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	Queer Memory 2010 The activities of the 2010 edition of Queer Memory, according to the format established in its 2009 experimental edition, will take place from 18th to 24th September 2010, at Cinema São Jorge. During this period, the Buondi Hall at Cinema São Jorge will be opened as a Lounge Space between 19.00 and 22.00, with ambient music specifically chosen according to each day's activities. Queer Memory is also receptive to proposals from the various artistic areas, always having in mind its queer-themed programming criteria. For the 2010 edition, intent on promoting the creation of a video-art/video-installation object, we are presently searching for a video-artist to carry out the project. All interested should send their curriculum vitae to luis@queerlisboa.pt
	Call for entries to Queer Lisboa 14 is now open. Submission deadline is that of the 28th 2010. Queer Lisboa 14 will take place from the 17th to the 25th September 2010, at Cinema São Jorge, in Lisbon. Submission Form and Regulations.

	QUEER LISBOA 13 AWARDS The award winning films of Queer Lisboa 13 – Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival were announced at the Closing Night Ceremony on the 26th September 2009, at Cinema São Jorge. COMPETITION SECTION FOR BEST FEATURE FILM Best Feature Film – Ander, by Roberto Castón (Spain, 2009, 128’) Ander, by Roberto Cáston (Spain), is the winner in the category of Best Feature Film (1.000,00€). According to the jury, the film “defies youth- and urban-centred fashion and challenges stereotypes of rural life, offering instead a hopeful and courageous alternative to traditional patterns of behaviour.” Ander, which portrays the sexual tension and desire between a solitary middle-aged Basque farmer and a younger Peruvian immigrant, was also referenced for the way it explores “the growing solidarity between its well-developed characters, weaving together their stories in touching, poignant and subtle ways.” The Jury was composed by author Richard Zimler, actress and stage director Isabel Medina, film critic Boyd van Hoeij, programmer Florence Fradelizi, and programmer and distributor Ricke Merighi. Best Actress – Mina Orfanou / Strella, by Panos H. Koutras (Greece, 2009, 113’) The Jury decided to award the prize for Best Actress to Mina Orfanou “for her intense and touching performance.” Highlighting that “the energy and physical commitment she puts into her role brings this modern Greek tragedy to life. She goes from joy to desperation, evidencing a wide range of emotion and offering the audience a brilliant portrayal of a transsexual woman with deep emotional conflicts.” Best Actor – Josean Bengoetxea / Ander, by Roberto Castón (Spain, 2009, 128’) Josean Bengoetxea was awarded Best Actor “for his truthful, intense and always convincing performance” in Ander, by Roberto Castón, in which by “bravely exposing his body, he brings to the screen the vulnerability of a person painstakingly trying to find himself. Special Mention – Rabioso Sol, Rabioso Cielo, by Julián Hernández (Mexico, 2009, 191’) The Jury decided to award a Special Mention to the Mexican feature Rabioso Sol, Rabioso Cielo, by Julián Hernández “for offering the viewer a 3-hour experience of pure cinema, in which strong emotions are generated by the movement of the images and the actors, like in a dance”. COMPETITON SECTION FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY Best Documentary – Fig Trees, by John Greyson (Canada, 2009, 104’) The award for Best Documentary (1.000,00€), was given to Fig Trees, by John Greyson (Canada). The Jury, composed by psychologist Nuno Nodin, programmer Melissa Prichard, and filmmaker Oded Lotan, stated that “HIV/AIDS and access to treatment is important for everyone, and not least our community; an issue which nowadays has become unfashionable. The jury chose Fig Trees because it gives visibility to this important subject. The rich and complex filmmaking demands the audience’s involvement with its clever combination of classical formal elements, which come together in a very impressive way.” Special Mention – Verliebt, Verzopft, Verwegen, by Katharina Lampert and Cordula Thym (Austria, 2009, 64’) The Jury decided to award a Special Mention to Austrian Documentary Verliebt, Verzopft, Verwegen, by Katharina Lampert and Cordula Thym, “a well-crafted first film offering a glimpse of our past via an optimistic portrait of older lesbians and their lives.” COMPETITION SECTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM – AUDIENCE AWARD Best Short Film – Yo Solo Miro, by Gorka Cornejo (Spain, 2008, 19’)
