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Lovers Film Festival
Torino International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Thursday, 10 April 2025 until Thursday, 17 April 2025
The 40th Lovers Film Festival is produced by the national cinema museum of Turin, Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino. It is financed principally by the City of Torino council, by the government of the Piedmont region and by the Department for Cinema in the Ministry for Culture and Cultural Heritage. The festival is also supported by other organizations, bodies and private sponsors.
ALL THE LOVERS - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR FEATURE FILMS
The Directors of the Festival will appoint an International Jury to award the following awards:
- Best Feature Film: “Ottavio Mai” Prize – money prize of 1,000 Euros for the director of the winning film;
- Special Mention from the Jury (awarded at the discretion of the Jury).
REAL LOVERS - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR DOCUMENTARIES
The Directors of the Festival will appoint a Jury to award the following prizes:
- Best Documentary: money prize of 500 Euros for the director of the winning film.
FUTURE LOVERS - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR SHORT FILMS
The Directors of the Festival will appoint a Jury to award the following prizes:
- Best Short Film: “Fotogrammi Sovversivi” award - money prize of 300 Euros for the director of the winning film.
- GIO 'STAJANO AWARD
The Festival, from an idea of the writer Willy Vaira and Claudio Carossa, dedicates a recognition to the memory of Giò Stajano, one of the most important and significant figures in the Italian LGBTQI culture, who for too long has been in the background.
The prize consists of the sum of 500 euros, which will be donated to the film, chosen from all the sections of the program, identified by the festival's selection committee and by Willy Vaira.
2025 films...
ALL THE LOVERS
Liam Calvert
Michael Clowater
Matthew Fifer
Tara Thorne
Mariana Wainstein
Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon
Elena Oxman
Jun Li
Čejen Černić Čanak
Sigurður Anton
REAL LOVERS
Rachel Daisy Ellis
Sam Feder
Deborah Craig
Amir Ovadia Steklov
Dragan Jovićević
TRIPOLI / A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Raed El Rafei
FUTURE LOVERS
Alexis Diop
ALL THE MEN I MET BUT NEVER DATED
Muneeb Hassan
Arnaud Delmarle
Elisa Ward
GRANDMA NAI WHO PLAYED FAVORITES
Chheangkea
Julián Córdoba
Fanny Perreault
Mathilde Algans, Théo Michel
Lukas März
Paul Galli
Alessia bottone
Javier Prieto de Paula, Diego Herrero
Francesco Alessandro Cogliati
Sam Peter Jackson
Amie Song
Federico Cianferoni
Dani Guzman
OUT OF COMPETITION
Daniel Ribeiro
Lucas Santa Ana
Marcelo Caetano
Ludvig Christian Næsted Poulsen
Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese
James Kent
Mathias Broe
Andrew Ahn
THOM BROWNE: THE MAN WHO TAILORS DREAMS
Reiner Holzemer
Antonio Giménez-Rico
Paul Morrissey
OUT OF COMPETITION/ITALIAN SPOT
Fede Gianni
Beatrice Campagna
Francesca Romana Zanni
Gabriele Lippi
Matthias Lintner
Marco Simon Puccioni
Nicola Bellucci
Francesco Maria Puppini
OUT OF COMPETITION/LIVING IN AMERICA
Kimberly Reed
Jennie Livingston
Grace Hughes-Hallett
OUT OF COMPETITION/GERMAN SPOT
Fabian Stumm
Rosa von Praunheim
Piotr J. Lewandowski
REFLECTIONS IN THE DARK
Oleg Hristolübskiy
Ianina Kuvshinova
YOUR FAVORITE LATE NIGHT SHOW'S FAVORITE LATE NIGHT SHOW
Madds Dittmer
LOVERS CELEBRATION/GREGG ARAKI
Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki
LOVERS CELEBRATION/GAËL MOREL
Gaël Morel
André Téchiné
Gaël Morel
Gaël Morel
LOVERS CELEBRATION/LOVERS IS LUCKY
Levan Akin
Abdellatif Kechiche
Xavier Dolan
PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU
Céline Sciamma
Todd Haynes
AL CINEMA COL BEBE
Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta