that we felt. We found a slightly stone referent at the Cannes Film Festival. Although there are many filmmakers around the world who perform filmmakers who come to both Cannes Film Festivals that follow him from home. We have asked questions, namely, aspiring filmmakers who ask themselves whether they can offer a queer project, a story that is close to them and know how to get it. They know it’s more difficult.

I think the real demand was a form of society to create a “safe space” form, a kind of place where you can talk to each other. We know that we can openly talk about what they oppose in our lives. I think it gives a very important freedom. At the same time, we try to offer them a framework to give them a weapon so that they could implement their project. This is not because we are going to move on to another advertisement that we will leave our projects. This is a society that is created.

Interview in Cannes on Monday on May 19, 2025