Happy 10th Birthday Felix: Stories of LGBQTIAPN+ 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of the Felix Award, an initiative that highlights works centred on LGBQTIAPN+ characters and themes.
Ten years ago, back in 2014, the Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre in Rio’s down town was the backdrop to a very special evening that saw the presentation of the festival's first Felix Awards to films with what were then listed as “LGBT” themes.
It seemed right on the night that the first award was presented by the then Felix Jury president, Wieland Speck, the director of the Panorama Section of the Berlin Festival, and more importantly for that evening, the co-creator with Manfred Salzgeber of the Berlin Festival Teddy Awards.
In 2024, the 10th anniversary of the birth of the Felix Award, the section highlighted works centred on LGBQTIAPN+ characters and themes. A total of 35 films were screened this year, including shorts and feature films that include the winners of the Berlin Film Festival's Teddy Award and the Venice Film Festival's Queer Lion.
Five FELIX prizes were awarded to the jury’s pick of Best Brazilian Film, Best International Film, Best Documentary, and Special Jury Prize. The winners in 2024 were:
Best Brazilian Feature: “Avenida Beira-Mar”, directed by Maju de Paiva and Bernardo Florim (Producer: Produtora Viralata)
Best International Feature: “Cong jin yihou” (All Shall Be Well), directed by Ray Yeung. (Producer: New Voice Film Productions. Hong Kong)
Best Documentary: “La Belle de Gaza” (A Bela de Gaza ), de Yolande Zauberman Producer: Unité, Phobics, Arte France Cinéma. France)
Jury - Honorary Mention - Documentary: “Vollúpya”, directed by Éri Sarmet and Jocimar Dias Jr. and “Salão De Baile”, directed by Juru and Vitã.
Special Jury Prize: “Baby”, directed by Marcelo Caetano. (Producer: Cup Filmes, Desbun Filmes, Plateau Produções)
The Felix jury for 2024 comprised:
President: Roberto Espírito Santo (fashion editor)
Alma Flora (filmmaker, writer, art director, photographer)
Indira Nascimento (actress and presenter)
Among the features screening in 2024 that are in consideration for the Felix Awards are:
Brazilian
- A Herança, directed by João Cândido Zacharias
- Avenida Beira-Mar, directed by Maju de Paiva and Bernardo Florim
- Baby, directed by Marcelo Caetano
- Salão de Baile, directed by Juru and Vitã
- Carne Fresca, directed by Giovani Barros
- Corpo Aberto, directed by João Victor Borges and Will Domingos
- E Seu Corpo É Belo, directed by Yuri Costa
- Ponto e Vírgula, directed by Thiago Kistenmacker
- Queimando por Dentro, directed by Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias
- Vollúpya, directed by Éri Sarmet and Jocimar Dias Jr.
International
- La Belle de Gaza, directed by Yolande Zauberman
- Alma del Desierto, directed by Mónica Taboada-Tapia
- The Giants, directed by Laurence Billet and Rachael Antony
- Les femmes au balcon, directed by Noémie Merlant
- Baldiga - Unlocked Heart, directed by Markus Stein
- En Vos Confío, directed by Agustín Toscano
- Eat The Night, directed by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel
- Emilia Pérez, de Jacques Audiard
- Necklace, directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade and Fernando Siqueira
- Jean Genet Ahora, directed by Miguel Zeballos
- Langue Étrangère, directed by Claire Burger
- High Tide, directed by Marco Calvani
- El Jockey, directed by Luis Ortega
- Il mio posto è qui, directed by Cristiano Bortone and Daniela Porto
- The Visitor, directed by Bruce LaBruce
- Les Reines du Drame, directed by Alexis Langlois
- Sabbath Queen, directed by Sandi DuBowski
- Sebastian, directed by Mikko Mäkelä
- The Shameless, directed by Konstantin Bojanov
- Gondola, directed by Veit Helmer
- Three Kilometres to the End of the World), directed by Emanuel Pârvu
- All Shall Be Well, directed by Ray Yeung
- Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd
- Viet and Nam, directed by Truong Minh Quý
- Vivre, Mourir, Renaître, directed by Gaël Morel
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