Last year's Queer Palm was won by a film not in main competition - Alain Guiraudie's Stranger by the Lake. The Palme d'Or was won by a film that was eligible for the Queer Palm - Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue Is the Warmest Colour. The same situation could happen this year, as Matthew Warchus' Pride has won the prestigious award for the finest gay-themed film at the festival this year, while Xavier Dolan's Mommy, which is hotly-tipped as the Palme d'Or frontrunner, was also eligible. Good job it didn't win this award, since there's fuck all gay about Mommy, apparently, save the sexuality of its writer-director. Also among the 13 films competing for the Queer Palme was Melanie Laurent's acclaimed drama Respire.
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