	Queer Lisboa 13 programme preview Queer Lisboa 13 – 13th Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is set once again to bring the perfect closure to the last days of summer in Lisbon. Between the 18th and the 26th September, in the three Theatres of the Cinema São Jorge, we expect you at the biggest queer celebration in Portugal. With a total of 95 programmed films and the sponsorship of the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual – Ministry of Culture, Lisbon City Hall, and EGEAC, one of the Festivals’ highlights are once again the Competition Sections for Best Feature Film, Best Documentary, and Best Short Film. The International Jury for the Competition Section for Best Feature Film is this year composed by author Richard Zimler (U.S.A., Portugal), actress and stage director Isabel Medina (Portugal), film critic Boyd van Hoeij (Luxemburg), programmer Florence Fradelizi (France), and programmer and distributor Ricke Merighi (Italy). The Best Documentary will be chosen by International Jury members psychologist Nuno Nodin (Portugal), programmer Melissa Pritchard (Germany) and filmmaker Oded Lotan (Israel). The Best Short Film is elected through an audience award. As our Opening Night Film, to be screened after the Opening Ceremony, at 10pm, we are honoured to present the national avant premiere of João Pedro Rodrigues’ new feature To Die Like a Man. The film director, cast and crew will be present in this screening. This feature had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in May, and will have its American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, in September. This screening at the Festival in Lisbon will be done in co-operation with Rosa Filmes and Zon-Lusomundo. At the 4th Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, in 2000, we had also presented João Pedro Rodrigues’ first feature film, O Fantasma (2000) overbooking the 700 seat capacity Theatre of Forum Lisboa. The national theatre release of To Die Like a Man is scheduled for the month of October. In a new initiative, the Festival will annually challenge a Portuguese filmmaker to create our television spot. This year, Queer Lisboa 13 will have a 20 second clip created and directed by João Pedro Rodrigues with renowned actress Ana Zanatti’s voice over. We’re intent for this important means of promotion of the Festival to be regarded itself as Cinema. Every year a different filmmaker will lend his or her own vision to the creation of the Festival’s image. On Saturday, the 26th at 9 pm, the Queer Lisboa 13 Closing Night Gala will take place. At 10 pm we will screen the American feature film Were the World Mine, directed by Tom Gustafson, a gay musical comedy awarded throughout the most prestigious Film Festivals. Queer Lisboa inaugurates this year a new space and concept in its programme: Queer Memory. For seven consecutive days, the Boundi Theatre at the Cinema São Jorge will open its doors to everyone between 7 pm and 9.30 pm, celebrating a number of key dates in queer culture, through a programme of concerts, poetry readings, film screenings, talks with different personalities and challenges to the audience. From Portuguese poet António Botto to painter Francis Bacon, From fado diva Amália to Portuguese singer António Variações, and also revisiting Stonewaal and the Berlin Wall, so as the unique Judy Garland, Queer Memory will set up a Lounge Space at the Cinema São Jorge, with music and several exhibitions. This year, in the Feature Film Panorama Section, our programmers have selected six features focussing on sexuality and the youth. Both the Queer Art and Queer Pop sections are back again this year, so as the very popular Hard Nights. Aiming to cross the boundaries between different languages and approaches to queer culture, the Festival will present this year an art exhibition curated by João Mourão and Nuno Ramalho. Shocking Pinks opens on the 19th September at 7 pm, taking over several sites of the Cinema São Jorge until the end of the Festival. The complete Queer Lisboa 13 programme, list of Official Guests and Queer Memory activities, will be announced in a press conference to take place on the 8th September, at 10,30 am at the Cinema São Jorge.