Jane Schoenbrun’s horror comedy Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma won the Queer Palm at Cannes Film Festival during a ceremony on Friday evening (May 22).
The slasher parody starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson opened Un Certain Regard on May 13. The film is about a queer filmmaker hired to make the latest instalment of a slasher series and the actress who played a key role in the original franchise. It is produced by Plan B, Scythia Films and Mubi, which will also distribute in North America, the UK and other markets. The Match Factory handles sales.
For the first time ever, given the record 22 films vying for the prize, the jury opted to give a new ‘Queer Palm Revelation’ prize to Philippe Le Gall’s Flesh And Fuel that played as a special screening in Critics’ Week. It stars Alexis Manenti and Julian Swiezewski as two truck drivers who fall in love and try to maintain their relationship despite the distance. It is produced by Ex Nihilo and Pyramide International is handling sales.
The Queer Palm feature film jury was co-presided by Anna Mouglalis and Thomas Jolly alongside Jehnny Beth, Andre Fischer and Raya Martigny.
The Queer Palm has been awarded in Cannes since 2010 by an independent jury to a film that spotlights LGBTQ+ themes, feminist perspectives, or challenges gender norms.
Last year, the award went to Hafsia Herzi’s The Little Sister.
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