Chéries-Chéris

Chéries-Chéris
LocationMK2 Beaubourg and MK2 Quai de Loire / Quai de Seine, Paris
Founded1994
LanguageFrench
Websitecheries-cheris.com

Chéries-Chéris (Festival du Film Lesbien, Gay, Bi, Trans & ++++ de Paris) is an annual international LGBT film festival held in Paris in October or November. Original titled "Festival of Gays and Lesbians of Paris", it was founded in 1994[1] by Yann Beauvais, Philip Brooks, Élisabeth Lebovici, and Nathalie Magnan. The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles of Île-de-France.[2]

From 2006 to 2009, the Canal + Short Film Award was announced. In 2010, the prize was extended to the Grand Prix, Prix d'Interpretation, Grand Prix Chéries du film documentaire, Pink TV for Documentary Prize, the Grand Prix of the Festival and the Pink TV for Short Film and a Special Mention award.[3]

Grand prix

Year Film Director(s) Production country Ref
2010 Uncle David David Hoyle, Gary Reich, Mike Nicholls United Kingdom [4]
2011 Romeos Sabine Bernardi Germany [5]
2012 Facing Mirrors Negar Azarbayjani Iran [6]
2013 Noor Guillaume Giovanetti, Cagla Zencirci France, Pakistan [7]
2014 The Smell of Us Larry Clark France [8]
2015 Where There Is Shade (De l'ombre il y a) Nathan Nicholovitch France [9]
2016 The Ornithologist (O Ornitólogo) João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal [10]
2017 Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino Italy, France [11]
2018 The Harvesters (Die Stropers) Etienne Kallos South Africa [12]
2019 Lingua Franca Isabel Sandoval Philippines, United States [13]
2020 Dry Wind (Vento seco) Daniel Nolasco Brazil [14]
2021 Great Freedom (Große Freiheit) Sebastian Meise Austria, Germany [15]
2022 Joyland Saim Sadiq Pakistan [16]
2023 The Summer with Carmen Zacharias Mavroeidis Greece [3]

References

  1. ^ "Festival Chéries Chéris Paris". Paris Je t'aime - Office de Tourisme (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Chéries Chéris / 23e festival du film lesbien, gay, bi, trans, queer et ++++ de Paris". Drac Île-de-France (in French). Ministère de la Culture. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b Marty, Arnaud (17 September 2024). "One of Europe's biggest LGBT film festivals returns to Paris: here's the lowdown on the 2024 edition of Chéries-Chéris". Paris Secret. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. ^ Phillips, Mark (29 November 2011). "Everyone's favourite nephew". Bent Magazine. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Festival Chéries-Chéris : les films à ne pas rater cette semaine (2/2)". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ^ "'Facing Mirrors' reçoit le Grand Prix du festival Chéries-Chéris". Télérama, 15 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Noor". Film de culte. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  8. ^ "«The Smell Of Us», de Larry Clark, Grand Prix Chéries-Chéris 2014". Komitid, 2 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Chéries Chéris: le palmarès de l’édition 2015". Komitid, 1 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Chéries-Chéris 2016: Bruce LaBruce, João Pedro Rodrigues et le voguing à l’honneur". Komitid, 28 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Chéries-Chéris couronne "Call me by your Name"" [Chéries-Chéris crown "Call me by your name"]. Le Film français (in French). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Chéries-Chéris sacre "Les moissonneurs"" [Chéries-Chéris sacred "The Harvesters"]. Le Film français (in French). 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  13. ^ Franck Finance-Madureira, "« Brooklyn Secret », meilleure fiction et « Indianara », meilleur documentaire : les héroïnes trans dominent le palmarès de Chéries-Chéris 2019". Komitid, 26 November 2019.
  14. ^ Christophe Martet, "À ne pas manquer : « Vent chaud », de Daniel Nolasco, Grand Prix du Jury à Chéries Chéris". Komitid, 11 August 2021.
  15. ^ Paul Courbin, "Voici le palmarès de la 27e édition du festival Chéries-Chéris". Les Inrockuptibles, 1 December 2021.
  16. ^ Christophe Martet, "« Joyland », de Saim Sadiq, Grand Prix du Festival Chéries-Chéris". Komitid, 30 Novembre 2022.