CANNES, May 28 — A Pakistani movie featuring a daring portrait of a transgender dancer in the Muslim country on Friday won the Cannes “Queer Palm” prize for best LGBT, “queer” or feminist-themed movie, the jury head told AFP.by director Saim Sadiq, a tale of sexual revolution, tells the story of the youngest son in a patriarchal family who is expected to produce a baby boy with his wife.
“It’s a very powerful film, that represents everything that we stand for,” “Queer Palm” jury head, French director Catherine Corsini, told AFP., which features a lesbian couple’s relationship against the backdrop of the “Yellow Vest” movement in France.will echo across the world,” Corsini said. “It has strong characters who are both complex and real. Nothing is distorted. We were blown away by this film.
Awards for films with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer content are already an integral part of other major movie gatherings, including Berlin which has handed out its “Teddy Award” since 1987, and made it part of its official programme. Not so at Cannes, where the festival’s leadership will not even allow the “Queer Palm” — which has been running for a decade — to set up shop in its main building, the Palais du Festival.Past winners of the prize, created in 2010 by critic Franck Finance-Madureira, include Todd Haynes for
Even Pakistan is moving forward unlike Malaysia.
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